CBS12 teamed up with the Education Foundation of Palm Beach County to give educators the resources they need to do what they do best: teach. The probe began in March when detectives uncovered what the Polk County Sheriff's Office called an "extensive criminal network" associated with the gang.
The 41 suspects face a total of felony charges and 4 misdemeanors. Their criminal pasts include arrests for 1, felonies and felony convictions.
Twelve suspects face racketeering charges under the Florida RICO Act for allegedly telling members to commit crimes from murder and drug sales, to robberies and coordinated attacks on other gang members. The sheriff's office said some of the criminal gang members even coordinated gang business from behind bars.
Polk County began to experience a series of home invasion robberies linked to the gang, starting in The sheriff's office initiated a wire investigation of the secretary of the criminal gang, identified as year-old Cerenia Mixon of Lakeland. Undercover operation at Van Fleet Dr. Four arrested:. Over 20 pounds of methamphetamine, 8 grams of alprazolam, 52 grams of oxycodone, and 1, grams of Promethazine were seized.
October 12, Over grams of methamphetamine; grams of MDMA pills, 15 grams of marijuana, and one handgun seized. One arrested:. Undercover operation at S. Flagler County, October 24, Two firearms seized one previously reported stolen. Two arrested:. Fleming, the leader of the North Carolina Sex Money Murder gang was in Florida attending a mandatory national meeting for the illegal enterprise. The gathering occurred in Osceola County. Undercover operation at Reynolds Rd. Over 7 grams of fentanyl one gram can kill hundreds , 37 grams of marijuana, and a handgun seized.
