FBI Seeks Whereabouts of Six Fugitives Who Fled in Multi-Agency Operation Targeting Narcotics Trafficking in Bay Area

SAN FRANCISCO—The FBI is seeking the public’s help in locating six individuals, who have fled after being indicted by a federal grand jury or charged via criminal complaint for various narcotics trafficking related charges.

On Tuesday, over 900 officers and agents executed arrest and search warrants in a large-scale takedown of individuals involved in narcotics trafficking and gang activity in the Bay Area.

Local, state and federal officers—including FBI SWAT teams from San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Portland, Phoenix, and Las Vegas; and officers from East Palo Alto and Menlo Park Police Departments—executed over 30 search warrants and arrested 26 and seized significant quantities of money, drugs, firearms, and several vehicles in “Operation Phallen Gardens.” The majority of the arrests and searches occurred in the East Palo Alto and Menlo Park areas.

Operation Phallen Gardens is the result of a two-year, Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) and San Francisco Safe Streets Task Force investigation. The focus was on an associated group of individuals who supplied drugs, which included cocaine and methamphetamine, to multiple gangs in the area of East Palo Alto and Menlo Park.

The FBI can be reached 24 hours a day at 415-553-7400. All calls are confidential.

The following fugitives are being sought:

Name: Tony Giovanni Joseph

Sex: Male
DOB: 09/29/1981
Height: 5’10”
Weight: 230 lbs.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
Caution: Armed and dangerous
Characteristics: N/A

 Name: Derrick Lane

Sex: Male
DOB: 10/30/1972
Height: 5’10”
Weight: 165 lbs.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
Caution: Armed and dangerous
Characteristics: N/A

 Name: Shawn Curtis McKnight

Sex: Male
DOB: 06/07/1962
Height: 6’0”
Weight: 215 lbs.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
Caution: Armed and dangerous
Characteristics: Missing right finger; pierced ears; tattoo on the left arm, right arm, under left arm

 Name: Charles Edward Menifee III

Sex: Male
DOB: 11/07/1991
Height: 6’0”
Weight: 187 lbs.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Caution: Armed and dangerous
Characteristics: N/A

Name: Jesus Segura

Sex: Male
DOB: 03/16/1980
Height: 5’08”
Weight: 160 lbs.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Caution: Armed and dangerous
Characteristics: N/A

 Name: Joey Earl Williams

Sex: Male
DOB: 01/16/1964
Height: 5’09”
Weight: 225 lbs.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
Caution: Armed and dangerous
Characteristics: N/A

Members of the media should call FBI Public Affairs Specialist Julianne Sohn at 415-553-7450.