By 2004 the group had already committed hundreds of acts of vandalism around Honicknowle, as well as serious assault, robbery and sexual offences.
They met on a bridge to fight with a copycat group named The Whitleigh Mental Mafia.
[2] Between 2008 and 2009 many senior members of the group were charged after an effort by the police to disband the organization, which was reported to be becoming a more sophisticated crime syndicate.
[citation needed] The leader, Nathan Danvers, was given a prison sentence in 2008[failed verification] and others received non-custodial sentences,[3] although many were later incarcerated for separate crimes.
[4] The group is the first criminal organization from Plymouth to be reported about in a national newspaper,[citation needed] being featured in The Mirror[5] and in The Daily Telegraph.