Injunction applies to the 'Hustla Squad Clicc' Rialto gang (February 9, 2012) |
SAN BERNARDINO (KTLA) Teams of law enforcement officers from the District Attorneys Bureau of Investigation and the Rialto Police Department served copies of a permanent gang injunction order today to 19 members of the Rialto-based Hustla Squad Clicc criminal gang.
Judge David Cohn of the Superior Court of San Bernardino granted the San Bernardino County DA's request for the permanent injunction. Gang injunctions are built on the legal theory that gang activities constitute a public nuisance. The District Attorney's office has maintained that Hustla Squad Clicc criminal street gang has plagued the citizens of Rialto since 2005. The DA asserts that the gang's members have committed numerous crimes, ranging from armed robberies and grand thefts to drug dealing, burglary, and murder.
The terms of the injunction prohibit Huslta Squad Clicc gang members from various activities within the Safety Zone, including associating with one another in public, obstructing the free passage of others, possessing weapons or drugs, graffiti, and the display of gang signs, attire, or tattoos. The Safety Zone is just over four square miles, and is bounded by sections of Merrill Avenue, Sycamore Avenue, Cactus Avenue, Rialto Avenue, Maple Avenue, Etiwanda Avenue, and Easton Street.
"As the elected district attorney of this county, I refuse to sit back and let these local terrorists try to claim our streets and intimidate our citizens, said District Attorney Michael A. Ramos. It should be painfully obvious by now to these gangsters that we are coming after them, and were coming hard."
Judge David Cohn of the Superior Court of San Bernardino granted the San Bernardino County DA's request for the permanent injunction. Gang injunctions are built on the legal theory that gang activities constitute a public nuisance. The District Attorney's office has maintained that Hustla Squad Clicc criminal street gang has plagued the citizens of Rialto since 2005. The DA asserts that the gang's members have committed numerous crimes, ranging from armed robberies and grand thefts to drug dealing, burglary, and murder.
The terms of the injunction prohibit Huslta Squad Clicc gang members from various activities within the Safety Zone, including associating with one another in public, obstructing the free passage of others, possessing weapons or drugs, graffiti, and the display of gang signs, attire, or tattoos. The Safety Zone is just over four square miles, and is bounded by sections of Merrill Avenue, Sycamore Avenue, Cactus Avenue, Rialto Avenue, Maple Avenue, Etiwanda Avenue, and Easton Street.
"As the elected district attorney of this county, I refuse to sit back and let these local terrorists try to claim our streets and intimidate our citizens, said District Attorney Michael A. Ramos. It should be painfully obvious by now to these gangsters that we are coming after them, and were coming hard."
