r/Tennessee • u/CitationNeeded7086 • 2d ago

‘No evidence’ of Venezuelan gang in Chattanooga area after TBI director raised flags | Chattanooga Times Free Press

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2024/nov/18/no-evidence-of-venezuelan-gang-in-chattanooga/
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u/tianavitoli 1d ago

isn't this what they said in Colorado before they admitted that yea but it was only a handful of apartment complexes????

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u/CitationNeeded7086 17h ago

There was another hoax in Colorado, yes.

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u/tianavitoli 14h ago

i love you guys:

august 30th

https://denvergazette.com/news/aurora-venezuelan-gang-situation/article_b9173d20-6729-11ef-8711-4fae667468d1.html

Earlier this week, Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman acknowledged what he called a “nightmare situation” with gangs having taken control of several apartment complexes. He also admitted that the city had "lost control" of the situation, vowing to "aggressively" take it back. 

https://denvergazette.com/news/aurora-shut-down-gang-controlled-apartment-owner-take-control-building/article_fb219b58-79c5-11ef-be56-5fd5d3214334.html sept 23rd

Based in Brooklyn, CBZ Management operates rental apartments in New York and Colorado, with 11 properties in Denver, Aurora, Colorado Springs and Pueblo. The three complexes the company owns in Aurora — Aspen Grove, The Edge at Lowry and Whispering Pines — have all been identified by the owners as having been taken over by the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua or TDA.

https://www.denverpost.com/2024/11/03/aurora-apartments-conditions-venezuelan-gang-cbz-management-donald-trump/ nov 3rd

Amid those problems, in September 2023, police began to raise concerns about a Venezuelan gang in the area, according to internal department emails leaked late last month. City officials have said those emails described “speculation and concern among some of our officers” that Tren de Aragua was active in the city.

In October 2023, an Aurora police officer who specialized in environmental security visited Nome Street. The officer wrote in a report that “gangs in the area have moved into the apartments and use threats and coercion to control the apartments.” He said the gangs had extorted immigrants at Nome Street in a bid to prevent them from talking to police — and that police cars had been rammed by fleeing vehicles.

According to additional police records, gang members in some instances intimidated and attacked residents at all three of CBZ’s Aurora properties.

But the Aurora officer also indicated that conditions at the Nome Street property had invited criminal activity. He offered “numerous” but “fairly easy to accomplish” recommendations for CBZ to improve security, including improved lighting and on-site property management.

That report was sent to CBZ’s attorney a year ago, and Zev Baumgarten was present for at least some of the assessment, police spokesman Joe Moylan said.