 Va. father, daughter charged with gang recruiting: FAIRFAX, Va. - Fairfax City police have charged a Prince William County father and his 17-year-old daughter with recruiting students to a gang. A police affidavit alleges that 43-year-old Theodore Olds directed the local Elm Street Piru set of the Bloods. It states that an informant and two Fairfax High School students told police that Olds and his daughter were recruiting across Northern Virginia and that the gang commits larcenies and robberies at Theodore's direction to make money. Sgt. Pam Nevlud says Olds and his daughter were arrested Friday. Olds was charged with two counts of gang recruitment on school property, three counts of gang participation and one count each of robbery and use of a gun in a robbery. His daughter was charged with four gang counts. Both are being held in Fairfax. |
Source: By the Associated Press Date: 9/30/2009 |
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Meeting tonight to focus on gangs in Virginia beach: Gang-related crime is a growing problem in the Beach and throughout Hampton Roads, said Alex J. Turner, special agent in charge of the FBI's Norfolk office. Roughly 116 gangs claim 6,700 members in the seven cities, he said. In an effort to stem that growth, law enforcement agencies, churches and community organizations are hosting a town-hall meeting aimed at finding solutions to gang activity in Virginia Beach. The "Not In Our Town" event is at 6:30 p.m. tonight at the Sandler Center for the Performing Arts. It's open to the public, and organizers are hoping to draw about 1,000 people. "The community already knows that a gang problem exists," said Vanessa Torres, community outreach specialist for the Norfolk FBI. "But we want to come together and find solutions."
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Source: hamptonroads.com Date: 9/27/2009 |
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Men sentenced in gang crime conspiracy (Newport News, VA: Two men were sentenced to 30 years in prison, and another was sentenced to 25 years, for their participation in a Newport News street gang that allegedly engaged in a series of murders, robberies, arsons, witness intimidation and other crimes.
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Source: Daily Press Date: 9/2/2009 |
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Members of "Dump Squad" sentenced: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Three members of the "Dump Squad," a gang which operated in the Ridley Circle, Harbor Homes and Dickerson Court areas of Newport News were sentenced Wednesday.
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Source: US Dept. of Justice/WAVY.com Date: 9/2/2009 |
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Candidates for Virginia Attorney General address gang issue: Officials within the Northern Virginia Regional Gang Task Force say that Northern Virginia’s strong economy was partly responsible for keeping gang problems to a minimum in Fairfax County over the last few years. But the economy has since taken a downturn, and its natural, positive effect on gang suppression may be deteriorating.
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Source: Fairfax Times Date: 9/1/2009 |
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