Toonerville Rifa 13

Toonerville Rifa 13, also known as The Ville, is a Mexican street gang located in Los Angeles county.[7]

Toonerville Rifa 13
Toonerville Rifa (TVR) depicted in green among other North-East Los Angeles gangs. the Avenues (AVES) is blue, Thee Rascals is black, Frogtown is red and Cypress Park in yellow.
Founded1930s
Founding locationAtwater Village, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years active1930s–present
TerritoryAtwater Village, Glendale and Tujunga
EthnicityChicano
Membership (est.)450[1]
ActivitiesMurder, assault, drug trafficking, racketeering, witness intimidation, robbery, extortion and theft
AlliesMexican Mafia[2]
Sureños[3]
RivalsArmenian Power[4]
The Avenues[5]
Westside Locos[6]
Notable membersTimothy Joseph McGhee

History

Toonerville Rifa 13 was formed in the 1930s in North East Los Angeles and South Glendale. Prior to taking the name of Toonerville in the early 1940s, the gang was known as the "Latin Souls." The change to "Toonerville" came in the 1940s and named after the Pacific Electric Railway trolley that used to run through Atwater Village and South Glendale. The Pacific Electric Trolley was referred to by locals as the "Toonerville Trolley," after the cartoon trolley featured in the Toonerville Folks comic strip. Around 1960s and 1970s, Toonerville was known to be involved in drive by shootings, homicides, robberies, assaults and burglaries within Glendale.[8]

Toonerville or TVR 13 has a history of brutal violence and murder against enemy street gangs and the police.[9] One of the members, Timothy Joseph McGhee, was sentenced to death in 2009 for his role in three separate homicides. Additionally, he is suspected of taking part in as many as twelve murders in the Los Angeles area.[10] TVR 13 claims Atwater Village, Glendale, and Tujunga as its turf.[9]

See also

References
  1. "L.A., Glendale seek injunction against Toonerville gang".
  2. People v. Clayborn casetext.com (January 24, 2017)
  3. The monster of Atwater Village Andrew Eways, police1.com (February 8, 2013)
  4. The Bowtie Parcel’s Next-Door Neighbors Ruxandra Guidi and Bear Guerra, KCET (October 9, 2018)
  5. People v. Montes Court Listener (May 21, 2015)
  6. People v. Gudiel fearnotlaw.com (July 10, 2009)
  7. "Gangs 101: Chapter 2". www.glendalepolicefoundation.org. Archived from the original on February 16, 2009.
  8. Davis, John. What do White Americans Want to Know about Black Americans but are Afraid to Ask. p. 86.
  9. "Glendale News Press". Glendale News-Press. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  10. U.S. Department of Justice
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