Violence in the Community
May 17, 2011
On Monday a Ñetas gang member from Perth Amboy pleaded guilty to the kidnapping of an 18-year-old man. He allegedly beat him and shortly after took him to a motel in Sayreville, where the man was held at gunpoint, the state Attorney General’s Office announced. The member of the gang, Oswaldo Santillan Jr., 20, pleaded guilty to first-degree kidnapping before state Superior Court Judge Mathias E. Rodriguez in a statement that was said by state Attorney General Paula Dow and Criminal Justice Director Stephen Taylor. Santillan’s sentence will most likely begin serving possible sentence of 30 years in October. It is said in the No Release Act that he needs to serve 85% of the sentence without parole.
The crime took place in December 2009, and Santillan was indicted on April 20th, along with two other gang members. The third gang member is currently facing pending charges. The names of the other two members in the Netas gang are 21 year olds Hector Montoya-Garay and David Santana. These two men are also being faced with other charges, such as third degree criminal restraint, conspiracy, and possession of weapons, assault, and more.
According to the New Jersey Gang Survey viewer, there are 8 known gangs in the city of Perth Amboy. They are the Bloods, Crips, Latin Kings, MS-13, Eighteenth Street Gang, Neta, Dominicans Don’t Play, and two others. The survey says that this is worse than 97% of all New Jersey municipalities. The survey also says that between seven to nine months before the survey, gang activity was 63% worse than the cities that do report gang activity. This is because most of the activity goes unseen. The most recruiting gang is Bloods, and the most problematic is Dominican’s Don’t Play.
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