SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN -- Law enforcement officials in the pre-dawn hours on Thursday, October 6th conducted a major roundup of violent gang members accused of trafficking drugs into southeast Wisconsin.

CHICAGO (CBS)-- It has been about a year since Chicago police brass promised to wipe out the Maniac Latin Disciples street gang on the Northwest Side, and a published report says the campaign appears ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- A high-ranking member of a Northwest Side gang says a police crackdown has paralyzed the gang and sharply cut into its drug sales. As WBBM Newsradio's Regine Schlesinger reports,in an ...

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Ten members and associates of the Maniac Latin Disciples street gang were convicted Friday of taking part in a decade-old conspiracy to sell millions of dollars worth of cocaine.

Chicago officials have shot down the winning design for a new sticker honoring the city’s cops, firemen and paramedics because they say it contains references to a ruthless local gang, the Maniac ...

Unlike his predecessors, however, McCarthy says he isn't simply flooding hotspots for a few days or weeks. He vows to keep up the pressure on the city's most ruthless gangs long-term. More than 40 ...

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The Chicago Crime Commission has released a new street gang book that includes updated maps as gangs have splintered into more than 2,000 factions. This is the first time the commission has updated ...