5:17-Mj-00047-JLT Bakersfield, California 12/7/17
Case 5:17-mj-00047-JLT Document 1 Filed 12/07/17 Page 1 of 264 5:17-mj-00047-JLT 12/7/17 Bakersfield, California Case 5:17-mj-00047-JLT Document 1 Filed 12/07/17 Page 2 of 264 1 AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF COMPLAINTS AND SEARCH WARRANTS 2 I, Brian Myers, being duly sworn, declare as follows: 3 I. TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE 4 1. I am a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and have been 5 since 2010. I am currently assigned to the Bakersfield Resident Agency (BRA) in Bakersfield, 6 California. As such, I am an investigator or law enforcement officer of the United States, within the 7 meaning of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2510(7), and I am empowered by law to conduct 8 investigations of, and to make arrests for, the offenses enumerated in Title 18, United States Code, 9 Section 2516. 10 2. I have attended twenty-one weeks of new agents’ training at the FBI Academy in 11 Quantico Virginia. During my training at the FBI Academy, I received instruction entitled Enterprise 12 Drug Investigations, which provided training regarding United States narcotics law, drug 13 identification, financial investigations, enterprise drug organizations, and the techniques which have 14 been successfully used in the past for dismantling them. I also received instruction on large and small 15 scale street gangs and the methods they utilize in furtherance of their criminal activity. Additionally, 16 I have attended specialized training in wire, oral, and electronic interceptions and the use of wire, 17 oral, and electronic interception equipment.
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