To install click the Add extension button. That's it.

The source code for the WIKI 2 extension is being checked by specialists of the Mozilla Foundation, Google, and Apple. You could also do it yourself at any point in time.

4,5
Kelly Slayton
Congratulations on this excellent venture… what a great idea!
Alexander Grigorievskiy
I use WIKI 2 every day and almost forgot how the original Wikipedia looks like.
Live Statistics
English Articles
Improved in 24 Hours
Added in 24 Hours
What we do. Every page goes through several hundred of perfecting techniques; in live mode. Quite the same Wikipedia. Just better.
.
Leo
Newton
Brights
Milds

Lenox Street Boys

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lenox Street Boys
FoundedMid 1980s
Founding locationBoston, Massachusetts
Years active1980's–present
TerritoryUnited States of America, Boston
EthnicityPrimarily African American
Membership (est.)60+
Criminal activitiesDrug trafficking, robbery and murder
AlliesOrchard Park Trailblazers, Heath Street Gang, Academy Homes Gang
RivalsColumbia Point Dawgs, Vamp Hill Boys, H Block, X-men, Franklin Hill Giants, Greenwood Street Posse

The Lenox Street Boys also known as the "Lenox Street Cardinals" are one of the oldest and most dangerous street gangs in Boston, Massachusetts. The gang originated in the Lenox Street Projects in the Tremont section of Roxbury, Boston. The gang has been visible on Boston Police's radar since the mid-1980s as they terrorized local stores and civilians. They were also among the only gang to feud with New York–based drug gangs associated with drug lord Darryl Whiting.

August 16, 1991, three members of the Lenox Street Boys gunned down a well known Columbia Point Dawg in Ramsey Park with other members. After a brief shootout with Columbia Point Dawgs all three LSB member ran off.[1] The shooting lead to several other retaliated shooting in which two other Columbia Point Dawgs being shot.[2]

Investigations and prosecutions

2011 Raid

Boston Police made a slew of arrests in 2011 after raiding the Lenox Street housing project, picking up 21 alleged drug dealers as part of a special operation targeting drugs and gun violence in the area. 18 men had been indicted on drug charges.[3]

2016 raid

Federal and state law enforcement officials raided the Lenox Street Projects arresting twenty-seven people, many of them allegedly connected to the Lenox Street Cardinals street gang in the Lenox Street Housing development. Nineteen were charged with distribution and possession of drugs and firearms while eight were hit with state-level drug distribution charges. Ten of the 19 have been arrested and charged.[4]

References

  1. ^ "SMITH, COMMONWEALTH vs., 450 Mass. 395". masscases.com.
  2. ^ "FindLaw's Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts case and opinions". Findlaw.
  3. ^ "Twenty-One Arrested In Lenox Street Warrant Sweep". 22 June 2011.
  4. ^ "27 people, many of them allegedly affiliated with Lenox Street Cardinals gang, hit with illegal drug and firearms charges". 24 March 2016.
This page was last edited on 20 September 2023, at 13:14
Basis of this page is in Wikipedia. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported License. Non-text media are available under their specified licenses. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. WIKI 2 is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wikimedia Foundation.