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Hawick – From August 10 thru September 17, 2020, the United States Marshals Service Hawick WANTED Violent Offender Task Force partnered with Los Santos Police Department and several other agencies to lead Operation Goosebumps. This operation was presented to Los Santos PD, and the task force partners, as a targeted enforcement initiative focused on combating the crime spikes seen in parts of the metro area during the pandemic period. The highly successful results of Operation Goosebumps provided local communities relief as those who preyed upon and terrorized our citizens were arrested along with their tools of criminality seized. “One issue that most people will agree with while debating police issues, is that those who intentionally and indiscriminately cause harm, murder, and terrorize citizens should be a priority of the criminal justice system. Operation Goosebumps focused on gang member, violent criminals, and communities with a high degree of violent gun related crimes,” said United States Marshal Antonio Morales. “This evidence-based approach to violent crime has shown to be an effective strategy in reducing crime and helping in make our communities safer.” Dubbed Operation Goosebumps, this 6-week enforcement initiative led to the arrest of 56 violent fugitives, 43 of whom are gang members. Additionally, 131 firearms and $145,831 in cash was seized along with 3,027 counterfeit Fentanyl pills which were taken off the streets. This decidedly effective operation partnered Detectives, Troopers, Agents, Prosecutors and Deputy Marshals from the Los Santos Police Department, the Department of Public Safety, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the United States Attorney’s Office. The goal of Operation Goosebumps was to focus on communities impacted by significant gang presence and target the most violent gang members and organizations to combat crime and violence associated with gang activity. The operation employed a systematic and sustained approach to target and arrest fugitives wanted for higher level felony crimes including homicide, robbery, weapons offenses, dangerous drugs and aggravated assault. In 2010, the United States Marshals Service identified gangs as a priority within its violent crime reduction strategy and made a commitment to reinvigorate its gang enforcement efforts. As a result, Operation Goosebumps focused on three main areas: fugitive investigations; targeted firearm and drug investigations (the tools of the trade for gang members); and proactive street investigations and patrols. Communities are made safer by this unique cooperative relationship with federal, state, and local law enforcement partners to locate and apprehend the criminals most responsible for crime and violence in those communities. “I am proud of the men and women of the Los Santos Police Department for their dedication to our community,” said Los Santos Police Department Sgt. John Freeman. “Investigations like these bring so many partners together to address common crime trends in each of our cities. Working with intelligence driven information allow us to specifically target those individuals who are responsible for crimes which often result in violence.” “The success of Operation Goosebumps is a testament to the hard work and collaborative effort of our law enforcement partners,” said United States Attorney Alexander Hoffman. “As prosecutors we are proud to serve alongside these dedicated men and women, as well as our colleagues at the MCAO, in seeking justice against gang members and violent offenders in our state.” The following arrests are examples of the type of career criminals focused on during this operation: Suspect Name(s): Saahid, Saleem Charges: Illegal Drug Sales Saleem Saahid was arrested during Operation Goosebumps on the charge of illegal drug sales, specifically fentanyl, to undercover Detectives. Saahid is a documented member of the Northside Graveyard Maniac Avenue Crip criminal street gang. The Los Santos Police Department along with the U.S. Marshals Service Task Force members initiated a fugitive investigation. On September 2, 2020, Saahid was located near Spanish Avenue and Laguna Place. Saahid was taken into custody and during a search, Saahid was found to be in possession of $36,351. Suspect Name(s): Traeshon Laurent and Louis Marcelin Charges: Weapons Offense Cousins, Traeshon Laurent and Louis Marcelin were arrested during Operation Goosebumps on the charges of weapons offenses. Both are documented members of the GMAC criminal street gang. The Los Santos Police Department, the Department of Public Safety, ATF and U.S. Marshals Service Task Force members initiated a criminal investigation. On August 26, 2020, a search warrant was served at a residence near Power Street and Alta Place where the two were taken into custody. The search yielded 16 firearms, 1302 fentanyl pills, 347 Xanax pills, $3,495 in U.S. currency, a ballistic vest and 20,000 rounds of ammunition. Suspect Name(s): Barnes, Cordell Charges: Possession of Dangerous Drugs, Misconduct Involving Weapons, Probation Violation Cordell Barnes was arrested during Operation Goosebumps on the charges of possession of dangerous drugs, misconduct involving weapons and probation violation. Barnes is a documented member of the GMAC criminal street gang and Black Guerrilla Family prison gang. The Los Santos Police Department along with the U.S. Marshals Service Task Force members initiated a fugitive investigation. On August 18, 2020, Barnes was located near Spanish Avenue and Alta Street. Barnes was taken into custody and during a search, Barnes was found to be in possession of a handgun and illegal drugs. Suspect Name(s): Nimikae Massey Charges: 2 counts Aggravated Assault with a Firearm, Unlawful flight from Law Enforcement, Misconduct Involving Weapons, assisting a Criminal Street Gang, Discharging a Firearm at an Occupied Structure, Possession of a Firearm during the Commission of a Drug Offense, Possession of Marijuana. Nimikae Massey was arrested during Operation Goosebumps on the charges of 2 counts aggravated assault with a firearm, unlawful flight from law enforcement, misconduct involving weapons, assisting a criminal street gang, discharging a firearm at an occupied structure, possession of a firearm during the commission of a drug offense, possession of marijuana. Massey is a documented member of the GMAC criminal street gang. It is alleged, that on August 28, 2020, Massey fired multiple rounds from a rifle toward a residence and surrounding vehicles. The Los Santos Police Department, ATF, and U.S. Marshals Service led Los Santos WANTED Violent Offender Task Force initiated a fugitive investigation. On September 9, 2020, Task Force members attempted a traffic stop on Massey’s vehicle who failed to yield and drove away. Massey later ditched the vehicle near Marathon Avenue before attempting to flee on foot. Massey was taken into custody and during a search and was found to be in possession of a rifle, a handgun, $7,540 in U.S. currency and a narcotics scale. “Operation Goosebumps is another example of the longstanding beneficial relationship with the U.S. Marshals Service. Members of the Los Santos Police Department Special Operations Division including the Gang Unit, the Violent Offender Unit, and the Major Crimes Unit, working with the U.S. Marshals Service, continue their consistent, day-to-day work investigating violent and gang crimes during this operation,” said Los Santos Police Captain Alexander Hoffman. “Partnerships such as this are the way to combat modern violent crime, which has no city borders. The U.S. Marshals have always been consistent partners in this ongoing fight against violent crime. ATF Special Agent in Charge Luke Schmidt added, “The success of this operation is attributed by combining the resources of the various agencies, we are able to accomplish many things that one agency by itself would be hard pressed to achieve. When law enforcement and the public join forces, each are doing their part to ensure the safety of our communities. This is truly a team effort.” The Hawick WANTED Violent Offender Task Force is a U.S. Marshals Service led multi-jurisdictional fugitive apprehension unit responsible for more than 1748 arrests in the last year. The task force is comprised of 22 agencies bringing together the resources of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies to locate and arrest the community’s most violent offenders. School Closures and the Gentrification of the Black Metropolis Point Loma Preparatory School is an independent, coeducational, K–12 Episcopal day school located in the Hawick neighborhood of the city of Los Santos, San Andreas United States. Founded in 1944 by the Reverend Christopher Johnson, the school has an enrollment of approximately 1,000 students from middle school through high school. It has programs in athletics, music, drama, dance and all other major academic areas. The school features a developed Performing Arts Program. Students in kindergarten through grade twelve participate in dance, voice, instrumental and drama programs. Orchestra and a World Music Program are available for grades 9-12 The school opened in 1944 as a kindergarten to sixth grade school at the St. Joseph's Parish Sunday School building in Hawick. It moved to its current site in the 1945–46 school year. It gradually expanded to include junior high school, a girls high school, and the acceptance of boys for all levels in the mid-1980s. The Fourth R, a film made in the late 1940s explains the founding of the school based on a need for religion in the daily education of the school's students. The chapel program continues this tradition. Since its founding, Point Loma Prep has had three headmasters: the Rev. Christopher Johnson, the founder; the Rev. Canon Thomas G. Adams, who served in this position for 32years and the current headmaster, the Rev. Julian Reimer. Tuition for the 2019–2020 school year is $41,895 (grades 7–11), and $42,525 as a Senior (grade 12). Additional fees include $2,500 for admission processing assessed only once in each family's career at Point Loma Prep. Fees include Yearbook, Parents’ Association, Technology, Tuition Guarantee Plan, Student Body Fee (grades 7–12), Graduation Fee (grade 12), and Books (grades 6-8). For grades 7–12 books are ordered online; families are responsible for ordering and payment. Over $3,000,000 of Point Loma Prep's $26,000,000 budget is dedicated to financial aid, although much of this is used to attract diversity and sports playing students. 25% of the enrolled students receive grants averaging 50% of the cost of tuition. The remaining money for financial aid comes from the school's endowment. Hawick High School, officially abbreviated to HHH, is located in Hawick, Los Santos. Founded in 1891, it changed location several times in its early years before settling into its present campus at. It is a part of the Hawick–Morningwood Unified School District. Many say closing schools has been a favored tool among school reformers who have tried to operate public schools as if they were businesses rather than civic institutions. Though research has shown that promised academic gains don’t materialize, reformers have closed schools anyway, sometimes because they were underused or persistently low performers, or to address financial woes. Despite it's recent financial troubles, Hawick High School remains open and is the last public high school standing in Hawick. Majority of the financial backing for Hawick Highschool has gone to Point Loma Prep as wealthier families move in to the area, and more low income households disappear. A Basketball Players Death & A Community Full of Pain Every afternoon after school, Quaterius "Quadi" Hawkins waited for the bus on the corner of Spanish Avenue and Laguna Place. Quaterius was a 16 year old junior varsity basketball player for the Point Loma Patriots. Quaterius was what one would consider a local celebrity because of his basketball prowess, if a ball was bouncing it was him dribbling. Quaterius was readying himself for division one college basketball, he was in communication with multiple top basketball programs and offered full rides. He stood 6'5 and had committed to better conditioning, strengthening his core with a medicine ball workout and building speed with timed sprints. At 6:24 in the morning five minutes before the bus arrived to pick Quaterius up he was shot and killed at the bus stop, basketball in his right hand and his backpack in his left. Police said the gunfire came from a passing black car. Hawkins was hit several times and died at Mount Zonah Medical Center. Two days later two teens were shot outside of a convenience store on Alta Street. They were rushed to the hospital but both later succumbed to their injuries. 17 year old Giovantay Lynch of Hawick was arrested for the shooting. A baby-faced high schooler who attended Point Loma Prep with Hawkins and showed promise playing football and basketball and who according to cops threw it away by picking up a gun and leading a gangster’s life. Many chalked the drive by to be a horrible mistake and a case of mistaken identity, further police investigation led to Hawkins being linked to the Graveyard Maniac Avenue Crip Gang because of messages found in Lynch’s phone. The double homicide was retaliation for the shooting death of Quadi who was supposedly living a double life, star basketball player by day and Gangster Crip by night. How he became an accused adolescent killer two times over isn’t clear to investigators. But Lynch has offered at least one clue. “A lot of s--t broke my heart and it made me violent,” he posted on FaceBrowser. It didn’t take him long to move from student to novice gangbanger to accused multiple slayer facing adulthood in prison. In 2018, Lynch attended Point Loma Prep High School, a school that has produced several NBA players, and was on football and basketball teams in community leagues, according to photos posted on social media. He was also reputedly a straight A student. As the GMAC gang was targeted by police in September 2020, Lynch pivoted from schoolwork and athletics to a gang dubbed the Northside Insane Avenue Crips prosecutors said. The teen slashed the hand of a person he believed was a member of the rival Whitsett Neighborhood Crip gang says court papers. It was the start of a vicious crime spree during which Lynch allegedly participated in four non fatal shootings and two fatal over a three-month period, prosecutors say. Lynch soon was part of a new subset formed out of the former Graveyard Maniac Avenue Crip criminal enterprise and nicknamed "Overkill" by fellow members. Dropping the Maniac from their name and dubbing themselves “Insane Avenues”. Lynch and Hawkins met at school where police say Hawkins was groomed into the gangster lifestyle and quickly joined the ranks of the Graveyard Insane Avenue Crips Gang. Hawkin’s death and Lynch’s arrest created a spotlight on the gang violence in the Hawick area, changing the way Hawick based gang members operated and created more differences between them and their South Los Santos counterparts. Present Day The N/S Graveyard Insane Avenue Crips (GIAC) previously known as the Graveyard Maniac Avenue Crips (GMAC), are primarily an African-American street gang located in Hawick Los Santos, San Andreas. Their neighborhood stretches from Spanish to Hawick Avenue, which is consist of Laguna Place and Alta Street. Some people believe that the Graveyard Avenue Crips falls under the Gangster Crips(3x) umbrella, but this is a common misconception. Hawick is primarily known as a wealthy shopping district. There are several stores located in Hawick, including Ammu-Nation, Hippy Feet, and Suburban. There is one main road (Spanish Avenue) that passes through Hawick and contains most of the businesses. Despite Hawick's close proximity to Rockford Hills, it does not feature many luxury businesses. It likely serves as a commercial area for East Vinewood and Mirror Park to the east. The city has experienced a boom since the late 1980s through the revitalization of its downtown core with significant job growth and increased tourism. Hawick is home to many film and music production companies such as Vinewood Music, as well as many tech company branches. Crime is typically low in Hawick, but gang activity has been prevalent for decades in the Laguna neighborhood, particularly the portion of the area running roughly from Spanish Avenue to just west of Alta Street. According to the 2008 US Census, the total population of Hawick is 87,935 people. Only 11.8% of residents are Hispanic, 78.4% of residents are White, 8.8% are Asian, and 3.8% are Black or African American. 22.5% of residents are foreign born, and 25.2% speak a language other than English in the home. 62.1% of residents have a bachelor’s degree or higher, and 94% of residents have a high school degree. Only 7% of families and 11.3% of individuals live below the poverty line. In September 2021, the Los Santos Police Department (LSPD) led a 12 month investigation dubbed “Operation Goosebumps” due to several homicides that took place in the previous year. The homicide investigation included wiretaps, narcotics investigations, and stakeouts. Which resulted in several search warrants, and the incarceration of several key players apart of the Graveyard Maniac Avenue Crips. Internal conflict over snitching allegations turned into a full scale war within the gang, the older and more seasoned “Maniacs” or “700” clique, against the younger and more careless "Insane Avenue Crips". It is rumored that the Maniacs were responsible for the shooting death of 16 year old Quaterius "Quadi" Hawkins and because of this the politics and allegiances between cliques became quickly blurred. Between the indictment and being killed off on the streets by their younger counterparts, the Maniacs were pushed to the brink of extinction. Almost all remaining members of the “700” clique are incarcerated facing lengthy sentences in several different correctional facilities around San Andreas. With the guidance of a few remaining seasoned GMACs, the Insane Avenues are now rebuilding the former criminal enterprise as best they can.

“Life is so fragile and unpredictable, especially when you are in a gang or in a life of crime. It’s like playing poker; you think to yourself that you have a good hand. However, it is only when you reveal your hand do you sometimes discover to your horror that someone else’s hand is better.” -Risa, 16 years old, Davis- https://face.gta.world/Risa