No community is immune to gangs and youth violence. That is the message local law enforcement officials and gang experts would like to get across.
Most people visualize such problems only occurring in metropolitan areas.
But the truth of the matter is that small towns, suburbs and even affluent resort areas are a microcosm of the rest of the population and therefore may have gang activity. But some of those wanna-bes are worse because they have something to prove. They're trying to make a name for themselves. Seventeen persons were arrested April 13, including 14 juveniles, after a deputy happened to spot the confrontation as he drove past. The groups called themselves the PC Boys and the Linboyz.