PAIR GET PRISON IN GANG SHOOTING.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Daily News Staff Writer Two teen-age gang members from Palmdale have been sentenced to prison terms of 15 and 22 years for a shooting precipitated by rival gangs crossing out each other's graffiti graffiti Form of visual communication, usually illegal, involving the unauthorized marking of public space by an individual or group. Technically the term applies to designs scratched through a layer of paint or plaster, but its meaning has been extended to other markings. . Identified as members of a 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. gang, Noe Perez, 19, was given a 22-year term and Cuautemoc Perez, 18, a 15-year sentence after both pleaded no contest to assault with a semiautomatic firearm firearm, device consisting essentially of a straight tube to propel shot, shell, or bullets by the explosion of gunpowder. Although the Chinese discovered gunpowder as early as the 9th cent., they did not develop firearms until the mid-14th cent. after prosecutors agreed to dismiss attempted-murder charges. ``They are active, hard-core gang members and involved in an ongoing dispute with rival gang members that stemmed stemmed adj. 1. Having the stems removed. 2. Provided with a stem or a specific type of stem. Often used in combination: stemmed goblets; long-stemmed roses. from crossing out rival gang members' graffiti in Palmdale and Littlerock,'' said Detective Dan Ross. ``They are the only two members up here. People were crossing out their graffiti.'' Both men, who are not related, entered their pleas Thursday in Lancaster Superior Court. They also admitted committing the offense for the benefit of and/or at the direction of a street gang, prosecutors said. The shooting occurred about 12:30 a.m. Feb. 16 at Palmdale Boulevard and Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling , several hours after Noe Perez was assaulted by rival gang members at a liquor store at 30th Street East and Palmdale Boulevard, Ross said. Noe Perez met up with Cuautemoc Perez and a younger teen-ager, and they drove around Palmdale until they spotted members of the rival gang in a car at Palmdale Boulevard and Sierra Highway. The defendants got out of their van while at the red light, shouted insults, and then Noe pulled out a gun and fired two shots into the other car, hitting one of its five occupants in the shoulder. The passengers in the other car were gang members also, but it was never established whether they were the ones who assaulted Noe Perez, Ross said. After the shots were fired, the Perezes' teen-age driver panicked and drove off, leaving the pair to chase after the van. A sheriff's deputy who heard the shots saw the two men running and jumping into the van and detained de·tain tr.v. de·tained, de·tain·ing, de·tains 1. To keep from proceeding; delay or retard. 2. To keep in custody or temporary confinement: them at Ninth Street East and East Avenue Q-6, Ross said. Prosecutors are seeking to try the juvenile as an adult in Sylmar Juvenile Court juvenile court Special court handling problems of delinquent, neglected, or abused children. Two types of cases are processed by a juvenile court: civil matters, often concerning care of an abandoned or impoverished child, and criminal matters, arising from antisocial . |
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