Operation Silent Night Leads to 10 Arrests at Bradley Ave. Apartments

Ten people were in police custody Wednesday following a probation compliance check at the Terraza Hills apartment complex due to a rise in criminal activity in that area of East Bradley Avenue.

Operation Silent Night was conducted at the apartments of 15 people on probation at 425 East Bradley Avenue from 6:45 to 10 a.m. Wednesday. Eight adults and two juveniles were arrested on outstanding warrants and drug charges, a loaded weapon and child endangerment, according to authorities.

The Sheriff's Department said the purpose of the check was to ensure the probationers were complying with the conditions of their release.

Police said the area of East Bradley Avenue showed a 57 percent increase in criminal activity this year compared to 2012, including burglaries, a robbery and two shootings. They said this increase prompted the compliance check. The department said they targeted the Terraza Hills complex because they "identified a concentration of offenders with probation conditions."

The most recent shooting in the area happened in November outside a liquor store where a bystander was shot. A suspect in that incident was recently arrested.

Detectives from the Santee Sheriff's Station aided in the check. 

The following adults were taken into custody during the sweep, along with two juveniles whose names were withheld because they are underage: Cory Bullington, 21, Neil Downey, 24, Brok Galea, 19, Patricia Garcia, 44, Marc Gressingh, 32, Angela Hunt, 24, Jamillha White, 24, and Jamie Ziemer, 24.

One of the minors was booked into juvenile hall, and the other was cited and released, sheriff's officials said.

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