15 gang members charged with racketeering
DAVENPORT, Iowa (Quad-City Times) A federal grand jury indicted four more members of a Davenport-based street gang on 37 counts of alleged racketeering, according to a Wednesday news release from the Iowa Department of Justice.
Fifteen members of the Lowrider Street Gang have now been charged. The previous 11 were indicted in August 2020.
Racketeering is an organized crime that usually involves offering a fake service, or offering a service to fix a fake problem. Members and associates of the Lowrider Street Gang are alleged to have protected the profits of the gang through violent threats and actions.