Mt. Croghan Man Sentenced in Federal Court

COLUMBIA, SC—United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Mario Alberto Garcia, age 26, from Mt. Croghan, South Carolina, was sentenced today in federal court in Florence, South Carolina, for conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and 50 grams or more of crack cocaine. United States District Judge Terry L. Wooten sentenced Garcia to 200 months’ imprisonment.

Evidence presented at previous hearings established that Garcia was arrested as a result of a long-term cocaine conspiracy investigation by the FBI and Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Office. In June of 2010, Garcia and a co-defendant sold cocaine to a confidential informant on three occasions. On July 1, 2010, during the execution of a search warrant at the residence where the undercover purchases took place, law enforcement found over a pound of marijuana, a pistol, a shotgun, and $46,900. The investigation determined that  Garcia and two co-defendants were responsible for trafficking over 35 kilograms of cocaine in the Pageland and Lancaster areas of South Carolina and Monroe, North Carolina, between 2002 and 2010.

The case was investigated by agents of the FBI and Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant United States Attorney A. Bradley Parham of the Florence office handled prosecution of the case.

Brothers Sentenced to Combined 94 Years in Prison for Armed Robberies

RICHMOND, Va. – Troy Douglas Baylor, 47, of Richmond, Va., and James Derrick Baylor, 44, of Brooklyn, N.Y., were sentenced today to 52 and 42 years in prison, respectively, for committing armed robbery of two businesses in Chesterfield and Richmond.

Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia Attorney General; and J.D. Newman, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) Washington Field Division, made the announcement after sentencing by United States District Judge James R. Spencer.

On Feb. 3, 2012, a Federal jury found the brothers guilty of conspiracy to commit robbery, two counts of robbery, two counts of use of a firearm in furtherance of robbery, and two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

According to court records and evidence at trial, on Nov. 30, 2010, Troy Baylor approached an employee of the Family Dollar store, previously located at 15700 Jefferson Davis Highway in Chesterfield, and asked an assistant manager for a job application. After he was told that he would have to fill out an application at a store computer, he left. Minutes later, when the assistant manager was taking a break outside the store, James Baylor brandished a gun and ordered her inside the store. James and Troy Baylor then demanded that the assistant manager, at gunpoint, open the safe. The men then fled with more than $500. Store video recorded the robbery.

The jury also heard evidence that on Dec. 21, 2010, Troy and James Baylor entered Tommy Wilson’s Van & Auto, located on Midlothian Turnpike in Richmond. The Baylors walked toward the rear of the business, where they were met by the owners, who told them they were not permitted to be in that area of the business. The Baylors brandished a gun and ordered the employees to lie on the floor, then took more than $600 from the pocket of one of the employees. Another employee gave an additional $600 to the Baylors, but refused to lie on the floor. James Baylor struck him on the head numerous times with the gun. The employees then fought with the Baylors until the Baylors left the business. During the course of the robbery, the Baylors dropped their hats and gun. Store video also captured this robbery.

This case was investigated cooperatively by the Chesterfield Police Department, Richmond Police Department and the ATF’s Washington Field Division. Assistant Attorney General and Special Assistant United States Attorney Michael A. Jagels prosecuted the case on behalf of the United States. Special Agent Josh Valot was the lead ATF agent on the case.

Richmond Cell Manager of Sophisticated, Violent, Fraudulent Document Ring Sentenced to 84 Months in Prison

WASHINGTON—Armando Gonzalez-Medina, 35, of Richmond, Virginia, was sentenced today to 84 months in prison after pleading guilty to participating in a racketeering conspiracy and conspiring to possess, produce, and transfer fraudulent identification documents. The defendant is illegally within the United States and will be deported following the service of his prison sentence. Gonzalez-Medina was a member of the Richmond cell of a highly sophisticated and violent fraudulent document trafficking organization based in Mexico, with cells in 19 cities within the United States and 11 states, including three cells in Virginia.

Neil H. MacBride, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division; and John P. Torres, special agent in charge of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI) field office in Washington, D.C., made the announcement after the sentencing by Chief U.S. District Judge James R. Spencer in the Eastern District of Virginia.

According to evidence presented during the trial of co-conspirator Edy Oliverez-Jimnez in November 2011, Israel Cruz Millan, aka “El Muerto,” 28, of Raleigh, North Carolina, managed the organization’s operations in the United States, overseeing 19 cells in 11 states, including three in Virginia, that produced high-quality false identification cards distributed to illegal aliens. In each city where the organization operated, Millan placed a cell manager to supervise a number of “runners,” the lower level members of the organization who distributed business cards advertising the organization’s services and helped facilitate transactions with customers. The cost of fraudulent documents varied depending on the location, with counterfeit Resident Alien and Social Security cards typically selling from $150 to $200. Each cell allegedly maintained detailed sales records and divided the proceeds between the runner, the cell manager, and the upper level managers in Mexico. In addition, from January 2008 through November 2010, members of the organization wired more than $1 million to Mexico.

In entering a guilty plea to the racketeering and document distribution conspiracy charges, Gonzalez-Medina admitted to working on behalf of the enterprise in Richmond.

Evidence during the Oliverez-Jiminez trial detailed how members of the organization sought to drive competitors from their territory by posing as customers in search of fraudulent documents and then attacking the competitors when they arrived to make a sale. These attacks allegedly included binding the victims’ hands, feet, and mouth; repeatedly beating them; and threatening them with death if they continued to sell false identification documents in the area. The victims were left bound at the scene of the attack, and at least one victim died from one such attack that occurred in Little Rock, Arkansas,on July 6, 2010.

The government further alleged at trial that Cruz Millan tightly controlled the organization’s activities by keeping in regular contact with cell managers about fraudulent document inventory, biweekly sales reports, and the presence of any rival document vendors. Members of the organization who violated internal rules imposed by Millan were subject to discipline, including shaving eyebrows, wearing weights, beatings, and other violent acts.

Twenty-seven members of the organization were originally arrested on November 18, 2010. To date, 26 of those arrested have pleaded guilty in this case. On November 29, 2010, the remaining charged defendant, Edy Oliverez-Jiminez, was convicted by a jury for racketeering conspiracy; murder, kidnapping, and assault in aid of racketeering; conspiracy to possess, produce, and transfer false identification documents; and money laundering conspiracy. On March 2, 2012, U.S. District Judge sentenced Oliverez-Jiminez to two consecutive life sentences. In support, Judge Hudson explained from the bench that he imposed the life sentences to send a message of deterrence for Oliverez-Jiminez’s involvement with the violent racketeering organization based out of Mexico. He further stated that the sentences were just in light of the defendant’s involvement in one of the most violent murders that he has observed in his career.

The investigation was led by the Norfolk office of ICE-HSI, which falls under the Washington, D.C., office. ICE-HSI received assistance from the FBI, Virginia State Police, and Chesterfield County Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Michael Gill and Angela Mastandrea-Miller of the Eastern District of Virginia and Trial Attorney Addison Thompson of the Criminal Division’s Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section are prosecuting the case on behalf of the United States.

Manager for Violent Fraudulent Document Ring Sentenced to Two Life Sentences for Murdering Rival Vendor

WASHINGTON – Edy Oliverez-Jiminez, aka “Daniel,” Erasmo,” “Ulysses” and “Jesus,” 25, of Virginia Beach, Va., was sentenced today to two consecutive life terms on prison, after having been convicted by a jury for racketeering, murder, kidnapping, conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to produce and transfer false identification documents.   

Neil H. MacBride, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; and John P. Torres, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI) field office in Washington, D.C., made the announcement after the life sentences were handed down by U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson.

“Edy Oliverez-Jiminez is a calculating murderer who savagely attacked rival vendors to corner the fake document market,” said U.S. Attorney MacBride.  “His Mexican-based cartel exported crime, pain and terror into the United States, and today’s sentence appropriately ensures that he will never rejoin society on either side of the border.”

“Edy Oliverez-Jiminez, like his co-conspirators, committed horrific acts of violence to protect the turf of his fraudulent document ring,” said Assistant Attorney General Breuer.  “Because of his crimes, he will now spend the rest of his life in prison.”

 “The sentence handed down today ensures that a murderer like Edy Oliverez-Jiminez will be locked up for the rest of his life,” said Special Agent in Charge Torres. “This case has demonstrated that fraudulent document vending organizations can be not only complex and highly organized, but also ruthless in the pursuit of profit.  ICE-HSI will continue its work with law enforcement partners at all levels to disrupt this type of criminal activity and prosecute the individuals responsible.”

Judge Hudson explained from the bench that he imposed the life sentences to send a message of deterrence for Oliverez-Jiminez’s involvement with a violent racketeering organization based out of Mexico.   He further stated that the sentences were just in light of the defendant’s involvement in one of the most violent murders that he has observed in his career.   He described the murder as “pure unadulterated torture.”  

Oliverez-Jimenez was a long-term supervisor for a highly sophisticated and violent fraudulent document trafficking organization based in Mexico, with cells in 19 cities in 11 states, including three cells in Virginia.   Prior to his arrest, he had served as the cell manager for the Virginia Beach and Little Rock, Ark., cells.  

On Nov. 29, 2011, a federal jury convicted Oliverez-Jimenez of kidnapping and murdering a rival in Little Rock in July 2010.   Posing as a potential client, a conspirator placed a call to the rival and arranged to meet him and an associate at an abandoned trailer house.   When the rival entered the home, Oliverez-Jiminez and others attacked him, binding his feet, mouth and eyes with duct tape.   The rival’s associate was also brought inside, bound with duct tape and beaten by the attackers.   Both men were left bound on the floor, and the rival was later pronounced dead at the scene of the attack.  According to the Arkansas deputy chief medical examiner, he died of asphysixia, blunt-enforced trauma and blood loss.

The jury also convicted Oliverez-Jiminez for his role in managing cells in Little Rock and Virginia Beach that produced high-quality false identification cards to illegal aliens.   He supervised a number of “runners” who distributed business cards advertising the organization’s services and helped facilitate transactions with customers.   The cost of fraudulent documents varied depending on the location, with counterfeit Resident Alien and Social Security cards typically selling from $150 to $200.   Each cell maintained detailed sales records and divided the proceeds between the runner, the cell manager and the upper level managers in Mexico.   From January 2008 through November 2010, members of the organization wired more than $1 million to Mexico.

By August 2010, Oliverez-Jiminez had relocated to Virginia Beach, where he set up another cell for the organization, which operated until his arrest in November 2010.   According to wire intercepts admitted as evidence at trial, he planned another violent attack of a competitor for Sept. 18, 2010.

Throughout the conspiracy, Oliverez-Jiminez worked under Israel Cruz Millan, aka “El Muerto,” 26, of Raleigh, N.C., who led the organization in the United States and reported to leaders in Mexico.   Millan pleaded guilty on Nov. 15, 2011, to racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to produce and transfer false identification documents and conspiracy to commit money laundering.   On Feb. 16, 2012, U.S. District Judge James R. Spencer sentenced Cruz Millan to 300 months in prison.  

Testimony at the trial of Oliverez-Jiminez showed that in June 2009, members of Cruz Millan’s organization in Richmond, Va., lured two rival sellers to a home, bound them, struck them with a baseball bat and cut them with a knife, and then placed a semi-automatic handgun in a rival’s mouth and warned him about selling false identification documents in Richmond.   In November 2010, Cruz Millan and a conspirator complained that a rival seller in Nashville, Tenn., continued to operate on their turf even after they had beat him up.  Cruz Millan instructed his subordinate to find an empty house to take care of the rival, cautioning him to wear gloves to avoid leaving fingerprints and to avoid using a gun which would create too much noise when fired.

Cruz Millan tightly controlled the organization’s activities, keeping in regular contact with Oliverez-Jiminez and other cell managers about inventory, bi-weekly sales reports and competition.  Members who violated internal rules within the operation were subject to discipline, including shaving eyebrows, wearing weights, beatings and other violent acts.   During Oliverez-Jiminez’s trial and Cruz Millan’s sentencing hearing, the United States presented evidence regarding Cruz Millan’s orchestration of the kidnapping, beating and torture of an enterprise member who was suspected of stealing from the organization.   The event occurred on Oct. 29, 2010, in Raleigh, N.C.   The evidence presented included telephone calls during which Cruz Millan conducted a “conference call” with other cell leaders around the United States so they could hear the torture as it took place and sending a message to other enterprise members about what would happen if they were caught stealing from the criminal organization.   The testimony and intercepted calls depicted how the victim was subjected to electric shocks administered by placing his feet in a bucket of water and electrocuting him with jumper cables attached to a car battery.  

Twenty-seven members of the organization were originally arrested on Nov. 18, 2010.   Following the Oliverez-Jiminez trial, all of those defendants have been convicted.   In addition, two other defendants have been convicted in related cases in the Eastern District of Virginia, along with others who have been charged and convicted in other districts across the country.

The investigation was centered in the Norfolk office of ICE-HSI.  ICE-HSI received assistance from the Virginia State Police and Chesterfield County Police Department.  Assistant U.S. Attorneys Michael Gill and Angela Miller of the Eastern District of Virginia and Trial Attorney Addison Thompson of the Criminal Division’s Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section, are prosecuting the case on behalf of the United States.

Leader of Sophisticated, Violent Fraudulent Document Ring Sentenced in Virginia to 25 Years in Prison

RICHMOND, VA—Israel Cruz Millan, 26, of Raleigh, N.C., was sentenced today to 25 years in prison, after having pleaded guilty to participating in a racketeering conspiracy; conspiring to possess, produce, and transfer false identification documents; and conspiring to engage in money laundering. Further, the defendant is illegally within the United States and will be deported following the service of his prison sentence. Cruz Millan managed all operations in the United States overseeing 19 cells in 11 states, including three cells in Virginia.

Neil H. MacBride, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and John P. Torres, Special Agent in Charge for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI), made the announcement after sentencing by U.S. District Judge James R. Spencer.

“Israel Cruz Millan exercised absolute and ruthless control over a large-scale and violent fraudulent document cartel,” said U.S. Attorney MacBride. “In a few short years, his network distributed more than 30,000 fake IDs and funneled more than $1 million to organized crime bosses in Mexico. Today’s sentence is just punishment for a savage leader who helped export crime and violence into the United States.” “Justice has been served today with the sentencing of Israel Cruz Millan, who led a dangerous and violent criminal enterprise throughout the United States,” said ICE-HSI Special Agent in Charge Torres. “HSI is committed to pursuing criminal enterprises engaged in the production of fake documents, which poses a serious threat to national security. The fact that this organization also used intimidation and murder to maintain its dominance in this illicit business made this case an even greater priority for HSI.” According to evidence presented during the trial of co-conspirator Edy Oliverez-Jiminez in November 2011, Israel Cruz Millan, aka “El Muerto,” managed the organization’s operations in the United States, overseeing 19 cells in 11 states, including three in Virginia, that produced high-quality false identification cards distributed to illegal aliens. In each city where the organization operated, Millan placed a cell manager to supervise a number of “runners,” the lower level members of the organization who distributed business cards advertising the organization’s services and helped facilitate transactions with customers. The cost of fraudulent documents varied depending on the location, with counterfeit Resident Alien and Social Security cards typically selling for $150 to $200. Each cell allegedly maintained detailed sales records and divided the proceeds between the runner, the cell manager and the upper level managers in Mexico. In addition, from January 2008 through November 2010, members of the organization wired more than $1 million to Mexico. Evidence during the Oliverez-Jiminez trial detailed how members of the organization sought to drive competitors from their territory by posing as customers in search of fraudulent documents and then attacking the competitors when they arrived to make a sale. These attacks allegedly included binding the victims’ hands, feet and mouth; repeatedly beating them; and threatening them with death if they continued to sell false identification documents in the area. The victims were left bound at the scene of the attack, and at least one victim died from one such attack that occurred in Little Rock, Ark., on July 6, 2010. During today’s sentencing hearing, the United States presented evidence regarding Cruz Millan’s efforts in planning violent attacks against competitors in Covington, Ky.; Boston; and Nashville, Tenn.

The government further alleged at trial that Cruz Millan tightly controlled the organization’s activities by keeping in regular contact with cell managers about fraudulent document inventory, bi-weekly sales reports and the presence of any rival document vendors. Members of the organization who violated internal rules imposed by Millan were subject to discipline, including shaving eyebrows, wearing weights, beatings and other violent acts. During today’s sentencing hearing, the United States presented evidence regarding Cruz Millan’s orchestration of the kidnapping, beating and torture of an enterprise member who was suspected of stealing from the organization. The event occurred on Oct. 29, 2010, in Raleigh, N.C. The evidence presented included wire tap calls during which Cruz Millan conducted a “conference call” with other cell leaders around the United States so they could hear the torture as it took place, a warning of what would happen if they were caught stealing from the criminal organization. The testimony and intercepted calls documented that the victim was not only beaten, but also subjected to electric shocks administered by placing the victim’s feet in a bucket of water and electrocuting him with jumper cables attached to a car battery.

In entering a guilty plea to the racketeering, fraudulent document and money laundering conspiracy charges, Cruz Millan admitted to being the overall supervisor of the criminal enterprise within the United States.

Twenty-seven members of the organization were originally arrested on Nov. 18, 2010. To date, 26 of those arrested have pleaded guilty in this case. On Nov. 29, 2010, the remaining charged defendant, Oliverez-Jiminez, was convicted by a jury for racketeering conspiracy; murder, kidnapping and assault in aid of racketeering; conspiracy to possess, produce and transfer false identification documents; and money laundering conspiracy. Oliverez-Jiminez is scheduled to be sentenced on March 2, 2012. Two other defendants have been convicted in related cases in the Eastern District of Virginia, along with others who have been charged and convicted in other districts across the country.

The investigation was led by the ICE-HSI Norfolk, Va., office. ICE-HSI received assistance from the FBI, Virginia State Police and Chesterfield County, Va., Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Michael Gill and Angela Mastandrea-Miller and Trial Attorney Addison Thompson, of the Criminal Division’s Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section, are prosecuting the case on behalf of the United States.

Outlaws Motorcycle Gang Members Found Guilty

National President, Other Leaders Convicted of Racketeering and Other Violent Crimes

WASHINGTON—The national president and three members of the American Outlaw Association (Outlaws) motorcycle gang have been found guilty of participating in a violent criminal organization by a federal jury in the Eastern District of Virginia.

U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride of the Eastern District of Virginia; Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division; and Edgar A. Domenech, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) Washington Field Division announced the verdict after it was accepted by U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson.

“Today’s conviction of the Outlaw’s national president strikes a crippling blow to his violent motorcycle gang,” said U.S. Attorney MacBride. “Riding a Harley doesn’t make you a criminal—but you cross the line when your motorcycle gang engages in violent criminal activity as a way of doing business. Virginia is a safe place today because ATF agents put their lives on the line to bring this case. Thanks to their sacrifice, the leadership of this gang has been brought to justice, along with the enforcers who carried out his orders.”

“Today, a Virginia jury struck back against the violence that the Outlaws motorcycle gang has been spreading in our communities,” said Assistant Attorney General Breuer. “In obtaining convictions against the gang’s national president and other members, the Justice Department is sending a strong message to organized criminal enterprises of all stripes that we will not allow them to operate without repercussion. We are committed to bringing significant prosecutions against the leaders of the country’s most notorious and violent groups.”

“This investigation would not have been a success without the dedicated and hard working agents and prosecutors that devoted several years to this undercover operation,” said ATF Special Agent in Charge Edgar Domenech. “This is another example of how our agents work day in and day out to build cases against violent criminals.”

Today, the jury found Jack Rosga, aka “Milwaukee Jack,” 53, guilty of conspiring to engage in racketeering activities and conspiring to commit violence in aid of racketeering. Rosga is the national president of the Outlaws organization and is also a member of the Gold Region, Milwaukee Chapter. He faces a maximum of 20 years in prison for the racketeering charge and a maximum of three years in prison for the violence charge.

The other members of the Outlaws who were convicted today include:

Mark Jason Fiel, aka “Jason,” 37, a former Outlaws member in the Copper Region and a former leader in the Manassas/Shenandoah Valley Chapter. Fiel was convicted of conspiring to engage in racketeering activities and conspiring to commit violence in aid of racketeering.

Harry Rhyne McCall, 53, an Outlaws member in the Copper Region, Lexington, N.C., Chapter. McCall was convicted of conspiring to engage in racketeering activities, conspiring to commit violence in aid of racketeering, violence in aid of racketeering, and possession of firearms in furtherance of a crime of violence. The violence in aid of racketeering charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, while the firearm charge carries a consecutive sentence of five years up to life in prison.

Christopher Timbers, aka “Alibi,” 38, an Outlaws member in the Manassas/Shenandoah Valley Chapter of the Copper Region. Timbers was convicted of conspiring to engage in racketeering activities, conspiring to commit violence in aid of racketeering, and violence in aid of racketeering. Timbers was acquitted of one count of possession of firearms in furtherance of a crime of violence.

Also today, Dennis Haldermann, aka “Chew Chew,” 46, a member of the Pagans Motorcycle Club from Chesterfield, Va., was acquitted of a violence in aid of racketeering charge.

Sentencing for Rosga, Fiel, McCall, and Timbers is scheduled for April 8, 2011.

Evidence at trial showed that the Outlaws motorcycle gang is a highly organized criminal enterprise with a defined, multi-level chain of command that is ultimately overseen by Rosga, the national president. Leaders and members of the Outlaws in multiple states including Wisconsin, Maine, Montana, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Virginia are charged in a June 2010 indictment. Under Rosga’s leadership, the enterprise is alleged to have engaged in violent racketeering activities with the intent to expand its influence and to control various parts of the country against rival motorcycle gangs, particularly the Hell’s Angels.

According to evidence at trial, the Outlaws planned multiple acts of violence against rival motorcycle gangs, including shows of force at the Cycle Expo in Henrico County, Va., in 2006; Dinwiddie Racetrack in Virginia in 2008; the Cockades Bar in Petersburg, Va., in 2009; Daytona Bike Week in Florida in 2009; and the Easyrider Bike Expo in Charlotte, N.C., in 2010. The indictment alleges that in the Cockades Bar show of force, members of the Pagans Motorcycle Club joined the Outlaws in the assault against rival gangs.

In addition, the evidence at trial showed that in 2008, the Outlaws established a clubhouse in Rock Hill, S.C., in territory traditionally controlled by the Hell’s Angels. The Outlaws understood that this act would create violent friction between the two organizations.

Evidence at trial also established that in September 2009, two members of the Outlaws were assaulted in Connecticut by members of the Hell’s Angels. This caused the Outlaws to increase their already violent approach to the Hell’s Angels in retaliation. In October 2009, this led to the alleged attempted murder of a Hell’s Angels member outside the Hell’s Angels’ clubhouse in Canaan, Maine. The victim was seriously injured from gunshot wounds to his neck.

In addition, the evidence showed that on April 17, 2010, Outlaw members of the Milwaukee and other Wisconsin chapters in the Gold Region, participated in a charitable event known as the Flood Run, crossing from Wisconsin into Minnesota where they brutally beat members of the Hell’s Angels and stole their club patches, also known as “colors.”

Witnesses at the trial also testified that the Outlaws regularly used and distributed narcotics and regularly used firearms or other dangers weapons.

The four men convicted today are among 27 individuals indicted in June 2010 as a result of a long-term investigation into criminal activities of the Outlaws motorcycle gang. To date, 17 of those indicted have pled guilty and one was previously convicted in an earlier trial.

The case was investigated by the ATF’s Washington Field Division; the FBI’s Washington Field Office; the Virginia State Police; the Chesterfield County Police Department; the Maine State Police, and numerous other law enforcement partners throughout the country. The prosecution was handled by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Dennis Fitzpatrick and Peter S. Duffey, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Sam Kaplan, and Trial Attorney Theryn G. Gibbons of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division’s Gang Unit.