GANGS LINKED TO THOUSANDS OF CRIMES IN A.V.; OFFENSES INCREASE, DATA SHOW.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Mistry is a surname, and may refer to:
This page or section lists people with the surname Mistry. Daily News Staff Writer Gang-related offenses accounted for at least 8 percent of Antelope antelope, name applied to a large number of hoofed, ruminant mammals of the cattle family (Bovidae), which also includes the sheep and goats. The North American pronghorn is sometimes called an antelope, but belongs to a separate, related family (Antilocapridae). Valley's serious crime last year, recently released crime statistics show. Of the 14,479 serious crimes reported in 1997, 1,179 were attributed to gang activity, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. statistics released by the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Sheriff's Department's Operation Safe Streets Bureau. The largest proportion of crime attributed to gang activity was robbery: more than 40 percent of the Antelope Valley's 600-plus robberies were attributed to gang members. Gang activity was blamed for 12.6 percent of the serious assaults and 13.7 percent of auto thefts. Gang killings accounted for two of 24 homicides, down from six in 1996. The total number of crimes attributed to gang activity nearly doubled between 1996 and 1997 - jumping from 2,484 to 4,214 - but officials said that is due to more accurate documentation of gang crimes. Crimes believed to be gang-related are now assigned as·sign tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs 1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection. 2. to detectives in the gang detail. In previous years, gang crimes were handled by regular detectives and some never made it into the department's gang statistics, officials said. ``Our gang detail will handle all the crime where they previously wouldn't,'' said Lt. Ron Shreves of the Lancaster sheriff's station. ``It's the kind of commitment that the community saw we needed.'' Sheriff's officials define gang crime as incidents in which one gang or gang member victimizes another gang or gang member, or when a gang member commits a crime to benefit the gang or its members. Gang crimes can range from stealing beer from a convenience store to auto theft, from sophisticated robberies to murder. But the Lancaster gang detail will also investigate other crimes involving known gang members, even petty Petty girl airbrushed beauty, scantily clad in Esquire’s pages. [Am. Lit.: Misc.] See : Sex Symbols theft or possession of marijuana marijuana or marihuana, drug obtained from the flowering tops, stems, and leaves of the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa (see hemp) or C. indica; the latter species can withstand colder climates. . ``They know that we're watching them and they know that we're involved in their activity,'' said Deputy Erik Ruble. ``I think we do a pretty good job.'' |
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