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Major Vietnamese street gangs operating in New Jersey include Born to Kill
(BTK) and its offshoot, Orientals United Together (OUT). Detective Paparteys testified
that OUT’s leader is incarcerated. Meanwhile, several of its members were imprisoned
for arson in connection with the firebombing of a house containing several family
members of a local high school student after the student “bumped shoulders with a
Vietnamese gang member” and took his knife.
Detective Paparteys related that numerous members of BTK and OUT have been convicted of manufacturing and distributing counterfeit merchandise in the New York metropolitan area. He said Jersey City “holds the seizure record for the amount of glass and stainless steel dyes and plates seized in the United States.” He added that the $30 million a year enterprise operated “out of a one-family home in a residential part of Jersey City.” Detective Paparteys testified that David Thai, the leader and founder of BTK, “admitted publicly to making 13 to 15 million dollars just from the manufacture and sale of counterfeit watches.” He added that when Thai was arrested in his home on Long Island, 5,000 counterfeit Rolex watches were found in his basement. The interstate operations of the Born to Kill gang make it possible for mobile gang members to avoid law enforcement scrutiny by simply joining the gang’s operations in another jurisdiction. Detective Paparteys testified that a BTK gang member, employed in a local nail salon, had been wanted for the attempted murder of a police officer in Atlanta and for stolen auto offenses in the State of Michigan. 61 The level of violence of the Vietnamese gangs is substantial. Detective Paparteys described the apprehension of a BTK gang member involved in a 1997 shooting in a local karaoke club in Jersey City that left the young victim paralyzed for life. He noted the December 2002 apprehension of two of four members of OUT, who were accused of being involved in an aggravated assault on an off-duty New York City police officer, leaving him paralyzed for life as a result of a beating inflicted in that same Jersey City karaoke club. According to Detective Paparteys, other reported shootings inside this club have left two additional persons paralyzed. In one incident, the leader of OUT was shot in the back of the neck. In the other, the owner of the club was shot between the shoulder blades. Further, a street gang boss inside the club was beaten severely enough to require life support for two weeks. Detective Paparteys added that he believes many other beatings have occurred at the same location but were never reported to the police. 62
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