Tongan Crip Gang

The Tongan Crip Gang, or West Side 102st Tonga Crip Gang, is a street gang that is a subset of the Crips gang. The gang is active in the U.S. states of California, Utah and others, as well as a presence in New Zealand, Australia, and Canada. Tongan Crip Gang members are primarily of Pacific Islander descent, mainly Tongan.

Tongan Crip Gang
"Texas Rangers" team logo is commonly used by members as a symbol for TCG. "Minnesota Twins" team logo is also commonly used to represent TCG as well.
Founding locationInglewood, California, United States
Years active1970s–present
TerritoryUnited States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia
Criminal activitiesDrug trafficking, robbery, extortion, murder, burglary, identification theft, car theft
AlliesSons of Samoa, Tongan Foe Lyfe
RivalsSureños,Norteños, Scott Park Piru, Carson Piru, Avenue Piru Gang, Kearns Town Bloods, Baby Regulators,[1] Park Village Compton Crips,[1] Carver Park Crips

History

The Tongan Crip Gang was founded in the City of Inglewood, California during the 1970s and 1980s, many Pacific Islanders migrated into the high crime-rate areas of Los Angeles Countyin search of a "Better life", California. There, Samoan and Tongan Americans formed their own gangs during the 1970s. From the Mid 90s to the Early 2000's the Inglewood branch Tongan Crips attained a notorious reputation in Inglewood along with close ties to other Crip sets such as the Raymond Avenue Crip of WS Inglewatts, Sons Of Samoa Crip of WS/ES Longbeach, and the Tongan Foe Lyfe Gangster Crip of NS/ES Longbeach. Many of the Tongan Crip Gang members moved from California to the Salt Lake City, Utah area in the 1980s, and distributed the gang set there.[2]

The Salt Lake City branch of the Tongan Crip Gang was founded in 1989 after intimidation by Latino gang members in the predominantly Latino neighborhood of Glendale.[3]

Criminal activities

The Tongan Crip Gang's crimes include burglaries, auto theft, selling drugs, home invasions, credit card fraud, bank fraud, federal fraud (theft of federal documents, passports, driver's licenses), witness intimidation, insurance fraud, arson, sex trafficking of minors, impersonation of both state police and federal agents, prostitution, hacking, child pornography, kidnapping, extortion by means of threat to reveal information about the private life of an individual, crimes against the elderly, crimes against Central American Communities and individuals associated with the MS-13 (Mara Salvatrucha Gang), crimes against the disabled, mail fraud and murder.

In 2007, members of the Tongan Crip Gang and the 18 Street Gang were indicted by a federal grand jury for criminal conspiracy in a plot to murder 33 members of a Los Angeles subset of MS-13.[1]

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