The Latin Kings are a vindictive Farmer faces a lengthy imprisonment when U.S. District Court Judge Philip P. Simon sentences him Oct. 24. HAMMOND — U.S. District Court jurors found a Latin Kings street member guilty Tuesday afternoon of a notorious double murder two decades ago. Court Dismisses Freeman-Wilson Campaign Finance Suit Over Technicality, Mayor McDermott Announces Second Annual 219 Day in Hammond, So you do realize this is ridiculous right? – Six members of the Latin Kings street gang were sentenced this week for racketeering conspiracy before Senior District Judge Rudy Lozano in the Northern District of Indiana. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

It may take us months or it may take longer but we are coming after you.”. They also Ellis, who became a Latin Kings member at an early age, admitted that as a juvenile he participated in the shooting deaths of James Walsh and Gonzalo Diaz in Griffith, Ind.

Making sure that victims of federal crimes are treated with compassion, fairness and respect. Of the nine remaining defendants, seven have pleaded guilty, one case was dismissed and one is a fugitive. Joseph A. Cooley of the Criminal Division’s Organized Crime and Gang Section, and David J. Nozick of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Indiana, are prosecuting this case. “Our well-coordinated law enforcement teams will continue to focus on fighting violent, senseless crimes like these.”.

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. “Today’s sentence sends a clear message that the FBI and our law enforcement partners will continue to work diligently to disrupt and dismantle these gangs and rid our streets of these violent criminals and the violence associated with their activities,” said Special Agent in Charge Paul Keenan, FBI Indianapolis. The jury also found him guilty of possessing and distributing marijuana and cocaine.

have a prominent rule in the organization. This case was investigated by the following agencies: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI); the FBI; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF); the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); the National Gang Intelligence Center; the National Gang Targeting, Enforcement & Coordination Center; Chicago Police Department; and the Indiana police departments of East Chicago, Griffith, Highland, Hammond and Houston.

ICE executes its mission through the enforcement of more than 400 federal statutes, focusing on preventing terrorism, immigration enforcement and combating transnational crime.

Click here for the latest ICE guidance on COVID-19. He said the case had languished until 2001 when police received an anonymous letter stating Farmer had been bragging about committing the Auto Repairers murders.

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The victims’ families have waited a long time for this day.

A federal jury convicts Latin Kings member of 1999 double homicide at a Hammond auto shop, Man charged with strangulation after putting officer in choke hold, police say, R. Kelly's lawyers want to question Hammond gang member in cell attack. They stole drugs, weapons and cash, and in some instances were given a portion of the funds they stole as payment for committing the armed robberies.