<![CDATA[38th-street-gang - Law Offices of William W. Bruzzo]]> https://www.bruzzolaw.com/blog/tags/38th-street-gang/ Tue, 15 Oct 2024 00:45:39 GMT en-us <![CDATA[Fugitives Should Not Update Their Facebook Page!]]> https://www.bruzzolaw.com/blog/fugitives-should-not-update-their-facebook-page/ https://www.bruzzolaw.com/blog/fugitives-should-not-update-their-facebook-page/ Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:45:00 GMT Social networking sites provide a way of meeting people you do not come across in your daily routine. You can control the amount of information you can make public to strangers coming across your page. Apparently police officials have also caught on to this fountain of information. Authorities in Virginia had been searching for an…

]]> Social networking sites provide a way of meeting people you do not come across in your daily routine. You can control the amount of information you can make public to strangers coming across your page. Apparently police officials have also caught on to this fountain of information. Authorities in Virginia had been searching for an alleged gang member wanted in stabbing. After talking to anybody who might know where he was police still did not have a location for him. Then they turned to the internet and found his Facebook page. The suspect had not limited certain information to the public. His basic information, phone number and e-mail address was listed. Also, the location they were trying so hard to find was right there on the screen, New Orleans, Louisiana. Police and ICE Agents pin pointed him in Mandeville, Louisiana a city less than an hour away from New Orleans. The suspect was arrested as a result of the information he put on Facebook and will be transported back to Virginia to face charges.

]]> <![CDATA[38th Street Gang Raided by Authorities]]> https://www.bruzzolaw.com/blog/38th-street-gang-raided-by-authorities/ https://www.bruzzolaw.com/blog/38th-street-gang-raided-by-authorities/ Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:20:00 GMT Sometimes what happens in Los Angeles seems like the stuff only Hollywood could imagine. Members of one of the most notorious and oldest gangs in Los Angeles, the 38th Street gang, were arrested in a federal indictment alleging murder and drug trafficking. Early morning raids, involving 800 law enforcement officers, resulted in the documentation of…

]]> Sometimes what happens in Los Angeles seems like the stuff only Hollywood could imagine. Members of one of the most notorious and oldest gangs in Los Angeles, the 38th Street gang, were arrested in a federal indictment alleging murder and drug trafficking. Early morning raids, involving 800 law enforcement officers, resulted in the documentation of various plots, including a 14 year old girl being directed to shoot a rival gang member as part of her initiation, and a raid in which gang members dressed themselves as FBI agents, shooting themselves into a South Gate home. The pre-dawn raids, conducted by LAPD, agents from the DEA and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives resulted in 37 arrests on federal charges, and 20 more on state weapons and narcotics charges.

Authorities seized about 7 kilograms of cocaine, a pound of methamphetamines, 23 firearms and a quarter million in cash. Allegedly the gang imports drugs from Mexico, and provided “street level” distribution in their gang territory.

If convicted, the defendants face punishment under California Health and Safety Code 11379 and 11372. See, also Penal Code Sections 273a(a), 211 and 186.22.

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