In fact, he's in their database as one of 200 Bronx residents suspected of belonging to the notorious Neta street gang, and police say he has a record that includes at least two assaults. So when members of the NYPD's gang unit entered Gonzalez's University Heights apartment last week with a search warrant, they figured they had hit the jackpot. What they didn't find was Gonzalez himself. Most of the ammunition was discovered in a metal box adorned with stickers of Tweety Bird, Sylvester the Cat and Speedy Gonzalez. Gerald Corrigan, commanding officer in the Bronx gang investigation division.
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But Gonzalez's neighbors said the young man they know doesn't play around with drugs or guns. That boy liked to work and he loved plenty of women. Police would not say if they have any solid leads, but Corrigan said gang investigators spent 12 hours searching for the man last Wednesday. Still, Deputy Inspector James McCool, who is leading the investigation, said he hopes Gonzalez will lead police to other illegal activity in the area. No one answered the door at the Gonzalez house the day after last week's seizure.