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Afrika Owes

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Afrika Owes won't have a criminal record if she steers clear of trouble for four years, a judge ruled.

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An NYPD youth gang expert updated parents on the growth of crews across the city.

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Judge Edward McLaughlin's plea for Harlem to oust gang violence resonated with local advocates.

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More than a dozen members of a violent drug and gun gang in Harlem were arrested by the Manhattan District Attorney's office and the NYPD.

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Members of the "2 Mafia Family" and "Goons on Deck" crews, which operated around West 137th Street and enlisted Afrika Owes to help run guns, were convicted Thursday.

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Photos from Afrika Owes' cell phone were shown to jurors at the trial of alleged gang ringleader Jaquan Layne and others.

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Prosecutors said members of a Harlem youth gang terrorized West 137th Street between Lenox and Seventh Avenues.

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Prosecutors said a pair of gangs from West 137th Street had been terrorizing the neighborhood with gun and drug dealing. Afrika Owes pleaded has already pleaded guilty to weapons possession.

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Afrika Owes, 17, was released Thursday after spending the summer at Rikers Island for pleading guilty to gun charges. 

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Judge Edward McLaughlin told Afrika Owes she is getting a second chance thanks to her academic promise.

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Afrika Owes will serve 90 more days at Rikers and will take a plea deal in exchange for youthful offender status.

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The teen said she was grateful for God and her church, Abyssinian Baptist, which bailed her out of jail.

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Abyssinnian Baptist Church in Harlem posted Owes' bail.

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Prominent civil rights attorney Theodore Shaw said the congregation will provide maximum support for a troubled teen.

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The former prep school student and accused gang gunrunner could be hurt if people think she's helping the DA.