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AO 91 (Rev. 11/11) Criminal Complaint UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT for the __________Eastern District District of of California __________ United States of America ) v. ) Kenneth BASH, Stephanie MADSEN, Robert EVERSOLE, Todd ) Case No. MORGAN, Marlon PALMER, James ARMSTRONG, ) 1:20-mj-00129-EPG Samantha BOOTH, David ZACHOCKI, , Jacob RENSHAW, Amanda GOURLEY, Regina BROOMALL, ) Geoffrey GUESS, Angel LOPEZ, ) and Joseph MCWILLIAMS ) Defendant(s) CRIMINAL COMPLAINT I, the complainant in this case, state that the following is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. March 26, 2020 to November 16, 2020 (see Fresno and Kern On or about the date(s) of complaint for further details) in the county of in the Eastern District of California , the defendant(s) violated: Code Section Offense Description 21 USC Sections 846, 841(a)(1) Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500g and more of a mixture containing methamphetamine Penalties: Mandatory minimum 10 years in prison to life imprisonment; fine of up to $10,000,000; 5 years to life of supervised release; $100 special assessment 21 USC Sections 846, 841(a)(1) Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 100 grams and more of a mixture containing a detectable amount of heroin Penalties: Mandatory minimum 5 years in prison to 40 years imprisonment; fine of up to $5,000,000; 4 years to life of supervised release; $100 special assessment 18 USC Section 922(g) Felon in Possession of a Firearm Penalties: 10 year maximum imprisonment; $250,000 fine; 3 years of supervised release; $100 special assessment 18 USC Section 924(c) Possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense and carrying or using a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking offense Penalties: 5 year minimum imprisonment; $250,000 fine; 3 years of supervised release; $100 special assessment 18 USC Sections 371, 922(a)(1)(A) Conspiracy to deal and dealing firearms without a license Penalties: 5 year maximum imprisonment; $250,000 fine; 3 years of supervised release; $100 special assessment This criminal complaint is based on these fact. See Attached Affidavit of ATF SA Anthony Gonzales. ’✔Continued on the attached sheet. Complainant’s signature Anthony Gonzales, SA ATF Printed name and title Affidavit submitted by email/pdf and attested to me as true and accurate by telephone consistent with Fed. R. Crim. P. 4.1 and 41(d)(3) before me this 17 day of November , 2020. Date: Nov 17, 2020 Judge’s signature City and state: Fresno, CA The Hon. Erica P. Grosjean, U.S. Magistrate Judge Printed name and title McGREGOR W. SCOTT 1 United States Attorney THOMAS NEWMAN 2 STEPHANIE M. STOKMAN Assistant United States Attorneys 3 2500 Tulare Street, Suite 4401 Fresno, CA 93721 4 Telephone: (559) 497-4000 Facsimile: (559) 497-4099 5 Attorneys for Plaintiff United States of America 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CASE NO. 10 Plaintiff, AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF CRIMINAL 11 v. COMPLAINT 12 1) KENNETH BASH, AKA “BASH”, 2) ROBERT EVERSOLE, aka “Rage”, 13 3) STEPHANIE MADSEN, 4) TODD MORGAN, aka “Fox”, 14 5) 15 6) DAVID ZACHOCKI, aka “Lil David Z”, 16 7) 8) 17 9) REGINA BROOMALL, aka “G”, 10) 18 11) GEOFFREY GUESS, aka “Active”, 12) 19 13) ANGEL LOPEZ, aka “Rascal”, 14) JOSEPH MCWILLIAMS, aka “Janky”, 20 15) JAMES ARMSTRONG, 16) MARLON PALMER aka “P-Nut”, 21 17) SAMANTHA BOOTH, 18) JACOB RENSHAW, aka “Shredder”, 22 and 23 19) AMANDA GOURLEY, aka “Biggie”. 24 Defendants. 25 26 27 i 28 Affidavit TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 2 CONTENTS 3 II. OVERVIEW OF INVESTIGATION ..............................................................................................4 4 III. PURPOSE AND STRUCTURE OF AFFIDAVIT ..........................................................................5 5 IV. CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS AND REQUESTED ARREST WARRANTS ...................................6 6 V. RELEVANT FOUNDATIONAL EXPERT OPINIONS ................................................................8 A. Narcotics Trafficking ...........................................................................................................8 7 B. Criminal Gangs ..................................................................................................................10 8 C. Firearms .............................................................................................................................11 9 10 VI. BACKGROUND OF THIS INVESTIGATION ...........................................................................12 11 VII. ORIGINS AND STRUCTURE OF THE ARYAN BROTHERHOOD ........................................13 A. Criminal Street Gangs in Central California Associated with This 12 Investigation .......................................................................................................................16 13 VIII. CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES OF THE DEFENDANTS ...................................................................17 14 A. CONTROLLED PURCHASE AND SEIZURE OF FIVE POUNDS OF METHAMPHETAMINE INVOLVING LOPEZ, EVERSOLE, and 15 ON MARCH 21- 27, 2020 .............................................................................17 16 B. APRIL 29, 2020 CONTROLLED PURCHASE OF TWO AR-15 PISTOLS INVOLVING EVERSOLE BROOMALL AND ..........................................24 17 C. ATF UC PURCHASE OF MULTIPLE FIREARMS FROM GEOFFREY 18 GUESS AND REGINA BROOMALL, JUNE 12, 2020 ...................................................27 19 D. CONTROLLED PURCHASE OF HEROIN, June 30-July 1, 2020 .................................32 20 E. CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE BY KENNETH BASH AND CO-CONSPIRATORS .................................................................................35 21 F. BASH, MORGAN, and PALMER agree to smuggle narcotics into Salinas 22 Valley State Prison .............................................................................................................38 23 G. MADSEN obtains methamphetamine at BASH’s direction, and ARMSTRONG and V.P. obtain and transport methamphetamine to S.R.’s 24 house at BASH’s direction.................................................................................................41 25 H. D.S., MCWILLIAMS, BOOTH, and S.R. prepare a pound of methamphetamine ..............................................................................................................59 26 27 ii 28 Affidavit I. D.S. and MCWILLIAMS transport methamphetamine to Soledad, CA at 1 BASH’s direction, and BASH, PALMER, MORGAN, D.S., and MCWILLIAMS conspire to smuggle methamphetamine into Salinas Valley 2 State Prison ........................................................................................................................63 3 J. The next day, D.S. and MCWILLIAMS again attempt to smuggle contraband into Salinas Valley State Prison at the direction of BASH, PALMER, and 4 MORGAN ..........................................................................................................................74 5 K. D.S. and MCWILLIAMS arrested with methamphetamine ..............................................79 6 L. SAMANTHA BOOTH SELLS METHAMPHETAMINE TO RAISE FUNDS FOR D.S.’S BAIL ..............................................................................................................80 7 M. DISTRIBUTION OF METHAMPHETAMINE TO ALASKA, SEPTEMBER 8 22, 2020..............................................................................................................................85 9 N. DISTRIBUTION OF METHAMPHETAMINE TO MONTANA, SEPTEMBER 19-30, 2020 ................................................................................................92 10 O. ZACHOCKI, AND ARE FELONS WHO POSSESSED A 11 FIREARM ..........................................................................................................................97 12 P. Jacob RENSHAW, Amanda GOURLEY, and CONSPIRE TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE TO MONTANA, OCTOBER 13 12-15, 2020 ......................................................................................................................110 14 AFFIDAVIT SUBMITTED BY EMAIL/PDF AND ATTESTED TO ME AS TRUE AND 15 ACCURATE BY TELEPHONE CONSISTENT WITH FED. R. CRIM. P. 4.1 AND 16 41(D)(3) BEFORE ME THIS ______ DAY OF ______________, 2020. .................................136 17 THE HONORABLE ERICA P. GROSJEAN, ........................................................................................136 18 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE ...........................................................................................136 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 iii 28 Affidavit I, Anthony Gonzales, being duly sworn, hereby declare and state: 1 2 I. INTRODUCTION 3 This affidavit is being submitted in support of the issuance of arrest warrants for Kenneth BASH, 4 Robert EVERSOLE, Stephanie MADSEN, Todd MORGAN, David 5 ZACHOCKI, Regina BROOMALL, Geoffrey GUESS, 6 Angel LOPEZ, Joseph MCWILLIAMS, James ARMSTRONG, 7 Marlon PALMER, Samantha BOOTH, Amanda GOURLEY and Jacob RENSHAW for violations of 8 Title 21, United States Code, Sections 846 and 841(a)(1), Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with 9 Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances (Methamphetamine); Title 18, United States Code, Section 10 922(g)(1), Felon in Possession of a Firearm; Title 18, United States Code, Section, 922(a)(1)(A), 11 Engaging in the Business of Dealing Firearms Without a License, Title 18, United States Code, Section 12 924(c), Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance Drug Trafficking. 13 1. I am employed as a Special Agent with the Bureau