Overview
- Police announced Thursday that eight people were arrested in a probe tying several violent incidents to alleged gang activity, and four of those arrested are juveniles whose names are withheld.
- The probe centers on a life-threatening April 4 beating outside a business on Seven Trees Boulevard in South San Jose in which officers say a man was beaten unconscious and hospitalized.
- Investigators say the case was broadened after detectives linked suspects to a February firearm brandishing at an apartment complex on The Woods Drive and a separate March assault in Sunnyvale.
- Arrests were made across jurisdictions after search and arrest warrants: multiple suspects were taken on June 24, William Dehoyos was arrested days later, and a 17-year-old was arrested July 1 in Modoc County; adults were booked into Santa Clara County jail and minors into juvenile hall.
- Authorities charged the suspects with gang-related attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and robbery, and prosecutors have opened cases that will proceed in adult and juvenile courts with hearings pending.