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Thursday 31 March 2011

Ex-South Africa rugby star 'murders at least three people with an axe in revenge for gang-rape of his daughter'



Attack left young girl infected with HIV
Player accused of stalking his victims for days
A famous former rugby player has been arrested in South Africa after allegedly butchering at least three people to death with an axe.

A newspaper claimed the unnamed 34-year-old sportsman had launched a murderous rampage in revenge after his daughter was gang-raped and infected with HIV.

Afrikaans daily Beeld reported that one of the star's alleged victims had been decapitated during a string of brutal attacks which happened last week near Durban in South Africa's eastern KwaZulu-Natal province.


The un-named former South African rugby star allegedly stalked his victims around Durban for days before hacking them to death with an axe

It is believed the man's head was found at least a mile away from his body in a separate suburb of the Indian Ocean city.

Police spokesman Vincent Mdunge told South Africa's Sowetan newspaper the sportsman was being held in custody after being arrested yesterday.

The star is due to appear in court tomorrow to face three charges of murder and one of attempted murder in relation to a fourth alleged victim named Khangelani Mdluli, who managed to escape.

Lieutenant Colonel Mdunge said: 'When they pounced on him they found an axe, which we believe is the murder weapon, clothes with blood stains and a hired car that we suspect he could have used during the alleged attacks.

'He is currently being detained in one of our police stations.

'We can't disclose where for security reasons.

'He will be charged formally with three counts of murder with aggravating circumstances and one of attempted murder.'

Police said the man was arrested in a planned raid on a residential property at around 1.30am yesterday.

He is accused of stalking his victims over several days in townships and slum suburbs around Durban before hacking them to death with an axe.

Detectives announced details of the horrific killing spree last week and appealed for information on the brutal crimes.

Investigating officers then said the incidents had happened between last Sunday and Wednesday in the Durban districts of Yellowood Park, Lamontville and Umbilo.

sentenced the former leader of the Asian Boyz street gang to eight consecutive life sentences in prison for eight murders and 10 attempted murders

Los Angeles judge has sentenced the former leader of the Asian Boyz street gang to eight consecutive life sentences in prison for eight murders and 10 attempted murders committed in a mid-990s crime spree.

Judge Robert Perry on Tuesday called 37-year-old Marvin Mercado a clear danger to society and said he was sentencing him to the maximum term.Along with the eight consecutive life terms without parole, the sentence includes 10 consecutive 15-year to life sentences for the attempted murders, plus an additional 200 years on weapons charges, also to be served consecutively.

Defense attorney Donald Calabria said he would appeal.

Mercado, who showed no emotion during the hearing, committed the killings in 1995 and 1996 then fled to the Philippines. He was arrested in 2007.

Saturday 26 March 2011

Inside the vehicle was a cache of assault weapons, including AK-47s, Ruger .45-caliber handguns and pistols called "cop killers" because their ammunition can penetrate armor.

federal border patrol agents stopped two men driving a car through the border-crossing town of Columbus, New Mexico. Inside the vehicle was a cache of assault weapons, including AK-47s, Ruger .45-caliber handguns and pistols called "cop killers" because their ammunition can penetrate armor.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers ran the guns' serial numbers in a nationwide database and waited. None of the eight came back flagged as stolen or suspect, so the agents let the men go — just a few short miles from the Mexican border, where gun trafficking is fueling a violent and deadly drug war.

At the time, the border guards were unaware that six of the weapons had been purchased by alleged straw buyers in a federal sting and were supposed to be monitored by Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents trying to bust a major Mexican gun running ring.

The ATF had not yet flagged the weapons in a law enforcement database, and CBP wouldn't alert its sister law enforcement agency to the traffic stop for five months, delays that would prove fateful for both agencies.

The two men in the car turned out to be Blas Gutierrez and Miguel Carrillo, who earlier this month were indicted as part of a Mexican cartel gun trafficking operation that also involved Columbus' mayor and police chief, court records show.

And one of the Ruger pistols from the vehicle turned up at a murder scene directly across the border in Puerto Palomas, Mexico

Raymond “Raymo” Gutierrez, 31, and Alvaro “Tito” Saldana, 26, are facing first-degree murder charges with gang enhancements in the death of 26-year-old Roger Villanueva

Raymond “Raymo” Gutierrez, 31, and Alvaro “Tito” Saldana, 26, are facing first-degree murder charges with gang enhancements in the death of 26-year-old Roger Villanueva on May 25, 2008.

Villanueva was shot to death in the backyard of an Angelus Street home during a memorial barbecue to Moses Rodriguez, who was murdered in Turlock in 2006.

The final witness called by Stanislaus County Deputy District Attorney Thomas Brennan was Froilan Mariscal, an investigator for the Stanislaus County District Attorney’s Office, who testified about the two defendants’ history with the Norteno street gang and their possible motives for the fatal shooting.

According to the prosecution, the two men were angry with Villanueva because he came to the aid of another man at a wedding reception in Hilmar. That man, identified by the prosecution as Miguel Perez, was considered a “degenerate”by the gang, in part because he sang a rap song with lyrics that insulted the wife of a Norteno gang member insinuating she was unfaithful while her husband was in prison.
The prosecution contends this rap song incited a fight that turned into a melee of wedding guests and attendants, including the victim and the two accused.

During the melee Villanueva came to the aid of Perez and during the process struck Saldana, a taboo act of violence among the gang.

“Fighting another gang member is considered a direct act of treason in the gang,” Mariscal said during his testimony.

The prosecution claims that this encounter created bad feelings between the men and that Gutierrez and Saldana went to the barbecue with the specific purpose of exacting revenge on Villanueva.

Mariscal testified that because Saldana was disrespected by Villanueva in front of a large crowd, he had to respond in kind.

“They have to respond with violence to prove themselves and regain their status as a person to fear,” Mariscal said.

man believed to be a member of at least two street gangs is being held on $100,000 cash bail, charged with threatening a cab driver with a stolen gun outside the Loring Towers apartments in Salem Wednesday evening.



Terrance Tyler, 28, had appeared in court just a day earlier on charges that he and his brother Reginald Tyler, 22, had just beaten and knocked out the teeth of a Lynn man Monday night. They were released without having to post bail.

But yesterday, after hearing about the new charges against Terrance Tyler, Salem District Court Judge Michael Lauranzano revoked his release in that case and then set $100,000 bail on the new charges — twice what Salem police prosecutor Lt. Conrad Prosniewski was asking.

The cab driver, a 36-year-old African immigrant working for Tom's Taxi, told police that he had dropped off the Tyler brothers outside 1000 Loring Ave., where Terrance Tyler has been living, shortly after 5 p.m.

The two paid their fare but an argument started, during which Tyler allegedly pulled up his shirt to reveal a handgun in his waistband. He also threw a bottle at the cabbie.

"We're gangsters," Tyler allegedly told the cab driver. "We'll (expletive) you up. I'll (expletive) kill you."

Tyler then allegedly told the cab driver to check out Wednesday's Lynn Daily Item, which carried a story about the brothers' arrests.

Saturday 12 March 2011

A man who police allege is a known gangster has been denied bail

A man who police allege is a known gangster has been denied bail following a hearing today in Prince George provincial court. 30-year-old Eric Fike was arrested in September 2010 on numerous weapons and drug-related charges. A publication ban has been ordered for all submissions heard in court. He's facing a total of 14 charges. His next court appearance is March 28th for a pre-trial conference.

south valley gang member was convicted of two separate counts of first degree murder

south valley gang member was convicted of two separate counts of first degree murder in a Visalia courtroom on Friday.
   
Joseph Florez 34, shot and killed both Tommy Madrid Jr. and Lisa Bourget when the two were sitting in a vehicle outside Madrid's home.
   
Florez had three prior strike convictions before the incident took place.
   
He faces life without the possibility of parole.

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