Score:   1
Docket Number:   WD-NY  1:19-cr-00206
Case Name:   USA v. Garigen
  Press Releases:
CONTACT: Barbara Burns

PHONE: (716) 843-5817

FAX #: (716) 551-3051

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Shelby Garigen, 41, of Clarence Center, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to access with intent to view child pornography. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years, and a $250,000 fine.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron J. Mango, who is handling the case, stated that between November 2018 and February 2019, the defendant communicated with two minors (Victim 1 and Victim 2), both of whom were 17-years-old at the time, using the Snapchat application. During Garigen’s communications with Victim 1, she received and viewed approximately three sexually explicit images of Victim 1. During the defendant’s communications with

Victim 2, she received and viewed approximately 10 sexually explicit images of Victim 2. Garigen knew that both victims were minors.

The plea is the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Buffalo Division, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Gary Loeffert, and the Cheektowaga Police Department, under the direction of Chief David Zack.

Sentencing is scheduled for February 28, 2020, at 1:00 p.m. before Judge Arcara.

# # # #

CONTACT: Barbara Burns

PHONE: (716) 843-5817

FAX #: (716) 551-3051

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Shelby Garigen, 41, of Clarence Center, NY, was charged by criminal complaint with receipt of child pornography and access with intent to view child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 30 years, and a $250,000 fine.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron J. Mango, who is handling the case, stated that according to the complaint, on May 28, 2019, a parent contacted an Assistant District Attorney (ADA) in Monroe County, NY, and advised that the defendant had inappropriate chats via Snapchat with his 17-year-old son (Victim 1). Garigen had, up until approximately one month prior, served as the athletic trainer for Victim 1’s elite soccer team, and had been associated with the soccer program for approximately the past 12 years. The Monroe County ADA contacted the FBI regarding the case.

The complaint states that Garigen and Victim 1 communicated via Snapchat between November 2018 and February 2019. The conversation turned sexual about a week or two after the defendant and Victim 1 began chatting with Garigen sending Victim 1 a picture of her breasts. After sending the picture, the defendant requested that Victim 1 send a naked picture. Thereafter, the two began exchanging sexually explicit photos of themselves to one another over Snapchat. All told, Garigen requested that Victim 1 send her nude pictures on approximately 8 or 9 occasions, while the defendant herself sent 7 or 8 nude pictures of herself. 

During the investigation, an undercover investigator assumed the online identity of Victim 1, and re-engaged with Garigen on Snapchat. Thereafter, the defendant engaged in sexually explicit conversation and sent videos of her engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Eventually, arrangements were made for Garigen to meet with Victim 1 so that the two could engage sexual activity. On June 14, 2019, Garigen arrived at the designated location in order to pick-up Victim 1 so that they could return to her house to engage in sexual activity. At that time, a federal search warrant was executed to seize and search Garigen’s phone.

The investigation also determined that the defendant exchanged nude pictures with a second 17-year-old male (Victim 2), who was also associated with the elite soccer team.

“While this case is somewhat unusual in that the defendant is a woman,” U.S. Attorney Kennedy observed, “it is familiar in the sense that defendant used two of the most frequent and common methods that child predators use in order to gain access to children. The first is the internet, and the second is occupying a position of authority and trust in the child’s life. Parents should be coaching their kids on how to defend themselves from these sorts predators.”

“The exploitation of children is so prevalent in this country-and around the world-that the FBI and our law enforcement partners have full time task forces to attack this crime problem,” said FBI Buffalo Special Agent-in-Charge Gary Loeffert. “That is a terrible reality. We often remind parents to talk to their children about the dangers of meeting strangers online. But more and more often, we are seeing children victimized by adults who have been placed in positions of trust. And youth-sports programs, like all youth-serving organizations, give adults incredible access to our children.”

The defendant made an initial appearance this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah J. McCarthy and was released on conditions, including no employment with any youth related sports program, no contact with minors, restrictions on the use of electronic devices, and electronic monitoring. 

Any parent or member of the public who has information related to this case are asked to call the Federal Bureau of Investigation at 716-843-1616.

The complaint is the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Buffalo Division, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Gary Loeffert, and the Cheektowaga Police Department, under the direction of Chief David Zack. Additional assistance was provided by the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office, under the direction of District Attorney Sandra Doorley.

The fact that a defendant has been charged with a crime is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

# # # #

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: Case type associated with a magistrate case if the current case was merged from a magistrate case
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 docket number originally given to a case assigned to a magistrate judge and subsequently merged into a criminal case
Format: A7

Description: A unique number assigned to each defendant in a magistrate case
Format: A3

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 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
Arrest Start Date: Jun 19, 2019
Photo: N
Arrested: 1
Rescued: Unknown
Country: US
State: NY
Comments: Project Safe Childhood-CP related charges
Additional data courtesy @ArrestAnon 👼  
Magistrate Docket Number:   WD-NY  1:19-mj-01074
Case Name:   USA v. Garigen
  Press Releases:
CONTACT: Barbara Burns

PHONE: (716) 843-5817

FAX #: (716) 551-3051

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Shelby Garigen, 41, of Clarence Center, NY, was charged by criminal complaint with receipt of child pornography and access with intent to view child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 30 years, and a $250,000 fine.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron J. Mango, who is handling the case, stated that according to the complaint, on May 28, 2019, a parent contacted an Assistant District Attorney (ADA) in Monroe County, NY, and advised that the defendant had inappropriate chats via Snapchat with his 17-year-old son (Victim 1). Garigen had, up until approximately one month prior, served as the athletic trainer for Victim 1’s elite soccer team, and had been associated with the soccer program for approximately the past 12 years. The Monroe County ADA contacted the FBI regarding the case.

The complaint states that Garigen and Victim 1 communicated via Snapchat between November 2018 and February 2019. The conversation turned sexual about a week or two after the defendant and Victim 1 began chatting with Garigen sending Victim 1 a picture of her breasts. After sending the picture, the defendant requested that Victim 1 send a naked picture. Thereafter, the two began exchanging sexually explicit photos of themselves to one another over Snapchat. All told, Garigen requested that Victim 1 send her nude pictures on approximately 8 or 9 occasions, while the defendant herself sent 7 or 8 nude pictures of herself. 

During the investigation, an undercover investigator assumed the online identity of Victim 1, and re-engaged with Garigen on Snapchat. Thereafter, the defendant engaged in sexually explicit conversation and sent videos of her engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Eventually, arrangements were made for Garigen to meet with Victim 1 so that the two could engage sexual activity. On June 14, 2019, Garigen arrived at the designated location in order to pick-up Victim 1 so that they could return to her house to engage in sexual activity. At that time, a federal search warrant was executed to seize and search Garigen’s phone.

The investigation also determined that the defendant exchanged nude pictures with a second 17-year-old male (Victim 2), who was also associated with the elite soccer team.

“While this case is somewhat unusual in that the defendant is a woman,” U.S. Attorney Kennedy observed, “it is familiar in the sense that defendant used two of the most frequent and common methods that child predators use in order to gain access to children. The first is the internet, and the second is occupying a position of authority and trust in the child’s life. Parents should be coaching their kids on how to defend themselves from these sorts predators.”

“The exploitation of children is so prevalent in this country-and around the world-that the FBI and our law enforcement partners have full time task forces to attack this crime problem,” said FBI Buffalo Special Agent-in-Charge Gary Loeffert. “That is a terrible reality. We often remind parents to talk to their children about the dangers of meeting strangers online. But more and more often, we are seeing children victimized by adults who have been placed in positions of trust. And youth-sports programs, like all youth-serving organizations, give adults incredible access to our children.”

The defendant made an initial appearance this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah J. McCarthy and was released on conditions, including no employment with any youth related sports program, no contact with minors, restrictions on the use of electronic devices, and electronic monitoring. 

Any parent or member of the public who has information related to this case are asked to call the Federal Bureau of Investigation at 716-843-1616.

The complaint is the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Buffalo Division, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Gary Loeffert, and the Cheektowaga Police Department, under the direction of Chief David Zack. Additional assistance was provided by the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office, under the direction of District Attorney Sandra Doorley.

The fact that a defendant has been charged with a crime is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

# # # #

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: Case type associated with a magistrate case if the current case was merged from a magistrate case
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 docket number originally given to a case assigned to a magistrate judge and subsequently merged into a criminal case
Format: A7

Description: A unique number assigned to each defendant in a magistrate case
Format: A3

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 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
F U C K I N G P E D O S R E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E