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Months-long gang investigation leads 23 arrests and nearly $20K in money, guns, drugs seized
Law enforcement say what started as a robbery turned into a long investigation into the Norteno criminal street gang. Author: Alanea Cremen Updated: 11:24 PM PST December 23, 2020
TURLOCK, Calif. A months-long investigation netted law enforcement 23 arrests, as well as the seizure of money, drugs and guns.
It started as a home invasion in unincorporated Turlock on March 17, 2020, and resulted in a long investigation into the Norteno criminal street gang. After detectives determined 26-year-old Adrian Ortiz was a suspect, they obtained a wiretap warrant for his phone and others involved. During the wiretap, detectives say they learned of upcoming drug deals, drug houses, how the gang would tax their members and even business owners in the area that the gang claimed: belonged to them.
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Their work has placed them at the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in high-contact situations: responding to violent incidents, aiding people in crisis, monitoring protests, interacting with members of the homeless community and enforcing face mask rules.
Still, officials say just 10 officers with the Santa Fe Police Department, out of 141 on the force, and one employee at the Santa Fe County Sheriffâs Office, out of 107 total workers, have tested positive for the illness.
Five of the city police cases are active, data shows.
The local law enforcement agencies have managed to avoid an outbreak like the one that struck the Albuquerque Police Department last month, infecting more than 50 workers, according to news reports. That department has had over 100 infections throughout the pandemic.