Jarod Lance Bancroft,Curtis Stewart Bickle appeared before Brisbane Magistrates Court today on charges including assault occasioning bodily harm

Jarod Lance Bancroft, 36, and Curtis Stewart Bickle, 29, appeared before Brisbane Magistrates Court today on charges including assault occasioning bodily harm while armed, and threatening violence. The court was told the pair were wearing balaclavas and carrying hand guns when they approached a man outside his Corinda home, in Brisbane's west, about 9.10pm (AEST) on Wednesday. Police prosecutor Senior...

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Terry Lamont Smith approached wearing a ski mask and began a fight with the victim. Smith’s mask came off during the struggle,

Terry Lamont Smith, 24, has prior felony convictions for burglary, grand larceny and distribution of crack. On Dec. 16, 2006, police responded to a shooting at the Tiger Mart located at 1208 E. Main St., Dillon. They found the victim lying on the floor with a single gunshot wound to the right side of his chest. Witnesses told police the victim was vacuuming a woman’s car when Smith approached wearing...

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Jorge Zaragoza retrieved a handgun and shot his wife, hitting her in the neck, then turned the gun on himself.

The Stockton Police Department reported that around 9 p.m., the Zaragozas were arguing at their home in the 200 block of Horton Avenue when Jorge Zaragoza retrieved a handgun and shot his wife, hitting her in the neck, then turned the gun on himself.Gabriela Zaragoza, 47, is recovering at San Joaquin General Hospital. Her husband, Jorge Zaragoza, died at the scene.Jorge and Gabriela Zaragoza's son,...

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13-year-old boy is in custody after firing a weapon

13-year-old boy is in custody after firing a weapon at the Annual Annie Malone May Day Parade in downtown St. Louis.The parade drew thousands of spectators who lined the streets to honor Annie Malone, a civic leader who helped St. Louis orphans in the early 1900s.Police say the 13-year-old boy's weapon was recovered after the shooting Sunday. No one was hurt in the incide...

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Michael Dosunmu, Billy Cox, Jesse James, James Smarrt Ford and Adam Regis are just some of the names of young black men who have lost their lives

Michael Dosunmu, Billy Cox, Jesse James, James Smarrt Ford and Adam Regis are just some of the names of young black men who have lost their lives to the wave of escalating gun and knife crime in the UK. And in many cases, their attackers have also been young black men. Most of us who have seen these headlines have been shocked and concerned. For one woman the issue of gun violence became frighteningly...

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Phoenix 3-year-old died from injuries sustained during an accidental shooting Monday afternoon.

Phoenix 3-year-old died from injuries sustained during an accidental shooting Monday afternoon.Authorities on the scene said they think the boy shot himself in the head.It's unclear at this point how the boy got a hold of the gun or who owns the weapon. The boy was visiting friends at a home near Interstate 17 and Greenway on Monday afternoon with his Mom and two brothers, according to police.He...

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Colin Gunn has been at the heart of organised crime in Nottingham

Colin Gunn has been at the heart of organised crime in Nottingham for a long time.Despite a ban on the media revealing his identity, few people had not heard his name in connection with gun crime in the city.He was one of three men jailed for life last...

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Anjum Nawaz, Mohammed Imtiaz Malik, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life

Niwaz, 25, from Grindleton Road, Blackburn; Anjum Nawaz, 24, from Columbia Place, Sheffield and Mohammed Imtiaz Malik, 25, from Montague Street, Blackburn pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life. Today, all three men appeared before The Honourable Mrs Justice Rafferty at Manchester Crown Court for sentencing. Niwaz was sentenced to 13 years in prison. Nawaz received...

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"SHOT" IN THE "HEAD" AND "DUMPED"

Four people believed to be Americans were "SHOT" IN THE "HEAD" AND "DUMPED" in a notorious drug-smuggling area in northern Mexico near the California border, Mexican police said on Monday.Police in the beach town of Rosarito, across the border from San Diego, said they discovered the bodies of three men and a woman on Sunday in an abandoned car in a remote patch of scrubland near the Pacific coast.Police...

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Police seized an AK47, ammunition and drugs Monday in a raid at an Oshtemo Township apartment.

Courtesy of the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team The Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team found crack cocaine, powder cocaine and an AK47 assault rifle Monday during a raid of an apartment in Oshtemo Township, police said.Police seized an AK47, ammunition...

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German policewoman could be sacked after leaving her gun in a court toilet during a high security murder trial of rival biker gangs.

German policewoman could be sacked after leaving her gun in a court toilet during a high security murder trial of rival biker gangs.The missing weapon had been left by a sink in a ladies toilet for 15 minutes before it was spotted by a court worker, who raised the alarm.At first police thought a gang member had smuggled the gun inside, but soon realised it was a police officer's weapon.Extra police...

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Friday’s bloody bank robbery in Laguna that left nine people killed and one seriously wounded.

Friday’s bloody bank robbery in Laguna that left nine people killed and one seriously wounded.This, despite the admission of Edwin Ermita, vice president for corporate affairs of Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) that they found no need for radical changes in bank security."On Monday may meeting kami with the PNP as part of the Joint Anti-Bank Robbery Action Committee (We will meet with the PNP...

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Fernando Diaz Jr angered by a custody dispute with his ex-girlfriend opened fire

Rifleman Fernando Diaz Jr angered by a custody dispute with his ex-girlfriend opened fire Saturday at a parish school festival in Granada Hills this morning, wounding the woman and two other fair-goers before being tackled by bystanders and arrested...

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Miles Frazier-Nevers was charged with first-degree larceny

What started out as a good deed by an off-duty corrections officer ended in the arrest of two local men on gun, drugs and auto theft charges. An off-duty state corrections officer, William Finney Jr., got more than he bargained for Friday when he pulled over on the side of Route 2 here around 4:30 p.m. to lend a helping hand after seeing a disabled car in a ditch. Finney was traveling with his family...

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Brandon Bethea shot to death outside a Queens housing project

15-year-old girl was shot to death outside a Queens housing project Saturday night by a bullet meant for someone else, cops and witnesses said.Brandon Bethea was hit in the head when gunfire erupted in the courtyard of the Redfern Houses in Far Rockaway shortly after 11 p.m., cops and witnesses said. "She was coming to see me," said the victim's stunned boyfriend, Isaiah Alston, 15, who lives in the...

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suspect has been killed and three others arrested after a shootout with Tshwane Metro Police officers.

suspect has been killed and three others arrested after a shootout with Tshwane Metro Police officers.Metro Police spokesperson Louise Brits said the men were stopped by the officers at the corner of Nelson Mandela Drive and Vermeulen Street during a stop-and-search operation on Saturday."The officers noticed a suspicious Jetta with four occupants and decided to follow it to establish what the men...

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Dennis Farina has not yet posted bail and is still in jail.

Dennis Farina, a former policeman who built a Hollywood career playing detectives, was arrested overnight at Los Angeles airport for trying to take a loaded gun onto a plane.Farina, 64, told police he brought the .22 caliber, semi-automatic pistol with...

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Christopher Wayne Hudson has pleaded guilty

Christopher Wayne Hudson has pleaded guilty to last year's Melbourne CBD shooting.Hudson has been charged with one count of murder and two counts of attempted murder.Father-of-three Brendan Keilar died, and Dutch backpacker Paul de Waard and former Sydney...

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Eleanor Dava Alonzo was arrested as the driver of a four-door, burgundy-colored ’08 GMC Yukon used in the shooting.

Eleanor Dava Alonzo, 38, of Watsonville was arrested Tuesday afternoon after she entered the Watsonville Police Department lobby and reported the suspect vehicle had been stolen, police said.The vehicle had not been stolen from Alonzo, but rather had been recovered by police after she had failed to return it to the rental agency, according to a police press release.The victim of the Sunday night driveby...

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Three suspects were arrested who shot at a Florida Highway Patrol trooper's car while attempting to escape.

Three suspects were arrested late Friday night after police conducted a massive manhunt in a Deerfield Beach neighborhood to catch those who shot at a Florida Highway Patrol trooper's car while attempting to escape.The three arrested were suspected in the armed robbery of a Boynton Beach fast food restaurant, according to Boynton Beach police.Boynton Beach police and Florida Highway Patrol officers...

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Johnell Neal Florida football star with ties to Baton Rouge is recovering from multiple gunshot wounds

Florida football star with ties to Baton Rouge is recovering from multiple gunshot wounds. Police say the shooting happened early Friday morning on Wyandotte Street in Baton Rouge. Family members say Johnell Neal came home to Baton Rouge to celebrate...

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Six people were arrested and weapons, drugs, cash and video surveillance equipment were all seized a .357 Magnum handgun, a 9 mm handgun and a Tech 9

Six people were arrested and weapons, drugs, cash and video surveillance equipment were all seized when officers used search warrants to raid two adjoining homes on Dickinson Street on Thursday, police said.The raids - carried out by officers assigned to the Tactical Anti-Crime and Narcotics Enforcement units - were the result of information authorities received about alleged "narcotics activities"...

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John Delgado, Elizabeth, and Christian Alicea,arrested and charged with aggravated assault, making terroristic threats and possession of a weapon ,

John Delgado, 19, from East Grand Street in Elizabeth, and Christian Alicea, 21, of Hutton Street in Jersey City, and a 16-year-old teenager from Kennedy Boulevard in Jersey City were arrested and charged with aggravated assault, making terroristic threats and possession of a weapon, police said. Three people were arrested Saturday night after someone tried to settle a feud over an ex-girlfriend with...

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Makayla died Sunday morning after her 5-year-old brother shot her while playing with a handgun,

Michelle Vensko went to Wal-Mart on Sunday to buy her 4-year-old daughter, Makayla Booher, one last outfit: pink silk pajamas and little house slippers.Makayla died Sunday morning after her 5-year-old brother shot her while playing with a handgun, police said.Vensko wants her daughter to be dressed in her favorite color when she is buried."That's my snuggle bunny," she said.Vensko, 34, and the little...

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Adrian Ezekiel Miller ,Alex Julian Porter,Jamal Wesley James charged with burglary to an occupied dwelling and aggravated battery.

18-year old Adrian Ezekiel Miller of 3 Eula Drive in Niceville, and 19-year old Alex Julian Porter of 118 Friar Tuck Drive in Niceville, are both charged with burglary to an occupied dwelling and aggravated battery.A third suspect, 19-year old Jamal Wesley James was taken into custody on December 21st, 2007 after being released from a Pensacola hospital. He had been shot by the homeowner, 64-year...

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Mario Harris, Justan Cantrell, James Glasper and Ramon Delemos arrested on weapons charges

Dayton police arrested four people on Saturday who now face felony weapons charges.Mario Harris, Justan Cantrell, James Glasper and Ramon Delemos were all arrested in traffic stops along Shiloh Springs Road.Police said they found weapons in their vehicles. Police reports indicate three of the men are convicted felons.Police also said the arrests were made near a weekend gun show.In addition to state...

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Dennis Willard Dustyhorn is charged with manslaughter

Two men have been arrested and charged in connection with the shooting death of a 21-year-old Regina man Monday.Dennis Willard Dustyhorn will make his first court appearance at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. The 17-year-old, who cannot be named under provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, faces five firearms-related charges, including careless use of a firearm.Regina Police Service said late Monday evening...

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Acosta De Vargas,Jose Castro,Gabriel Pabon,Javier Rivera the fake Police crew

Among those charged were Acosta De Vargas, who police said has past arrests for heroin dealing; Jose Castro, who allegedly helped organize the kidnappings; Gabriel Pabon, who police said has past gun arrests; and Javier Rivera, who faced deportation...

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Gunman who was involved in a five-hour stand-off with armed police in west London Tuesday is dead

Gunman who was involved in a five-hour stand-off with armed police in west London Tuesday is dead, police said, although there was no immediate confirmation of how he died."Following the incident a man has been pronounced dead. This is now a matter for the Independent Police Complaints Commission (watchdog)," a force spokesman told AFP by telephone.IPCC spokesman Richard Offer told AFP: "The IPCC...

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Lil Wayne appeared in an Arizona courtroom

Lil Wayne appeared in an Arizona courtroom on Tuesday (May 6) to answer to several drug charges, stemming from an arrest in January.He has maintained since that arrest, the rapper entered a not guilty plea on charges of multiple drug possession charges...

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Unidentified man was killed with a bullet from his own gun

unidentified man was killed with a bullet from his own gun early yesterday during a struggle with police in an elevator machine room atop a commercial midtown Manhattan building, police said.Assistant Chief Michael Collins of the New York Police Department said they believe the man to be a 51-year-old from Brooklyn whose background includes a string of at least 15 burglary and stolen property arrests...

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George Iknadosian knowingly sold at least 650 firearms, including high-end semiautomatic pistols and assault-style rifles, to drug cartels

George Iknadosian, 46, knowingly sold at least 650 firearms, including high-end semiautomatic pistols and assault-style rifles, to drug cartels, the ATF said.arrest of a gun shop owner on Tuesday broke up a suspected firearms trafficking operation that supplied violent Mexican drug cartels, authorities said.Agents raided X Calibur Guns and arrested George Iknadosian after undercover agents bought...

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First-degree murder charges have been laid against Denis Jerome Labossiere and two other men in the murders of his parents and brother

First-degree murder charges have been laid against Denis Jerome Labossiere and two other men in the murders of his parents and brother in November 2005. RCMP said the 37-year-old Labossiere, Jeremie Gerard Toupin, 22, and Michel Marc Hince, 21, hatched and carried out a plan to kill the trio in their St. Leon-area farmhouse on a winter night. Sources allege Labossiere came up with the plan and recruited...

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Jerome Labossière, his nephew Daniel Labossière and two Hells Angels associates were accused of hiding a cache of high-powered weapons

Police raided a residence on Four Mile Road in January 2006, seizing four firearms -- a Tec-9 submachinegun, Ruger Mini-14, FN assault rifle and an Israeli-made version of the Russian AK-47.Jerome Labossière, his nephew Daniel Labossière and two Hells Angels associates were accused of hiding a cache of high-powered weapons inside a south Winnipeg home just weeks after his parents and brother were...

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Juan Merced fatally shot in a BMW that had crashed on the 4200 block of Foothill Boulevard. Two other people were injured by gunfire

At about 2 a.m., police found Juan Merced, 21, of Oakland fatally shot in a BMW that had crashed on the 4200 block of Foothill Boulevard. Two other people were injured by gunfire in that incident, police said, but didn't elaborate.man was found shot and killed in a crashed car early Saturday in Oakland and two other people were shot and wounded in the latest spate of violence that police believe was...

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Levon Warner arrested for the killing of a Philadelphia officer during a robbery

Philadelphia police announced just before 8 a.m. Sunday that one person was arrested for the killing of a Philadelphia officer during a robbery, and they have the warrant to arrest another person.During a news conference late Sunday morning, Philadelphia...

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Jahangar Majid ,Michael Pearson,Mazhar Mohammed guns seized, which were shown to the court, were loaded and ready to use,

Judge has jailed three men for a total of 19 years and warned that courts will show no mercy to those caught in possession of firearms. Judge Thomas spoke out as he sentenced Jahangar Majid to five years for keeping a pistol and ammunition in his flat. Earlier, two other men were each jailed for seven years. All three were arrested in Operation Werewolf, a series of police raids targeting gun crime...

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Just for Jesus rally one of the students had a gun

According to the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Department students who attended the Just for Jesus rally told deputies they thought one of the students had a gun even though they didn't see it. When deputies approached the student he ran through a bank parking lot on Lakeshore Drive.The student was caught on Broad Street across from Wendy's parking lot. Witnesses saw the student throw something blue...

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