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The Baltimore Crew was an Italian American organized crime group that ultimately became a faction of the Gambino crime family operating in the port city of Baltimore, Maryland, from about 1900 until the 1990s. It was originally an independent organization led by the D'Urso family until the Corbi takeover in the 1920s.
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Gangs in Baltimore (1 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Gangs in Maryland" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... Category: Gangs in Maryland.
SCRANTON — Three people are facing charges after a juvenile was injured during a Crips gang initiation, law enforcement officers say. James Hankins, 33, of 1371 N. Washington Ave., Scranton ...
Baltimore police claimed evidence to support the idea that the Black Guerrilla Family, the Bloods, and the Crips were "teaming up" to target police officers. [135] Later, however, leaders of both the Bloods and the Crips denied the allegations, [ 136 ] released a video statement asking for calm and peaceful protest in the area, [ 137 ] and ...
Baltimore's decline was short-lived, with 219 and 235 homicides in 2012 and 2013, respectively. [8] [9] Baltimore's jump in homicides in 2013 defied regional and national trends. [10] [11] Violent crime spiked in 2015 after the death of Freddie Gray on April 19, 2015, which touched off riots and a crime wave that resulted in an increase in murders.
The Crips and the Bloods, two majority-Black street gangs founded in Los Angeles (L.A.), California, have been engaged in a gang war since the 1970s. [30] [31] The war is made up of smaller, local conflicts between chapters of both gangs, called 'sets' and has mostly taken place in major cities in the United States, especially L.A.
It has allegedly been engaged in the sex trafficking of women and racketeering in Virginia, New York, North Carolina, Baltimore, New Jersey and other areas. [12] The gang was also allegedly involved in the distribution of illegal drugs , including heroin , cocaine , crack, ecstasy , marijuana and prescription painkillers in these areas. [ 12 ]