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Founded in the 1960s, the gang's name stems from a street corner that intersects 10th Street and Oregon Avenue in South Philadelphia. [1] The 10th & Oregon Crew conducts drug trafficking, gambling, extortion and loan sharking rackets and operates from a series of taverns, bars, restaurants and social clubs in South Philadelphia and South Jersey. [1]
Philadelphia Election Riot (1742) Lombard Street Riot (1842) – Three-day race riot. Philadelphia Nativist Riots (1844) The Schuylkill Rangers – (mid-1800s) criminal gang – see Jimmy Haggerty; Kidnapping of Charley Ross (1874). Race riots in Philadelphia during the 1919 Red Summer (1919) - Incidents in May and July. 5 dead.
The Philadelphia crime family, also known as the Bruno–Scarfo crime family, [19] the Philadelphia–Atlantic City crime family, [20] the Philadelphia Mafia, [21] [22] the Philly Mafia, [23] [24] [25] or the Philadelphia–South Jersey Mafia, [26] [27] [28] is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
“The problems that led to C.J.’s wrongful conviction – unreliable eyewitnesses, ineffective assistance of counsel, and a poor police investigation – infect so many cases in Philadelphia ...
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Pages in category "Gangs in Philadelphia" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
A home invasion in an upscale Philadelphia suburb turned fatal over the weekend after a suspect broke into a home in Lower Merion Township at 2:20 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 8, the Montgomery County ...
The K&A Gang, or the Northeast Philly Irish Mob, is a predominantly Irish American criminal network based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.The K&A Gang was started following World War II and controlled the city's Irish-American criminal underworld for much of the late 20th century.