A multi-agency operation in Dallas resulted in the arrest of eight alleged gang members in possession of weapons, drugs, money and a reptile complicit.
The Bureau for Alcohol, Tobacco, firearms and Explosives (ATF) led the investigation, which resulted in the performance of “Operation Blue Laces” in South Dallas on Monday.
Act American lawyer For the Northern district of Texas, Chad Mecham said that the operation resulted in the arrest of eight members of the 42 Oakland Crips Street Gang.
During the operation, agents reportedly seized 14 firearms, over a kilogram of methamphetamine pills, oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, alprazolam, marijuana, hash and more than $ 47,000 in cash. Researchers have also seized six vehicles, several pieces of Crips-theme jewelry and a Caiman Aiglerator.
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An ATF conducted research into gang activity in South Dallas resulted in eight alleged gang members who were arrested and an alligator was seized. (US Attorney’s Office)
With the help of the American fishing and nature service, the Gator was brought to the Dallas Zoo.
The arrested were Kendrick Jamal Young, Christopher Jamiel Love, Alex Jerome Bowman, Victor Scott Wingham, Joshua Jimond Wheatley, Travion Williams, Jihadd Thies Gorree Thomas and Jamarian Augustus Hewitt.
Young, Love, Bowman, Wingham and Wheatley were all accused of conspiracy to possess with the intention of distributing regulated substances, while Young, Love and Hewitt were also accused of criminal in possession of a firearm in the promotion of a drug trade.
Hewitt is also confronted with crimes of possession with intention to distribute A regulated substance and the use of a mobile phone to facilitate a drug crime.
Moreover, Williams and Thomas were accused of carjacking and waving with a firearm during a crime of violence.
Researchers grabbed 14 guns during an operation aimed at alleged gang members in the South Dallas area. (US Attorney’s Office)
During a detention on Friday, prosecutors accused the defendants of the daily actions of drugs in an area known as the ‘dead -end road’.
The public prosecutors also presented evidence that suggested that various members of the Operation SMS messages used to warn each other for raids by law enforcement officers, and after the raids they sent “young people” to look for missing drugs. Officers of Justice also claim that the suspects went back to the actions of drugs at the end of the raid.
According to Mecham’s office, many of the suspects have extensive criminal histories, including crimes with regard to drugs and weapons.
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Researchers grabbed jewelry with a cripping theme while performing an operation that focuses on gang activity in the South Dallas area. (US Attorney’s Office)
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“Operation Blue Laces” was performed by the ATF, the Dallas Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Dallas Police DepartmentHomeland Security Investigation, US Marshals Service, IRS Criminal Investigative Division, Texas Department of Public Safety, The Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office and the Texas Game Warden.
