Violent Crimes News Update

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You are subscribed to Violent Crimes news updates. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Southern District of Texas brings racketeering, murder, drug trafficking, and firearms charges against 20 alleged "Free Money" gang members and associates 02/12/2026 07:00 AM EST An 18-count superseding indictment has been unsealed charging 20 alleged members and associates of a violent Houston-based street gang for their purported roles in a racketeering conspiracy (RICO) involving murder, attempted murder, armed robbery, drug trafficking and firearms offenses Twenty Free Money Gang Members and Associates Arrested on Racketeering, Murder, Drug Trafficking and Firearms Charges 02/12/2026 07:00 AM EST An 18-count superseding indictment was unsealed yesterday in the Southern District of Texas charging 20 defendants – all alleged Free Money gang members and associates from Houston – with federal crimes, including racketeering (RICO) conspiracy, murder and attempted murder in aid of racketeering, Hobbs Act Robbery, and related firearm and drug offenses. Two Men Plead Guilty to Assaulting, Robbing and Carjacking a Woman at Gunpoint 02/12/2026 07:00 AM EST Laithen Bell, 20, of Washington, D.C., and Cornell Jamison, 21, Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty yesterday in Superior Court to assaulting, robbing and carjacking a woman at gunpoint on January 22, 2025, announced Jeanine Ferris Pirro.

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