re: What Can You Tell Me About Delta State

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Eighteen suspects, including a number of confirmed street gang members, were arrested in a federal operation targeting violent crimes in Cleveland, officials said.

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The list of suspects includes known street gang members with nicknames like "Dookie Pooh," "Fruit Loop" and "Pooh Bear," but federal officials said they are much more violent than their names sound. An indictment against nine suspects states that they were "members and associates of a national street gang, the Vice Lords, an armed drug trafficking organization engaged in drug trafficking and firearms trafficking."

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Two of the other suspects were identified in court documents as members of the Gangster Disciples street gang.

The arrests come following an extensive investigation into violent street gang activity following an increase in violent crime in the Mississippi Delta.

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14 individuals were taken into custody Tuesday by law enforcement on federal drug trafficking and firearms charges:
•Eddie Mitchell, 30, of Cleveland.
•Darren Scott, 23, of Cleveland.
•Cordero Walker, 31, of Cleveland.
•Derrick Williams, 29, of Cleveland.
•Wendell Fitzgerald, 29, of Cleveland.
•Frederick Belvin, 29, of Cleveland.
•Stevie Hester, 47, of Cleveland.
•Kibrya Cooper, 33, of Cleveland.
•Demetrius Johnson, 39, of Cleveland.
•Jayonto Daniels, 44, of Cleveland.
•Jarrian Johnson, 31, of Cleveland.
•Frederick Matthews, 21, of Cleveland.
•Carl Quinn, 23, of Cleveland.
•Ken Stallings, 28, taken into custody in Kileen, Texas.

Two individuals were taken into custody by law enforcement on federal drug trafficking charges:
•Jafort Franklin, 30, of Cleveland.
•Gideon Butler, 43, of Cleveland.

Two individuals were taken into custody by law enforcement on firearms charges:
•Joe Crawford, 65, of Boyle.
•Glen May, 28, of Cleveland.

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