Case Study: Orange Grove Boulevard

Facts: This case consists of Hereford a criminal informant who gets information of narcotic laws to Officer Marsh; a federal narcotic agent with 29 years on the job. Hereford had been feeding Marsh information for close to 6 months and that information was accurate and reliable. In the early days of September 1956, Hereford told Officer Marsh that the defendant James Draper was distributing illegal narcotics throughout Denver. Several days later, Hereford told Marsh that in the days before Draper went to Chicago and set to return with several ounces of heroin. Along with the information given Hereford gave a physical description of Draper, which included his age, weight, race, and clothes that he had

Mr. Matthews said the male then got out of the truck and then began to walk down his driveway and fell and face first on the driveway. The male then got up and stumbled all the way down the street and disappeared in the darkness. While Officer Seachris was speaking with Mr. Matthews, neighbors advised there was moaning coming from down the street. Officer Seachris went to 628 S Vassar and located a light-skinned, bald, Hispanic male with no shirt lying face down on the cement porch. This subject was later identified as Javier Ramirez-Zarate. Officer Seachris could immediately smell a very strong odor of an alcoholic beverage on Mr. Ramirez-Zarate. Officer Seachris attempted to get information about the accident but Mr. Ramirez-Zarate kept repeating that he was at his house. Officer Seachris had Mr. Ramirez-Zarate walk down the street and observe that Mr. Ramirez-Zarate was having difficulty maintaining his balance. Officer Seachris instructed Mr. Ramirez-Zarate that he was going to administer sobriety tests and attempted to do so. Mr. Ramirez-Zarate could not perform the test and Officer Seachris took him into custody. During this time Officer Wheeler made contact with Mr. Ramirez-Zarate’s girlfriend who advised that Mr. Ramirez-Zarate had been driving the truck earlier and as far as she knew he

On 07-25-17 at 0908 hours, I contacted Lopez at the above location for trespassing on State Property. I conducted a records check on Lopez, which revealed an outstanding arrest warrant. I handcuffed and arrested Lopez on the outstanding warrant. The handcuffs were double locked. I then transported Lopez to the Pasadena City Jail for booking.

SUMMARY OF THE FACTS: An anonymous letter was sent to the Police Department of Bloomingdale. The letter included specific details involving a husband and wife. The letter stated that they were going to traffic drugs from Florida to Illinois. The police officer followed up on the tip and the defendants validated the allegations that were made. The police obtained a search warrant and found drugs, weapons and other contraband in the defendants’ home and automobile.

On March 17, 2016, at 1:41 P.M., officer T. Cramblett CPD#1191 was dispatched to he area of Sharon Woods Blvd. and Brookhurst Ave on a narcotics complaint. Radio was advised by a known caller that a white Chevrolet Malibu, occupied by two white females, was parked on the street and were involved in the sales of narcotics. Officer Cramblett was responding to the area when he observed a white Chevrolet Malibu traveling south bound on Beechcroft Rd. Officer G.Meyer CPD# 2333 had also been dispatched on the run, and was traveling north bound on Beechcroft Rd., when he observed the vehicle ,traveling south bound, and aired with radio that it was occupied by two white females. Officers Cramblett observed the vehicle turn east bound onto E. Dublin Granville Rd then initiated a traffic stop just west of Maple Canyon Ave. Officers Cramblett and Myer approached the vehicle and made contact with both occupants advising them of the nature of the stop and asking for

“Officer Groome attempted to stop a 2003 Honda Civic on Oliver Avenue in the city of Chesapeake for stolen license plates. Officer Groome activated his lights and siren for the driver to pull over. The driver of the vehicle did not stop, ran multiple stop signs and red lights, and was driving in excess of 80 mph. The driver continued driving through South Norfolk area into the city of Norfolk. The vehicle came to a stop on Reservoir Avenue in the city of Norfolk. The driver was identified as the accused and the passenger got out of the vehicle and ran. The Norfolk police responded to the area with their K9 unit, and the accused was hiding underneath the crawl space of a house. The accused was found in possession of a dime bag of marijuana and the vehicle, property belonging to Paul Brady, which had been reported stolen on 09/26/2015, in the city of Chesapeake. The accused is not a licensed driver. The accused stated that he received this vehicle from a “friend.”

At approximately 1450 hours I texted MENDOZA I was at the Pilot in Madera(22717 Ave 18 1/2, Madera, California 93637). Chavez observed at approximately 1530 hours MENDOZA arrived at his house driving a 2006 black Pontiac GS CA: 6BSW960. After only being inside the residence a few minutes MENDOZA got back into his Pontiac and left his residence driving northbound onto Fairway Dr. and then right onto northbound Westbury Blvd. Agent Forestiere and Agent Gordon conducted a traffic enforcement stop on MENDOZA’s vehicle on Westbury Blvd just north of Cleveland Ave. MENDOZA was subsequently taken into custody and driven back to his residence for the execution of the search warrant. MAGNET and MADNET Agents executed the search warrant at 1488 Penny Way at approximately 1600 hrs. Agents recovered in MENDOZA’S bedroom approximately half an ounce of cocaine in his room along with a scale. No other evidence/narcotics were located either on MENDOZA or inside his vehicle. MENDOZA was booked into the Madera County Jail on 6 counts of 11352(a) H&S(Sales of Narcotics) and one count of 11351(a) H&S(Possession of narcotics with intent to sell) along with one count of 12022.1 PC(Commission of a Felony while on

Upon arrival Officer Prugel and I Officer Butram spoke with Daniel Wolfe, Bud Wolfe, and Charmin Wolfe. Charmin and Bud stated they were having a problem with their son Daniel. Bud stated Daniel was arguing with his mother about her not giving him money to go get food.

I transported Donnerson to the Pasadena City Jail for booking. Prior to entering the jail, I asked Donnerson if he had any additional narcotics in his possession. Donnerson admitted to having more crystal methamphetamine in his right sock. I retrieved a plastic baggie from Donnerson’s right sock, which contained additional crystal methamphetamine.

On 10-04-17 at approximately 1200 hours, LA County Clinician Vasquez #433353 and I responded to 275 S. Raymond Avenue, regarding a male running in the street away from police officers. A male White, later identified as Christian Daniel Tringali was running away from Pasadena Officer’s and did not comply with their orders to stop running. Tringali ran into the flow of traffic and was nearly hit by several passing vehicles.

This case involves the suspect being arrested for H&S 11377(a)-Crystal Methamphetamine and H&S 11364 (a)-Drug Paraphernalia. The suspect also had an outstanding arrest warrant.

P alleges strip search, excessive force and false arrest. P alleges that MOS Delprete approached her and handcuffed her left wrist. P claims that MOS John Ryan approached her and unfastened her pants then reached inside her pants and touched her genital and thigh area. P claims that MOS Ryan handcuffed her right wrist tightly and stated that he was going to break her hand and wrist. P claims that while she was standing rear handcuffed MOS Michelle Ortiz with assistance from MOS Megan Carroll pulled her pants down and searched her. P states that MOS Delprete gave false statement in the criminal complaint when he stated that he observed her hand another individual pill in exchange for US currency. Criminal charges were, later, dismissed. No

According to police reports, on 12/21/2005, the defendant, Pelkey, failed to stop at a stop sign at 2200 F Street. An officer conducted a traffic stop and vehicle search. Other officers conducted a search of his residence. Both searches discovered drugs as well as other evidence supporting the charges. The officers arrested the defendant for possession of methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine for sale, and transportation of methamphetamine. The defendant went through processing at Headquarters and booking at County Jail.

On 11-25-16 at 1235 hours, Officer Calderon #2037 and I were dispatched to 1604 N Arroyo Boulevard regarding an attempt petty theft investigation. Upon our arrival, we met with Witness Michael Robert Trujillo, who is the resident at the above location. Trujillo told me the following information in summary:

Moreno, 579 F.2d 371, 372 (5th Cir. 1978), the compartment containing drugs had been welded onto the truck's exterior and was partly visible to a person simply inspecting the back of the truck. The defendant in United States v. Legeza, 559 F.2d 441, 442 (5th Cir.1977), was driving a car that smelled of marijuana, testified that he knew pillow cases had been concealed and that they felt peculiar, and acknowledged that the car’s owner was using him in some kind of illicit scheme. The odor of marijuana was about the vehicle in United States v. Maspero, 496 F.2d 1354, 1356-68 (5th Cir. 1974), as well, and seeds were in plain view on the trailer’s floor. Moreover, the defendants in Maspero engaged in a variety of suspicious activities while under surveillance. Again, the odor of marijuana was present about the automobile in United States v. Rodriguez, 556 F.2d 277, 278 (5th Cir. 1977). The defendant in United States v. Fonseca, 490 F.2d 464, 466 (5th Cir 1974), had previously been stopped in the same automobile, and marijuana seeds and rolling papers were discovered in that earlier inspection. A strong odor of heroin was present in the car in United States v. Gonzalez, 700 F.2d 196, 204 (5th Cir. 1976), and the defendant had been present during several veiled discussions of the drug