Gang Activity in a Suburban Community

Executive Director of S.T.R.O.N.G. Youth, Sergio Argueta, has spent most of his adult life trying to cure his community of the gang violence it now finds itself in. This is even more ironic for Argueta because he spent most of his adolescence apart of the problem he now fights so bitterly to end. Argueta spent six [...]

By Patrick Jacques A simple two story home. Old, chipped paint, surrounded by a six foot high fence topped with barb wire. A harsh exterior that for several hours on a daily basis is occupied by some of Long Island’s most troubled youth. Kids, some in their late teens several sharing a background in juvenile [...]

From law makers to concerned citizens efforts have been made across Long Island to curtail the growing number of children being drawn in by gang culture. Jon Cooper, Suffolk County Legislature for Huntington has been instrumental in opening a police substation in his district and bringing Shot Spotter, a gunfire detection system to Huntington Station [...]