2 MS-13 members plead guilty

Two MS-13 gang members pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to taking part in the March shooting of a 15-year-old girl walking home from East Mecklenburg High.
The victim, sophomore Amari Boyd, was hit in the leg as she and a group of other students happened upon a fistfight in a parking lot near Independence Boulevard [...]

Detectives recover funds from Russian Mafia

Montgomery County law enforcement officials have recovered $11,200 in cash from a bank account suspected of belonging to international criminals associated with the Russian Mafia.
Detective Scott Davis of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office received a summary of a report from a complainant regarding a fraudulent transaction on the Internet auction site eBay, according to a [...]

One of three defendants accused of being Texas Mexican Mafia portrayed as a sinner, but not guilty

The last three of over 30 defendants accused of being members of the Texas Mexican Mafia, began trial in U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia’s court on May 11, 2010 for murder and racketeering charges in the San Antonio area.
Jacinto “Cache” Navajar, Jose Martinez, and Mike Garcia, are charged by the federal government of being [...]

Lawrence Taylor bust shines spotlight on abuse of teen hookers

The skinny 16-year-old allegedly raped by Lawrence Taylor is just one of hundreds of brutalized underage girls working as prostitutes in the region.
Like the runaway Hispanic girl in the Taylor case, they are typically beaten, held captive and otherwise abused by their pimps in a macabre world of violence and isolation, law enforcement officials said.
And [...]

Colacurcio associates plead guilty in deal that will close down strip clubs

The men who ran Frank Colacurcio Sr.’s strip-club empire for decades pleaded guilty to prostitution-related crimes in federal court Wednesday and agreed to shutter the three remaining clubs next week, bringing to a sudden end what prosecutors described as a 50-year “scourge on the community.”
The three men who ran Frank Colacurcio Sr.’s strip-club operation for [...]

Agawam home searched for body of missing man

AGAWAM – Federal, state and local law enforcement officials converged on a home at 160 Springfield St. as dusk fell on Monday, apparently securing the property for what is believed to be the search for the body of a long-missing Springfield man linked to organized crime.
FBI supervisor Mark S. Karangekis confirmed there is a “law [...]

Mob trial shifts to N.Y. court

NEW YORK – After languishing in the state and federal courts in Massachusetts for years, two defendants from Springfield and a New York mobster are scheduled to stand trial on Nov. 1 for their alleged roles in the 2003 murder-for-hire killing of crime boss Adolfo “Big Al” Bruno.
That case recently was transferred from U.S. District [...]

Fotios ‘Freddy’ Geas’ lawyers want Adolfo ‘Big Al’ Bruno Mafia hit case moved to New York

Lawyers for Fotios “Freddy” Geas, who is set to be tried here next month for the 2003 Mafia hit of Adolfo “Big Al” Bruno, are asking a federal judge to move the case to New York.
The request comes in the wake of last week’s indictment of two of Geas’ alleged co-conspirators in a federal court [...]

Reputed mob head Anthony Arillotta arrested at his home in connection with 2003 murder of crime boss Adolfo “Big Al” Bruno in Springfield

Reputed mob head Anthony J. Arillotta was arrested early Wednesday morning at his home in connection with the 2003 murder of crime boss Adolfo “Big Al” Bruno.
FBI agents, Massachusetts State Police and Springfield police made the arrest at Arillotta’s home on Chalmers Street house about 6 a.m.
The arrest follows weeks of speculation about secret witnesses [...]

Mob murder in Montreal could trigger bloodshed in New York

It happened 400 miles away on the Monday after Christmas, but the daring assassination of a mob prince in Montreal is the hot topic of conversation among New York wiseguys, and has already sparked hot debate among the already feuding factions of the beleaguered Bonanno crime family.
Ever since Nicholas Rizzuto – the son of imprisoned [...]