Northfield isn’t a suburb but today’s Star Tribune front page story contains troubling info: Think there are no gangs in the suburbs? Think again.
… in Northfield, a group of students concerned about gangs organized a forum to educate students and parents. Said one of the organizers, 16-year-old Sharonne Bermudez, "Our goal was to at least make them listen to us, to let them know how gangs are affecting us."
There was a student-organized gang forum? Anyone have details? I searched for current gang-related info on various websites: City of Northfield, Northfield Public Schools, Rice County but couldn’t find anything.
I see references to “Rice County Drug and Gang Unit” and “Rice County Gang Suppression Unit” in some older Northfield News articles but a search on those phrases doesn’t reveal any websites.
Some notes on my follow-up to this story with area leaders:
In yesterday’s Nfld News: Law enforcement continues to track two gangs in town.
Thank you so much, Griff, for digging out all this information on gang membership. As you say, there will be more in Faribault Daily News.
Also, look for reports in both papers next week on foreclosures in Rice County. There was a map of foreclosures in the county given out at a joint govt meeting. We were shocked at the number.