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Gangs Across the Carolinas 2012
The NCGIA Gangs Across the Carolinas 2012 new venue.
Sheraton Greensboro at Four Seasons 3121 High Point Rd Greensboro, North Carolina
"Going Back to the Basics" Proposed Topics: Gangs 101 Bloods / Crips Non Traditional Gangs Underground Rap OMG's Sureno Officer Safety Gangster Disciples Black P Stones Latin Kings Prison Communications |
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Greetings!
Our goal as the NCGIA is to keep our members informed of current gang events, news, training and trends occurring in our state and around the world. |
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NCGIA Region Map
The NCGIA is comprised of all volunteers from different Police and Sheriff Departments around the state. If you are interested in becoming a member of the NCGIA or becoming more involved in gangs in your area please contact your region coordinator for information. |
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Region 1  Chris Rich
Division of Community Corrections Gang activity drops in Asheville despite national increase ASHEVILLE - While the number of gang members increased nationally, authorities report gang activity is decreasing in Western North Carolina. Source: Citizen-Times.com Date: October 25, 2011 Buncombe County prosecutor sworn in as special federal prosecutor By David Forbes on 10/14/2011 12:59 PM ASHEVILLE, NC - Buncombe County Assistant ... Mr. Pritchard will focus on violent crime, crime associated with gangs, ... |
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Region 2 
Tashia Cannon
Department of Corrections
Law enforcement officials involved with efforts targeting street gangs in North Carolina say that despite a lack of quantifying data, prevalence of these illegal organizations is likely increasing in rural parts of the state.
Source: Wilkes Journal-Patriot Date: October 31, 2011
Catawba crack house bust nets gang member (Catawba, NC)
A pair of SWAT teams raided two suspected crack houses in Catawba simultaneously at 6 a.m. Friday. The Catawba street gang known as the Cat Town Boys was the raid's targets.
Source: Hickory Daily Record Date: June 24, 2011 |
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Region 3  Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office
Report: Gang activity going up across country, in Charlotte WSOC Charlotte - October 24, 2011
CHARLOTTE, NC -- Gang activity is on the rise across the US and in North Carolina. A new 100-page report from the FBI outlines the national gang threat assessment and shows a huge increase in gang members and an increase in juvenile gang activity. ...
Greene tapped for new fed post (Mecklenburg County, NC) Beth Greene, Mecklenburg County's assistant district attorney who has helped prosecute some of the county's biggest homicide cases over the past decade, is part of a new push by local law enforcement to prosecute violent drug and gang crimes.
Source: The Charlotte Observer Date: October 4, 2011 Gang threats cancel pep rally at Charlotte high school (Charlotte, NC) Harding University High School was on high alert Friday afternoon after a fight and threats of violence canceled homecoming events. "It's been a lot of commotion since school been started, and stuff like that fight and stuff due to gang related," said Matthais Jackson a Harding student.
Source: WCNC 6 News Date: September 30, 2011 Gang affiliated nightclub given new lease on life (Charlotte, NC) A troubled north Charlotte nightclub is about to be given a new lease on life. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said that Mi-Cabana's on Eastway Drive will open soon. A year ago the club was shut down because of its link to gang violence.
Source: WCNC 6 News Date: June 28, 2011 Federal grant comes to youth center's rescue (Charlotte, NC) When county budget cuts shut down the Greenville Neighborhood Center last summer, the transitioning neighborhood just north of uptown felt abandoned.
Source: The Charlotte Observer Date: June 18, 2011 Salisbury man's home, car vandalized (Salisbury, NC) Detectives with the Salisbury Police Department are investigating what they say is a gang-based vandalism of a Salisbury home, where red paint was sprayed onto the front and side of the home, and also onto a car behind the home.
Source: Salisbury Post Date: June 16, 2011 |
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Region 4 
WXII The Triad October 24, 2011
The department is applying the same offender-focused strategies it's used to police gun, drug market and gang violence to the problem of domestic violence. The department gets around 5000 domestic-related calls per year. It's consistently the top call ...
ICE Arrests 5270 Illegal Alien Gang Members in Dozens of US Cities ...
CNSNews October 17, 2011
Terry Johnson, sheriff of Alamance County, NC, showed a photo of an illegal alien ... "The latest national gang threat assessment noted that Hispanic gang ...
Project SAFE Rockingham County hopes to cut down crime
GoDanRiver.com
Dattero said the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) played ... it realized gang members have pushed crime around the county and many will be ...
The Winston-Salem Police Department's Gang Unit recognized statewide (Winston-Salem, NC)
The Winston-Salem Police Department's Gang Unit is considered the best around. They were recently named "Gang Unit of the Year" by the North Carolina Gang Investigators Association.
Source: WFMY News 2 Date: August 31, 2011
Thomasville officials to consider funding for gang prevention program (Thomasville, NC)
The Gang Resistance Education and Training Program, a nationally known program that would take a proactive approach in curbing gang activity among students who attend Thomasville City Schools, will be under consideration by the Thomasville City Council on Monday night.
Source: The-Dispatch Date: September 16, 2011
Guilford County's Most Wanted
Greensboro News & Record August 22, 2011
Marcus Bridges, 19, is wanted by Greensboro police on charges of six counts ... Bridges is known to carry a concealed weapon and is a validated gang member ... |
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Region 5  Fayetteville Police Department
Fayetteville Observer
Bill Agapion, an 85-year-old Greensboro lawyer, has filed an eviction claim seeking ... Just minutes earlier, two street gangs got into a fight at the club, ...
Police said Friday that a shooting at a Raeford Road club two weeks ago was gang-related, and gangs might be responsible for the subsequent slaying of a former Pine Forest High School football player.
Source: WRAL 5 News Date: July 15, 2011 |
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Region 6  Raleigh Police Department
In January 2009, Christopher Dontez Wright was gunned down in front of his grandmother's home on Camden Street in Southeast Raleigh. It was the third homicide on the street in four years. Meanwhile, gang-related crime is down 40 percent in the Southeast District and gang-related robberies are down by 36 percent since Project 110 Percent started working in the area, according to statistics compiled by the Raleigh Police Department.
Source: The News & Observer Date: October 2, 2011 City leaders inducted 35 teenagers into the Durham Youth Commission Monday evening, as part of an ongoing effort to battle gang-related and teen-on-teen violence.
Source: WRAL 5 News Date: August 15, 2011 Media Newswire
RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that on August 17, 2011, in Durham, North Carolina, the North Carolina Gang Investigators Homicides, rapes and robberies fell to five-year lows in Raleigh last year, while gang activity and the overall crime rate also dropped, according to a report released by Raleigh police Wednesday.
Source: WRAL 5 News Date: June 30, 2011 When Duran Johnson first got in trouble with the law, a juvenile court judge sent him to Project Build. After he successfully completed his probation, officials invited him to continue attending the youth program.
Source: The Durham News Date: June 29, 2011 |
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Region 7  Raleigh Police Department
Three teenagers already in a Kinston jail could face more charges for what lawmen are calling a gang-related jailhouse brawl.
Source: WITN 7 News Date: October 4, 2011
Greenville police reported Monday they had arrested 28 people as part of an ongoing gang suppression effort. The arrests are the result of increased patrols in west Greenville and other areas between Thursday and Sunday in response to gang-related violence and other criminal activity.
Source: The Daily Reflector Date: August 2, 2011
The recent gang violence has Greenville residents like Andre Dixon calling for change. "It's crazy, it's crazy and I believe the police department and the mayor need to do something about it," Dixon said. The spike in violence has led police to start a gang suppression plan targeting areas of West Greenville that have been considered hot spots, but it is working? Andre Dixon doesn't think so.
Source: WCTI 12 News Date: July 27, 2011
Greenville police have made dozens of arrests they're attributing to a new gang suppression program targeting west Greenville and other high risk areas. Even after Saturday night's string of shootings and armed robberies, Greenville police Sgt. Carlton Williams says the fact that crime is moving outside of the usual hotspots is a sign the suppression plan is working.
Source: WNCT 9 News Date: July 26, 2011
Greenville police reported late Monday they had arrested 32 people as part of its ongoing gang suppression effort. The arrests are the result of increased patrols in west Greenville and other areas July 18-24 in response to gang-related and other violent activity.
Source: The Daily Reflector Date: July 25, 2011
Working to take the community back was the goal of Thursday night's town hall. Residents spent a lot of time talking about what they think led to the gang violence in neighborhoods.
Source: WNCT 9 News Date: July 21, 2011
Arrests in neighborhoods affected by a recent violent crime spree have increased significantly because of a greater police presence in those areas, a department spokesman said Tuesday.
Source: The Daily Reflector Date: July 20, 2011
The recent Greenville crime wave has police investigating the seven shootings that occurred in nine days, but they have also arrested 33 people as part of their gang suppression response plan.
Source: WITN 7 News Date: July 19, 2011
Four City Council members on Friday announced they want a written plan to fight gang violence in Greenville and also said they will hold a citywide crime forum on Thursday.
Source: The Daily Reflector Date: July 16, 2011
Gang members connected by police to a series of shootings have been both suspects and victims in violent crimes, authorities said. More than 20 men have been identified by the Greenville Police Department as members of the rival Bloods and Crips gangs. Police on Monday released names and photos of the men.
Source: The Daily Reflector Date: July 14, 2011
Seven shootings in nine days prompted Greenville Police to hold a press conference Monday. Police say these shootings are not random and believe they are all gang related.
Source: WCTI 12 News Date: July 12, 2011
An ongoing gang war is related to several recent shootings and is part of a violent crime spree in Greenville, the police chief said.
Source: The Daily Reflector Date: July 12, 2011 |
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Region 8  New Hanover County Sheriff's Office Ben Parrish Duplin County Sheriff's Office
WECT-TV6 October 17, 2011
WILMINGTON, NC (WECT)-Community members came together Saturday afternoon to try to keep kids from joining gangs. The peace rally at 10th Street Park in Wilmington had free food, music and health screenings. "There's too much violence on the north side ...
It was 2:12 a.m. on a frigid Monday in January when Taaron Jones collapsed onto a sidewalk in downtown Wilmington. Last call had passed, and the late-night crowds streamed out of the clubs and bars straight into a chaotic scene in the middle of Market Street, where dozens of people who had just left the Rhino Club were brawling.
Source: StarNews Date: August 7, 2011
The city of Wilmington has seen its fair share of violent crimes in the first half of 2011. Many teenagers are falling victim to gang-related crimes.
Source: WECT 6 News Date: July 7, 2011 |
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Membership Information  Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department
This position is newly created and as the Membership Coordinator for the NCGIA, I am tasked with keeping an up to date database of all our members and when their memberships expire. I am also responsible for maintaining the NCGIA website and the Members Only side of the website along with keeping all members informed of through our various means of communication. Please feel free to pass along this newsletter and let me know of any suggestions or improvements you would like to see with either the web site or newsletter. Also if you are not a member please visit our web site at www.ncgangcops.org and fill out the online membership form and "Sign up for our Email Newsletter" on the home page. |
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NCGIA Certifications & Courses
These programs are designed to recognize the achievements of criminal justice personnel who are dedicated to the reduction of violent crime in North Carolina. Participants will have a thorough understanding of criminal street gangs and related concepts, creating a significantly increased level of professionalism and standardization in the North Carolina Criminal Justice System.
For questions about the NCGIA Certifications & Course please contact Louis Tomasetti |
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South Carolina Gang Investigators Association Annual Training Conference
8400 Costa Verde Drive
Myrtle Beach, SC
(843) 449-8880
2012 SCGIA Conference Brochure |
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Thank you for taking the time out of your schedule to review our news letter. If you are interested in becoming a member or volunteering your time with the NCGIA please contact your region coordinator for information.
Sincerely,
Michael Sardelis
Membership Coordinator
North Carolina Gang Investigators Association |
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