Score:   1
Docket Number:   ND-TX  3:19-cr-00326
Case Name:   USA v. Turner et al
  Press Releases:
Indictment – Staci West League

On July 9, a federal grand jury indicted Staci West League, 48, for bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. League allegedly entered the bank concealing a firearm and demanded large bills. Within minutes, Irving Police reported that League was in the police department with the intention of turning herself in for the bank robbery she just committed. This case was investigated by the Violent Crimes Task Force within the FBI-Dallas Division and prosecuted by AUSA Shane Read.

Indictment – Tracie Turner and Justin Wheeler  

On July 9, Turner, 55, and Wheeler, 35, were charged with conspiracy to commit theft of government funds. The pair allegedly conspired to take advantage of the SSI disability benefits available when Wheeler began working full-time and was no longer eligible for disability benefits, but did not report this. Wheeler’s disability checks were deposited into Turners account, and Wheeler opted out of his employer’s health insurance to use Medicaid for his health insurance. They are also charged with theft of government funds and aiding and abetting. This case was prosecuted by AUSA Danielle Renee Jones and investigated by Jeffery Green with the Social Security Administration. If convicted, the defendants will face a maximum sentence of 6-12 months.

Sentencing – Alvin Tedvorick Hayes

On July 8, Hayes, 33, was sentenced to 147 months in prison following his conviction of possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute. He possessed seven guns in furtherance of his drug trafficking crime. The Desoto Police Department responded to multiple shooting calls, where they found a man whose trail of blood led to Hayes residence. After obtaining a search warrant, the authorities discovered 223 grams of a substance containing a designer drug, seven pounds of marijuana. This case was prosecuted by AUSA John Boyle.

Indictment – Orfilia Sanchez Benitez and Osbaldo Rangel

Benitez, 26, and Rangel, 33, are charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance. Benitez and Rangel allegedly planned to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, a Schedule II controlled substance and 100 grams or more of a substance containing heroin. The pair are also charged with the intent to distribute a controlled substance. If convicted, the defendant face life sentences. This case was prosecuted by AUSA John Kull and investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration Strike Force One.

Indictment – Martin Alberto Cardoza-Cavazos

On July 9, Cardoza-Cavazos, 45, was charged as an illegal alien in possession of 6 firearms.  This case was prosecuted by AUSA Cathy Richardson and investigated by Special Agent Rick Parker of Homeland Security Investigations and ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations. If convicted, the defendant will face a maximum sentence of 10 years.

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
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: The date upon which a fugitive defendant was taken into custody
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: The date when a case was first docketed in the district court
Format: YYYYMMDD

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
Format: YYYYMMDD

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
Format: YYYYMMDD

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
Format: N2

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 title and section of the U.S. Code applicable to the offense committed which carried the second highest severity
Format: A20

Description: A code indicating the level of offense associated with FTITLE2
Format: N2

Description: The four digit AO offense code associated with FTITLE2
Format: A4

Description: The four digit D2 offense code associated with FTITLE2
Format: A4

Description: A code indicating the severity associated with FTITLE2
Format: A3

Description: The FIPS code used to indicate the county or parish where an offense was committed
Format: A5

Description: The date of the last action taken on the record
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: The date upon which judicial proceedings before the court concluded
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: The date upon which the final sentence is recorded on the docket
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: The date upon which the case was closed
Format: YYYYMMDD

Description: The total fine imposed at sentencing for all offenses of which the defendant was convicted and a fine was imposed
Format: N8

Description: A count of defendants filed including inter-district transfers
Format: N1

Description: A count of defendants filed excluding inter-district transfers
Format: N1

Description: A count of original proceedings commenced
Format: N1

Description: A count of defendants filed whose proceedings commenced by reopen, remand, appeal, or retrial
Format: N1

Description: A count of defendants terminated including interdistrict transfers
Format: N1

Description: A count of defendants terminated excluding interdistrict transfers
Format: N1

Description: A count of original proceedings terminated
Format: N1

Description: A count of defendants terminated whose proceedings commenced by reopen, remand, appeal, or retrial
Format: N1

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
Format: N1

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
Format: YYYY

Data imported from FJC Integrated Database
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