Score:   1
Docket Number:   ED-NC  5:19-cr-00392
Case Name:   USA v. Nucci
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RALEIGH – Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal criminal information has been filed charging JARED KENT NUCCI, age 28, of Fayetteville, NC, with one count of shipping stolen property belonging to the United States military overseas in violation of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).  In a separately filed criminal information, JOSE MANUEL ORTIZ-RIVERA, age 32, of Fayetteville, NC, was charged with one count of conspiracy to steal government property.

NUCCI AND ORTIZ-RIVERA conspired with other individuals to steal and illegally sell government property and military equipment.  ORTIZ-RIVERA stole military equipment from the United States Army at Ft. Bragg and sold it to others.  NUCCI utilized an eBay account to sell and export stolen military equipment to Japan without having first obtained from the Department of State a license for such export or written authorization for such export.

These cases are related to a previous filed indictment charging SCOTT DOUGLAS BROWNING, age 42, of Fayetteville, NC, and a criminal information filed charging Victor Manuel Cortijo, age 39, of Fayetteville, NC.  BROWNING was sentenced on August 9, 2019, before Chief Judge Terrance W. Boyle after pleading guilty to two counts including theft of government property and violation of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.  In his plea agreement, BROWNING agreed to make restitution to the U.S. Army in the amount of $1,854,000.  On September 16, 2019, CORTIJO pled guilty before Chief Judge Terrance W. Boyle to one count of conspiracy to receive stolen government property. CORTIJO’s plea agreement includes making restitution of $67,500 to the U.S. Army.

If convicted of these charges NUCCI faces maximum penalties of twenty years imprisonment, a fine of $1,000,000 and a term of supervised release following any term of imprisonment. ORTIZ-RIVERA faces maximum penalties of five years imprisonment, a fine of $250,000, and a term of supervised release following any term of imprisonment.  

Both NUCCI and ORTIZ-RIVERA are expected to enter guilty pleas in federal court.  Their arraignments have not yet been set.  The charges and allegations contained in the criminal information’s are merely accusations.  The defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.  

The Defense Criminal Investigative Service, Army Criminal Investigation Division, and the Department of Homeland Security are investigating the case. Assistant United States Attorney Gabriel J. Diaz is prosecuting this case on behalf of the government.

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Description: The fiscal year of the data file obtained from the AOUSC
Format: YYYY

Description: The code of the federal judicial circuit where the case was located
Format: A2

Description: The code of the federal judicial district where the case was located
Format: A2

Description: The code of the district office where the case was located
Format: A2

Description: Docket number assigned by the district to the case
Format: A7

Description: A unique number assigned to each defendant in a case which cannot be modified by the court
Format: A3

Description: A unique number assigned to each defendant in a case which can be modified by the court
Format: A3

Description: A sequential number indicating whether a case is an original proceeding or a reopen
Format: N5

Description: Case type associated with the current defendant record
Format: A2

Description: A concatenation of district, office, docket number, case type, defendant number, and reopen sequence number
Format: A18

Description: A concatenation of district, office, docket number, case type, and reopen sequence number
Format: A15

Description: The status of the defendant as assigned by the AOUSC
Format: A2

Description: A code indicating the fugitive status of a defendant
Format: A1

Description: The date upon which a defendant became a fugitive
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Description: The date upon which a fugitive defendant was taken into custody
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Description: The date when a case was first docketed in the district court
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Description: The date upon which proceedings in a case commenced on charges pending in the district court where the defendant appeared, or the date of the defendant’s felony-waiver of indictment
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Description: A code used to identify the nature of the proceeding
Format: N2

Description: The date when a defendant first appeared before a judicial officer in the district court where a charge was pending
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Description: A code indicating the event by which a defendant appeared before a judicial officer in the district court where a charge was pending
Format: A2

Description: A code indicating the type of legal counsel assigned to a defendant
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Description: The title and section of the U.S. Code applicable to the offense committed which carried the highest severity
Format: A20

Description: A code indicating the level of offense associated with FTITLE1
Format: N2

Description: The four digit AO offense code associated with FTITLE1
Format: A4

Description: The four digit D2 offense code associated with FTITLE1
Format: A4

Description: A code indicating the severity associated with FTITLE1
Format: A3

Description: The FIPS code used to indicate the county or parish where an offense was committed
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Description: The date of the last action taken on the record
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Description: The date upon which judicial proceedings before the court concluded
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Description: The date upon which the final sentence is recorded on the docket
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Description: The date upon which the case was closed
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Description: The number of days from the earlier of filing date or first appearance date to proceeding date
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Description: The number of days from proceeding date to disposition date
Format: N3

Description: The number of days from disposition date to sentencing date
Format: N3

Description: The code of the district office where the case was terminated
Format: A2

Description: A code indicating the type of legal counsel assigned to a defendant at the time the case was closed
Format: N2

Description: The title and section of the U.S. Code applicable to the offense that carried the most severe disposition and penalty under which the defendant was disposed
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Description: A code indicating the level of offense associated with TTITLE1
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Description: The four digit AO offense code associated with TTITLE1
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Description: The four digit D2 offense code associated with TTITLE1
Format: A4

Description: A code indicating the severity associated with TTITLE1
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Description: The code indicating the nature or type of disposition associated with TTITLE1
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Description: The number of months a defendant was sentenced to prison under TTITLE1
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Description: The number of months of probation imposed upon a defendant under TTITLE1
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Description: A code indicating whether the probation sentence associated with TTITLE1 was concurrent or consecutive in relation to the other counts in the indictment or information or multiple counts of the same charge
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Description: A period of supervised release imposed upon a defendant under TTITLE1
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Description: The fine imposed upon the defendant at sentencing under TTITLE1
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Description: The total probation time for all offenses of which the defendant was convicted and probation was imposed
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Description: The total fine imposed at sentencing for all offenses of which the defendant was convicted and a fine was imposed
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Description: A count of defendants filed including inter-district transfers
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Description: A count of defendants filed excluding inter-district transfers
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Description: A count of original proceedings commenced
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Description: A count of defendants filed whose proceedings commenced by reopen, remand, appeal, or retrial
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Description: A count of defendants terminated including interdistrict transfers
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Description: A count of defendants terminated excluding interdistrict transfers
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Description: A count of original proceedings terminated
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Description: A count of defendants terminated whose proceedings commenced by reopen, remand, appeal, or retrial
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Description: A count of defendants pending as of the last day of the period including long term fugitives
Format: N1

Description: A count of defendants pending as of the last day of the period excluding long term fugitives
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Description: The source from which the data were loaded into the AOUSC’s NewSTATS database
Format: A10

Description: A sequential number indicating the iteration of the defendant record
Format: N2

Description: The date the record was loaded into the AOUSC’s NewSTATS database
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: Statistical year ID label on data file obtained from the AOUSC which represents termination year
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