4 Suspected Gang Members Arrested in String of Local Burglaries

Four suspected gang members have been arrested for allegedly committing as many as 25 residential burglaries throughout Palos Verdes and other South Bay cities, sheriff's deputies announced Thursday.

The men are allegedly members of Baby Insane Crips, a criminal street gang in Long Beach believed to be responsible for 13 shootings and a homicide, Long Beach police said.

deputies arrested the men during a traffic stop May 22 in Lomita. Detectives found property that had been stolen earlier that day during in Rancho Palos Verdes, including stolen televisions, computers, and jewelry, sheriff's deputies said. 

Sheriff's detectives later served a search warrant and found more stolen property from in Rolling Hills Estates.

The stolen property was returned to the owners.

Wardell Ward, 22, of Lancaster, Jeffrey O’Brien, 23, of Los Angeles, Deondre Whitfield, 22, and Wynton White, 19, both of Long Beach, have been charged with multiple counts of residential burglary and receiving stolen property, in addition to actively participating in a criminal street gang.

The men were among 16 arrested as part of a Long Beach Police Department investigation in which 27 search warrants were served in Long Beach, Rialto, Perris, and San Bernardino.

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