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THE WASHINGTON TIMES More than 100 members of the violent street gang Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, have been arrested in a sweeping nationwide anti-gang initiative called "Operation Community Shield," including 25 in the Washington area and 10 in Baltimore. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, working with state and local law-enforcement authorities, arrested members of the Central America-rooted gang -- this country's largest and most violent criminal organization -- in six cities on charges ranging from murder to immigration violations.

A man who was caught on video stuffing razor blades into packages of pizza dough that were sold to multiple customers at a Maine grocery store pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday, authorities said. The shocking incident came to light in October 2020 after a customer reported finding several blades inside a package of Portland Pie pizza dough that he had bought at the Saco Hannaford Supermarket. Store employees reviewed surveillance footage and saw 39-year-old Nicholas Mitchell tampering with multiple pizza dough packages of the same brand, according to police. “When the patrons subsequently opened the pizza doughs, they discovered...

An on-duty NYPD officer suffered injuries Thursday after chomping on a razor blade stuffed inside a steak sandwich he’d just bought from a Queens deli, sources told The Post. The nasty surprise was tucked inside the hero he’d purchased around 4:30 p.m. from Bon Appetit Specialty Food Store on Beach 129th Street in Belle Harbor. The 24-year veteran, who was in plainclothes at the time and assigned to the critical response command in the counter-terrorism bureau, suffered a small cut in his mouth and was treated at Nassau University Medical Center. The NYPD is investigating how the razor blade ended...