Wayne Alfred Day

Betty Day unlocks the metal security door of the Watts house where FBI agents and police officers conducted a dramatic raid on Wednesday, seeking to arrest her son. She points to the peeling paneling, the tattered leather furniture, the aging water bed and asks bitterly: "Is this the home of a godfather, a drug kingpin who made millions? Where are the millions? They are not here. He needs upholstery, he needs drapes, he needs a new carpet. If he made millions, I don't see it."

The reputed head of a multimillion-dollar crime ring made up of Los Angeles street gang members is scheduled to appear before a federal magistrate in Las Vegas today on drug trafficking charges, authorities said. Wayne Alfred Day, 40, of Los Angeles was arrested without incident Friday at a motel on the Las Vegas Strip, FBI officials said in a statement.

The reputed head of a multimillion-dollar crime ring made up of Los Angeles street gang members is scheduled to appear before a federal magistrate in Las Vegas today on drug trafficking charges, authorities said. Wayne Alfred Day, 40, of Los Angeles was arrested without incident Friday at a motel on the Las Vegas Strip, FBI officials said in a statement.

Betty Day unlocks the metal security door of the Watts house where FBI agents and police officers conducted a dramatic raid on Wednesday, seeking to arrest her son. She points to the peeling paneling, the tattered leather furniture, the aging water bed and asks bitterly: "Is this the home of a godfather, a drug kingpin who made millions? Where are the millions? They are not here. He needs upholstery, he needs drapes, he needs a new carpet. If he made millions, I don't see it."

A Los Angeles woman wanted on drug charges since 1996 was arrested in Tampa, Fla., as she tried to reenter the country on a flight from Jamaica, an FBI official said Thursday. Bridgette Day, 36, was arrested Tuesday after a routine check at the airport, said FBI Agent James V. DeSarno.

A longtime Los Angeles gang leader was sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison for running a narcotics network that imported crack cocaine from Mexico and distributed it across the country. U.S. District Judge George H. King on Monday sentenced Wayne Alfred "Honcho" Day to 19 years, five months in federal prison, and five years of supervised release. King also ruled that Day, 40, obstructed justice by lying on the stand during trial.

Moving aggressively to break up what authorities described as a massive criminal empire being run by veterans of a powerful Watts street gang, FBI agents and police officers in four states arrested dozens of suspects and seized large amounts of cash and drugs Wednesday. By early Wednesday morning, 11 suspects were in custody in Los Angeles, and scores more were being arrested in Oklahoma City, Minneapolis and Jackson, Miss.