Quote:Juggalos arrested in Mesa school theft



Three young men with ties to a street gang that dress like clowns vandalized and ripped off a school for the hearing impaired, according to Mesa police.

Fans or gang? Meet the Juggalos

A court document states that Raymond J. Steele, 20, Levi Blanton, 18, and Russell Westergard, 22, admitted to four break-ins in eight days at Sequoia School For Deaf and Hard of Hearing, 1460 S. Horne.

The trio also admitted to being Juggalos, a criminal street gang that fashions itself after the underground rap band Insane Clown Posse, according to the court document.

Mesa police confronted the men and arrested them Wednesday.

The first burglary occurred June 25.

Windows were broken, doors kicked in and paint was thrown over computers and furniture, the floors and walls.

The men also left their monikers and curse words in graffiti.

The next night, money and three projectors were stolen, computer monitors were broken, desks were ransacked and “more Juggalo specific graffiti, was committed,” including “woop woop,” which they use for calling each other, the document states.

On July 1, 22 windows that had been replaced after the first break-ins were smashed again, glue was spread on the carpet, musical instruments broken and a new 42-inch flat-screen television, which was still in the box, was stolen.

The trio went on campus to commit another break-in July 2, but left when they were spooked for some unknown reason.

In all, they committed more than $55,000 damage.

According to a 2008 Tribune story, police are split on whether the Juggalos are truly a gang.

Some investigators believe that while most Juggalos aren’t gangsters, there are a few emerging sects that meet the criteria for a criminal street gang.

Whether they are a simply a subculture or a gang, they follow the Insane Clown Posse, a group that got its start in Detroit.

Juggalos are known to wear clown makeup like the band and identify themselves by the hatchet man logo and are known to carry hatchets and knives as weapons. They also drink Faygo, a cheap soda popular in Michigan

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Violent J Wrote:What is a juggalo?
Lemme think for a second. (well? )
Oh, he gets butt naked.
And then he walks through the street winkin at freaks,
Wit a two-liter stuck in his butt-cheeks!

Star Wrote:

Violent J Wrote:What is a juggalo?
Lemme think for a second. (well? )
Oh, he gets butt naked.
And then he walks through the street winkin at freaks,
Wit a two-liter stuck in his butt-cheeks!

STRetard Wrote:they couldn't hear the alarms going off?

Autumn Wrote:It's annoying. It's like a stereotype, though. But, no one hates on me for wearing Psychopathic just about every day. But, I don't go stealing things either, so it's not ALL juggalos, grim <3

Autumn Wrote:It's annoying. It's like a stereotype, though. But, no one hates on me for wearing Psychopathic just about every day. But, I don't go stealing things either, so it's not ALL juggalos, grim <3

Autumn Wrote:I'm not hot, lmao. I look seriously scrubby just about every day. I only make myself "hot" when I'm going out. Nobody at work knew about ICP, and now everyone knows of them, because of me!! :)