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latimes.com | Matthew Ormseth
A reputed member of the Mongols motorcycle club was charged Tuesday with murdering a member of the rival Vagos in what federal prosecutors say is an escalating conflict between the two outfits. Julian Pulido, 35, shot to death Vicente Sandoval on March 4 at the Firewater Bar in Ontario, according to a complaint unsealed Tuesday and San Bernardino County coroner’s records. A second alleged Mongols member, Clifford Lavoy, is accused of choking Sandoval before he was killed.
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1 week ago |
latimes.com | Matthew Ormseth
Federal prosecutors have charged a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy with smuggling heroin into a jail where he was assigned to investigate gang crimes. Michael Meiser, 39, has pleaded not guilty in federal court to charges he trafficked drugs while armed with his Smith & Wesson service weapon. An attorney representing the deputy, who was released on bail, didn’t return a request for comment.
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2 weeks ago |
gazettextra.com | Matthew Ormseth
LOS ANGELES -- In Pomona, Michael Lerma is a "mythical" figure, his attorney says. Lerma, 68, hasn't walked the streets of his hometown on the eastern edge of Los Angeles County since the 1980s, when he was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. But according to federal prosecutors, he controls an "empire" of gang members and drug dealers who pay him a cut of their illicit profits. Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.
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2 weeks ago |
thederrick.com | Matthew Ormseth
LOS ANGELES -- In Pomona, Michael Lerma is a “mythical” figure, his attorney says. Lerma, 68, hasn’t walked the streets of his hometown on the eastern edge of Los Angeles County since the 1980s, when he was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. But according to federal prosecutors, he controls an “empire” of gang members and drug dealers who pay him a cut of their illicit profits.
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2 weeks ago |
miamiherald.com | Matthew Ormseth
LOS ANGELES -- In Pomona, Michael Lerma is a "mythical" figure, his attorney says. Lerma, 68, hasn't walked the streets of his hometown on the eastern edge of Los Angeles County since the 1980s, when he was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. But according to federal prosecutors, he controls an "empire" of gang members and drug dealers who pay him a cut of their illicit profits.
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