As part of our ongoing efforts to combat violent crime on a national scale, the FBI and our partners recently conducted several law enforcement operations across the country, removing suspected violent criminals from the streets.
Twenty-two people were charged in a 70-count indictment, including many Lindo Park Crips gang members, for their alleged involvement in the sale of numerous Glock conversion devices, 17 firearms, transferring or possessing a machine gun, and trafficking narcotics such as fentanyl, cocaine, and MDMA.
The extensive investigation also included the execution of several search warrants, which resulted in the seizure of an additional 62 firearms, ammunition, and narcotics.
The FBI’s Violent Street Gang Task Force and the Arizona Department of Public Safety conducted investigations, with assistance from FBI SWAT teams from Phoenix, Los Angeles, Albuquerque, Las Vegas, and the Phoenix Police Department. The ATF, DEA, HSI, and USMS were among the other agencies involved.
In Northern California, three Sonoma County Hells Angels were convicted of racketeering conspiracy and related crimes, including murder, assault, robbery, extortion, drug trafficking, witness intimidation, and illegal firearms possession.
The Hells Angels are a transnational violent outlaw motorcycle gang with chapters throughout the country that collaborate with other Hells Angels chapters to engage in extensive criminal activity.
Sixteen people were charged with federal conspiracy to distribute cocaine, meth, and fentanyl in Kansas and Missouri. The subjects are accused of conspiring to distribute at least five kilograms of cocaine, and one of them is also accused of being a felon in possession of a firearm, a Springfield.40-caliber handgun.
In Georgia, five Gangster Disciples members were charged with murdering three people. In addition, a multi-agency investigation in Waco, Texas, disrupted a meth distribution ring and recovered “ghost” pistols and assault rifles (firearms that are difficult for law enforcement to track due to a lack of serial numbers).
Learn more about the FBI’s work in investigating violent crime at fbi.gov/violentcrime. Report tips to tips.fbi.gov; you can remain anonymous.