July 10, 2008
State Corrections Officer speaks in Fortuna; gangs is the subject at Chamber meeting
On Monday June 23, the Fortuna Chamber of Commerce held it's weekly luncheon at the Monday Club on Main Street. Special guest speaker was Greg Allen of the California State Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation who gave a special presentation about gangs locally and abroad.
In his presentation, Allen shared a few photos taken recently of what appeared to be blue spray painted graffiti in Fortuna.
To begin with definitions, agent Allen said that a gang is three or more people having a common name or common identifying sign or symbol whose members individually or collectively engage in, or have engaged in a pattern of criminal gang activity. There are also misguided individuals, who are usually youths who copy symbols and patterns and deface businesses and residential areas at times, using similar mischievous patterns…
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