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NOW AT SIX.
AFTER WEEKS OF VIOLENCE AND
***,
THE PICTURE SAN JOSE POLICE
HOPE WANT YOU TO SEE.
DOZENS OF ALLEGED GANG
MEMBERS, HAULED INTO COURT
UNDER HEAVY GUARD.
ONE DEFENSE ATTORNEY SAYS
IT'S ALL FOR SHOW:
MANY OF THE ARRESTS ARE FOR
MINOR OFFENSES AND BASED ON
FLIMSY EVIDENCE.
A LOT OF THESE CASES BY
THEMSELVES WOULDNT MAKE IT
TO A JURY
FOUR DIFFERENT LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES HERE
IN THE BAY AREA COLLABORATE
TO ONE OF THE MOST DNAGEROUS
GANGS ALONG THE WEST COAST
-- NUESTRA FAMILIA.
TODAY, 34 MEMBERS OF THE
GANG WERE IN COURT TODAY TO
HEAR THE CHARGES AGAINST
THEM.
SO WAS KRON-4'S ROB LATEST.
IN A BIZARRE, UNPRECEDENTED
PROCEEDING HERE, THE EIGHT
WOMEN AND 26 MEN ENTERED
DEPARTMENT 24 UNDER HEAVY
SECURITY. TWO OF SIX BALIFFS
WERE ARMED WITH SHOTGUNS,
BUT THOSE CLOSEST TO THE
DEFENDANTS WERE UN-ARMED.
PROSECUTORS ASKED THAT NO
PICTURES BE TAKEN OF
THEM. MOST OF THE MALE
DEFENDANTS WORE HANDCUFFS
OR WAIST-CHAINS.
THE ACCUSED FACE CHARGES
RANGING FROM *** AND BANK
ROBBERY TO SELLING ***
AMPHETAMINE. DEFENSE
ATTORNEY DANIEL JENSEN WAS
CRITICAL OF THE D.A.'S
CASE.
ATTORNEY
ON TUESDAY, DISTRICT
ATTORNEY JEFF ROSEN
ANNOUNCED A GRAND JURY
INDICTMENT OF AT LEAST 39
INDIVIDUALS, MANY ALLEGED
NUESTRA FAMILY GANG
MEMBERS, CAPPING A 3-YEAR
PROBE OF ORGANIZED CRIME.
FREE ON BAIL, MONICA
OROSZCO DEFENDED HER ALLEGED
CO-CONSPIRATORS.
SOT MONICA OROZCO/DEFENDANT
PROSECUTORS DECLINED
FURTHER COMMENT ON THE GRAND
JURY'S 99-PAGE INDICTMENT
WHICH ALLEGES 77 FELONIES.
OVER THE COURSE OF AN HOUR,
ONE BY ONE, ABOUT HALF THE
DEFENDANTS ENTERED NOT
GUILTY PLEAS WHILE THE
OTHERS SAW AN ATTORNEY FOR
THE FIRST TIME. MOST WILL
NEXT MONTH IN WHAT IS BEING
SUCH CASE IN