Press Releases

Top 6 Gang Member Indicted, Arrested in South Florida
07/22/2010: ~ New charges added in superseding indictment against two original defendants ~ TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum and Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw today announced a superseding indictment has...

Broward County Gang Member Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
06/25/2010: TALLAHASSEE, FL -- Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that a Broward County gang member has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Ernesto Campos, 28, was prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Office of...

Third Shift Gang Member Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
02/24/2010: TALLAHASSEE, FL- Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that a Manatee County gang member was sentenced to 10 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to criminal racketeering and conspiracy to commit...

Attorney General, Coordinating Council Release First Report on Statewide Gang Reduction Strategy
02/24/2010: TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum and the Coordinating Council on Gang Reduction Strategies today released their 2007-2009 Report of Progress highlighting accomplishments of the state’s gang reduction...

Two Tampa Area Gang Members Sentenced for Criminal Racketeering
02/12/2010: TALLAHASSEE, FL- Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that two members of a violent Tampa Bay area gang have received prison sentences ranging from 12 to 20 years. The individuals were each charged with...

Attorney General: One Gang Fugitive in Custody, Second Still Sought
02/09/2010: TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that one of the gang fugitives recently featured on the Attorney General's Most Wanted list has been apprehended, but a second fugitive is still at large...

Attorney General Announces Search for Two Fugitive Gang Members
02/03/2010: ~ Central Florida men believed to be armed, dangerous ~ TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that his Office of Statewide Prosecution is searching for two fugitive gang members. Jesus Ravelo...

Three Tampa Area Gang Members Convicted
01/22/2010: TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that three Plant City gang members were convicted of conspiracy to commit racketeering. West Side members Sylvester Dunson Jr., Christopher Davis and...

Orange County Jury Convicts North Florida Gang Members
10/19/2009: TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that two members of a violent “hybrid” gang in Gadsden County have been convicted by an Orange County jury on criminal charges of racketeering and...

Third Shift Gang Member Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison
10/08/2009: TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced a Manatee County gang member was sentenced to 30 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to racketeering and conspiracy to commit racketeering. James...