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Silver Spring MS-13 Gang Member Sentenced to 24 Years for Racketeering Conspiracy, Including Murder
29-year-old El Salvadoran national Jose Lainez Martinez of Silver Spring was sentenced to 24 years in federal prison this week for his role in a racketeering conspiracy, which included a murder, tied to the MS-13 gang.
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Silver Spring MS-13 Affiliate Receives 25-Year Sentence for Racketeering, Murder Charges
23-year-old El Salvadoran national Oscar Efrain Zavala Urrea was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison this week for his involvement in a racketeering conspiracy, including a murder, linked to the MS-13 gang.
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Hagerstown Man Receives 10-Year Sentence for Carjacking Spree, Including Silver Spring Incident
Carlos Guardado-Eagle, 22, from Hagerstown, received a 10-year federal prison sentence this week for his involvement in multiple armed carjackings and attempted carjacking in 2022, one of which occurred in Silver Spring.
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Federal Charges: Silver Spring Man Pleads Guilty to Illegal Possession of Ammunition
30-year-old Andrew Steven Martin of Silver Spring has pleaded guilty to possessing ammunition as a felon and unlawfully having U.S. Postal Service keys to access mail receptacles, officials said.
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D.C. Man Sentenced to 11 Years for Series of Carjackings
A Washington, D.C. man has been sentenced in connection with a series of carjackings he committed in Silver Spring and Hyattsville in 2021.
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D.C. Man Pleads Guilty to Series of Carjackings
A 19-year-old Washington, D.C. man has pleaded guilty to federal charges of carjacking and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence for participating in multiple carjackings in Silver Spring and Hyattsville.
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County Police, Joint Agencies Arrest Six Men for Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
The U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron last week announced the unsealing of a federal complaint charging six men, including two from Silver Spring, for a drug trafficking conspiracy that allegedly distributed cocaine and other drugs in Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties, as well as the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
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Bill Would Formalize County Community Policing Guidelines
A bill to formalize community policing guidelines for the county’s police department was introduced this week by Council President Nancy Navarro (D-District 4) and Councilmember Craig Rice (D-District 2). Bill 33-19, Police – Community Policing would address “core community policing values,” diversity on the force, engagements with the community, complaints against county officers and other…