Seven times as many Mexican gangbangers arrested as "WhiteSupremacists"

Fresno Gang Sweep Nabs Over 250
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The Fresno Police Department wrapped up a five-day gang sweep early
Monday morning and made 258 arrests, including 121 felonies.


Police went door to door in Southeast Fresno, targeting areas were
known gang members live. Fifty-one of those arrested are known gang
members.


This was the fifth multi-unit gang enforcement operation in Southeast
Fresno this year.


The Fresno Police Department says there are 200 fewer cases of
violent
and property crimes compared to this time last year.


Anyone with information about gang activity is encouraged to call the
Fresno Police Department or Crime Stoppers at (559) 498-STOP.


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Yearlong investigation targets hate gang, yields seven arrests


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A yearlong investigation of a hate gang calling itself the Inland
Empire Skinheads resulted Monday in the arrests of seven people,
including Riverside County and High Desert residents.


San Bernardino County Sheriff Rod Hoops said the gang, first noticed
by authorities in 2002, has more than 30 members but fewer than 100.
Members are spread out across the Inland Empire and have ties to a
national white supremacist group called the Hammerskins, said
sheriff's Deputy Eric Ogaz, the lead investigator for the
department's
High Desert Crime Impact Team.


The gang uses MySpace and other Internet sources to recruit members,
including high school students under 18, Ogaz said. It touts "the
need
for white people to come together and fight against" people of other
ethnic backgrounds, he said.


Hoops and Ogaz declined to release many of the specifics of the
investigation, saying that it is continuing and could lead to more
arrests. Hoops said gang members have been involved in an unspecified
number of murders, attempted murders, murder conspiracies, home
invasion robberies, assaults, witness intimidation and narcotics
trafficking.


Raymond Williams, 34, a tattoo artist from Perris described by
authorities as the gang leader, was arrested at a hospital where his
wife was giving birth.


Hoops said deputies learned that two women affiliated with the gang,
one of whom was arrested, were pregnant and considering inducing
labor
so their children could be born on Monday: the 120th birthday of Nazi
dictator Adolf Hitler.


Arrested on a range of charges were Williams, Carrie Goodwin, 24, of
Hesperia, Jeremy Brower, 32, of Winchester, Thomas Mason, 23, Joseph
Mason, 20, and Mark Goslyn, 33, all of Hesperia, and Ronald Proffitt,
27, of El Monte. Offenses included parole violations, possession of
weapons and home invasion robbery.