Los angeles gang raids

County Sheriff's Deputy Jerry Ortiz. A member of the gang was arrested and later convicted and sentenced to death for the killing. We now have the largest gang takedown in United States history.

Today we have unsealed five federal indictments that name a total of defendants. This morning 63 of those named in the indictment were arrested. Full Story. Watch Now. Local News. Stones street gang were arrested during the early morning raids, police said. Officers found nearly a dozen long guns, including assault rifles, along with ballistic vests with heavy trauma plates and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.

They also seized more than two kilograms of cocaine, as well as PCP and marijuana they believe was being sold in a block area in the southwestern portion of Los Angeles. These people are heavily armed. Police later developed information that led them to the 12 single-family homes that were raided. It was unclear if Bodie had an attorney who could comment on the allegations.

Prosecutors say the Avenues preyed on community members, with two named suspects accused of attacking a resident in a parking lot then shooting him to death when he tried to call for help. Another woman was pistol-whipped then shot at but survived to identify an assailant by the Fedora-wearing skull he had tattooed on his chest, Assistant U.

Attorney Ariel Neuman said. Attacks on police The gang is also accused of carrying out acts of violence against police officers, culminating in two attacks that rocked the law enforcement community last year.

The first of these, in February , saw Avenues gang members opening fire with handguns and an AK on Los Angeles police officers.

Police shot back, killing year-old Daniel Leon and injuring another man. Then on Aug.