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N¥ 157-1489 [\u GED frntsnea the ro1zowing information{.) The NYCPD is continuing to conduct a full-time, extensive investigation of the "Five Percenters", which “ineludes daily interrogation of gang members and nightly surveillances of them. The investigation is being handled by a special squad of the NYCPD Youth Division, known as the "Special Unit." The NYCPD feels that this extensive coverage has succeeded in detering. the activity of the gang and has opened the way for numerous arrests for assaults, muggings and marijuana smoking charges by gang members.) The NYCPD investigation has determined that there are approximately 200 "Five Percenters" in NYC, ranging in age from 12 to 21, Approximately 125 of them are centered in Harlem, around the 120 series of streets, bounded by -- 7th and Lenox Avenues. The remaining 75 youths are scattered over Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, with the most concentrates in the Fort Greene area of Brooklyn and the St. Marys Par. ‘area of the Bronx. The gang is responsible for numerous assaults and muggings, chiefly aimed at whites on the fringe area of Harlem, However, if the gang is unable to find a white victim they have no reservations about choosing a Negra sieothm. as also caused a av dea: Tfouble in schools, chiefly Junior High School #120 at Madison Avenue and 120th Street in Harlem, where they disrupt clas es demand to be meq) by their Muslim name and have asspulted some teachers . “4 ; ere MCE SAT leaders of the "Five Pertente: Wal is undergo: psye atric examination. gang members as "Aliah", CLARENCE at or 'Puddin". er JOWARS and HOWELL weré™ jailed on 1/65, a third individu emerged as the leader of the gang. : ela" le, age 22 However, was arre . Fy ‘0 one of the gang members on 8/29/65, and ‘ne is currently incarcerated awaiting sentencing after having 70