Jamiel Shaw’s gang association made him a target for murder:
I received an e-mail today from a reader by the name of Michael. He asked me why I haven’t posted about the murder of Jamiel Shaw. To be honest when I received Michael’s e-mail it was the first I had heard of it.
17-year-old Shaw was […]
MySpace post leads to Orosi arrests:
Three teens from Orosi, California were arrested for vandalizing a local packing house.
Police had no trouble finding them since the suspects posted their handiwork on MySpace.
This just further proves that gangs aren’t filled with brain surgeons and rocket scientists.
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Gangs caught out by online boasts:
Apparently gangs in the UK are as smart as their US counterparts, which is not very.
They’ve been posting videos of themselves brandishing illegal weapons on sites like YouTube and Bebo. In return British police have been rounding them up.
Ch Insp Mulroonie said: “The message is that we don’t have […]
MySpace Video Leads To Student’s Arrest:
17-year-old Andre Scott of Fayette County High School in Georgia was arrested for gang activity after posting gang related videos on his MySpace.
Fayette County investigators said Scott posted a video of a 14-year-old being
initiated into a gang on his MySpace page.
“There was a 14-year-old that was initiating into the Bloods […]
MySpace Page Shows Girl Flashing Gang Signs:
10-year-old Auralia Cisneros of Denver, Colorado has a picture on her mother’s MySpace where Auralia is flashing gang signs with the caption “stayin gangsta.” Another picture shows her father pointing a gun at the camera. Tasteless but not really a big deal right? Wrong.
Auralia Cisneros died from gunshot wound […]
Murder suspect identified through gang’s MySpace page:
Oakland police used a gang’s MySpace page to catch 19-year-old Dwayne Stancil. Stancil is accused in the shooting death of 17-year-old Greg Ballard Jr., a football player for San Leandro High School.
Investigators developed some information about the assailant but didn’t identify Stancill as the suspect until they found […]
With MySpace, Facebook, gangland moving online:
Another article about gangs using MySpace and Facebook to not only recruit members but to boast about their crimes online.
A teen purporting to be a 17-year-old Nashua boy created a group on MySpace using the name of a local gang in the French Hill area of the city, “LDP,” […]
Inland authorities track gang on MySpace:
This is a fascinating article about the gangs of Riverside, California on MySpace and what law enforcement is doing about them.
Rather than butchering it in my usual style please read the entire article.
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Violence feared as Bebo warfare escalates:
While the US is dealing with sexual predators on MySpace the UK and Ireland are dealing with gangs on Bebo.
Groups of youths from Letterkenny, Ballybofey and surrounding towns have been using the Internet site Bebo to issue threats and propagate gang war fare. In recent weeks groups of teenagers have […]
Young gangs target youths online:
Much like in America, New Zealand gangs are turning to social networking sites like Bebo and MySpace to recruit new members. Nothing I haven’t talked about before but the article gives a new insight as to some of the reasons why.
Victoria University expert on violent offending Dr Devon Polaschek said gangs […]
Brawl at Woodland Mall linked to gang killing:
The mainly British social site Bebo has been linked to a gang fight and stabbing that happened over the weekend in Michigan in retaliation for a gang killing.
Animosity between rival Grand Rapids gangs from a Nov. 12 roller rink shooting that killed a teenager may have been behind […]
Crime: ‘Netbangers,’ Beware:
This article only mentions MySpace in passing but it’s a good article about how gangs are taking to the web…
Some of the gang sites are just simple, free MySpace or GeoCities blogs where people talk tough and live out their fantasies behind the safety of a screen name. Gang Web sites receive e-mails […]
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