Retired Border Patrol supervisor Lawson Hardrick Jr. gets 10 years prison for downloading child porn

Posted on 1 May 2013 by M

Lawson Hardrick Jr., 64, is a retired supervisory special agent and assistant director for the Calexico port of entry at Calexico, California.

The media seems to have paid zero attention to this case.  The only real sources of information are two press releases from the U.S. Attorney’s Office that media outlets relied upon.  I haven’t been able to find any photos or videos or what would pass for original reporting.

Hat tip to Courthouse New Service:  Retired Border Patrol Boss Gets 10 Years

(Untitled news release regarding conviction)

NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY –January 24, 2013

United States Attorney Laura E. Duffy announced that Lawson Hardrick, a retired United States  Customs and Border Protection Officer was found guilty by a federal jury earlier today in San Diego of two counts of receipt of images of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, each a felony. The verdicts follow a one-day trial before United States District Judge Marilyn L. Huff.

According to the evidence presented at trial, agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations conducted an investigation of persons using peer to peer file-sharing programs to make child pornography available to others. According to the forensic evidence introduced at trial, the defendant received videos of children as young as four and nine years old through a file-sharing program in 2008 through 2010. The indictment was handed up by a federal grand jury sitting in San Diego in July 2012.

The defendant is next scheduled to be in court on April 29, 2013 at 9:00 a.m., before Judge Huff for a sentencing hearing.

DEFENDANT Case Number: 12cr3061-H
Lawson Hardrick

SUMMARY OF CHARGES
Counts: 2
Receipt of Images of Minors Engaged in Sexually Explicit Conduct- Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252(a) (2)
Maximum Penalties: 20 years’ incarceration with a five year mandatory minimum sentence, $250,000 fine, a minimum of 5 years and up to a lifetime of supervised release and registration as a sex offender.

INVESTIGATING AGENCY
Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations

 

Retired Customs and Border Protection Supervisor Sentenced to 10 Years in Child Pornography Case

NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY –April 29, 2013

A retired United States Customs and Border Protection supervisor was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Marilyn L. Huff to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for downloading child pornography.

Former Supervisory Special Agent Lawson Hardrick, Jr., who was the assistant director for the Calexico ports of entry, was found guilty by a federal jury in January of two counts of receipt of images of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, each a felony. The verdicts followed a two-day trial before Judge Huff.

According to the evidence presented at trial, agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations conducted an investigation of persons using peer to peer file-sharing programs to make child pornography available to others. According to the forensic evidence introduced at trial, the defendant received videos of children as young as four and nine years old through a file-sharing program in 2008 through 2010. The indictment was handed up by a federal grand jury sitting in San Diego in July 2012.

Upon release, Hardrick will be required to register as a sex offender.

DEFENDANT Case Number: 12cr3061-H
Lawson Hardrick

SUMMARY OF CHARGES
Counts: 2
Receipt of Images of Minors Engaged in Sexually Explicit Conduct- Title 18, United States Code, 2252(a) (2) Maximum Penalties: 20 years incarceration with a five year mandatory minimum sentence, $250,000 fine, a minimum of 5 years and up to a lifetime of supervised release and registration as a sex offender.

INVESTIGATING AGENCY
Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations

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Border Patrol agent Patrick Jochum arrested for misdemeanor criminal mischief

Posted on 1 May 2013 by M

Patrick Jochum

San Antonio Express-News:  Border Patrol agent arrested after Carrie Underwood concert (Apr 26 2013)

A Border Patrol agent was arrested after reportedly hurling traffic cones at vehicles following Thursday night’s Carrie Underwood concert at Freeman Coliseum, officials said  …  The motorist’s windshield was damaged by one of the cones.  Patrick Jochum, 26, was charged with criminal mischief causing between $500 and $1,500 worth of damage, a Class A misdemeanor. Bail was set at $1,600.  A deputy arrested Jochum as he stood on a curb near the coliseum, reportedly upset when no cabs would stop to pick him up, Berry said.

Fox San Antonio:  Border Patrol Agent Arrested After Carrie Underwood Concert  (Apr 26 2013)

A U.S. Border Patrol Agent was arrested Thursday night for allegedly throwing traffic cones at passing cars on East Houston Street following the Carrie Underwood concert at the Freeman Coliseum.  The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office says Patrick Jochum, 26, was arrested by a deputy around 11:00 p.m. and was believed to be intoxicated at the time.    Officials say Jochum was angry because he was trying to hail a cab and none would stop.

1604 TV:  Border Patrol agent arrested after Carrie Underwood concert (Apr 26 2013)

A drunk, unruly Border Patrol agent was arrested for hurling traffic cones at vehicles after Thursday night’s Carrie Underwood concert at the Freeman Coliseum, officials said.  A motorist passing by the Freeman about 11 p.m. notified deputies that Patrick Jochum, 26, was throwing the cones at vehicles as they traveled on Houston Street, Bexar County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Paul Berry said.  The motorist’s windshield had been damaged by one of the cones.  “(Jochum) was upset because he was trying to hail a cab and none of them would stop,” Berry said.  A deputy handcuffed and arrested Jochum as he stood on a curb near the coliseum. He was “highly intoxicated,” Berry said.

Nashville Gab:  Border patrol agent loses his sh*t after Carrie Underwood concert (Apr 27 2013)

Let’s face it, concerts are stressful as hell  …  We all suffer for our love of country music, but thankfully most of us stay composed enough not to start throwing objects at passing cars once the concert is over. Unfortunately, that’s not true for everyone.

26-year-old Patrick Jochum was charged with criminal mischief  …  after he went a bit crazy after the Carrie Underwood concert Thursday night at the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, Texas.   According to reports, Patrick, a border patrol agent by trade, was arrested after he began hurling orange traffic cones at passing cars. One driver’s windshield was damaged in the cone-throwing frenzy.  When police detained the rowdy cone flinger, he said he was angry because no cabs would stop and pick him up.

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Experiment in restricting goverment access to web sites

Posted on 20 April 2013 by M

I first became concerned about government mining and data collection > a year ago when we learned that the Department of Homeland Security (which, incidentally, is a literal translation of the full German name of the hated East German Stasi) had contracted with General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems to scan social media for evidence of discontent with government policies.  This is a very dangerous step towards totalitarianism.

More recently we’ve learned that the IRS plans to mine social media for information about taxpayers.   When the news became public, they attempted to deny it, but the word (and the IRS’ own documentation) is out.

About the same time ATF (one of the worst law enforcement agencies ever, although the CBP has given them some stiff competition for that honor in recent years) published a request for proposals for social media data mining capabilities on the government procurement web site.

With those latest development, I felt it was time to kick my butt into gear and do my part to prevent this slide into totalitarian government.  FedCops is now running the beta version of my Stop Gov’t Waste & Block Gov’t Data Miners plug-in for WordPress.  As of this evening, your access to this site is blocked if you are coming from:

  • DHS subnet
  • Treasury Dept. subnet (blocks IRS)
  • Justice Dept. subnet (blocks ATF)
  • Rapiscan (company that developed naked body scanners for DHS)
  • General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems (DHS data miner)
  • Any host name ending in *.gov

Future versions of the plug-in will have additional blocking capabilities.  For more information as it evolves, please visit www.govtwaste.org (on your own dime, of course).

If your access to this site is blocked, hopefully you’ll figure out why and find your way back on your own dime and on your own private internet connection.

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Border Patrol agent Aaron Anaya please guilty to drug-related firearm offense

Posted on 16 April 2013 by M

Aaron Anaya

Phoenix New Times:  Border Patrol Agent Who Said He Was “F***ed” After Being Caught Smuggling Weed Was Right, Will Go to Prison (Apr 10 2013)

Border Patrol Agent Aaron Anaya, who said he was “fucked” after getting caught smuggling about 147 pounds of marijuana into the United States while on the job, was more or less correct in his assessment.    Anaya signed a plea agreement today that will send him to prison for five years.

KTAR:  Arizona border agent pleads guilty to drug-related gun charge (Apr 10 2013)

A U.S. Border Patrol agent who admitted smuggling marijuana while on duty along the Arizona-Mexico border has pleaded guilty to a felony drug-related gun charge.  The possible punishment for Agent Aaron Anaya, 25, ranges from a mandatory five-year minimum sentence up to life in prison for his guilty plea Wednesday to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense  …  As part of his plea, Anaya admitted that he would have used service weapons- a handgun and rifle- that he carried while on duty to protect himself and the marijuana load if a situation had arisen in which rival traffickers would have tried to steal the drugs.

ABC 15:  Border Patrol agent Aaron Anaya accused of pot smuggling set to change plea (Apr 10 2013)

Previously blogged here:

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Border Patrol agent Ivhan Herrera-Chiang pleads guilty to aiding smugglers

Posted on 16 April 2013 by M

Ivhan Herrera-Chiang

Yuma Sun:  Ex-Border Patrol agent, state prison corrections officer plead guilty (Apr 15 2013)

A former Yuma Sector Border Patrol agent and a former corrections officer at a Yuma-area state prison have both pleaded guilty to conspiring to help a drug trafficking organization smuggle illegal entrants and drugs into the United States.  Ivhan Herrera-Chiang, 29, who at the time was stationed in Yuma, and Michael Lopez-Garcia, 28, who used to be assigned to the Arizona State Prison Complex in San Luis, pleaded guilty to plea agreements in federal court in Phoenix.  Herrera-Chiang entered his guilty plea to bribery of a public official on Friday. The plea deal calls for Herrera to be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison, pay a maximum fine of $250,000 and serve three years of supervised probation after his release.

…

Herrera-Chiang’s alleged role was to obtain and disclose sensitive information, including sensor maps, combinations to gates near the U.S-Mexican border, computer records concerning prior drug seizures and the identity of confidential informants. He had access to such information by virtue of his membership in a Border Patrol intelligence unit.

The only other stories available are AP wire stories all based on the above Yuma Star article:

The plea agreement can be read here (courtesy Yuma Sun).

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San Francisco Customs & Border Protection Officer Gilbert Lam Busted for Kiddie Porn

Posted on 16 March 2013 by M

Makes you wonder — when they bust someone for kiddie porn, do they add the kiddie porn to their own collections?

Gilbert Lam

ABC Local KGO:  San Francisco Homeland Security agent facing child porn charges (Mar 4 2013)

The investigation started back in 2011 and ended just last week with the arrest of Agent Gilbert Lam.  It was a lengthy investigation. Lam was caught by San Jose police officers assigned to the task force on Internet crime against children. Since he lived in San Francisco, they turned the case over to police there.

San Francisco Chronicle:  SFO customs cop charged with child porn (Mar 15 2013)

A homeland security officer at San Francisco International Airport has been charged with distributing and possessing child pornography, authorities said Friday.  Gilbert Lam, 37, of San Francisco was arrested last Saturday after an investigation uncovered at least 80 video files on his home computer and other electronic devices, some involving children under age 10, said Alex Bastian, a spokesman for the San Francisco district attorney.  Authorities say Lam swapped child-porn files online. None of the charges involves Lam’s work at the airport.  Lam, a uniformed officer at San Francisco International, is still employed with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said Officer Frank Falcon, a customs spokesman in San Francisco.

CBS Local San Francisco:  Federal Agent Working At SFO Arrested For Child Porn (Mar 15 2013)

Gilbert Lam, 37, was arrested last Saturday and will be arraigned on March 26 on two felony charges of distributing and possession of child pornography, San Francisco District Attorney’s Office spokesman Alex Bastian said.  The investigation began in August 2011 when San Jose police began a child porn investigation and eventually identified Lam, a San Francisco resident, as a suspect. They contacted San Francisco police and authorities served search warrants at Lam’s home, confiscating several electronic devices, Bastian said.  More than 80 child porn videos were found in the suspect’s possession, including ones of children younger than 10 years old, according to Bastian.

San Francisco Weekly:  Gilbert Lam, Department of Homeland Security Employee, Arrested on Kiddie Porn Charges (Mar 15 2013)

[Gilbert] Lam’s arrest came after San Jose cops raided his home in 2011. The San Jose-based Internet crimes task force, which is set up to bust Internet users who dabble in kiddie porn, found 80 videos of child pornography after a forensic search was performed on “computers, hard drives, and electronic media” located in his bedroom, according to authorities.  He’s accused of possessing the videos in question as well as distributing them via the Internet, through BitTorrent or other methods.  It’s not yet known how Lam landed on authorities’ radar initially, or why it took over a-year-and-a-half after the raid for police to arrest him.  Since Lam is a federal employee, the case was turned over to the local U.S. Attorney’s Office, which kicked the case back to local cops. The case was back in the laps of San Francisco police on Feb. 28, and a warrant for Lam’s arrest was issued on March 7; he was arrested two days later.

Daily Journal:  Federal agent at San Francisco International Airport arrested for child porn  (Mar 16 2013)

Gilbert Lam, 37, was arrested last Saturday and will be arraigned on March 26 on two felony charges of distributing and possession of child pornography, San Francisco District Attorney’s Office spokesman Alex Bastian said.  The investigation began in August 2011 when San Jose police began a child porn investigation and eventually identified Lam, a San Francisco resident, as a suspect. They contacted San Francisco police and authorities served search warrants at Lam’s home, confiscating several electronic devices, Bastian said.

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Border Patrol Agent Miguel Lerma Jr. Arrested for Two Rapes

Posted on 7 January 2013 by M

Miguel Lerma Jr.

Today (Monday 7 January) should be day 3 of his trial.

Fountain Valley Patch:  Rape Trial Set Today for Fountain Valley Border Patrol Agent  (Jan 3 2013)

A border patrol agent from Fountain Valley is schedule to face trial today for the rapes of two women.  Miguel Lerma Jr., 31, is suspected of sexually assaulting a woman in Garden Grove in 2010 and another woman in Long Beach in 2009. If convicted, he faces 32 years in prison.

Garden Grove Journal:  Border and customs officer arrested by GGPD (Mar 31 2011)

Garden Grove police have arrested a federal law officer on charges of sexual assault and making terrorist threats.  Miguel Lerma, Jr., of Fountain Valley, was arrested today (Thursday) as he left for work. He is currently a U.S. Custom and Border Protection Officer for the Department of Homeland Security.  According to Lt. John Keely of the Garden Grove Police Department, Lerma was arrested in connection with the November 2010 sexual assault of a 20-year-old woman in Garden Grove.  The case initially went unsolved, but was later linked to a similar assault in Long Beach through DNA evidence. That led to Lerma, say police.

ABC Local KABC:  US Customs officer accused of raping 2 women (Apr 1 2011)

According to Garden Grove Police Lt. Scott Watson, DNA evidence led investigators to Fountain Valley resident Miguel Lerma Jr. Police said Lerma’s DNA matches two cases.  A woman said Lerma picked her up in Santa Ana in November and then drove to Garden Grove and sexually assaulted her. His DNA also matched a case in Long Beach from 2009.

UPI:  Border agent arrested in California rape (Apr 1 2011)

Miguel Lerma Jr. was arrested at his home in Fountain Valley in Orange County Thursday as he left for his job as a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer with Homeland Security, KTLA-TV, Los Angeles, reported.  Lerma is accused of picking up a 20-year-old woman on a Santa Ana street last November and sexually assaulting her inside his vehicle.  The crime was unsolved until police linked DNA from the case to a 2009 assault in Long Beach.

Orange County District Attorney:  Press Release (Apr 4 2011)

For Immediate Release
Case # 11WF0759

April 4, 2011

Contacts:

Susan Kang Schroeder
Chief of Staff
Office: 714-347-8408
Cell: 714-292-2718

Farrah Emami
Spokesperson
Office: 714-347-8405
Cell: 714-323-4486

U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION OFFICER CHARGED WITH RAPING TWO WOMEN

*Law enforcement is seeking the public’s help identifying potential additional victims

WESTMINSTER – A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer has been charged with sexually assaulting two women. Miguel Lerma Jr., 31, Fountain Valley, is charged with one felony count each of forcible rape, sodomy by force, and forcible oral copulation for Jane Doe #1 and one felony count of rape by use of drugs for Jane Doe #2. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 32 years in state prison. Lerma is being held on $1 million bail and is scheduled for continued arraignment April 18, 2011, at 8:30 a.m. in Department W-14, West Justice Center, Westminster.

At the time of the sexual assaults, Lerma was employed as a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

On Sept. 10, 2010, Lerma is accused of meeting Jane Doe #2 while she was out drinking with a friend in Long Beach. Over the course of the night, Jane Doe #2 became intoxicated due to alcohol and blacked out. While the victim was unconscious from alcohol intoxication, Lerma is accused of raping her. She did not know the defendant prior to this evening. The victim later awoke lying in the bushes alone.

Jane Doe #2 reported the rape and Lerma was interviewed and submitted a DNA swab as part of the investigation. The investigation for the rape of Jane Doe #2 was still ongoing and had not been charged by the Los Angeles County’s Office as of November 2010.

On Nov. 14, 2010, Lerma is accused of picking up prostitute Jane Doe #1, driving her to an industrial area in Garden Grove, and parking the car. The victim, who did not know the defendant, became frightened and tried to get out of the vehicle. Lerma is accused of getting out of the car, forcing Jane Doe #1 to orally copulate him and forcibly raping and sodomizing her while outside of the car. He is accused of then getting back into his car and fleeing the scene.

Jane Doe #1 immediately reported the sexual assault to the police. DNA was collected from the rape examination. On March 15, 2011, the DNA from the attack on Jane Doe #1 was linked to the DNA provided by Lerma for the rape of Jane Doe #2.

The Orange County District Attorney’s Office is prosecuting Lerma for the Orange and Los Angeles County victims. The Garden Grove Police Department (GGPD) and Long Beach Police Department investigated their respective cases.

Anyone with additional information or who believes they have been a victim is encouraged to contact Supervising District Attorney Investigator Lou Gutierrez at (714) 347-8794 or GGPD Detective Dave Young at (714) 741-5836.

Deputy District Attorney Eric Scarbrough of the Sexual Assault Unit is prosecuting this case.

More articles about the arrest:

Orange County Weekly:  Miguel Lerma Jr., Border Patrol Officer, Held in Sexual Assaults of Women in Garden Grove and Long Beach (Apr 4 2011)

U.S. Customs & Border Protection officer Miguel Lerma Jr. has been charged with one felony count each of forcible rape, sodomy by force and forcible oral copulation for allegedly attacking a woman in Garden Grove, plus one felony count of rape by use of drugs for the accusations involving a woman in Long Beach.  If convicted, Lerma could get up to 32 years in state prison, according to the Orange County district attorney’s office (OCDA), which also noted the 29-year-old is being held in lieu of $1 million bail before his arraignment is scheduled to continue April 18 in Westminster.

Fountain Valley Patch: Lerma Arraignment Postponed for Second Time:  Rape suspect’s defense cites delay in access to police reports, other evidence from law enforcement (Apr 18 2011)

A Fountain Valley man charged with sexually assaulting two women had his arraignment postponed for a second time Monday because, his attorney said, of a lack of access to pertinent documents from law enforcement  …   Lerma, 31, first appeared in Judge John Adams’ court at the West Justice Center in Westminster on April 4 and has remained in custody at the Orange County Jail in lieu of $1 million bail since his arrest. He appeared visibly thinner at his Monday morning appearance as he agreed once again to waive his right to a timely arraignment.

Garden Grove Journal:  Hearing for man accused of rape, threats (Aug 5 2012)

A pre-trial hearing is scheduled for Friday in the case of a former federal law officer accused of sexual assault of a woman in Garden Grove and making terrorist threats.  The hearing for Miguel Lerma, Jr. is set for the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana.  According to authorities, the suspect, who was a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer for the Department of Homeland Security, is accused of raping an intoxicated 20-year-old woman in Long Beach. She awoke alone in some bushes.  The victim reported the rape and submitted a DNA swab.  Authorities allege that Lerma picked up another woman, a prostitute, and drove to an industrial area of Garden Grove. He is accused of forcing her to orally copulate him, then forcibly raped and sodomized her. DNA collected from the rape examination was linked to the evidence gathered from the other victim.

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FBI agent John A. Yervelli arrested for public lewdness (driving without pants)

Posted on 2 January 2013 by M

 

Buffalo News:  Driving without pants leads to charge against FBI agent  (Dec 11 2012)

Troopers said they received a report from a truck driver that Special Agent John A. Yervelli made lewd gestures toward him while not wearing pants and driving on the Thruway in Eden.  Yervelli, 48, of Lake View, faces up to 30 days in jail and a $500 fine if convicted of the misdemeanor charge  …  A source familiar with Yervelli’s work as a FBI agent said he is involved in at least one pending criminal case.  He also was involved in a large-scale federal probe of narcotics, gun and gang activity on Buffalo’s West Side that resulted in federal charges against 27 people in 2010.

Press King:  New Details on FBI Agent Driving without pants (Dec 12 2012)

Federal prosecutors conducting an internal review of criminal cases involving an FBI agent facing a charge of public lewdness got more than they bargained for. U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. ordered the review after Special Agent John A. Yervelli was arrested Friday night by state police. New details have emerged that Special Agent Alan Raines was traveling in the vehicle with Yervelli at the time of the incident.

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A source familiar with Yervelli’s work as a FBI agent said he is involved in at least one pending criminal case.He also was involved in a large-scale federal probe of narcotics, gun and gang activity on Buffalo’s West Side that resulted in federal charges against 27 people in 2010.

Raines’ history is more checkered, flagged with disciplinary proceedings. Raines was involved in a April 4th 2009 raid of then Lancaster Highway Superintendent Richard Reese, when Raines filed a criminal compliant. The complaint goes on to say that Reese looked at Special Agent Raines and stated words to the effect that “if I wanted to, I could have taken you both down.” Reese was later charged for assaulting federal agents due to the compliant, the charges were later dropped.

WGRX:  Buffalo FBI Agent Busted (Dec 11 2012)

A Special Agent working in the Buffalo office of the FBI is due in Eden Town Court later this month, after being arrested by New York State Police last Friday night, charged with exposing himself to a fellow motorist on the New York State Thruway.  State Police Lt. David Denz confirmed for WGRZ-TV that John A. Yervelli Jr., 48, of Lakeview, was charged with Public Lewdness, a class B misdemeanor, punishable by up to 90 days in jail.

Your News Now:  FBI agent charged with public lewdness (Dec 10 2012)

An FBI agent faces charges of public lewdness.  According to State Police, 48-year old John Yervelli of Lake View was pulled over Friday night on Interstate 90 at the Hamburg interchange. Police said this was after a driver of another vehicle called police to say the agent was pantsless and making lewd gestures.

Wall Street Journal:  Buffalo FBI agent arrested on lewdness charge (Dec 11 2012)

Authorities say an FBI agent has been charged with public lewdness after a trucker told state troopers that the man made lewd gestures toward him while not wearing pants and driving on the Thruway outside Buffalo.  State police tell local media outlets that Special Agent John Yervelli of the FBI’s Buffalo office was charged late Friday night after a trooper pulled over his minivan at a toll plaza just south of the city.

WBFO:  Local FBI agent charged with lewdness (Dec 11 2012)

State Police arrested a local FBI late last week on public lewdness charges.  48-year-old John Yervelli, Jr. of Lake View is accused of exposing himself to a truck driver while traveling along the eastbound I-90 Friday night in Eden.   According to State Police, Yervelli drove alongside a semi truck.  The trucker told state troopers Yervelli turned on the dome light and made lewd gestures while not wearing pants. He called police to report the incident and gave a description of the car and license plates.

WNY Media:  No Pants!  (Dec 11 2012)

An FBI agent was arrested last Friday on public lewdness charges.  State Police say 48-year-old John Yervelli, Jr. of Lake View was traveling on the eastbound I-90 in Eden around 9 p.m. when he pulled alongside a semi.  The truck driver reportedly told troopers when Yervelli got to his window, Yervelli turned on the dome light and made lewd gestures while not wearing pants.

Village Voice:  FBI Agent Arrested For Driving Without Pants and Allegedly Trying to Seduce a Truck Driver (Dec 11 2011)

Some law enforcement officers like to unwind from a tough week on the job with a nice drink. Apparently one Buffalo, N.Y. FBI agent prefers to unwind by unzipping his pants and seducing truck drivers.  John A. Yervelli, a 48-year-old special agent for the FBI’s Buffalo office, allegedly pulled alongside a truck on an upstate thruway, signaled to the driver of the truck that he was not wearing any pants and proceeded to make lewd gestures, according to a Buffalo News report.

WIVB:  FBI agent accused of public lewdness (Dec 10 2012)

An FBI agent was arrested last Friday on public lewdness charges.  State Police say 48-year-old John Yervelli, Jr. of Lake View was traveling on the eastbound I-90 in Eden around 9 p.m. when he pulled alongside a semi.  The truck driver reportedly told troopers when Yervelli got to his window, Yervelli turned on the dome light and made lewd gestures while not wearing pants  …  Yervelli was processed and released on an appearance ticket. He is due in Eden Town Court at a later date.

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Marijuana Smuggling Border Patrol Agent Aaron Anaya: “I’m fucked, you got me on video.”

Posted on 13 December 2012 by M

San Francisco Chronicle:  News of the Day From Across the Nation:  Border Agent (Dec 4 2012)

A U.S. Border Patrol agent has been arrested after authorities say he used his patrol vehicle to smuggle drugs while on duty in Arizona, according to a federal complaint. Aaron Anaya was on patrol Sunday evening when he stopped along the international border, then loaded up several bundles of marijuana that had been dropped over the fence from Mexico, according to the complaint filed this week in federal court in Arizona.

KSWT:  Yuma Border patrol agent arrested for marijuana smuggling (Dec 4 2012)

Fellow agents busted him with bundles of marijuana inside of his border patrol truck. A surveillance plane captured it all camera.  According to this federal complaint, U.S. Border Patrol Agent Aaron Anaya loaded up his patrol truck with bundles of marijuana after three Mexican nationals tossed them over the fence to him.  Agents assigned to the Southwest Border Corruption Task Force were conducting aerial surveillance near milepost 192, between Yuma and Wellton.

The complaint states Anaya, assigned to the Wellton station, pulled up to the border fence to meet three people.  One person then climbed up the fence and threw three large bundles onto the U.S. side. The FBI said Anaya loaded the bundles into his patrol truck .  A short time later agents arrested Anaya. They found nearly 147 pounds of marijuana stashed in the back of his truck.

Salon:  Border Patrol agent arrested in smuggling probe (Dec 4 2012)

A federal criminal complaint says Agent Aaron Anaya was on patrol Sunday in southwest Arizona when he stopped along the international border. The complaint says people in Mexico dropped bales of marijuana over the fence, and Anaya loaded them in his car.  Authorities say a task force including FBI agents used aerial surveillance to track Anaya as he returned to patrol  …  He faces charges of possession with intent to distribute marijuana and carrying a firearm — his service weapons — while committing the crime.

Fronteras:  U.S. Border Patrol Agent Arrested Moving Dope (Dec 5 2012)

As he was being arrested, according to court documents, Agent Aaron Anaya told the FBI agents, “I’m fucked, you got me on video.”  The case started Sunday afternoon. FBI agents with a corruption task force were tracking him as he drove toward the border fence near Yuma, Ariz. According to court records they watched as three men on the Mexican side approached Anaya and passed him bales. He drove off, the task force still watching him from aircraft. Anaya triggered a series of ground sensors and radioed dispatch that it was only him in his vehicle setting off the sensors.  He was arrested hours later with nearly 150 pounds of marijuana in the back seat of his Border Patrol vehicle.

ABC 15:  Border Patrol agent gets new attorneys for smuggling case (Dec 7 2012)

A U.S. Border Patrol agent accused of smuggling drugs while on duty has two new attorneys for his case.  Aaron Anaya’s motion for substitute counsel was granted Thursday and his scheduled detention and preliminary hearings were reset for Dec. 12. That gives Anaya’s new lawyers more time to prepare.

KSWT:  BP agent hires two attorneys to represent him in drug smuggling case (Dec 7 2012)

A new development in the case of the Yuma Sector Border Patrol Agent arrested for drug smuggling.  KSWT News 13 has learned Aaron Anaya has now hired two attorney’s to represent him.

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Poorly trained, ill-disciplined FBI pigs raid family’s home, shoot unarmed 18-year-old girl Myasia Hughley, appears no search warrant was properly served

Posted on 28 November 2012 by M

Fortunately it was only a minor wound resulting from a richochet, and the girl is out of the hospital.

Really sloppy shooting on the part of the FBI’s cowboys — 7-8 shots, all misses except for the richochet fragment.  It’s good that they didn’t score a direct hit on the girl, but these idiots shouldn’t be running around with weapons.

Aslo seems that no search warrant was actually served, since the occupants of the home have no idea why it was raided in the middle of the night.

WJLA:  Shots fired during FBI warrant search in District Heights (Nov 15 2012)

An early morning FBI raid has a District Heights family in fear. The agents came into the house and drew their guns at the family’s daughter, but she wasn’t armed.

“They almost hit my daughter, man,” says Emory Hughley. “If I hadn’t told her to go back in her room they probably would have shot her.”

Hughley says he was asleep in the basement when he heard a bang at the front door. His 18-year-old daughter Myasia was upstairs in her room with two friends who were spending the night. Around 6 a.m. he says he came up to the living room and saw 15 FBI SWAT agents coming inside, guns drawn.

“I’m shouting ‘Nobody is armed, nobody has a gun!’ and then all of a sudden I heard ‘She’s got a gun!’ and they just opened fire,” he says.

Hughley says he looked up and saw his daughter standing outside her bedroom in the hallway. Then he heard gunfire.

“I’ve got eight holes in my wall. One bullet went past my head, almost hit me, ricocheted off my brick wall and some of the shrap metal hit my little daughter in the back of her neck, all for nothing.” says Hughley.

NBC Washington:  Woman Injured by Gunfire in District Heights FBI Raid (Nov 15 2012)

Hughley said his son and two of Myasia’s friends were also in the house when a SWAT team of about 15 agents, fully clad in riot gear, forcibly entered the split-level home around 6 a.m.

As Hughley was emerging from his lower-level bedroom, he heard agents yelling, “She’s got a gun, she’s got a gun,” he told Bensen.

Hughley said his daughter was wearing only a sleep shirt when the agent fired, barely missing her head. One shot broke into fragments as it hit the brick wall, striking her in the neck.

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Hughley said he didn’t know what the search warrant was for, but that the family didn’t keep guns in their home.

The FBI’s Washington Field Office would not specify what the warrant was for, and haven’t provided any further information. But Hughley feels that the amount of force which agents opened home was excessive and dangerous, he told Bensen. The brick wall has multiple bullet holes.

Huffington Post:  FBI Fires Shots During Raid Of Maryland Home Of Emory Hughley (Nov 17 2012)

FBI officials later said they were there Thursday to perform a search warrant, but didn’t divulge the reason for the visit.

However, MyFoxDC reported that this was part of a coordinated series of FBI actions at locations in Washington, D.C. and Maryland. The station maintains that four people were arrested in the other raids on charges connected to heroin dealing.

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