Nine arrested in San Jose gang-motivated crime sting

SAN JOSE A large-scale operation targeting gang-motivated crimes in San Jose culminated in the arrest of five men and four teenage boys functionaries disclosed Wednesday Related Articles Judge denies motion to exclude term genocide from Stanford felony vandalism trial Man arrested for crashing car into parked cars after trying to set fire to Saratoga winery Suspect arrested in Los Gatos following burglary Santa Cruz County woman pleads guilty to abandoning newborn in San Jose high school researching human swastika formed by students in photo on campus The crimes several of which were related to vandalism and firearms happened between September and November according to San Jose police spokesperson Stacie Shih Shih stated detectives identified seven primary subjects responsible for the crimes a -year-old man two -year-old men a -year-old boy two -year-old boys and a -year-old boy all of San Jose On Nov detectives arrested the -year-old man and the two -year-old boys in San Jose Detectives searched the -year-old man s home and located a loaded firearm large quantities of narcotics and two homemade improvised explosives Shih revealed During a search of one -year-old boy s home detectives arrested a -year-old San Jose man on suspicion of possessing illegal narcotics for sale according to Shih On Dec detectives arrested the two -year-old men the -year-old boy and the -year-old boy in San Jose Shih explained detectives also determined a stolen firearm at the home of each boy During a search of one -year-old man s home detectives arrested a -year-old San Jose man for an outstanding warrant Shih reported adding that he was on parole at the time Detectives booked the men into Santa Clara County jail and the boys into juvenile hall Anyone with information related to the cases or similar cases can contact Detective Havlick at sanjoseca gov Detective Dean at sanjoseca gov or both at - -