TY: IN STOCKTON, LAW ENFORCEMENT ANNOUNCED WHAT THEY’RE CALLING THE LARGEST GANG CRACKDOWN IN THE HISTORY OF SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY. THE SIX MONTH OPERATION ENDED UP TAKING 60 GUNS OFF THE STREETS WITH 90 PEOPLE CHARGED. KCRA 3’S JASON MARKS IS LIVE STOCKTON. AND JASON, LAW ENFORCEMENT IS SAYING THIS SENDS A STRONG MESSAGE TTOHOSE WHO WANT TO COMMIT CRIMES? VERY STRONG. IT IS CLEAR IT WILL NOT BE TOLERATED IN STOCKTON AND IN SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY. HIS GANG TAKEDOWN IS NOT ONLY HELPING TORE PVENT CRIMES ABOUT TO HAPPEN, BUT TO SOLVE THE ONES THAT HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED. YOU MENTIONED WHAT THEY TOOK OFF THE STREETS. LET ME SHOW Y, OURIGHT THERE, 58 GUNS, 10 ASSLTAU RIFLES, GHOST GUNS, THE CULMINATIONF O A SIX-MONTH OPERATION IN STOCKTON WITH THE HELP FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE, LALOC LAW EN FORCEMENT WENT AFTER GANG MEMBERS. 90 OF THEM HAVE BEEN CHARGED AND MORE CHARGES ARE COMING. POLICE TELL US THEY WERELS AO ABLE TO SOLVE TO UNSOLVED MURDER CASES WITH THIS TAKE DN.OW >> ORGANIZED CRIME IN THIS COUNTY AND IN STKTOCON WILL NOT BEOL TERATED. IF INDIVIDUALS THINK THIS ISHE LAST THEY ARE GOING TO SEE OF US , THEY ARE WRONG. WE ARE GOING TO STAY ON THIS AND WE ARE GOING TO PUSH IT AND WE ARE GOING TO GRIND IT INTO THE GROUND. >> STRONG WORDS. IN ADDITION TO THE MEMBERS ARRESTED AND ALSO THE GUNS THEY TOOK OFF THE STREET, THEY TOOK ABOUT $23,000 AND THEY ALSO GOT DRUGS, SO THOSE ARE BIG HITS IN THIS ILLEGAL OPERATION TY HETOOK DOWN. COMING UP TONIGHT AT 6:00, YOU WILL HEAR FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND WHY LAW ENFORCEMENT THINKS TSHI WILL TAKE A HUGE BITE OUT OF CRIME HERE IN STOCKTON. THAT PART
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‘Enough is enough’: 90 arrested, 58 guns seized in Stockton gang takedown and drug bust, officials say
Ninety people have been arrested and 58 guns seized along with drugs and money in Stockton as part of what officials are calling the largest takedown of organized crime in the history of San Joaquin County.State and local officials announced the results from Operation Hybrid Havoc in a press conference on Thursday, saying the joint investigation into criminal activity by street gangs had also solved two homicides and prevented future shootings.“They literally stopped murders from occurring,” San Joaquin County District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar said, adding that the arrests will help make Stockton safer as the city faces 21 homicides so far this year.| Video Below | Officials announce Stockton gang takedown“Summer’s here. Kids can play in the park,” she said.Officials said the operation was sparked by an increase in gun violence from 2019 to 2021. The investigation has been in effect for the past year and ramped up in the fall. It involved the Stockton Police Department’s Gang Violence Suppression, the California Department of Justice and the California Highway Patrol’s special operations unit, in coordination with the DA’s office. Other local, state and federal law enforcement agencies also contributed to the takedown.| Video Below | CA Attorney General Bonta announces Stockton gang takedownGangs targeted for criminal activity included:Northside Gangster CripsSutter Street CripsFlyboys/MOB/Muddy BoyzNightingale/EBKNortenosWest Side BloodsHere’s what officials said they recovered as part of the operation:Of the 58 firearms recovered, 12 were ghost guns and 10 were assault weapons.$23,846 in U.S currency394 grams of cocaine959 grams of ecstasy98 grams of methamphetamines73 grams of heroin54 grams of fentanyl5.3 pounds of marijuanaStockton Police Chief Stan McFadden said that as a result of the takedown, “some very dangerous people” have been taken off Stockton streets.Those arrested included:Damien Cook, 18, and a 15-year-old, for a role in a gang-related shooting on Jan. 23, on Platte Road. Cook is also accused of a gang-related shooting on Feb. 25 on East Flora Street.Antonio Thomasson, 35, was arrested in connection with a homicide on Feb. 11 on North El Dorado Street.Antonio Hoskins, 30, and Roverta Howard, 38, were arrested in connection with a homicide on May 15, on West Lane.CL Butler, 30, was one of five people arrested and accused of a conspiracy to steal from a marijuana dispensary. Butler is also accused of involvement in a gang-related shooting on March 20 on Gateway Court.Bonta said that this was the California DOJ’s sixth gang takedown of the past year. He vowed that “there will be more.”He said that the arrests can’t “take away the grief” for victims’ families but it can bring those responsible “to account.”Bonta also said the operation helped to prevent an attempted homicide and other shootings, burglaries and robberies.Salazar highlighted the seizure of fentanyl off the streets as being especially important since “every gram is as dangerous as a bullet.”Stockton Mayor Kevin Lincoln praised the operation as helping to protect the community.“Enough is enough,” he said.| Video Below | Stockton mayor responds to gang takedown
Ninety people have been arrested and 58 guns seized along with drugs and money in Stockton as part of what officials are calling the largest takedown of organized crime in the history of San Joaquin County.
State and local officials announced the results from Operation Hybrid Havoc in a press conference on Thursday, saying the joint investigation into criminal activity by street gangs had also solved two homicides and prevented future shootings.
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“They literally stopped murders from occurring,” San Joaquin County District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar said, adding that the arrests will help make Stockton safer as the city faces 21 homicides so far this year.
| Video Below | Officials announce Stockton gang takedown
“Summer’s here. Kids can play in the park,” she said.
Officials said the operation was sparked by an increase in gun violence from 2019 to 2021. The investigation has been in effect for the past year and ramped up in the fall. It involved the Stockton Police Department’s Gang Violence Suppression, the California Department of Justice and the California Highway Patrol’s special operations unit, in coordination with the DA’s office. Other local, state and federal law enforcement agencies also contributed to the takedown.
| Video Below | CA Attorney General Bonta announces Stockton gang takedown
Gangs targeted for criminal activity included:
- Northside Gangster Crips
- Sutter Street Crips
- Flyboys/MOB/Muddy Boyz
- Nightingale/EBK
- Nortenos
- West Side Bloods
Here’s what officials said they recovered as part of the operation:
- Of the 58 firearms recovered, 12 were ghost guns and 10 were assault weapons.
- $23,846 in U.S currency
- 394 grams of cocaine
- 959 grams of ecstasy
- 98 grams of methamphetamines
- 73 grams of heroin
- 54 grams of fentanyl
- 5.3 pounds of marijuana
Stockton Police Chief Stan McFadden said that as a result of the takedown, “some very dangerous people” have been taken off Stockton streets.
Those arrested included:
- Damien Cook, 18, and a 15-year-old, for a role in a gang-related shooting on Jan. 23, on Platte Road. Cook is also accused of a gang-related shooting on Feb. 25 on East Flora Street.
- Antonio Thomasson, 35, was arrested in connection with a homicide on Feb. 11 on North El Dorado Street.
- Antonio Hoskins, 30, and Roverta Howard, 38, were arrested in connection with a homicide on May 15, on West Lane.
- CL Butler, 30, was one of five people arrested and accused of a conspiracy to steal from a marijuana dispensary. Butler is also accused of involvement in a gang-related shooting on March 20 on Gateway Court.
Bonta said that this was the California DOJ’s sixth gang takedown of the past year. He vowed that “there will be more.”
He said that the arrests can’t “take away the grief” for victims’ families but it can bring those responsible “to account.”
Bonta also said the operation helped to prevent an attempted homicide and other shootings, burglaries and robberies.
Salazar highlighted the seizure of fentanyl off the streets as being especially important since “every gram is as dangerous as a bullet.”
Stockton Mayor Kevin Lincoln praised the operation as helping to protect the community.
“Enough is enough,” he said.
| Video Below | Stockton mayor responds to gang takedown
