This week's arrests of 57 people allegedly tied to a white supremacist gang were sparked when authorities learned of a hit list with the names of an Orange County prosecutor and five police officers, an investigator said Friday.
Anaheim Police Lt. K. Switzer said authorities learned of the list last month. He said the probe began when another Orange County police department learned that one of its officers had been targeted by Public Enemy Number 1, a street gang involved in identity theft, credit card fraud and methamphetamine sales. The group has ties to the racist Aryan Brotherhood and Nazi Low Riders prison gangs.
Public Enemy Number 1, also known as PEN1, "is rapidly gaining prominence due to (the gang's) violent nature and attacks on police officers," according to the California Department of Justice's 2004 report on organized crime in the state. The report said the group has about 200 members in California and is "one of the most powerful and fastest-growing gangs inside and outside prison."
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