Experts React: Gilbert Goons Mugshots Arizona – What They're Saying

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Experts say getting to the root of teen violence problems in the Valley after the beating death of 16-year-old Preston Lord begins with recognizing the magnitude of the issue and working. A surge in publicized mugshots from Gilbert Police Department arrests has sparked a heated public conversation, prompting questions about the town’s image, the effectiveness of its policing strategies, and the very nature of crime in what many perceive as an idyllic community. We are learning more about the plea deals that were offered to teen violence suspects with connections to the Gilbert Goons criminal street gang. On May 11, we reported that Garrett Bagshaw,. High-school students knew about them—one victim later described them to law enforcement as “a group of kids just harassing Arizona ”— but the Gilbert police seemingly did not. The Goons had been reported for randomly attacking other teens in parking lots and at parties, often sharing videos of the assaults on social media. With the Mauraders, The Arizona Republic’s investigat­ion team has uncovered a 400-page police report into the barn fire last summer. A string of arrests have been made by police in Gilbert , Mesa and Pinal County in recent weeks in relation to the high school gang that called themselves the “Gilbert Goons.” The arrests are coming fast and furious now, but attacks by the gang went on for more than a year. Robert Anglen and Elena Santa Cruz, reporters at “The Arizona Republic,” have reported on a teen gang in the East Valley area known as the Gilbert Goons who are allegedly tied to the murder of Preston Lord as well as other crimes. Police say Lord was beaten at a party; he died later at the hospital. GILBERT , AZ (AZFamily) — The Gilbert Police Department provided an update on a number of teen assault investigations, officially saying that the group known as the “ Gilbert Goons ” meets. A new report details how Gilbert police repeatedly ignored youth violence in Morrison Ranch, similar to how they failed to address the Gilbert Goons .