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Gangs of South Jersey.Odt Gangs of South Jersey …From the pages of South Jersey Magazine… Once confined to the urban badlands of Camden and Trenton, gangs have begun branching out, and could be coming to a suburban community near you. If they’re not already there. On a recent afternoon, while taking my dog for his daily constitutional around my apartment building in a safe, leafy suburb, I noticed what appeared to be recent graffiti on the side of the building announcing, “Warrior Stikkup Gang.” Besides the obvious issue that today’s youth have a total disregard for grammar and spelling, the larger question loomed: Since when did gangs move into the South Jersey suburbs? Five years ago, there was little gang activity outside of Camden — at least none that anyone was admitting to. In 2006, there were three gang-related homicides in Burlington County alone. The shooting death of 18-year-old La Vonne Adkins in front of his own home in Willingboro in February of last year was the wake-up call nobody wants to wake up to. Though gangs had extended their tainted tentacles into Burlington County several years earlier, this was the first county gang murder to occur, and in a suburban community of 33,000 people, of all places. In addition to La Vonne, his 19-year-old brother Eric, who was with him at the time, was also shot, as well as 18-year-old Maurice L. Brown of Mt. Laurel later that night in Pennsauken. The latter two survived. It wasn’t immediately clear to law enforcement that the three shootings that occurred that day were gang related until wiretapping proved otherwise. “We knew then the time had come to focus on this problem,” Burlington County Prosecutor Robert D. Bernardi states. As anyone who’s seen movies such as Gangs of New York knows, the existence of gangs is not a recent phenomenon; but their migration into the South Jersey suburbs is. Due to some gang crackdowns and fumigations by Trenton and Ewing townships, gangs have been seeping over the border into northern Burlington County under the impression that it’s more welcome territory. The county is also in a strategic position between Camden and Trenton, so, according to Bernardi, “It’s right in the crosshairs of potential for the transportation of gangs from one locale to another.” In response to the February slaying, Burlington County formed the Anti-Gang Task Force in June 2006, comprising officers from towns throughout the county. They’ve come a long way since first noticing a gang presence in 2002, after which they held a meeting to educate fellow officers on recognizing signs of gang activity. In fact, they’ve already activated the anti-gang squad three times since its formation less than a year ago (the other two gang homicides in Pemberton and Burlington City occurred just months after its formation) and have had anywhere from 25 to 80 officers respond each time. “One town couldn’t do that alone,” notes Michael King, anti-gang task force head and chief of detectives for the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office. Although that’s a heartening thought, the reason why the anti-gang task force had to be formed in the first place isn’t. The largest gang to emigrate and gain a foothold in Burlington County is the Bloods, particularly the Sex Money Murder, G-Shine and Double II sets (affiliations within the Bloods). While it’s difficult to ascertain how many members are in any gang at any given time, there are estimated to be well over 1,000 people calling themselves Bloods in South Jersey. The three gang murders that occurred last year in Burlington County were all found to be Bloods-related, and two of have been linked to the aptly- named Gangsta Killas, or G-Shine, set of the Bloods. Some of the other gangs active in Burlington County include the Grape Street set of the Crips, and a newer group calling themselves Next Level, with no affiliation to the big two. And now for a crib note history of gangs: The Bloods and Crips are two of the oldest gangs operating today, with origins as African-American West Coast gangs that sprang from the civil rights movement of the ‘60s. The Crips were first on the scene in Los Angeles, originally consisting of Black Panther members, and the Bloods formed in order to challenge the Crips’ strength. The Bloods were the first to go bi-coastal, landing on the East Coast around 1993 courtesy of Rikers Island in New York, and then it was only a matter of time before they made their way down into North Jersey in the late ‘90s. A few years later, they were in South Jersey. Surprisingly, their initial landing point wasn’t Camden, but the suburbs of Camden County. Law enforcement was first made aware of their presence about four years ago as a result of a shooting that occurred. Richard Norcross, commander of the intelligence services team and gang expert with the Camden County Prosecutor's Office, observes since then, “They’ve really become entrenched.” Edwin Torres, supervisor of New Jersey’s Juvenile Justice Commission's gang-management unit observes, “Bloods seem to be expanding and recruiting at an alarming rate throughout the state.” Norcross estimates there are in excess of 600 Bloods members in Camden County, although that number also includes the city of Camden. While there were no gang-related homicides outside of Camden in 2006, there have been plenty of gang-related crimes. For now, much of the Bloods’ activity is centered in Camden, even though many members reside in the suburbs. Norcross explains, “They don’t necessarily live in the same area they work in. You can almost equate it to commuting to work.” However, the Bloods aren’t the only gang in Camden County. Norcross says the second largest gang is the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation, for which you have to prove Latin heritage to be a member. While the Bloods and Crips were exclusively African American in the beginning, they’ve integrated over time and have become the equal opportunity gang face of diversity, accepting black, white, Asian and Hispanic members. Other gangs include the predominantly Puerto Rican Ñeta (pronounced Nyeta); the Crips; MS-13 (Central American); and Surenos 13 and the 18th Street Gang (Mexican). Norcross estimates the rest of these gangs combine for a number in excess of 1,000 members throughout Camden County. Torres reports seeing increased gang expansion into the suburban and rural areas of South Jersey, “disproportionate to the gang growth in urban areas.” He notes that while some gang growth in urban areas has leveled off, it’s spiking down here. He believes more gangs are moving into the area so they can expand their territory and drug base. “So if they’re drug dealers, like most gangs are, they’re moving down to South Jersey to take over or establish the drug trade. “As a matter of fact, these suburban gangs, or those mimicking gang members, can be a lot more dangerous than other gangs that are out there,” continues Torres. “I’d say we have to deal with suburban gangs just as seriously as we do in the urban areas.” Norcross says gangs are definitely more of a problem in Camden County than they were five years ago, and that they even exist in communities that might not be thought of as having a gang problem. However, Norcross differentiates between a gang presence and a gang problem: “A gang presence means you have people running around saying they’re with a gang; whereas a gang problem is gang members actively involved and committing crimes.” While none of the law enforcement officials interviewed for this piece were allowed to name specific towns with a problem, Norcross provided a “six degrees of separation” example of how many communities are impacted in some way by gang activity. “Gang members lead normal lives, so they leave [Camden] and go to Cherry Hill to go to the movies. They go to the Cherry Hill Mall, the Echelon Mall, the Deptford Mall … these things all play into each other and are all connected in some way.” While the fact that gang members walk and talk amongst us may shock much of the South Jersey community, law enforcement officials are quick to point out that this is no cause for alarm. Bernardi emphasizes, “This is not a panic call … law enforcement is taking what steps need to be taken to address the problem. This is not a pervasive issue that should put people in fear of walking down the street.” It should also be noted that most gang-related crime occurs between the gangs themselves. South Jersey residents are encouraged to watch out for and report any suspicious activity in their communities to help curb gang activity, although there are no hard and fast rules when it comes to identifying either gang members or gang signs. Gang members don’t perform catchy song-and-dance routines to differentiate who’s a Shark and who’s a Jet. And while Bloods traditionally wore red and Crips wore blue, today’s gang members may or may not advertise their affiliation by wearing certain colors or flashing certain signs. “We don’t want to get down to where [citizens] are just looking for red or blue,” says King. Torres puts it even more bluntly: “There’s no real way to tell who’s a gang member and who isn’t,” he says. “Not all gang members wear bandannas, not all gangbangers wear colors, and, as a matter of fact, a lot of gangs are moving away from the obvious signs in order to elude law enforcement.” Then there’s the issue of “wannabe” gang members, youth who might walk like ducks and quack like ducks, so to speak, but they’re not ducks.
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