A three-day sweep of a violent neighborhood resulted in 85 arrests, mostly alleged gang members suspected of violating parole or possessing weapons and drugs, police said.
The operation started Tuesday with dozens of officers saturating a two-square-mile area southwest of the Civic Center, a show of force in response to a recent increase in violence in central Santa Ana neighborhoods. There had been three shootings in a 24-hour period last month and an increase in arrests of armed gang members in the area.
