MS-13 Gang leader pleads to racketeering in D.C. area

Gang leader pleads to racketeering in D.C. area - Washington Times: "leader of a violent street gang tied to the attempted murder of two rival gang members and to the extortion of pimps trafficking prostitutes from Maryland into Virginia pleaded guilty Thursday to federal racketeering charges, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

ICE Special Agent in Charge John P. Torres, who heads the agency’s Homeland Security Investigations Division in Washington, D.C., said Jose Anibal Vigil, 21, of Falls Church, Va., pleaded guilty to charges involving being a member of Gangsters Locos Salvatrucha (GLS), an offshoot of Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, a racketeering enterprise.

He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison at sentencing on May 6.

“MS-13 and the violent tactics they use to instill fear throughout our communities will not be tolerated,” Mr. Torres said. “As evidenced in today’s plea, MS-13 operates as a criminal enterprise using brutal acts to include attempted murder as a means to spread their control in our neighborhoods.”"

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Tyson Kane Roulette, who is a member of the Indian Posse, pleaded guilty to manslaughter

Winnipeg man gets life after 2007 killing - thestar.com: "street gang member in Winnipeg has been sentenced to life in prison after an order to shoot rival gangsters ended in the death of an innocent man.

Tyson Kane Roulette, who is a member of the Indian Posse, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the killing of Anthony Woodhouse and will not be eligible for parole for 10 years.

Woodhouse — a 30-year-old man with no ties to gangs — was gunned down on the front porch of a home in September 2007.

Court heard Roulette told a co-accused to go after rival gang members who were reportedly at the residence."

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Doctors Path Flames, a faction of the “Bloods” gang, allegedly distributed $20,000 worth of cocaine in the area each week and printed thousands of $20 counterfeit bills

"gang-related cocaine dealing, cash counterfeiting and weapons trafficking ring that operated mostly in the Riverhead area has been busted, its 23 alleged members rounded up and arrested, Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota said Thursday.

The operation, connected with members of the Doctors Path Flames, a faction of the “Bloods” gang, allegedly distributed $20,000 worth of cocaine in the area each week and printed thousands of $20 counterfeit bills, which were sold for 10 cents on the dollar.

Search warrants were executed at 10 locations late last month where members of the East End Drug Task Force recovered half a kilo of coke, $2,000 in counterfeit bills, three illegal handguns ­— one of which was used in two shootings in Riverhead — and gear that suggested members were planning to impersonate police officers, Mr. Spota said.

“This shows you right here in Riverhead…we have bad, bad people,” he said."

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