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Leonard Cordova (45)

Crime:

Menacing & Possession of a Weapon by a Previous Offender (POWPO)

Sentence:

151 months

Leonard Cordova was arrested several times for State felony charges, but would subsequently bond out and re-offend, committing more felonies, to include attempted murder and felony assault. These cases were adopted by the FBI Safe Streets Task Force and federal charges were filed.

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Thomas Nededog (24)

Crime:

Possession of a Weapon by a Previous Offender (POWPO) & Robbery 

Sentence:

96 months

Thomas Nededog was arrested for a series of Armed Robberies, state felonies, but due to his extensive violent history and gang involvement, these cases were adopted by the FBI Safe Streets Task force and federal charges were levied against him.

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Eduardo Montoya (21)

Crime:

Possession of a Weapon by a Previous Offender (POWPO) & Robbery 

Sentence:

84 months

Eduardo Montoya was arrested for a series of Armed Robberies, state felonies, but due to his extensive violent history and gang involvement, these cases were adopted by the FBI Safe Streets Task force and federal charges were levied against him.

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Bryce Ming (26)         

Crime:

Robbery & Possession of a Weapon by a Previous Offender (POWPO)

Sentence:

240 months

Bryce Ming was arrested for state felony charges following a crime spree that included armed robbery, felony assault, carjacking, shooting at witnesses and firing at Pueblo Police Officers as he was pursued following this crime spree.

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Kenneth Baca  (45)     

Crime:

Drug Distribution

Sentence:

192 months

Kenneth Baca was already on federal probation when he once again re-offended by being arrested with a large amount of narcotics. Due to his extensive history and the charges against him, federal charges were filed.

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John Cruz (62)            

Crime:

Possession of a Weapon by a Previous Offender (POWPO) & Drug Distribution

Sentence:

120 months

John Cruz has an extensive criminal history and was arrested with a large amount of narcotics and a firearm. He was initially arrested for state felony charges, but the charges were later filed in federal court.

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Perry Lohnes (39)

Crime:

Possession of a Weapon by a Previous Offender (POWPO) & Robbery

Sentence:

132 months

Perry Lohnes was Involved in two armed robberies locally, which were initially filed as state charges. Due to his extensive criminal history, these charges were filed in federal court following an extensive investigation.

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Angel Castro (29)

Crime:

Possession of a Weapon by a Previous Offender (POWPO)

Sentence:

120 months

Angel Castro’s extensive history and heavy gang involvement. He was Initially arrested for state POWPO, but NIBINS forensic evidence showed the firearm he was in possession of was involved in an attempted homicide in Pueblo. Charges were then filed in federal court.

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Chad Shephard (44)

Crime:

Possession of a Weapon by a Previous Offender (POWPO) & Drug Distribution

Sentence:

60 months

Chad Shepard is a white supremacist gang member with an extensive criminal history along with gang involvement. He was arrested for possession of a large amount of narcotics and four firearms.  

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Joseph Carillo (42)

Crime:

Possession of a Weapon by a Previous Offender (POWPO) & Drug Distribution

Sentence:

180 months

Joseph Carrillo is a known gang member with an extensive criminal history. He was involved in eluding detectives from our Special Investigation Division (SID). This involved separate cases. In the first case, he was in possession of a firearm. Carillo was a convicted felon, but due to legislative changes at the state level, he did not qualify for state POWPO charges. After a follow-up investigation by SID Detectives, a search warrant was executed on his vehicle which produced a large amount of narcotics and a fully automatic pistol. The charges from this case were filed directly in federal court. 

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Sean Pearce (57)

Crime:

Possession of a Weapon by a Previous Offender (POWPO) & Drugs

Sentence:

120 months

Sean Pearce is involved with an outlaw motorcycle gang and had extensive criminal history, including being involved in disposing of a body after a murder. SID Detectives were able to obtain a search warrant for his residence and it produced a large amount of methamphetamine and a pistol. Initially arrested for state felony charges but was moved to federal court.