JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- It was called "Operation Picket Fence," an attempt to fight crime in the Pickettville neighborhood of Northwest Jacksonville.

Now, people there said crime is still an issue.

Four years ago, Sheriff John Rutherford announced the arrests of several suspects linked to a series of crimes.

"These individuals have been linked to numerous crimes, including homicides, shootings, drug trafficking and robberies," Rutherford said at the time.

Prosecutors said Lavario Ray and Damontrio Glee were the ringleaders of the crime spree.

Now, the two men are on trial on murder charges.

Roy Stamps, who has run a lawn mower repair business in Pickettville for 40 years, said in the last few months, he's been broken into four times.

"There's a lot of drug-related stuff out here," Stamps said. "It's changed in the last five years. It's changed."

"Every person that we've known in this area has been broken into," resident Randy Viator said.

Pickettville made headlines four years ago when Rutherford held a news conference announcing the arrests of 20 people connected to an organization he called "very violent drug traffickers." The attempt to stop crime became known as Operation Picket Fence.

"It's very important that the community know these people are off the streets," Rutherford said then.

Attorneys said the two men police called ring leaders of the crimes, Ray and Glee, who are on trial on murder charges this week, are the last of the men connected with Operation Picket Fence to be prosecuted.

More than four years after Rutherford's news conference, crime is still an issue in the Pickettville area.

Channel 4's Vickie Pierre asked residents if it's gotten better or worse.

"I don't think it's getting better," Viator said. "The economy's bad. People can't find jobs. They're going to do whatever they can to survive."

Homer Hugo said he remembers seeing that news conference four years ago and thinks the arrests officers made have made a difference.

"It could've led to more deaths and could've penetrated into our neighborhood deeper and deeper," Hugo said.

As for Stamps and his business, he said he just wants to see more police presence.

"If they would stop here and shine their lights here one or two times a week, that would help," Stamps said.