Rikardo Reid, aka Stardom, was the 'head' of the 'Flash line Aug 8, 2019 · Youthful members of Birmingham’s street gangs described themselves as ‘sloggers’. Jul 2, 2017 · (LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Nathan Emanuel and his brother Jacob confronted a rival at flats in Birmingham in Jun 10, 2022 · The hit show Peaky Blinders borrows its name from a real Birmingham gang. Shauntay “Shake” Craig, 42, was sentenced to 40 years. The sentences as follows: Russell Turner (25) of Selcombe Way, Kings Norton Nov 2, 2017 · A Birmingham gang has been jailed for more than 100 years for selling shotguns and class A drugs in the West Midlands. Jun 13, 2018 · This is the moment Solihull gangster James Mulvey was arrested half-naked at his Lithuania hideout. Chief Scott Thurmond says Jackson was a victim of sexual assault as well as kidnapping and murder, and say the suspects videoed part of the crime. By the early 1900s, the gang known as (L-r) Michael Gregory, Nathan Martin, Marcus Ellis and Rodrigo Simms were jailed for life for the 2003 new year shootings Eighteen men have been served injunctions by police trying to disrupt gang Nov 28, 2023 · Kelvin Ward, 51, was attacked after he left a KFC restaurant with his son in Castle Bromwich, Birmingham. Three Chilean nationals have been arrested in connection with a series of burglaries of mansions and other high-end homes in suburban Detroit and across Michigan. Watson and Williams were arrested by armed officers while driving a white transit van near Spaghetti Nov 21, 2022 · Four teenagers were arrested after a 40-mile pursuit that reached speeds of 132mph, police say. Jail sentences. 11 October 2022. Meyer Lansky (born Maier Suchowljansky; July 4, 1902 – January 15, 1983), known as the "Mob's Accountant", was an American organized crime figure who, along with his associate Charles "Lucky" Luciano, was instrumental in the development of the National Crime Syndicate in the United States. Oct 6, 2013 · FacebookLikeShareTweetEmail Police have smashed a notorious narcotics ring across Birmingham and the West Midlands, seizing £300 million worth of heroin. West Midlands Police officers were called to Corporation Street in Birmingham at 17: May 11, 2024 · A Birmingham drugs gang led by a notorious city rapper with links to the Johnson Crew has been jailed for more than 45 years. Knives, a sledgehammer and a loaded gun were all found in their BMW, with the National Crime Oct 11, 2022 · Birmingham gang jailed over firearms conversion plot. Coventry Crown Court heard Mr Ward's son had been the intended target. Police announced on Feb. Jan 22, 2021 · FBI agents, Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies and Birmingham police arrested three Alabama suspects, including Craig. In an Instagram post on Sunday, the rapper-turned-filmmaker wrote: "Sending Dec 11, 2023 · FILE - Gubernatorial candidate and Oakland County, Mich. On 16 October 2021, 37-year-old Muzafar Abrarov was arrested in possession of £300,000 in cash with a further £1. Peaky Blinders is on BBC Two at 2100 BST and will be available on Jan 6, 2024 · In just three months between 13 October 2021 and 20 January 2022, officers monitored the movements of the gang as they conspired to supply controlled drugs and launder criminal cash. The gang is characterized as locally-based, well-organized, and active on social media. Aug 7, 2022 · Throughout the many decades of criminal activity in Birmingham and the Midlands, gangs have played a prominent part. Mar 1, 2024 · Seven people were arrested and charged with murder in the death of a 20-year-old Alabama mother who police said was kidnapped and sexually assaulted on video. Mar 23, 2020 · A Birmingham gang which supplied cocaine across the UK has been jailed for more than 40 years. Jul 15, 2024 · H2K or Hard to Kill is a street gang operating on Birmingham's east side. Cornell was heavily involved in drug dealing, in purple hearts and dexys, uppers, downers and cannabis. 11, 2023. Sep 24, 2021 · At Birmingham Crown Court on Friday he was jailed for four years and six months. Share. He was also involved in pornography and may have been associated with criminal Jimmy Humphreys, whose arrest led to the exposure of corrupt police officials in 1971, including Commander Ken Drury of the Flying Squad. Police estimate the illicit enterprise Jan 25, 2023 · From The Tribune staff reports BIRMINGHAM – A known gang member pleaded guilty yesterday to illegally possessing a Glock pistol equipped with a “Glock switch” (a machine gun), announced U. S Dec 9, 2022 · Police bodycam footage captured the moment five men were arrested at gunpoint in a Birmingham street. Sep 29, 2023 · A man who boasted he was a Birmingham gangster has been found guilty of repeatedly raping two women. Sections. Several arrests were made today (Wed) in a series of The Birmingham Police Department reports detectives have obtained arrest warrants for seven suspects in connection to the murder of Mahogany Jackson. The local black community refused to co-operate with Dec 8, 2023 · Anthony Terry, 49, the head of the organised crime gang was jailed for 25 years on Friday. Mar 1, 2024 · Robinson was booked into the Birmingham City Jail at 2:40 p. Apr 29, 2024 · ‘Jay line’ drugs gang who posed with massive wads of cash facing jail More than £200k was seized by police along with cache of weapons while of the criminals was nicknamed Escobar birminghammail May 3, 2024 · Theo White leaving Birmingham Crown Court (Image: Birmingham Live). Members of a teenage gang who stole up to 100 cars have been jailed after police linked them to One of Britain's biggest county lines drugs gangs which raked in £1. Christy Kinahan was arrested and jailed in Dublin in 1997 after being linked to a batch of stolen cheques. Rikardo Reid, aka Stardom, was the ‘head’ of the ‘Flash line’ supplying cocaine and heroin to Aberdeen in Scotland. Chinn notes: “He's In May 1989, 20 Birmingham fans were arrested and five police officers injured when fans invaded the pitch at a match against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park. Published. Apr 12, 2021 · Bernard and Bernard-Sewell − both prominent Birmingham gang members − orchestrated the attack in revenge for a stabbing that left a friend critically ill in hospital less than 24 hours earlier. "Today's Gangster Disciple arrests across nine states merely marks the first wave of the FBI Nov 21, 2022 · Four teenagers were arrested after a 40-mile pursuit that reached speeds of 132mph, police say. The contents were equally intriguing. It is believed to have arisen from the ashes of another street gang, GTO (Goons Taking Over) that was prevalent in the mid-2010s. Officers uncovered a veritable arsenal of weapons, admittedly legally owned. Video above Aug 16, 2017 · In 1997 police arrested several high-ranking members of the Johnson Crew after a DJ, Jason Wharton, was shot dead in his car in Handsworth. “Chairs and bottles were thrown by both gangs across the club which was full of customers at the time; it’s fortunate no innocent members of the public weren’t seriously hurt. The Irish Criminal Assets Bureau has seized from Kinahan gang members tens of millions of euros in cash, guns, silencers, luxury cars and watches, and large quantities of drugs. Jamal Leon Marshall, 23, was part of a commercial operation that made 290 Mar 1, 2024 · Police announced on Thursday that seven people had been arrested in connection with charges of kidnapping, sexual assault and murder of 20-year-old Mahogany Jackson. Attorney's Office. - Birmingham Police say eight people have been arrested and charged in the death of Mahogany Jaquise Jackson. Dec 9, 2022 · Davis, 36 of Jubilee Road, Rednal and Feeny, 28 of Roundlea Road, Northfield, were jailed for five years and 11 months, while Meah, 26, from Shepherds Brook Road, Stourbridge, was jailed for six An important member of the Richardson gang was George Cornell. The charges were announced Monday, Dec. It was third overall behind Heathrow - 3,262 arrests . The first arrests took place on Thursday, September 23, when a 36-year-old man and 36-year-old woman were Apr 10, 2024 · A Birmingham gang is beginning lengthy jail sentences today after cutting into a cash machine in the West Midlands and attacking police in two of more than a dozen attacks carried out across the country. Birmingham gang boss: I won't die in Panama hell-hole jail; The Birmingham Six were six Irishmen who were each sentenced to life imprisonment in 1975 following their false convictions for the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings. Dec 1, 2021 · Investigators have arrested suspected Birmingham gang members accused of making fraudulent Universal Credit claims to the tune of £4 million. the 61 gang are feared across Birmingham. Four more suspects, a 23-year-old woman and three men – two of them 25 and one 18 – were booked into the Birmingham City Jail early Tuesday. Four other May 3, 2024 · A notorious gangster rapper has been revealed as the mastermind behind a massive drug supply line from Birmingham to Scotland. Aug 19, 2018 · In June, a Birmingham drugs gangster involved in flooding county towns with crack cocaine and heroin has lost an appeal. An estimated 80 gangs are operating in the region, according to detectives, who have been filmed by Kinahan was the first leader of the gang. On Wednesday, the Birmingham Police Department held a press conference announcing that seven people had been arrested in connection to Jackson's death on charges including felony murder, kidnapping, sodomy and assault. Most of their arrests were for petty crimes like shopbreaking and bike theft. Feb 26, 2024 · BIRMINGHAM, Ala. The five men, all from the West Midlands, were arrested after their car was intercepted in a Birmingham suburb by a specialist firearms team from the National Crime Agency. 17, 2024, 4:07 a. Mar 13, 2024 · The suspects. BIRMINGHAM — Police have charged seven people in the kidnapping, assault, sodomy and murder of a young Jasper woman in what Birmingham Police Chief Scott Thurman Aug 7, 2022 · Throughout the many decades of criminal activity in Birmingham and the Midlands, gangs have played a prominent part. ” “Today's Gangster Disciple arrests across nine states merely marks the first wave of the FBI’s strategic campaign to dismantle this violent criminal organization,” said Special Agent in Charge Johnson. May 27, 2021 · The Birmingham pair feature in several clips on YouTube in which members of a city gang make coded threats at rival groups, the force said. Jul 12, 2020 · Thomas Kavanagh, 51, was arrested at Birmingham Airport (Image: NCA). A Birmingham drugs gang led by a notorious city rapper with links to the Johnson Crew has been jailed for more than 45 years. Man found shot dead on kitchen floor of Birmingham apartment Jul. The 659 arrests made in Birmingham were the highest outside London. Sep 19, 2016 · The Federal Bureau of Investigation today announces the arrest of Shauntay Lamarr Craig, an alleged leader of the violent Gangster Disciples criminal enterprise, at New Orleans, Louisiana. What happened: Marcel Mulllings-Boyd was a member of Birmingham’s 61 gang and was jailed back in June 2017 after admitting possession of a gun and drugs offences. Lukasz Wywrinski, 38, had pleaded guilty to six offences at an earlier hearing and received a four-year and three Dec 9, 2022 · The gang were jailed at Birmingham Crown Court on Thursday Brookes, 38 of Dearmont Road, Longbridge and Clark, 32, of Cheverton Road, Northfield, were jailed for a total of seven years. West Midlands Police released a video showing the moment they stopped driver Rory Fitzgerald, Harry Beresford and Zachary Shellis at the take-away in Bristol Road. Three men part of converting blank firing handguns into live weapons were later Nov 25, 2019 · Blue Story's writer and director, Andrew Onwubolu, said Saturday's disturbance in Birmingham was "truly unfortunate". He spent 12 Apr 23, 2022 · Kinahan cartel gunmen, money men, dealers and small-time money launderers have been arrested and jailed routinely by Irish authorities since the 1990s. Reid had been performing at the Levana bar in the Arcadian on August 2, 2021 when rival gangster Theo White, in his 30s Aug 14, 2022 · Police confirmed they have yet to make any arrests in relation to the serious incident - which saw a 26-year-old suffer stab wounds and a male aged 23 sustain a fractured eye socket. 28 that seven suspects were arrested and charged in connection to the kidnapping, rape, assault and murder of Jackson, a native of Jasper, Alabama, while an Jul 6, 2018 · As well as the arrests, a combined sentence of nearly 200 years has been served to 18 gang members since 2016. Jun 13, 2018 · A gangster behind a £68 million drugs smuggling operation has been sentenced to 32 years behind bars today. Shauntay Craig, aka Shake, 42, of Birmingham, Alabama, was sentenced to 40 years in prison. There are notorious gangs such as the Burger Bar Boys with Johnson Crew, formed Dec 9, 2022 · Dramatic footage has captured the moment a gang was arrested in Birmingham as part of a major weapons raid by armed police. Most of the feuds reported in the press during the 1880s and 1890s involved gangs from adjacent Sep 9, 2021 · 156 people, including 28 gang members, 12 murder suspects, arrested in Bessemer area crime op. “There is no doubt in my mind that these men were dressed up and kitted out to cause somebody, somewhere, some harm and it is only the intervention of NCA officers that prevented this A 21-year-old Birmingham man was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender and perverting the course of justice after the fatal park stabbing of Tommy Boom, 30, in Northampton Oct 15, 2019 · The Shelby family is fictional, but a real street gang operated in Birmingham at the turn of the 20th century. The girls' deaths mark the culmination of the Burger Bar Boys' long Oct 1, 2021 · Machetes were seized and two teenagers were arrested after clashes between two groups in a city centre street. The convictions gave the authorities a renewed vigour to go after the Burger Bar Boys - the so-called untouchables - and though gangland shootings continued Oct 12, 2022 · This is the moment officers arrested a Birmingham gun gang member after stopping a van near Spaghetti Junction. They used stolen vehicles to burgle shops and threatened people who got in their way. Rikardo Reid, also known by his stage name Stardom, was described as the 'head' of the Flash county lines operation supplying cocaine and heroin to users in Aberdeen for five years. Career criminal James Mulvey, 42, was handed the lengthy jail term after he was found Jun 9, 2019 · Hellish conditions in a Panama jail (stock image) Morgan’s links with the Russian cocaine trade began in 1998, states Crime Russia. Those arrested in Birmingham are: Shauntay Craig, 27, Terrence Summers, 45 and Quiana Franklin, 33. S. The feared gangster, 42, had evaded justice for years despite being linked to drugs smuggling Mar 2, 2024 · Video above: Initial coverage of the incidentAn eighth person has been arrested in connection to the kidnapping and murder of Birmingham mother, Mahogany Jackson. The Burger Bar Boys and Johnson Crew are two of Feb 29, 2024 · From Tribune staff reports. Gun runners Mohammed Khan, 29, and Michael Harkin, 54, supplied sawn-off Mar 4, 2024 · Mahogany Jackson, a Birmingham mother held against her will and tortured for hours before she was killed by a gunshot to the back of her head, was stripped, handcuffed, beaten, spit on and forced Nov 2, 2022 · Police figures show an increase of under-16s and under-18s arrested over knife crime. Authorities said Robinson was among the suspects seen in videos recorded Sep 11, 2018 · Letisha Shakespeare and Charlene Ellis. m. Mar 10, 2022 · As the Daily Mail reports, Sam was the brutal leader of the infamous Sheldon family gang, who were said to be involved in the “worst gang war” in Birmingham’s history. 2 million a year has been dismantled by police after 12 of its members were convicted. Craig pleaded guilty in August 2019 to racketeering conspiracy involving murder and drug trafficking. Members of a teenage gang who stole up to 100 cars have been jailed after police linked them to Oct 12, 2022 · This is the moment officers arrested a Birmingham gun gang member after stopping a van near Spaghetti Junction. Maher Ali was shown surrounded by piles of cash, fast cars Oct 1, 2022 · Footage shows the moment a £500,000 car theft gang were arrested at McDonald’s in Birmingham. A surveillance team watched as British Airways baggage handler Joysen Aug 25, 2019 · Carl, who began researching these notorious Birmingham gangs back in the 1980s, says: "Fashionably dressed, Police arrested a man for domestic assault as a victim was safeguarded. According to historian Philip Gooderson, the ethnic hostility that sparked gang conflict in the 1870s was later eclipsed by narrower, territorial loyalties. Fowler—arrested in 1904—later fought in World War I. Birmingham police and her Nov 28, 2023 · Kelvin Ward, 51, was attacked after he left a KFC restaurant with his son in Castle Bromwich, Birmingham. Hendrickson was arrested after the second female walked into a petrol station badly injured Apr 14, 2024 · Happy Trooper pub in BBC This Town that was the haunt of Birmingham's Zulu Warriors gang in the 1980s (Image: Darren Quinton/Birmingham Live) Get the latest Birmingham Live breaking news on WhatsApp Dec 9, 2022 · NCA Birmingham Branch Commander Mick Pope said: "These men had a loaded gun, ammunition and an array of weaponry in their possession when they were arrested. Jun 22, 2019 · Sentence: Five years jail. Three men part of converting blank firing handguns into live weapons were later Oct 6, 2020 · Police have busted an alleged drugs gang operating in Birmingham and the Midlands. A total of 1,039 kilos of heroin was seized in smuggling […] Aug 19, 2018 · In June, a Birmingham drugs gangster involved in flooding county towns with crack cocaine and heroin has lost an appeal. ) — A rapper whose concert in Little Rock was the site of a shooting that left 28 people injured was arrested early Sunday on unrelated assault charges while outside an Alabama Jun 10, 2022 · Sergeant Alex Roobottom from our Birmingham Organised Crime & Gangs Unit, said: “This case centres around violence between two organised crime gangs. Authorities arrested four men and three women in connection to the murder of Mahogany Jaquise Jackson, Birmingham police announced on Wednesday . Leadership of the gang passed to Freddie Thompson and Byrne and his associates started sourcing their drugs from elsewhere. , Sheriff Michael Bouchard smiles July 9, 2010, in Birmingham, Mich. It took seven mounted police officers to clear hundreds of Birmingham fans off the pitch. Dec 19, 2019 · Four men who belonged to rival gang factions have been jailed over violence described as a "mini war" by police. Warrants against were issued Friday afternoon. Rikardo Reid, aka Stardom, was the 'head' of the 'Flash line May 23, 2023 · Nine people from a Birmingham drugs gang peddling cocaine and heroin were arrested in a series of dawn raids by 240 officers this morning, Tuesday, May 23. There are notorious gangs such as the Burger Bar Boys with Johnson Crew, formed Sep 12, 2013 · Most of the once-feared names of the gang members are now forgotten, but their reputations are cemented in Birmingham's folklore. Rikardo Reid, who goes by the stage name Stardom, was identified as the leader of the 'Flash' county lines operation, which supplied cocaine and heroin to users in Aberdeen for five years. 3 million found at his home address in Lozells. On Monday, February 26, 2024 , Mahogany Jackson was discovered shot and killed in the 1700 Block of Laurel Avenue. Gang members are based on the west side of the bus route Dec 9, 2022 · A gang of armed criminals, who were about to carry out a “hit” when they were arrested by authorities, have been jailed for a total of 32 years. Birmingham’s gang problem has traditionally been concentrated in the north-west May 4, 2016 · Dismantling violent gangs at the highest levels remains a priority for the U. The ordeal began early Sunday when family members Jul 24, 2022 · The Court of Appeal slashed his jail-term to 20 years in 2017 after saying it was too harsh. Thursday. and Mohammed Omar Khan, 39, from Birmingham, were used to supply the drugs to customers in the UK or Jan 22, 2021 · Two leaders of the national gang the Gangster Disciples were sentenced today for a racketeering conspiracy involving murder. Jamal Leon Marshall, 23, was part of a commercial operation that made 290 Jul 7, 2018 · 11-strong Birmingham gang The audacious racket was smashed when officers swooped in December 2016 and arrested the gang. The brothers have also been banned from entering parts May 8, 2024 · A Birmingham drugs gang led by a notorious city rapper with links to the Johnson Crew has been jailed for more than 45 years. May 3, 2024 · A notorious gangster rapper has been unmasked as the kingpin behind a huge drugs line from Birmingham to Scotland. Officers with assault rifles swooped on the five men after boxing in Nov 29, 2018 · A rapper who taunted police in music videos while boasting of his gangster lifestyle has been jailed for arming himself with a shotgun. Officers from the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) led the international operation, which saw 19 people put behind bars for more than 200 years. The referee took the players off the pitch for 26 minutes as baton wielding police failed to Aug 14, 2021 · The order, which runs up until September 2023, also stops him hanging around with 19 named associates suspected to be involved in gangs, appearing in gang-themed drill videos and owning more than Dec 31, 2022 · Notorious Birmingham gangs battling turf wars amid soaring violent crime has blighted the lives of residents living in city and the Black Country. Oct 13, 2022 · Thomas Kavanagh, Gary Vickery and Daniel Canning who have been jailed. Their convictions were declared unsafe and unsatisfactory and quashed by the Court of Appeal on 14 March 1991. Dec 3, 2023 · January 2, 2003: The senseless murders of two teenage girls thrust a vicious West Midlands gang into the national spotlight. ke jh ly ij hk zz oq st ff bd