Bergen County Police Round Up “Bloods”
According to recent reports from the New Jersey Crime Examiner, law enforcement officials in the state’s Bergen County recently rounded up over a dozen suspected gang members in an effort to curb New Jersey gang crime in the densely populated community.
Located in the northeast corner of the state, Bergen County has the highest population in the state. Police there report activity by several different street gangs, and the Examiner shows police rounded up several members of a “Rollin’ 20s” gang after a successful sting operation where undercover detectives bought guns and illegal substances from the individuals.
Police officials have identified the “Rollin’ 20s” as part of the larger national gang called “Bloods,” a notorious super-cartel that often battles a national rival gang known as “Crips.” Police in Bergen County also identified a gang called “Sex Money Murder” as part of the Bloods network.
New Jersey residents are often glad to see these sweeps occurring because gang members and those selling illegal drugs are removed from the streets. However, law enforcement can sometimes have a hard time figuring out how to arrest and charge the appropriate individuals, especially in charges related to being “part of a gang” or other criminal network.
Some young NJ residents may find themselves the target of onerous police charges where the zeal of law enforcement is misplaced in the hunt for New Jersey’s hardened gang members. In these cases, it takes help from skilled legal professionals to represent those who may be innocent, or only guilty by association, just by being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
A false conviction or an unfair sentence can consign a young person to a life of hardship. For those who have been the targets of arrest and citation for either alleged felonies or smaller crimes, you need a skilled New Jersey criminal defense attorney to go through the case and get the facts. New Jersey criminal defense lawyers are used to going to bat for those who the system “wants” in the course of general law enforcement operations aimed at stamping out crime from NJ streets.
If you or someone you love is wrongfully charged with a gang crime, it is critically important to contact an experienced New Jersey gang crimes defense lawyer as soon as possible. The experienced New Jersey criminal defense attorneys at Lependorf & Silverstein will get the facts in a free consultation and get to work finding out about your rights in a New Jersey “crime sweep”. To set up a meeting with the experienced defense lawyers at Lependorf & Silverstein, contact them today at 609-240-0040.
