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www.justice.gov/usao/co For Immediate Release

September 21, 2010

David M. Gaouette, United States Attorney

Contact: Jeff Dorschner
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Denver Police Department, ATF, and Others Arrest Crip Gang Members and Associates for Drug or Gun Charges

DENVER — Early yesterday morning, officers with the Denver Police Department (DPD) and agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), along with officers from Aurora and Lakewood Police Departments, arrested 11 Crips gang members and associates, including a number of Tre Tre Crips, for federal drug or gun charges, Denver Police Chief Gerald Whitman, ATF Special Agent in Charge Marvin Richardson, and U.S. Attorney John Walsh announced. Those defendants arrested yesterday are to appear in U.S. District Court in Denver at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon, where they will be advised of the charges pending against them and the associated penalties.

Yesterday’s arrests are the third phase of a year and a half long investigation called “Operation Cripland.â€