Court brawl at sentencing for NZ mullet boy HA

Wallace was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 15 years and six months.

A brawl almost broke out in the courtroom after the sentencing of Hells Angels prospect Zane Paora Wallace. He carried out a prolonged and vicious beating resulting in the death of a mother of two. Jasmine Wilson, 30, died after a brutal assault. Tensions erupted between the two families in court. Wallace had terrorized Wilson, told her he would bash her head in, and other explicit and gruesome ways he would kill her. Wallace had also threatened to kill Wilson's children and her family.

Lake Mead body in a barrel - update V

Barbara Brock believes the body in the barrel is her brother, Bobbi Eugene Shaw. Cops say the remains match his description and have taken DNA samples. Robert E. Shaw was arrested in 1976 during a strike on the Strip by the Culinary Union. This conjures Culinary Union boss Al Bramlet, who met his end in the desert in 1977 after refusing to pay a hitman for a series of bombings.

Robert Shaw had extensive mob connections and has been missing since 1977.

A missing father of a San Francisco man has been identified as one of the bodies that emerged from Lake Mead.

Twenty years ago Tom Erndt, then 10 years old, was on a nighttime family boating excursion on the Colorado River reservoir on Aug. 2, 2002 when his father, Thomas Erndt, playfully jumped into the water. Known for being a jokester, the family thought he was playing a prank when he began to struggle. "At first it was like, 'Oh, I'm drowning hahaha,' kind of thing, right?" Tom Erndt said. "And it turned into screaming and yelling, and 'I need help!'.

Thomas Erndt disappeared below the surface and he wasn't found until a month ago.

Latest to emerge from Lake Mead is a WWII Higgins landing craft. It was used to survey the Colorado River decades ago before sinking. Human remains were found a week after the body in the barrel.

Shoes on the man were sold at Kmart in the mid 70s.

Boaters on depleted Lake Mead spotted an old rusty barrel. Inside were bones from a man killed sometime between the mid-1970s and the early 1980s. He had been shot to death and was likely dropped from a boat far from shore. There is still no DNA evidence of his identity.

The grisly find has all the makings of a gangland hit. Cops say the victim was shot in the head and crammed into the drum. The killers transported the barrel by boat several hundred yards out into the lake and dumped it in what was then 100 feet of water. The corpse still had a shirt, belt and shoes. Clothing was purchased in the mid to late 1970s at a Kmart. Three possible mob victims may be the body in the barrel. George 'Jay' Vandermark was a gambling machine cheater who robbed the mob's slot machine operation at the Stardust casino. William Crespo was a drug-runner who turned state's evidence after he got busted smuggling cocaine. He was set to testify against a mob-controlled casino company but was never seen again.

Leading candidate for the man in the barrel is Johnny Pappas, a man who owned a boat on Lake Mead and was a Las Vegas casino host. The three men together were all linked to the most powerful Las Vegas mob operation of that time – Argent Corp., a front company that ran some of Las Vegas' top gambling operations. Argent Corp. had become a major player in Las Vegas – owning the Stardust, Hacienda and Marina hotel-casinos on the Strip, and the Fremont downtown. That leads to a likely killer. One of the most notorious enforcers in mob history, Tony Spilotro. He was involved in at least 20 mob-related murders from 1975 to 1977. Each of his victims died from a shared method — one or more point-blank shots to the head from a .22 handgun, favored because the slugs enter the skull without blowing back blood and brain matter. DNA testing may take a year.

Lake Mead and Lake Powell upstream provide water to more than 40 million people. The lake’s level has dropped so much that the uppermost water intake at Lake Mead became visible.Drought and increasing demand is emptying the lake.

Failed hitman declares ‘I’m not a rat’ from federal witness stand

Defense lawyers were not impressed with the hitman's claim that he wanted to work with children on his release from prison. 'Do you plan to kidnap those children? Are you going to help them with their homework, sir? Are you going to teach them what homework is, sir?'

Ron Cabey is testifying as part of a cooperation agreement with the feds in the murder-for-hire plot against Anthony Zottola. “I’m not a rat,” Cabey, 32, said. “I’m a cooperator.” Cabey testified that he had been paid $10k by a leader of the Bloods gang, Bushawn Shelton. Cabey told jurors how he tried – and failed – at least six times to rub out Mafia-associate Sylvester “Sally Daz” Zottola, 71, and his other son, Salvatore, 45. Anthony, 44, is on trial with two co-defendants, Alfred Lopez and Himen Ross, who were allegedly hired by the Bloods to whack Sylvester at a Bronx McDonald’s drive thru in 2018. The court spent considerable time hearing Cabey's encylopedic criminal record.

Anthony Zottola is on trial for the hit on his father.

See ----->Mobster stands trial for murder of his own father

Mexican Navy lands 1700 kg of cocaine

The Mexican Navy busted a 1,700 kilo shipment of cocaine aboard a go-fast boat far off the coast of Chiapas. The region is at the northern end of the busy Eastern Pacific transit corridor for cocaine shipments from Colombia. The service put the value of the seizure at about $24m; if delivered to the United States, the same cargo would be worth at least twice that amount.

Germany raids United Tribuns - banned

German cops raided premises linked to the gang United Tribuns across the country. Police searched 108 properties in nine states in tandem with the announcement of a ban on the group. The ban affects about 100 patched members. Its 13 chapters will be dissolved and their assets seized. Symbols of the group may no longer be disseminated or used in public. Formed in 2004, the club has been involved in a series of violent clashes with other gangsters, including the Hells Angels. Its founder is Bosnian Almir ‘Boki’ Culum.

Russian oil oligarchs falling to unexplained deaths

Top Russian executive Ivan Pechorin died after falling from his boat near Vladivostok. Pechorin is the latest in a long string of unexpected deaths. In February, the same firm announced the death of its general director, Igor Nosov. The 43-year-old died of a stroke. On Sept 1, state media reported the death of Ravik Maganov, chair of top Russian oil company Lukoil, saying he fell from a hospital window. Four deaths are linked to Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom. At least 8 top men connected to Russia's oil and gas industry have died in 2022 so far, many reportedly 'by suicide'.

Execution of Sébastien Beauchamp in 2018 created a mess

Frédérick Silva left a big mess when he killed Sébastien Beauchamp, an associate of the Hells Angels, at a gas station in St-Léonard on Dec. 20, 2018. Silva was found guilty of the hit. His accomplice, driver Giovanni Presta, 37, is on trial. Silva chased Beauchamp around the exterior of the gas station until finally succeeding in killing him. A stray bullet ended up in the gas pump and another travelled through the window of the Couche-Tard convenience store. Another struck a parked car nearby.

Three guns were left at the crime scene. Beauchamp was hit by four of the many bullets fired at him.

See ----->Man linked to Hells Angels shot dead in Saint-Leonard

Daniel Kinahan flees Dubai bolthole

The Irish Mirror says investigators believe the 45-year-old escaped Dubai using a false passport in April. Cops suspect his final destination will be another state in Asia. They say one possibility is Kazakhstan. Kinahan made several visits to the oil-rich state that borders Europe and has firm contacts there. It’s understood father Christy, 64, and brother Christopher Jnr, 41 have also fled Dubai. All three were named as international criminals by the US Department of the Treasury, which placed global financial sanctions on them. They were barred from flying on an American airline, and US companies are barred from doing business with them, anywhere in the world. Cops believe the cartel, which smuggles millions of euro for drugs into Ireland and Britain every year, is set to break up. The Kinahans can no longer run the operation. Others will step in to take over and will pick up the pieces. The cartel has suffered massive losses of men, cash and drugs.

West Auckland Nomads busted - lose loot

A dozen Harleys, 16 vehicles and $400k cash has been seized in a cop operation in West Auckland. The seizure comes from Operation Samson, which nailed the West Auckland Nomads chapter of the Hells Angels. Total value of property, assets and cash restrained is in excess of $6m.

€500,000 bounty on jewel heist

A jewelry heist at the Maastricht art fair has resulted in a record amount of €500k reward by the insurer. Its believed the so-called Pink Panther gang has something to do with the theft of 10 pieces of jewelry at the Tefaf art fair in June, one of which had a 114-carat diamond. Its said one of the necklaces was worth €27m. The necklace was by Joel Arthur Rosenthal, 79, one of the most noted jewellery designers in the world. It has a chain of pearls spaced with emeralds, from which hangs a yellow cushion-shaped diamond.