leading them down a path to the Imperial Gangster street gang. Graffiti is a hard crime to solve, but in the weeks that followed, law enforcement branched out to East Chicago and Gary ...

According to the indictment, they were part of the Imperial Gangsters street gang that originated on Chicago's North Side in the early 1960's. Federal authorities say the organization has evolved ...

A former leader of the East Chicago Imperial Gangsters testified before a federal jury Wednesday about how former fellow gang member Juan Briseno talked about killing five of the six people he’s ...

Two reputed gang leaders in the city of McHenry were jailed Friday on felony charges after admitting to spray-painting gang graffiti on ... was indicted Thursday in Chicago with 38 others on ...

For decades, Chicago gangs have used graffiti to mark their territories. Graffiti is also used to threaten rivals or take credit for shootings, which can lead to retaliation. But a lot of the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The ABC7 I-Team has learned that a member of a Chicago-based street gang has pleaded guilty to racketeering and is cooperating with authorities against his own gang. Alex "A-Rock ...

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Garza is scheduled to be sentenced May 21. Chavez was among 24 reputed members of the 149th Street Imperial Gangsters street gang in East Chicago named in a federal indictment alleging they were ...

HAMMOND, Ind.(STMW) -- Another East Chicago man pleaded guilty to taking part in the racketeering conspiracy by the Imperial Gangsters' drug trafficking operation. During his change of plea ...

MIAMI (AP) — A member of the Chicago-based Almighty Imperial Gangsters Nation has been sentenced by a Florida federal judge to 25 years in prison in a violent racketeering case.