Gang Culture in Grand Terrace: In 2000 the City Council was perpetuating a fiction that there is no serious crime in Grand Terrace. They repeatedly refused to provide Arrest Records or Crime Reports. Not until this blog did a part of the truth come out.
Sure the Dead Presidents Murders didn't happen in Grand Terrace. However, looking at the Arrest Records of Drug Use in Grand Terrace, the Graffiti, and the loud parties and yes even the number of domestic calls all indicate an increase in Gang Activities right here in Grand Terrace. One Murder did not resolve the problem. The rub is this. When our children have no other adults to act as mentors, they will find those adults without jobs, the ones hanging out.. doing what... selling drugs... gee folks are we just one decade away from total social ruin because we fail our children and community? The need for parenting does not stop at age 12. If there are no youth programs our local drug dealers and gang leaders will be happy to step in the void.
The "Dead Presidents" murders because the deceased were suspected of being gang leaders.
Killed were: Johnny Agudo, 33; his brother, Gilbert Agudo, 27; and Marselino Luna, 19, all of San Bernardino. Also killed was Anthony Luna, 23, of Grand Terrace. The Lunas are related to the Agudos through marriage, police have said.
