| Founded | 1960s |
|---|---|
| Founding location | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Years active | 1960s-present |
| Territory | Los Angeles,New York City andBelize City |
| Ethnicity | PredominantlyBelizean American[1] |
| Membership(est.) | 700-1,000[2] |
| Activities | Drug trafficking, weapon trafficking, extortion, robbery and murder |
TheRollin' 30s Harlem Crips are a "set" of theCrips alliance ofstreet gangs. The gang was formed byBelizean American Crips who had moved fromSouth Los Angeles to Belize and then toHarlem, New York.[1]
In 1961, ahurricane prompted the first major wave of immigration fromBritish Honduras toSouth Los Angeles, which was already home to street gangs like the Crips and theBloods.[1] The spread of gangs among Belizeans accelerated in the 1980s.[1] Following a wave of gang violence, ethnic Belizean gang members were deported back to Belize. Deported Belizean gang members quickly spread the culture of Bloods and Crips inBelize City.[3] While the gang was in Belize, it adopted its current name.[3]
The Rollin' 30s Harlem Crips were established inNew York City by Dalmin "Diamond" Mayen, his two brothers and several other associates, who set up a drug enterprise in the blocks surrounding118th Street andFifth Avenue after arriving from Belize in the late 1980s or early 1990s. By 1995, the gang was active inHarlem and responsible for several assaults and shootings.[1][3] In 1997, the gang was making $4,000 per day in drug sales.[3]
The Rollin 30s Harlem Crips are involved in drug trafficking.[1] Other criminal activities of the gang include weapon trafficking, prostitution, murder, and robbery.[4]
TheNew York City Police Department (NYPD) became aware of the presence of the gang in November 1995 after several members assaulted a teenaged girl who was wearing red clothing — thegang colors of the rivalBloods gang. In April 1996, the gang's leader, Dalmin "Diamond" Mayen, fired a gun at an elderly neighbor who confronted him about his drug dealing, prompting police to begin investigating the gang. Following a seven-month investigation, 24 members of the Rollin' 30s Harlem Crips inEast Harlem were arrested on charges of attempted murder, sexual assault, and sellingcrack cocaine andheroin, on October 29, 1997.[3]
In 2012, theFederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), theLos Angeles Police Department (LAPD), and theLos Angeles County District Attorney's Office initiated Operation Thumbs Down, an 18-month investigation that targeted members and associates of the Rollin’ 30s Harlem Crips inSouth Los Angeles. The investigation culminated on August 29, 2013, when 35 gang members charged with various narcotics and weapons violations were taken into custody in an operation involving over 800 law enforcement officers and agents.[2]
On May 12, 2021, theUnited States Attorney for the Central District of California announced the arrests of three members of the Rollin' 30s Crips, Malik Lamont Poweel, Khai McGhee, and Marquise Anthony Gardon, in the robbery of a $500,000Richard Mille watch from a patron ofIl Pastaio inBeverly Hills, California.[5]
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