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Date: 02-11-2021
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Case Number: 6:19-cr-00073-RAW
Judge: Ronald A. White
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma (Muskogee County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Muskogee, OK - Drug conspiracy charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Lilliana Alvarez Soto, age 22, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma who was charged with Drug Conspiracy in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 846.
The Indictment alleged that beginning on November 4, 2016 and continuing until on or about the date of Indictment, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma and elsewhere, LILLIANA ALVAREZ SOTO did willfully and knowingly combine, conspire, confederate, and agree with others known and unknown, including Enrique Pacheco, to violate federal drug laws by acquiring kilograms of heroin and distributing it for money.
The Indictment further alleged that from on or about July 15, 2019 through on or about the date of Indictment, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma and elsewhere, the defendant, did knowingly combine, conspire, and agree with others, persons known and unknown to the Grand Jury, to commit offenses against the United States in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1956, to wit: to transport, transmit and transfer and attempt to transport, transmit and transfer a monetary instrument and funds from a place in the United States to and through a place outside the United States with the intent to promote the carrying on of specified unlawful activity.
The charges arose from a joint investigation led by the Drug Enforcement Administration, along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the Muskogee County Sheriff’s Office, the Muskogee Police Department, and the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office. Additionally, many prominent agencies which are members of the DEA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force (“HIDTA”), contributed to this investigation, including: the Tulsa Police Department, the Broken Arrow Police Department, the Chickasaw Nation Lighthorse Police Department, the Miami Police Department, the Moore Police Department, the El Reno Police Department, the Yukon Police Department, the Duncan Police Department, the Norman Police Department, the Choctaw Police Department, the Edmond Police Department, the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office, the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office, the Rogers County District Attorney’s Office, and the Oklahoma County District Attorney’s Office. The investigation was coordinated by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (“OCDETF”) of the Eastern District of Oklahoma. OCDETF is an initiative led and coordinated by the Office of the United States Attorney.
The Honorable Kimberly E. West, U.S. Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, accepted the plea and ordered the completion of a presentence investigation report.
Assistant United States Attorney Rob Wallace and Assistant United States Attorney Ryan Conway represented the United States.
21:846, 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(A) - Drug Conspiracy with Forfeiture Allegation
(1)
21:841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(B) & 18:2 - Distribution of Methamphetamine with Forfeiture Allegation
(12)
21:841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(C) & 18:2 - Distribution of Heroin with Forfeiture Allegation
(13)
21:841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(B) & 18:2 - Distribution of Methamphetamine with Forfeiture Allegation
(14)
21:841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(B) & 18:2 - Distribution of Heroin with Forfeiture Allegation
(15)
21:841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(A) & 18:2 - Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine with Forfeiture Allegation
(16)
21:841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(B) & 18:2 - Distribution of Methamphetamine with Forfeiture Allegation
(17)
18:1956(a)(2)(A) - International Money Laundering with Forfeiture Allegation
(18-19)
18:1956(a)(2)(A) - International Money Laundering with Forfeiture Allegation
(21-24)
18:1956(h) & 1956(a)(2) - Money Laundering Conspiracy with Forfeiture Allegation
(25)
Outcome: 02/10/2021 736 MINUTE ORDER by District Judge Ronald A. White: granting 721 Defendant's Motion to Withdraw as Defense Counsel and deeming attorney J. Lance Hopkins withdrawn as counsel for defendant. Further, the Court hereby directs the Federal Public Defender to appoint new counsel to serve on behalf of defendant Lilliana Alvarez Soto (3). (tls, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 02/10/2021)
02/10/2021 737 MINUTE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Kimberly E. West setting hearings: Change of Plea Hearing set for 2/25/2021 02:30 PM in Courtroom 3, Room 432, US Courthouse, 5th & Okmulgee, Muskogee, OK before Magistrate Judge Kimberly E. West as to Joel David Kazmierczak. THIS IS AN IN PERSON HEARING. (adw, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 02/10/2021)
02/10/2021 738 MINUTE ORDER by District Judge Ronald A. White: In light of the Change of Plea hearing that has been set, the James Hearing previously set for 2/17/2021 at 10:00 a.m. before District Judge Ronald A. White is hereby STRICKEN as to defendant Joel David Kazmierczak ONLY. (tls, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 02/10/2021)
02/10/2021 739 MINUTE ORDER by District Judge Ronald A. White: Pursuant to Title 28, United States Code, Section 636(b)(1) referring 715 MOTION for Hearing to Judge Kimberly E. West for final disposition and 715 MOTION to Suppress for Findings and Recommendation as to Alyssa Mae Syvongsa. (tls, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 02/10/2021)
02/10/2021 740 NOTICE of Objection to Sealed Motion Contained in Document 718 as to Christian Jonathan Hernandez (Curnutte, Meredith) (Entered: 02/10/2021)
02/10/2021 741 RESPONSE in Opposition to Motion (Re: 718 SEALED MOTION ) by Maricsa Pacheco as to Enrique Pacheco, Maricsa Pacheco (Ray, Ryan) (Entered: 02/10/2021)
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