National Drug Intelligence Center
California Northern and Eastern Districts Drug Threat Assessment
January 2001

"........The Romper Room Gang, an African-American gang in Vallejo, came to prominence in the early 1990s when it committed a series of pizza parlor takeover robberies. The gang branched out to at least 10 other counties and diversified its criminal activities. Authorities linked the gang to narcotics sales, vehicle theft, and drive-by shootings. Romper Room Gang members were identified or arrested for 8 different credit union robberies and suspected in 27 more. The dollar loss from the 35 robberies was $1.4 million. After a yearlong effort by the Vallejo Violence Suppression Task Force, the Romper Room Gang was dismantled in 1998........"


National Drug Intelligence Center's description of the Romper Room Gang