Thread: Man gets jailed for gang signs in photo, deportation

Man gets jailed for gang signs in photo

ORANGE – An Anaheim man pleaded guilty yesterday, got 90 days in jail and faces deportation for flashing gang signs while posing with a mall Santa Claus.
Prosecutors said Uriel Oliva, 18, a Mexican citizen, violated a gang injunction that barred him from flashing gang signs or associating with other gang members. Police said that Oliva and other members took the photo Dec. 16 at a mall, and that a probation officer later spotted the photo on one member's key chain.
Associated Press

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Good.

Three cheers for the probation officer who noticed the photo on his keyring, it had to be pretty small. This gets rid of one more illegal alien.

To bad we can't deport everyone who flashes gang signs.

Better than good......this is G R E A T

It doesn't sound like he was an illegal, or I would have thought he would have been deported already...OH well he will be now!

SOSADFORUS wrote:

It doesn't sound like he was an illegal, or I would have thought he would have been deported already...OH well he will be now!

Yeah, this isn't the first time we've heard of illegal aliens on probation.

Originally Posted by MW

SOSADFORUS wrote:

It doesn't sound like he was an illegal, or I would have thought he would have been deported already...OH well he will be now!

Yeah, this isn't the first time we've heard of illegal aliens on probation.

True

Originally Posted by SOSADFORUS

Originally Posted by MW

SOSADFORUS wrote:

It doesn't sound like he was an illegal, or I would have thought he would have been deported already...OH well he will be now!

Yeah, this isn't the first time we've heard of illegal aliens on probation.

True

aint that the truth

Friday, January 2, 2009

Gang member guilty of flashing signs with Santa

Uriel Oliva was pleaded guilty to violating a gang injunction and will be deported after he serves 90 days in jail.

By DOUG IRVING
The Orange County Register

ORANGE – A gang member who flashed hand signs while posing for a picture with Santa Claus pleaded guilty today to violating a gang injunction and was sentenced to 90 days in jail.

Uriel Oliva, 18, of Anaheim, was also ordered deported to Mexico, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Oliva pleaded guilty this morning to two misdemeanors for associating with other gang members and flashing gang signs inside an area protected by a gang injunction, according to the District Attorney's Office.

Police arrested Oliva last month after discovering a keychain photo that showed him flashing gang signs while posing with Santa at the Village Mall in Orange. The mall is a designated safety zone under the gang injunction.

Four other documented gang members also posed for the photo with Santa, according to the District Attorney's Office. Spokeswoman Susan Kang Schroeder said she could not comment on the others because they're juveniles.

Orange Police Sgt. Dan Adams has said police will not release the Santa picture until they have identified everyone in it.

The gang injunction in Orange prohibits known gang members from associating with each other, using gang signs or wearing gang clothes inside the 1.4 square mile "safety zone."

The county Public Defender's Office represented Oliva, but did not return a phone call seeking comment this afternoon.

Contact the writer: 714-704-3777 or dirving@ocregister.com

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/gang ... fice-santa

How confused are these teenaged would be tough guy gang members that they want to get their picture taken with Santa.