Investigators Took Down Gang from Inside - KHGI-TV/KWNB-TV/KHGI-CA-Grand Island, Kearney, Hastings, Lincoln

Investigators Took Down Gang from Inside - KHGI-TV/KWNB-TV/KHGI-CA-Grand Island, Kearney, Hastings, Lincoln: "Investigators brought down a Grand Island gang with help from the inside. An informant got where police couldn't, even videotaping gang meetings where members voted on their next crime.
The informant's identity is a secret in court records. What is known is that he tipped police off about robbery attempts and drug deals, and that may not have been possible without a controversial new law.
On Thursday afternoon, police in fatigues relaxed after 120 officers from as far away as Kansas City completed a sweep of Grand Island's East Side Locos.
Homeland Security Agent Mike Feinberg said, 'This marks a significant step towards dismantling one of the most violent criminal street organizations in Nebraska.'
Operation Pier Pressure, named for the park where gangs dealt drugs worked in part because investigators had someone on the inside, a controversial provision allowed by a new law."