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| 49 fugitives picked up in Benton, Franklin gang sweep |
| By thenewstribune.com - Paula Horton |
| Published: 12/16/2011 |
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Tri-Cities, WA -- Forty-nine fugitives in the Tri-Cities got an unwelcome holiday surprise when law enforcement officers set out on a two-day gang sweep. "Operation Holiday Express" targeted criminal gang members in the Tri-Cities who had warrants out for their arrests. Kennewick Police Chief Ken Hohenberg said officers had 60 gang-involved fugitives from Kennewick, Pasco and unincorporated parts of Benton County on their target list for this roundup. Hohenberg released details of the sweep during a news conference Thursday at the Kennewick police station with Pasco Police Chief Bob Metzger and Benton County sheriff's Capt. Clay Vannoy. Not all of the 49 arrests made Tuesday and Wednesday included people on the list, Hohenberg said; however, the arrests involved 44 felony charges, 45 misdemeanors and nine juveniles. "The message we're trying to send out is, 'If you're going to engage in criminal gang activity in the Tri-Cities and you're going to be firing weapons off where some innocent person is going to be hurt, we're going to hunt them and put them in jail,' " Hohenberg said. A gang sweep had been planned at some point before Jan. 1, but Hohenberg said two recent drive-by shootings in Kennewick prompted officials to act this week. No arrests have been made in the Dec. 1 and Dec. 11 shootings, and Hohenberg said officers are not getting much cooperation from those known to be involved. In the first drive-by shooting, multiple gunshots were fired around 8:15 p.m. into a mobile home at 2906 W. Seventh Ave. The home was occupied, but no one inside was hit. Read More. |
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