Transcript e-town crips

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CRJ 314
Narcotic Investigation
Phoenix Police Department
POLICE UNITS INVOLVED
• State Gang Task Force
• Gang Targeting Unit (U/C)
• 2 Uniform Enforcement squads
• Phoenix Police Department (Central City
Precinct)
• Housing Officers
• 525 Area Beat Officers
• Department of Public Safety
• Criminal Investigation Bureau (Narcotics)
Villa
St Luke’s
Hospital
Van Buren
Monroe
Alley
Dirt
Adams
lot
Washington
18th
19th
20th
WHY ARE WE HERE?
• From October 1, 1999 through October, 31, 2000,
the following crimes were reported in the area
from 12th Street to 20th Street, Van Buren to
Buchanan;
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Sexual Assaults
8
Robberies
36
Thefts
82
Drug Crimes
192
Agg. Assaults 61
Burglaries
106
Auto Thefts
76
• Additionally, Central City Police Officers were
advised that gang members had made death
threats against Housing Officers.
RESIDENTS’ CONCERN
• Central City Precinct received hundreds of calls
and neighborhood concern involving complaints of
drug activity, aggravated assaults, armed
robberies and sexual assault crimes.
• During the period October 1, 1999 through
October 31, 2000, the 525 Beat area experienced
105 violent crimes.
GANG ACTIVITY
• E-Town Crip gang
members and associates
were criminally active in
the neighborhood, with
the hub of activity in the
1900 block of east
Adams.
• Central City Precinct
officers took numerous
reports of crimes
involving E-Town Crip gang
members.
DRUG DISTRIBUTION
• E-Town Crip gang
members distributed
drugs through a
complex system which
included “runners” and
“lookouts.”
E-TOWN CRIPS
• E-Town street gang
began in early 1980s
• Members claim an
area 14th Street to
20th Street, Van
Buren to Jackson.
E-TOWN CRIPS
• 72 members and 5
associates currently
documented.
• Police suspect the gang’s
membership numbers to be
significantly higher.
• All suspects in this
investigation are either
documented gang members
GANG INTERESTS
• Like most gangs,
E-Town Crips are
into money and
drugs.
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The drug of
choice is Crack
Cocaine.
TIMELINE
• June 2000
– Central City Precinct officers ask for assistance in the
neighborhood.
• June, July, August, September, October
2000
– Undercover investigation begins (surveillance)
– Buy program is initiated in the neighborhood
– Phoenix walking beat officers provide identification of
suspects
• November 10, 2000
INVESTIGATION RESULTS
• The four-month undercover
investigation resulted in charges
being filed on 41
individual
suspects.
• 135 felony charges for narcotic
sales and participating or assisting
in a criminal
syndicate.
SEARCH WARRANTS
• Search warrants
were served at:
1934 E. Adams, apartment
#1
1930 E. Adams, apartment
#3
SEARCH RESULTS……
• Drugs
• Weapons
• Gang Paraphernalia
DRUGS
• Crack Cocaine
GANG PARAPHERNALIA
MAC 11
SEMI-AUTOMATIC PISTOL
STOLEN HANDGUN
• Recovered from
1934 E. Adams,
#1
SUSPECTS
COUNTS/STATUS
Robert Blunt
Ken Jackson
Henry Turner
Steven Tolles
David Mask
Julie Lazcano
Tasha Fields
Dwayne Williams
Tommy Totress
Brian Sutton
SUSPECTS
COUNTS/STATUS
Stanley Toles
Lakesha Dunning
Charles Limbs
Gary Williams
Timothy Thompson
John Jordan
Don Fields
Ben Brooks
Paul Lewis
Therone Chambers
SUSPECTS
COUNTS/STATUS
Patricia Widcom
Misty Blunt
Willie Earl Dodd
Allen Richardson
Tyrone Wigfall
Gerome Turner
David Hudson
Carl Dudley
Lamione Henry
Sonya McDowell
SUSPECTS
COUNTS/STATUS
Lisa Aikens
Carl Kirkendoll
John Harris
Dupree Dunning
IMPACT
Eighteen suspects are currently entering into plea
agreements which will guarantee prison time.
• Four (4) suspects entering into pleas
of 9.2 years.
• Ten (10) suspects entering into pleas
of at least 5 years.
LONG-TERM IMPACT
• Long-term impact will be gauged by
the following:
• Central City Precinct crime statistics
• Neighborhood perception of safety
• Central City Precinct maintenance commitment.
QUESTIONS?