<![CDATA[Gang-Activity - Law Offices of William W. Bruzzo]]> https://www.bruzzolaw.com/blog/tags/gang-activity/ Tue, 15 Oct 2024 00:45:39 GMT en-us <![CDATA[Mexican Mafia Operating in Orange County]]> https://www.bruzzolaw.com/blog/mexican-mafia-operating-in-orange-county/ https://www.bruzzolaw.com/blog/mexican-mafia-operating-in-orange-county/ Fri, 06 Dec 2013 22:13:00 GMT In a combined effort with three agencies, several alleged members of the Mexican Mafia and other gangs were arrested and charged in September of 2013 in Orange County according to the Los Angeles Times. A two and a half year long investigation by FBI agents, Orange County Sheriff’s detectives, Santa Ana police department and the Orange…

]]> In a combined effort with three agencies, several alleged members of the Mexican Mafia and other gangs were arrested and charged in September of 2013 in Orange County according to the Los Angeles Times.

A two and a half year long investigation by FBI agents, Orange County Sheriff’s detectives, Santa Ana police department and the Orange County district attorney’s office resulted in federal and state indictments of 129 people.

There were 55 arrests along with seizures of weapons and drugs. The charges were for extortion, racketeering, and drug dealing. Officials released some details regarding the type of criminal activities the gang members were supposedly involved in. Some were said to have been dealing drugs in the jail or involved in beatings of gang member inmates.

The district attorney’s offices explained that these crimes were ordered by the Mexican Mafia. In the streets of Orange County, the Mexican Mafia ordered gangs to be taxed in order to operate in neighborhoods. The investigation, called Operation Smokin’ Aces, uncovered communications dealings with heroin trafficking and orders for beatings.

]]> <![CDATA[Is Gang Injunction Too Broad?]]> https://www.bruzzolaw.com/blog/is-gang-injunction-too-broad/ https://www.bruzzolaw.com/blog/is-gang-injunction-too-broad/ Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:06:00 GMT A legal battle is under way over gang injunctions in Los Angeles. One attorney is taking the matter to federal court in a lawsuit against the broad terms of curfews imposed by the injunction. The argument is that the wording is too general and fails to specifically explain the aspects of the curfew. A past…

]]> A legal battle is under way over gang injunctions in Los Angeles. One attorney is taking the matter to federal court in a lawsuit against the broad terms of curfews imposed by the injunction. The argument is that the wording is too general and fails to specifically explain the aspects of the curfew. A past appellate court ruling decided that the term “outside” was too vague and more details were needed in order to define how someone would be in violation of the injunction. That ruling was ruled on an injunction for an Oxnard gang. The attorney for the current lawsuit, Olu Orange, states that because of the similarity in wording between the Oxnard injunction and 21 current LA injunctions, the latter injunctions violate a person’s due process rights. The injunctions serve as a method of limiting gang member’s activity. For example, known gang members are not allowed to carry weapons or socialize with each other. The curfew aspect of the injunctions bars a known gang member from being outside after 10 p.m. The case of a teenager being arrested for violating that curfew is what sparked the lawsuit. The teenager was included in the injunction because his older brother had links to known gang members. The younger brother does not belong to any gang according to the attorney. The boy was playing at the handball courts in the projects where he lives when he was arrested for violating curfew. See Penal Code Section 182.66.

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