Sgt. Greg Garcia, a member of the gangs unit at Newton Area station, arrives at the Pueblo del Rio housing development to check work being done by officers in the unit. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
Members of the Newton Division gang unit discover a gun, cash and drugs during a search of an apartment. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
A probation officer checks the identification of a man near the Pueblo del Rio housing development. The Newton Area gang unit was looking for possible gang members in the area. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
A man is cuffed and placed in a patrol car to be taken to the Newton Division after a weapon, drugs and cash were discovered in his apartment. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
Members of the Newton Division Gang Unit photograph tattoos on the torso of a suspect in the Pueblo del Rio housing development. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)
