(KCTV) - A jury trial is now set to be held in the Kansas City metro for an alleged gang ... has been charged with participating in criminal street gang activities and conspiracy to commit a ...

“It’s like being in a street gang,” said Kansas City, Mo., homicide detective Everett Babcock. “FTRA gives them an identity.” Since Nov. 9, 2001, when a transient was found slain along a ...

That number is an increase from the 33 arrests Kansas City police and the Jackson County ... arrested are part of a reputed violent criminal gang known as "256 356." They include Damien Carter ...