Deconcentrating Poverty & Spreading Social Ills Throughout The Country
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Indictment targets gang in Faribault
Of 14 people charged, 10 have addresses in the town. One official said the number of gang members living outstate is growing.
By Randy Furst and David Chanen, Star Tribune
Last update: June 08, 2007 – 10:57 PM
Law enforcement officials say the Tre Tre Crips are among the most violent street gang members in the Twin Cities, and some time ago some of them shifted their operations to Faribault, Minn.
They set up shop in a rented house across the street from the Rice County Government Center.
"They were bold and in your face," said Rice County Sheriff Richard Cook, whose office is two blocks away from the home. "It was spitting distance from us."
Fourteen people, including 10 with Faribault addresses, were indicted on drug and weapons charges announced Friday.
Others were arrested in Minneapolis and Eden Prairie.
The number of outstate gang members continues to grow, said Ron Ryan, commander of the Metro Gang Strike Force. The gangs play a big role in drug trafficking and are able to charge considerably more for drugs outside the metro area because of a lack of competition, he said.
The trouble with the Tre Tre Crips spilled over in Faribault on Wednesday, Cook said.
That's when three gang members began chasing and hollering at another member in the Rice County Courthouse.
Two leaped over a service counter at the clerk of court's office and one picked up a chair to throw, Cook said.
"They scared the heck out of the staff," Cook said.
Deputies arrested the three, but they haven't yet been charged in the incident. They are among the 14 people named in the federal indictment.
A Minneapolis gang
The Tre Tre Crips members are part of a newer gang, whose base began on the North Side of Minneapolis. Roberta Englund, executive director of the Follwell Neighborhood Association in north Minneapolis, said the gang has ruled over parts of Emerson, Fremont and Lowry Avenues and the McKinley and Camden neighborhoods.
"I just applaud this," she said of the indictments. "I think they are a part of the core of egregious juvenile violence in this city."
Jeff Paulsen, chief of the criminal division of the local U.S. attorney's office, offered few details on the case, and there was little information in the indictment, which charged 12 with possession of crack cocaine and conspiracy to distribute.
Seven were charged with possessing a firearm in connection with drug trafficking, and four with possessing and discharging a firearm during a drug trafficking offense. One is accused of using a phone in the drug dealing. Paulsen said they could face other charges.
Of the 11 people arrested from Faribault, Cook said he believed half had lived in Faribault for years and half were recent transplants from Minneapolis.
Some of them moved into a two-story frame house across from the County Government Center and police began getting complaints about them, he said. There was a domestic assault, complaints about a messy yard and a half-dozen pit bulls running loose.
About a month ago on a Sunday night, Cook said, there was a shooting at a Faribault intersection, a rare occurrence in the city. One person was shot but not seriously hurt.
Cook said the shooting may have led to the courthouse fracas. He said there was also an undercover drug buy at the house.
But he said it would be wrong to picture Faribault as gang-infested.
"Faribault is a nice town," he said. "It is just an unfortunate episode."
Paulsen, the federal prosecutor, said, "I can't comment on the facts of this case, but we have noticed a trend toward metro-based gangs setting up satellite drug distribution centers in outstate communities."
Ryan, who was unfamiliar with the latest indictment, said the Strike Force keeps tabs on about 14,000 gang members and suspected gang members. About a third of them live in outstate Minnesota.
The suspects
Among those indicted were Terry Arrington, 21, of St. Paul; Charles Bickham, 19, of Minneapolis; Delveccio Smith, 25, of Brooklyn Center; and Chaka Bills, 30, of Minneapolis, who was arrested in Faribault.
In a news release Wednesday, Bills was listed by the Rice County Sheriff's Office as the "victim" being chased by the other Tre Tre Crips members at the courthouse.
Also indicted on Thursday, all with Faribault addresses, were Tylan Bland, 19; Edward Lee, 18; Marchello Jefferson, 26; Anthony Thomas, 26; Ebony Brown, 19; Angela Decoux, 31; Thomas Davis Jr., age unknown; Sara Katra, 36; Troy Kenz, 39; and Ryan Olson, 30.
A detention hearing is set for 13 of the defendants Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeanne Graham. Olson has been released on a $25,000 bond, Paulsen said.
Staff writer Terry Collins contributed to this report. rfurst@startribune.com • 612-673-7382 dchanen@startribune.com • 612-673-4465
Hi All,
Do you think people living in our suburbs and beyond would be happy with the US Governments policies of deconcentrating poverty if they knew it would bring waves of crime to their communities? I don't think so!
How many citizens of this country do you think are even educated on the subject of deconcentrating poverty? My guess is very few!
This is exactly what deconcentrating poverty from the inner city to outlaying areas does.
Faribault can directly point the finger at Minneapolis and Saint Paul for accommodating them with such honorable citizens.
A common situation is young women with kids take advantage of the available section 8 in these areas and young men with troubles and gang affiliations are not far behind.
It is the same story all over the country, you hit the nail on the head Bob. In rural communities where drugs were hard to come by it is now relatively easy to obtain them.
Our government is successfully spreading a cancer of drug abuse and crime throughout the country with their effort of deconcentrating poverty from the inner city.
I have noticed an increase in what appears to be people that the cities are chasing out up here in the Blaine/Anoka area a lot lately also. One big differemce I have notice is the response I get from the sheriffs department up here when compared to the St.Paul would handle a situation is up here they arrest the offender and hold them accountable for their actions, I haven't seen any signs of the property owners being held reliable for the behavior of a criminal regardless of where the crime took place. I would think that if all law enforcement agencies would arrest the criminal rather than set them free in exchange for information the number of violent criminals would be reduced.
I have a friend whom is a business owner in Ramsey Co. (name withheld to prevent retaliation by officials)who was sent to jail for having a pop machine outside of his business without a special permit, this man had no criminal record, his business established in the same location for many years yet the city found it necessary to waste tax money and jail space because of a pop machine, thats the type of so called criminals the city focuses on. Of course he was released soon after and charges were dropped with a small fine to pay but this is what you have to deal with if you want to live in the city, guess what he is selling he refuses to have to deal with this type of behavior the city has taken on.
Another example of a big crime is the day my daughter recieved an arrest warrant for not having a license to own a dog after she moved to WBL, with in a couple of weeks she was order to turn herself in to the Ramsey Co. jail to get booked in, in her case she also was released soon after with charges dropped and a small fine (by the way the dog was just a little mutt, not a pitbull or anything)even the deputies laughed at it and stated what a waste of tax money to arrest her, but the point is what a waste of tax money when there are violent criminals out there that should be in jail.
Nancy
In St Paul they don't have a Police Department. They call it a Police Department, but what they really are is PR reps with guns that do whatever the politicians tell them to do
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