YAKIMA, Wash. -- Authorities arrested two teenage brothers [known as "Hate" and "Chico" in their La Raza 14 Norteno gang] within an hour of each other Tuesday on pending stolen weapons charges.
The younger of the two, who is 16, was arrested at Davis High School after a loaded .44-caliber revolver was discovered in his backpack, said Yakima police Lt. Mike Merryman.
A school resource officer searched the student's backpack around 11:25 a.m. after an argument with another student between classes, Merryman said.
"So we got that gun out of the school," he said. "What did we save? It may have been a lot worse."
The gun had been reported stolen out of King County, he added.
Less than an hour later, Washington State Patrol asked for some help from Yakima police during a foot pursuit near I and First streets, Merryman said.
Details were a little fuzzy on the State Patrol case Tuesday evening. Merryman said a state trooper arrested a 17-year-old male after chasing him on foot. Authorities said the juvenile ditched a loaded .22-caliber handgun along the way.
"That young man was this Davis student's older brother. What are the odds?" Merryman said. "Two brothers armed with stolen guns, arrested on the same day."
Merryman said police consider both brothers to be gang members.
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2010/01/26/brothers-face-stolen-weapons-charges
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