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Two gang members exchanged gunfire at an outdoor party, leaving two dead and 23 wounded.According to a synopsis of a seminar at a national gang conference in Mississauga last June, the Galloway Boys have used “their near celebrity status and association to the entertainment industry to turn their small-scale criminal enterprise into a well-known international product.”Matthews would not discuss Galloway gangsters nor their alleged associations to the entertainment industry.Some Toronto gangs identify with Crips and some with Bloods, two warring gang “nations” in the United States that battle for control over neighbourhoods and illegal activities. Their hated rivals are members of the Mount Olive Crips and Monstarz, a subset group that started out in 2010. About 12,000 street members
They spoke on the condition of anonymity because they’re not authorized to speak on behalf of the Toronto police.Many shootings and homicides have been linked to the historical and ongoing conflict between the Project Originals (PO), a gang associated to the Atkinson Housing Co-op, near Spadina Avenue and Dundas Street West, and gangs in Regent Park on downtown’s east side.In the Rexdale area in the northwest part of Toronto, there are two prominent gangs “and their associated legacies/variations/subsets,” with a long history of violence dating back to 2000. “They may call themselves Crips but it means very little,” agreed the other front-line cop. We “wanted to fly below the radar,” and respect came from “not getting caught.” Many of today’s gang-related prosecutions rely on text messages, videos and social media postings to help secure convictions.Last November, Jermaine Dunkley, leader of a gang called Monstarz who rapped as JNoble, was convicted of murder connected to an online-fuelled feud between groups in Jamestown and Mount Olive. Affiliated gangs are the Doomztown Cripz,Mo or mount Olive,and others.
Barrington Macpherson and his wife Sharon Edwards are packing boxes in their Mount Olive Drive townhouse. 60 ppl arrested for 33 bricks and 14 straps. Thirteen of the people arrested in Project Corral were arrested again in Project Patton in 2018.Sign up for the Star’s Morning Headlines newsletter for a briefing of the day’s big news.“It’s a revolving door,” said one Crown attorney assigned to prosecute gangs.Another recurring Toronto gangland name is the Galloway Boys, originating in Toronto Community Housing highrises and townhouse complexes near Kingston and Galloway Roads.Members of the Galloway Boys, or G-Way, first came on the public’s radar 15 years ago after Toronto police targeted the gang’s members as part of a wiretap investigation called Project Pathfinder, that led to mass arrests. Raymond Washington) descrtibing one of her assailants as a
They are also more sophisticated and have branched out into different criminal enterprises, including firearms importation and human trafficking, according to police.“Street gangs have evolved to a level where many are now operating as recognized criminal organizations,” according to a summary of a session held at a national gang seminar in June.