MACON, Ga. — The Bibb County Sheriff's Office says they're doing a countywide sweep, rounding up people involved in gang activity. They're calling it "Operation Hidden Eye."
Sheriff David Davis says 23-year-old Tyree Welch took video showing him encouraging his 6-year-old cousin to fight with other kids and throw gang signs.
The boy also says he's going to get a gun and shoot someone in the face.
"We've heard the term ''90s baby.' Now, we have a '90s baby trying to entice to the 2010s baby into this activity," said Davis.
Sheriff David Davis says their gang unit arrested Welch and 32 others on gang-related charges.
They say Welch's arrest is important because he made it onto Crimestoppers' Top 15 list.
"Now, you have a lot of hybrid gangs, so you might take two gangs that never got along together and make your own gang," said Gray.
Investigator Tatreas Gray arrested Welch.
Gray says he was working at his part-time security job at a club downtown when he saw Welch and chased him to the river.
He says these young hybrid gangs are dangerous because they don't have a code, or older gang members, called "OGs," to keep them in line.
"A lot of the OGs try to bring people up by the code they live by, but a lot of the kids these days don't even respect the OGs," said Gray.
Davis says he hopes that Welch's arrest will prevent that little boy in the video from turning to crime and the gang life, like many around him.
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