IN HUNTS POINT A.K.A HOE'S POINT COPS ARREST 32 MEMBERS OF THE SATAN'S BLOOD GANG!

Neighbors in a gritty Bronx neighborhood breathed a sigh of relief yesterday after cops and federal agents cracked a brazen drug gang that had terrorized their streets.
Thirty-two members of a Hunts Point drug syndicate known as "Satan's Bloods" were either arrested in morning raids by law-enforcement, were already jailed or being sought, authorities said.

The members ranged in age from 19 to 52 years old, and have street nicknames such as "Skinny," "Macho," "Biscuit," "Shorts" and "Hat Boy."

The gang dealt powder cocaine, crack and heroin "seven days a week, 24 hours a day," along Manida and Irving Sts., according to the federal charges.

"This is in the top-10 bad places I've ever lived - and I've lived in some bad places," said Thomas Gibson, a resident of Manida St. "It's the slum of slums, but maybe they did some good out here today."

The arrests come after a five-month joint investigation by the FBI and NYPD that began in March, with undercover cops making more than 100 drug buys, authorities said.

Neighbors expressed relief - and some resignation - after the arrests.

"I'm happy. It'll be quiet around here for a few days," said Tamicka Jones, 20, who was visiting friends on Manida St. yesterday. "But they'll be back out here tomorrow. There's no end to it."

Most of the Satan's Bloods went quietly, but in some cases, lawmen needed to break down doors with a battering ram, law enforcement sources said.

One suspect fled out the window and down the fire escape, another led cops on a 30-minute footrace, a source said. Both were arrested.

"I saw cops rushing into the buildings, and they took out mad people," said one resident. "They took them out one by one and two by two. They got everybody they wanted."