This article is about women aiding in gangs' crimes. Wilmington Police Department's community relations officer, Linda Rawley, explains that whenever you find a gang, there is normally a group of women working with them. Renting houses for gang-associated friends or ferrying messages back and forth during jail visits were among the examples Rawley gives of the roles women play in gangs. The family structure and social cred that draw young men into gangs are just as appealing to women growing up in the same circumstances. Dominique Olivia Gibbs is an example of one of these such women. She was charged with first-degree murder, first-degree attempted murder, and discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling in connection with the January 19 shootout death of 18-year-old Raequan Dupree Rouse. Gibbs, who was 16 at the time of her arrest, was one of four people charged in Rouse's death. Women are now being charged as accomplices in these gang crimes. When gang members are arrested, the police start looking at the females that are affiliated with them. They ask them questions about their nicknames, who their friends and family are, and who their boyfriend is. Investigators also monitor social media sites like Facebook and Instagram.
This article relates to United States Government and Politics because it talks about gang violence and the punishments that are being given to gang members and those affiliated with gang members.
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