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U.S. Department
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
MEDIA INQUIRIES: KATHY COLVIN |
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THURSDAY, MAY 13, 2010
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PHONE: (214)659-8600
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DEFENDANTS RECEIVE LENGTHY SENTENCES U.S. Attorney Jacks noted, “Five of the defendants in this case had a total of 36 prior felony convictions. Removing these career criminals from society makes us all safer and we are indebted to each of the law enforcement officers who contributed to this successful prosecution.” Convicted defendants and their sentences are: Alfredo Medina, 49, of Dallas, 480 months The Court determined that the conspiracy generated $5 million in proceeds and ordered that the defendants forfeit an equivalent amount of property. As a result of this prosecution, the defendants have collectively forfeited seven firearms; four motorcycles and 13 cars and trucks valued at more than $170,000; assorted jewelry worth approximately $198,000; more than $72,000 in cash; four properties in Tarrant and Dallas Counties valued at more than $350,000; and the corporation “Tazz Man, Inc.,” which has been operating in Arlington, Texas, as two sexually- oriented businesses or “strip-clubs” under the names “Hardbody’s” and “Peep-N-Tom’s.” As required by law, the Court granted defendant Anderson’s application to stay the forfeiture of his property pending the appeal of his criminal convictions and sentence. Defendant Anderson’s property includes the business operating as the “Hardbody” and “Peep-N-Tom’s” strip-clubs. Therefore, forfeiture of that property will not be final until and unless defendant Anderson’s conviction and sentence are affirmed on appeal. From fall 2007 until their arrest in August 2009, Gerry and the members of his DTO obtained and sold, on average, approximately one kilogram of methamphetamine each week, for an average of $50 per gram. During this time, Gerry and the members of his DTO used local residences — 2116 San Fernando, Bedford; 5516 Emerald Court, North Richland Hills; 715 Vine Street, Euless; and an apartment at 3716 Gazebo Court, Fort Worth, to distribute the methamphetamine Gerry was known as a large-scale drug trafficker and was a former national sergeant-at-arms of the Bandidos motorcycle gang. Steven Ray Adams and Wade Phillip Smith met Gerry in the 1990s when they were in prison together in Texas; Adams was Gerry’s cell mate. When Smith was paroled in October 2007, he contacted Gerry and met Gerry’s daughter. For a while Smith lived with the daughter at Gerry’s home, but in January 2009, they moved to a residence on Emerald Court in North Richland Hills, where they sold and distributed methamphetamine they had obtained from Gerry. Alfredo Medina and his wife, Marisol Perez-Leon, were major suppliers to Gerry. Both were natives of Apatzingan, Michoacan, Mexico and were in the U.S. illegally. They were, in turn, supplied by elements of the Mexican drug cartel, La Familia Michoacana. Medina and Perez-Leon were indicted and arrested in October 2009 as part of a DEA-coordinated strike against La Familia elements in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Miyoshia Wylynn Nance lived with Gerry, was aware of his drug trafficking and assisted in his sale and distribution of the methamphetamine by counting the money paid to Gerry by methamphetamine purchasers. In June 2009, Juan Gloria Cruz, and associates of his, came to Fort Worth to sell two kilograms of methamphetamine. They were introduced to Smith, who introduced them to Gerry. Over time, Gerry also invested approximately $250,000 with Brian Eugene Perryman for Perryman to use in the operation of “Phazar AeroCorp LLC,” a company that re-fitted, modified and refurbished large privately-owned jets. Gerry also gave Perryman $35,000 in drug trafficking proceeds so that Perryman would deposit it into a bank account he controlled and then transfer the money to “Hammer Time Custom Remodeling LLC,” for which Gerry was the sole managing member, to purchase the property located at 2022 Cherry Circle in Grand Prairie. In February 2009, at Gerry’s instruction, some of his DTO members moved all of the household goods belonging to an individual renting an apartment on Gazebo Court in Fort Worth so that the apartment could be used as a place for the DTO members to package and repackage methamphetamine and distribute it to others. Although the lease remained in that individual’s name, Gerry provided cash proceeds from his drug trafficking business for that individual and others to purchase money orders to pay the rent. The investigation was conducted by the DEA Fort Worth Multi-Agency Task Force, including the DEA, Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office, Arlington Police Department, Bedford Police Department, Fort Worth Police Department, North Richland Hills Police Department, Weatherford Police Department, Parker County Sheriff’s Office, Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office and the Texas National Guard Counter Drug Task Force. Other agencies who assisted in the investigation include: Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation, Texas Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol, Canton Police Department, Denton County Sheriff’s Office, Euless Police Department, Haltom City Police Department, Hurst Police Department, Wise County Sheriff’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation - Fort Worth. ### |