Gang-related activities are serious felonies under both California and federal law. A normal felony for assault and battery, drug dealing, robbery, or a drive-by shooting can result in a life sentence when committed in connection with gangs. Gang-related charges may include:

• Assault and Battery
• Graffiti and Other Property Crimes
• Weapons Charges
• Robbery
• Drug Possession or Trafficking
• Criminal Threats
• Prostitution
• Identity Theft
• Money Laundering
• Gambling
• Sex Offenses
• Third Strike Charges
• Check Fraud

Most gang crimes in California are felonies, and may fall under the Three Strikes law. Charges often are based on false accusations, lying witnesses, inaccurate descriptions of your participation in a fight, or misunderstandings about your gang affiliations. Even if you are not a gang member, the district attorney may attempt to convince the court and jury you committed a crime to benefit the gang, or that you used gang colors or hand-signs that showed you were affiliated with the gang. We will try to put you in the best possible light, challenge the truthfulness of the witnesses against you, and seek to dismiss or substantially reduce the charges against you.

Alleged gang members also may be prosecuted for violating anti-gang injunctions. Los Angeles County gangs presently subject to anti-gang injunctions include the following:

• Toonerville gang
• 18th Street (Hollywood, Southwest, Rampart and Wilshire)
• 204th Street
• Eastside Torrence
• 38th Street
• 5th and Hill
• 42nd Street Gangster Crips
• Avenues
• Big Hazard
• Clover
• Eastlake
• Lincoln Heights
• Harpys
• 43rd Street Gangster Crips
• 48th Street Gangster Crips
• Krazy Ass Mexicans
• White Fence
• Mara Salvatrucha
• Varrio Nueva Estrada (Crazy Riders, Dogtown, Down in Action (DIA), Krazy Town (KTO), Highland Park (HLP), La Raza Loca, Orphans, Playboys, Rockwood Street Locos, Varrio Vista Rifa, Wanderers and Witmer Street Locos)
• Rolling 60's Neighborhood Crips
• Rolling 40's
• 46 Top Dollar Hustler Crips
• 46 Neighborhood Crips
• San Fer
• Bounty Hunters
• Harbor City Boys
• Harbor City Crips
• Westside Wilmas
• Eastside Wilmas
• Canoga Park Alabama
• Blythe Street
• Langdon Street
• Pacoima Project Boys
• Venice Trece
• Hoovers
• Black P-Stones
• Canoga Park Alabama
• Nothing But Trouble
• Culver City Boys
• School Yard Crips
• Geer Street Crips
• Venice Shoreline Crips
• Grape Street Crips

A map of gang injunctions in effect in Los Angeles as of February 2009 can be found at http://www.lapdonline.org/gang_injunctions.

If you or someone you know has been arrested or is being prosecuted for a gang-related crime, contact Anchor Criminal Defense for a free consultation.