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‘New Front’ Against Gangs Targets White Supremacist Criminal Group in San Fernando Valley: City Attorney
POSTED 1:57 PM, DECEMBER 13, 2016, BY MELISSA PAMER, UPDATED AT 03:49PM, DECEMBER 13, 2016


A white supremacist gang in the San Fernando Valley is the focus of a pair of civil lawsuits and legal actions taken by the Los Angeles city attorney, who on Tuesday said the actions marked a new direction in targeting illegal gangs that comes in a time of "heightened tension" nationally.

The actions are related to three homes — two in Canoga Park and one in Granada Hills — that are connected to the SFV Peckerwoods, which City Attorney Mike Feuer described as a notorious white supremacist criminal street gang. The homes are close to schools and a city library.

They have been the site of illegal gun and drug sales, where pipe bombs have been made and stolen property stored, and locations for the recruitment and training of gang members, Feuer said.

At a news conference, Feuer called the actions part of a "new front" in the battle against gangs.

"We're now fighting to prevent white supremacist gangs from infesting neighborhoods. They bring with them, of course, this toxic mix of violence and crime and hate," he said.

"It's enough ... to deal with violence, with guns, with drugs ... but when you add the element of white supremacy, it underscores the significance of work we're engaged in today," Feuer added.

The cases connected to the SFV Peckerwoods do not relate to any possible hate crimes committed by the gang, Feuer said. But their "ideology" leaves potential for "extremely bad acts," he said.

"These cases are not related to hate crimes in particular, but the theme is particularly important now," Feuer said. "There is no question that we're living in a nation that is experiencing heightened tension. ... The fear is palpable. The sense of being divided from others is palpable."

Feuer’s office is working with the Los Angeles Police Department on a "commitment to weeding out groups that profess hate,” LAPD Deputy Chief Robert Green said.

City prosecutors have targeted three homes:

At the Index Street home, which Feuer’s office said was known to police as a hub of methamphetamine and heroin distribution, four people were sued by the city. Johnny Reed, described as a member of the SFV Peckerwoods and a shot caller for the prison gang the Aryan Brotherhood, lives there, Feuer’s office said. Reed has been sued by the city. The property owner, Monica Lewis, and her two adult sons, Norman and Robert Lewis, were also sued.

Since June, police have responded to the home at least three times to make arrests, all of alleged gang members. Officers found meth and heroin, stolen guns, stolen cars and credit cards, a check-scanning machine and other tools related to identity theft, Feuer said.

At the Loma Verde Avenue home, the city sued resident Erik Cutshaw, described as a known associate of the SFV Peckerwoods gang, and his brother, Kenneth Cutshaw, the owner of the property. This property is 500 feet away from the Canoga Park Branch Library.

Since 2012, Erik Cutshaw has been arrested at least three times in connection with criminal activity at the property, Feuer’s office said. Last month, he was arrested during an undercover operation involving LAPD and federal officers investigating alleged drug and gun crimes. Officers also found 36 stolen radiators from cars.

The home at 7756 Farralone Ave. was the subject of a city abatement action after a pipe bomb exploded outside the residence when a rival gang member was targeted, Feuer’s office said. No one was injured in the explosion, he said.

All of the occupants of the home have been evicted and the property is for sale.

"Three separate properties, each of them alleged to be associated with white supremacist gang activity," Feuer said. "Each of them focused on narcotics, guns, stolen property, identity theft -- the fuel to enable a white supremacist gang to function."

In the cases against the first two homes, prosecutors are seeking gang and criminal activity injunctions, as well as removal of structures that inhibit police searches. Members of the SFV Peckerwoods would be prohibited from going to the homes, under the injunctions being sought.

Task force arrests 38 in connection with killings in South L.A. gang war
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Los Angeles Sheriff Jim McDonnell discusses a task force — made up of L.A. police, sheriff's officials, prosecutors and the U.S. Marshals Service — focused on quelling gang violence in the Vermont Corridor. Thirty-eight people have been arrested in connection with the case. (Michael Owen Baker / For the Times)
Kate Mather and Nicole Santa CruzContact Reporters

Authorities have arrested more than three dozen people linked to a trio of feuding gangs in South L.A. whose violence led to at least nine killings and other retaliatory attacks, officials said Monday.

For more than a year, a task force of local and federal investigators has focused on quelling what authorities described as a violent gang war in the Vermont Corridor, a four-mile stretch that runs along Vermont Avenue. The violence stemmed from an alliance between two gangs targeting a third, authorities said.

On Monday, officials said 38 people have been arrested in connection with the killings and other assaults. The arrests dealt the gangs a “severe blow,” Sheriff Jim McDonnell said.

“The recklessness of these brazen murders and assaults shook the community to the core,” he said. “Residents did not feel safe enough to leave their own homes.”

One of the homicides linked to the feud was last summer’s killing of Kenneth Peevy, gunned down in a yard along West 109th Street. The 27-year-old’s death and a string of shootings that followed stirred fear in South Los Angeles as rumors spread that a gang had vowed 100 days of violence in retaliation. Alarming hashtags, including #100days100nights and #PrayforLA, circulated social media.

LAPD Deputy Chief Bill Scott cautioned Monday that investigators never found proof of a pledge of 100 days of violence, saying the rumors became “somewhat of an urban legend.”

Instead, he said, the shootings that people saw on the street stemmed from traditional, retaliatory gang violence that was already happening.

“The actual murder of Kenneth Peevy was a part of our investigation in terms of trying to link everything together and really paint a bigger picture of what was going on,” Scott said. “The violence was very real, don’t get me wrong. It was very real. But the 100 days thing is something that took on a life of its own.”

McDonnell said the crimes linked to the gangs targeted by the task force included the March 2015 killing of a man working on his car in an AutoZone parking lot, a shooting last summer that killed a 24-year-old man and wounded three others, and another shooting that injured a victim who wasn’t affiliated with any gangs but lived in an area claimed by one.

Prosecutors have charged 29 people in connection with the investigation, according to the district attorney’s office. Those charges include murder, attempted murder, conspiracy and shooting at an occupied vehicle.

The investigation is ongoing, McDonnell said.

Gang-intervention workers said gangs weren’t the only source of crime in the Vermont Corridor. To curb overall crime in the area, they said, the city should better invest in the people who live there by bringing in more youth programs, job opportunities or chances to talk to the police at town hall meetings.

“It’s kind of a hot area altogether,” said Ben “Taco” Owens, who heads a team of gang-intervention workers in the neighborhood. “The perception of the community is nothing has changed much.”

One of those gangs is the Rollin 100s but who the other 2?.

peckerwoods isn't a gang,and they're not white supremacists either. ask any wood and they'll tell you the exact same thing. this is why you can't rely on the mainstream news media for your information.

100 days 100 nights never happened.it was an internet rumor that turned into media hype.no one was killed behind it. those gangs are not active anymorer,compared to how it was years ago

Obviously your overlooking the fact 9 killings are tied to these " not so active" gangs.

nowhere in the article does it say the 9 killings are gang-related.it says the opposite,actually. only 1 murder from last year was linked to the possible feud,and there's no proof that any other shootings or violence could be attributed to any gangs after that. so we have 1 shooting that happened in march 2015,almost 2 years ago,that's still unsolved,and an internet rumor that never panned out.that doesn't sound active to me.

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Authorities have arrested more than three dozen people linked to a trio of feuding gangs in South L.A. whose violence led to at least NINE KILLINGS and other RETALIATORY ATTACKS, officials said Monday.

For more than a year, a task force of local and federal investigators has focused on quelling what authorities described as a violent GANG WAR in the Vermont Corridor, a four-mile stretch that runs along Vermont Avenue. The violence stemmed from an alliance between two gangs targeting a third, authorities said."

So you don't see this at all? Capitalize it for your eyes. Don't mistake less active for no active and it differs for each gang.

Yeah. Murder. Drugs. Clearly they're just like a fantasy football league. Let's not overreact...

Or underreact

What's funny is that LA files gang injunctions against practically every gang that makes the news, but they're not filing one against this white gang. The more things change in LA, the more they stay the same.

whoever wrote this contradicted themselves.first,tehy say 9 killings due to a "gang war" but a few paragraphs later go on to say that no one retaliated after the shooting in 2015. if there's 9 dead,then find their names and what gang they are from and post it here. the evidence seems clear,100 days 100 nights was an urban legend and the rumors of gang violence never materialized.check the stats,LA has the lowest murder rate in the entire U.S. there's no pitchef battles between the bloods,crips,etc anymore. gangs are dying out,and the violence has largelycome to an end

taht's because pecekrwoods are not a gang. if you're white,and not ashamed or afraid to stand up for your race in jail/prison,you're classified as a wood.taht's all it means.it's not a gang.

What's contributing to the 230+ killings each year in L.A? Please explain.

There's still lots of gang related killings between blood and crip sets. I don't know why you insist otherwise. Yeah gang activity isn't what it used to be and we did have a few years of lower actively but every so many years the actively picks up and that's what happened in the last year or so.

SoCalGangs

Thanks for your input. Been waiting on your .2 on the beef between the Rollin 100s and whoever they into at this time.

Those gangs are very much active. Rollin 100's vs IFG, ETG, HCG. What happened was 100 days 100 nights got blown out of proportion by false internet rumors. What started out as the Rollin 100's vowing to kill their enemies for 100 days and 100 nights after a well respected member was killed, turned into fake wild rumors that two gangs took a bet on how many innocent people they can shoot in 100 days/nights. That's the part that was fake. There was definitely a gang war. Didn't last for 100 days/nights, but there was definitely a war.

please show me a source with LA having 'the lowest murder rate in the entire US'

not sure if this is an extended troll act or what with you

Honestly not sure on all the details as I haven't kept up with all the details in that area. I just assumed the Hoovers were involved in someway.

lol.

I guess that's only partially true. In the way that Surenos are not a gang or Southsiders in jail are not a gang. Peckewood is claimed by whites all over California. Some of them are gang members and others are just criminals that claim it. I don't know how these SFV woods and what their level of organization is.

A gang is whatever the police decide a gang is. And they've used much less criteria to determine that a group is a gang than the criteria that could be applied to these peckerwoods. Selling drugs. Murder. A claimed namesake. That would be enough for any group of minorities to be considered a gang.

I have lost track of all those gangs in Cali, but the whites can only survive if they are backed by the Mexican Mafia. The AB and La Eme have always been allies.

It's a rocky relationship though. The Southsiders attack the whites quite often in county jails in Southern California.

In prison, Hollander. Surenos don't give two shits about whites on the street. White gangs survive on the streets because the police let them. White gangs have to invade Poland before the police will even recognize them as a gang.

I dont know whether I agree with that. I think there probably alot more transient than black and hispanic gangs and probably dont hold turf.

Understood. Are there any Mexican Crip/Bloods sets? Or any Sure no cliques with Blacks?

Back in the day there was more blacks in the Mexican gangs, especially within the city of LA. Mid city, Clanton, 18st etc gangs like that had Blacks.
I think it's much more rare now due to all the prison politics that's gone on in the last 20 years.

There's no fully Mexican blood or crip hoods that I can think of. In San Bernardino you have certain sets that have a lot of Mexicans in it, like Delmam Heights Bloods.

Thanks for the feedback. I was wondering about that after seeing how you have some Mexicans in Crip/Blood sets and of other Crip/Bloods that are Asian,Pacific Islander, etc. Currently based on your opinion, Who's the top 10 most organized or tight knit gangs in your city overall?

Can the Asian Pacific Island gangs become a major force in California prisons with increases in their inmates and decreases in white inmates?

Currently too hard for me to say.
I'd say tight knit and organized are a slightly different category.
To me the most tight knit gangs are the smaller gangs with a lot of enemies. They all know each other and have a tighter bond usually, especially if they been around for along time
With the Mexican or Hispanic gangs usually the ones with "big homies" have a greater level of organization. I put F13, 18st, 38st, Harpys, avenues, Sereno etc up there for Mexicanhoods..
And gangs with less deeply rooted ties to a particular area are less organized and spread out.

For crips and bloods I couldn't call it exactly but for crips I'd have to go with the bigger well known hoods. East Coast, Rollin 60s , Rollin 40s, ETG etc.

Nah I doubt it. They just don't have the numbers.
I grew up with a few Tongans. Always seemed like real cool people though, just my experience.

Who's deeper 60s or East Coast?

I'd have to say 60s. Always hard to gauge numbers but I'm thinking of the demographics of the two areas and that 60s have a very big turf concentrated in one area while ECC has individual cliques, spread around the east side. Some of them very small in number surrounded by a bunch of other gangs.

I notice how the 60s I'd one of the top Crip set claim across the country. I'm not sure how many are legit branches but I would think the 60s are the largest Crip gang in our country. Don't come across many claiming ECC despite that being Raymond's group. Grapes, Rollin cards, Kitchen, and ETG are the ones on nationwide scale.

For Bloods: Bounty Hunters, Brims, Bishops, & Pirus.

Oh , Hoover Criminals are big nationwide too.