UPDATE: Last Monterey Peninsula gang sweep suspect turns himself in, police say

UPDATE 4/22/2015: Investigators said the last suspect wanted in a gang sweep on the Monterey Peninsula last week has turned himself into police.

Frank James, 21, is now in custody, according to police.

UPDATE 4/21/2015: One suspect in last week’s gang sweep on the Monterey Peninsula turned himself Monday morning, police said.

Dexter Barnett, 22, was wanted in connection to gang and battery charges for a recent spike in violence, police say.

Officers are still looking for 21-year-old Frank James.

UPDATE 4/16/2015: Two more suspects in this week’s gang sweep on the Monterey Peninsula have been arrested, police said.

PRVNT Commander Bill Clark said Ronald Tinsley, 21, was arrested in Marina Wednesday night and Terence Mathews, 23, was re-arrested. Clark said Mathews was already being held in the Monterey County Jail on other charges.

Officers are still looking for suspects Dexter Barnett, 22, and Frank James, 21.

UPDATE 4/15/15 5:04 p.m.: Law enforcement agencies across the Monterey Peninsula are still searching for four suspects wanted in connection to gang and battery charges for a recent spike in violence.

Officers are still looking for Ronald Tinsley, 21, Dexter Barnett, 22, Terence Mathews, 23, and Frank James, 21.

During Wednesday’s search warrants, four arrests were made including Kenneth Caldwell, 29, Hassan Beyah, 26, Joseph Rios, 22, and Charles Black, 22.

Seven different gang incidents were identified by police including:

March 15: Murder of Khaleel Johnson in Sand City by several suspected Norteno gang members, police said

March 16: Suspected assault on three Hispanic males by six Crips gang members, police said. Two had no gang ties.

March 18: An assault on a Hispanic male by four suspected Crips gang members, resulting in two car crashes, police said.

March 20: 22 Crips gang members and affiliates were contacted at a home in Marina after a shooting. Police said the gathering was held the same day as Johnson’s funeral.

March 28: Four to six gunshots heard near the Monterey Fairgrounds where two men were seen fleeing.

April 2: Four suspected Crip gang members started a fight with two suspected Hispanic gang members at a Seaside gas station, police said.

April 2: Three suspected Crip gang members were seen armed and chasing a Hispanic male through a Seaside neighborhood, police said.

Ivis Ruvalcaba, 19, and Edward Rodriguez, 19, were both arrested on March 27 and charged with Johnson’s murder during a shooting on Highway 1 on March 15.

A huge law enforcement operation targeting multiple locations on the Monterey Peninsula, all aimed at reducing gang violence.

Authorities said it stemmed from a homicide last month and the people arrested Wednesday have allegedly retaliated in some way for that death. Five locations were searched in Marina, Monterey and Seaside. Officers said it was all a part of the Peninsula Regional Violence and Narcotics Team’s mission to arrest specific people who belong to or associated with the Crips gang.

They said after Johnson was shot and killed in March by suspected Norteno gang members, suspected Crips gang members retaliated with crimes like assault, aggravated battery and shootings on the Peninsula, all targeting Nortenos or Latinos in general. Police said they had to bring in the Monterey County SWAT team in to help for back up.

“In this case, out of those locations, three locations were considered extremely dangerous because the location of weapons and because the people being arrested have been involved in shootings, wanted for murder. So hence why the SWAT team got called out,” Marina Police Commander Roberto Filice said.

UPDATE: Four suspects still at large in Monterey Peninsula gang sweep

UPDATE 4/15/15 1:07 p.m.: Marina Police said six locations across the Monterey Peninsula were searched Wednesday on cases associated with gang and drug activity in Monterey, Seaside and Marina.

Officers said one person was arrest, a gun was seized and a pound of marijuana was taken in as evidence.

Monterey County District Attorney’s office and SWAT were also involved because officers said a couple of the location were considered very dangerous.

PREVIOUS STORY: Officers from at least five different agencies investigated several homes across the Monterey Peninsula Wednesday morning.

Seaside Police, Marina Police, Sand City Police, California Highway Patrol and the Peninsula Regional Violence and Narcotics Task Force worked on the operation.

Police activity was seen on Kenneth Street and Mingo Avenue in Seaside.

Residents reported seeing a CHP helicopter circling the area at different times throughout the morning.

NewsChannel 5 has a crew on scene.