Gangs of Florida

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A surge in violent crime across Florida is the direct result of increased gang activity that should be battled with more state dollars and tougher prosecution, according to an interim report from a statewide grand jury.

Every state and major city in the United States is plagued with local, loosely structured, street gangs that are mainly motivated by drug sales. Historically, disruptive incidents in our prisons have been based on the geographic origins of the inmates involved (e.g., Miami gang inmates vs. Tampa gang inmates).

The high court impaneled the 18-member grand jury last June at the request of Gov. Charlie Crist to investigate a spike in gang activity in Florida, particularly the southern counties.

The grand jury found that gangs are using the Internet, particularly MySpace and other social networking sites, to recruit new members and are trying to infiltrate the military and law enforcement academies to get advanced weapons training. The report also points out that the gangs are branching out into white collar crimes such as identity theft and fraud.

These local groups form based on common interests and a sense of loyalty to individuals from their city, neighborhood, street, or housing complex. They adopt generic names such as Players, Posse, Crew, Mafia, Gang, and Bad Boys and attach their particular street or avenue name to it.

Although they are loosely structured and tend to conduct their illegal activities in a specific location, they are extremely violent and develop bitter blood rivalries.

Often the group evolves, and adopts an alliance with a national street gang such as the Bloods, Crips, or Chicago-based Folk Nation and People Nation sets and use their symbols and identifiers. This graduation in gang involvement often occurs in county jails, prisons, and juvenile facilities.

This increases the importance of tracking the development of gang membership while inmates are in custody. Tracking enables Department of Corrections to notify local law enforcement of new members or of any changes in a member's affiliation.

The Florida Department of Corrections has identified hundreds of these local gangs in every city from Pensacola to the Florida Keys. This includes small rural towns, upper middle-class neighborhoods, schools, and other areas where we tend to deny gang existence.

Here is a list of gangs/security threat groups the Department of Corrections have encountered:

10th Street Thugs
Miami

112 Avenue Boys
Miami

12 Nation Street Gang
Miami

18th Street Gang
Multiple Cities/Counties

205th Street Players
Miami

2-1
Jacksonville

22 Ave. Players
Dade

23rd Street Boys
Ft. Pierce

25 Street Folk
St. Petersburg

299 Street Boys
Miami

29th Street Players
Miami

2nd Street Fellows
Miami

35th Street Players
Miami

39th Ave North Boys
Clearwater

3-D Kings
Sunrise

4 Avenue Players
Leon

56 Ave Players
Miami

6 Street Mob
Broward

69 Folk
Pensacola

773 Boys
Quincy

8 Ball Posse
Sarasota

98 Posse
Ft. Pierce

American Nazi Party
Multiple Cities/Counties

Apopka Boys
Apopka

Asian Bloods
Multiple Cities/Counties

Army of Light
Hendry CI

Aryan Brotherhood
Prisons

Aryan Nations
Multiple Cities/Counties

Asian Gangsters
Pinellas

Baby Demons
Miami

B-Boys
Pinellas City

Bad Boys
Hillsborough

Basin Street Rat Pack
Tallahassee

Bellaire Boys
Clearwater

Black Angels
Wimauma

Black Gangster Disciples
Multiple Cities/Counties

Black Guerilla Family
Multiple Cities/Counties

Black Hawks
Hillsborough

Black United Soldiers
Tallahassee

Blackheart
Miami

Bloods
Multiple Cities/Counties

Blue Arrows
West Palm Beach

Broadview Mob
Broward

Carol City Lynch Mob
Carol City

Carver Shores Boys
Orlando

City Of Chaires Posse
Tallahassee

Cloud Nine
Ft. Lauderdale

Criminal Minded Posse
Lake Worth

Crips
Multiple Cities/Counties

Crips

Crypt Disciples
Pensacola

Danger Zone
Palatka

Davie Boys
Broward

Death Squad
Pompano Beach

Devil Boys
Tampa

Dixie Court Players
Okeechobee

Dixie Playboys
Ft. Lauderdale

Dog Pound Gangsters
Polataka

Dogg Pound
Miami

Dover Locos
Plant City

Down By Law
Palm Beach

Du Rag Posse
Palm Beach

Eastside
Bradenton

Eastside Locos
Manatee

Eastside Posse
Orlando

Eau Gallie Posse
Eau Gallie

Ebony Kings
Jacksonville

El Rukn
Multiple Cities/Counties

Ex-Legion
Broward

Familia
Multiple Cities/Counties

Five Percenters
Multiple Cities/Counties

Flip Side Posse
FL State Prison

Flipside
Lake Wales

Folk Disciples-Chap 6
Orlando

Folk Nation
Multiple Cities/Counties

Fort Pierce Boyz
Fort Pierce

Fountain Head Posse
Melbourne

Fourth World Mafia
Pompano Beach

G.O.D.S. MG
Multiple Cities/Counties

Gang Colors
Miami

Gang Of 14
Jacksonville

Gangster Disciples
Multiple Cities/Counties

Gaylords
Coral Springs

Ghost Gangster Disciples
Lake County

Grand Theft Auto
Hillsborough

Grateful Dead MG
Multiple Cities/Counties

Hell's Angels
Multiple Cities/Counties

Hollywood Criminals
Hollywood

Holton St. Boys
Leon

Imperial Gangsters
Multiple Cities/Counties

Imperial GD
Multiple Cities/Counties

Inner Circle Assassins
Pompano Beach

Insane Cobras
Okaloosa CI

Insane Gangster Disciples
Multiple Cities/Counties

Int. Gangster Association
Orlando

International Posse
Multiple Cities/Counties

International Posse

Jackson Height Posse
Tampa

Jacksonville City Boys
Jacksonville

Jamaican Posse
South Florida

Jamestown Project Gang
St. Petersburg

Joe Louis Street Posse
Tallahassee

Junkyard Jits
Ft. Pierce

King Garden Boys
Miami

Ku Klux Klan
Multiple Cities/Counties

La Cruz
Hollywood

La Familia
Tampa

La Raza
South Florida

La Vida
Sunrise

Lake Bradford Boys
Leon

Latino Bad Boys
Miami

Latin Counts
Multiple Cities/Counties

Latin Disciples
Multiple Cities/Counties

Latin Eagles
Multiple Cities/Counties

Latin Folk
Miami

Latin Force
Multiple Cities/Counties

Latin Gangster Disciples
Multiple Cities/Counties

Latin Kings
Multiple Cities/Counties

Latin Thug Posse
Palm Beach

Legion
Hollywood

Legion of Doom
Miami

Longwood Lost Boys
Longwood

Lynch Mob
Palm Beach

Mafia Boys
Miami

Maniac GD
Miami

Maniac Latin Disciples
Multiple Cities/Counties

Miami Boyz
Miami

Mickey Cobras
Lee County

Money Kings
Ft. Myers

Most Powerful Nation
Davie

MS 13
Multiple Cities/Counties

N.S.W.W.P.
Multiple Cities/Counties

Nasty Boys
Titusville

Neta
Orlando

Neta

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