Billboard Campaign to Feature Fugitive Oscar Romero

Brian P. Boetig, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Buffalo Field Office, announces a billboard campaign initiative aimed at seeking the public’s assistance in locating Oscar Romero, a federal fugitive.
In November 2012, the FBI Buffalo’s Safe Streets Task Force (SSTF) initiated an investigation into the criminal activities of members and associates of the Loiza Boys Gang. On April 5, 2013, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging 10 members of the gang with narcotics and weapon-related violations. At that time, Oscar Romero, a 33-year-old Loiza Boys Gang member, was charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of heroin and cocaine.
In 2012, the SSTF believed Romero was in Loiza, Puerto Rico, but recently developed information indicates Romero may have returned to the Buffalo area.

• Oscar Romero, a/k/a Carlito
• 33 years old
• Height: 5’4”
• Weight: 220 pounds

The FBI Buffalo Office has partnered with Lamar Advertising on this initiative. The digital billboards, located in Buffalo and Niagara Falls, were provided free of charge as a public service. The billboards are scheduled to go live today, March 31, 2014.

Individuals with information regarding Oscar Romero or his location should contact the FBI at 716-856-7800 or their local police department.

Fugitive Sought in Vehicular Homicide Case

ATLANTA—Special Agent in Charge J. Britt Johnson, FBI Atlanta Field Office, requests the public’s assistance in locating the following federal fugitive charged with vehicular homicide that took the life of a 16-year-old young man in 2000.
On June 16, 2000, in Gilmer County, Georgia, Billy Inman had stopped for a red light behind another vehicle at an intersection. Inman was accompanied by his son, wife, and dog. While waiting at the intersection, Inman’s vehicle was struck from behind by a vehicle driven by Gonzalez Gonzalo Harrell. The speedometer of Harrell’s vehicle was later found to be fixed at approximately 62 miles per hour.
The collision caused by Harrell killed Inman’s 16-year-old son, Dustin Inman, and their family dog. Inman’s wife sustained lifelong crippling injuries. Both Inman and Harrell were transported to a nearby hospital for medical treatment.
During medical treatment, Harrell fled the hospital.
On January,19, 2001, Harrell was indicted by a Gilmer County, Georgia grand jury charging him with homicide by vehicle in the first degree (one count), serious injury by vehicle (two counts), and reckless driving (one count).
On June 2, 2002, a federal Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution warrant was obtained by FBI Atlanta’s Rome Resident Agency.
Harrell, a Mexican national, is described as follows:

• Name: Gonzalez Gonzalo Harrell
• Alias: Gonzalo Harrell, Gonzalo Herrell, Gonzalo Harrell-Gonzalez
• Race: White/Hispanic
• Sex: Male
• Age: 46
• Height: 5’8” 
• Weight: 150 lbs.
• Hair: Black
• Eyes: Brown
• Place of Birth: Mexico

Gonzalez Gonzalo Harrell

Crime Stoppers Atlanta is offering a reward of up to $2,000 for information in this matter. Anyone with information in this matter should contact Crime Stoppers Atlanta at (404) 577-TIPS (8477).
The public is reminded that the above are merely allegations and that all persons are to be presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Man Wanted for Murder of Young Mother and Her 2-Year-Old Son Added to the FBI’s List of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives

The FBI’s New York Field Office is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Juan Elias Garcia. Garcia, also known as “Cruzito,” is wanted for his alleged participation in the murder of 19-year-old Vanessa Argueta and her 2-year-old son in Central Islip, New York, on February 5, 2010.
Garcia was born on January 12, 1993, in Santa Rosa de Lima, El Salvador. He is approximately 5’4” tall and 125 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He is known to speak both English and Spanish and has ties to Santa Rosa de Lima/La Union, El Salvador; Nicaragua; Honduras; Guatemala; and Panama.
FBI Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office George Venizelos said, “Garcia’s callous disregard for human life resulted in the senseless murder of a young mother and her helpless 2-year-old son. His appointment to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list illustrates not only the seriousness of his crimes but our commitment to seeking justice for his victims. The FBI, along with our law enforcement partners, to include the Long Island Gang Task Force, will remain vigilant until Garcia and all criminals who hide behind violent enterprises are brought to justice.”
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Loretta E. Lynch said, “Garcia and his co-conspirators executed a young mother and her toddler in cold blood before fleeing from the United States. Today’s announcement by the FBI, which designates Garcia as one of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted suspects, recognizes both the horrific nature of this crime, as well as the tenacious efforts by the FBI and United States Attorney’s Office to locate Garcia and bring him to face to justice.” Ms. Lynch extended her grateful appreciation to each of the members of the FBI’s Long Island Gang Task Force.
According to prior court filings and testimony introduced during two recent MS-13 racketeering trials, Garcia was involved in a romantic relationship with Argueta, a woman who had ties to both the 18th Street Gang and the Latin Kings—two of MS-13’s principal rivals. After a dispute between Argueta and Garcia, rival gang members allegedly threatened violence against Garcia. When Garcia explained that he had been threatened by members of the rival gang as a result of information he believed Argueta had provided, Garcia and other MS-13 members, including Adalberto Ariel Guzman and Rene Mendez Mejia, obtained permission from their MS-13 leader, Heriberto Martinez, to retaliate against Argueta.
On February 4, 2010, Garcia contacted Argueta and invited her out to dinner. Later that evening, Garcia picked up Argueta and 2 two-year-old son, Diego Torres, in a vehicle. Garcia, Guzman, and Mejia then allegedly drove the vehicle to a wooded area in Central Islip and lured their victims into the woods. Once they were in the woods, the MS-13 members fired two shots with a .22 caliber handgun, striking Argueta twice in the head and chest. After hearing the gunshots and seeing his mother killed, Torres began crying. The defendants shot Torres in the head, which knocked the young boy to the ground but did not kill him. Torres got back up and clutched onto Garcia’s leg, but Guzman then fired a second shot that struck Torres in the head and killed him. On February 5, 2010, the bodies of Argueta and her son were found in a wooded area in Central Islip.
In early 2010, Mejia, Guzman, and Garcia were identified as the shooters in the Argueta and Torres murders. Mejia pled guilty to the murders, while Guzman was found guilty by a jury of his peers. Both are awaiting sentencing for their crimes. Martinez, the fourth defendant charged in connection with the murders of Argueta and Torres and other criminal activity, has been sentenced to three terms of life in prison, plus 60 years.
As of March 26, 2014, Garcia remains a fugitive. The FBI is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for any information leading directly to the arrest of Juan Elias Garcia. Individuals with information concerning Garcia should take no action themselves but instead immediately contact the nearest FBI office or local law enforcement agency. For any possible sightings outside the United States, contact the nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate.
Garcia is the 501st person to be placed on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, which was established in March 1950. Additional information concerning Garcia and the FBI’s list of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives can be found by visiting www.fbi.gov/wanted.

Fugitive Sought in Vehicular Homicide Case

ATLANTA—Special Agent in Charge J. Britt Johnson, FBI Atlanta Field Office, requests the public’s assistance in locating the following federal fugitive charged with vehicular homicide that took the life of a 16-year-old young man in 2000.
On June 16, 2000, in Gilmer County, Georgia, Billy Inman had stopped for a red light behind another vehicle at an intersection. Inman was accompanied by his son, wife, and dog. While waiting at the intersection, Inman’s vehicle was struck from behind by a vehicle driven by Gonzalez Gonzalo Harrell. The speedometer of Harrell’s vehicle was later found to be fixed at approximately 62 miles per hour.
The collision caused by Harrell killed Inman’s 16-year-old son, Dustin Inman, and their family dog. Inman’s wife sustained lifelong crippling injuries. Both Inman and Harrell were transported to a nearby hospital for medical treatment.
During medical treatment, Harrell fled the hospital.
On January,19, 2001, Harrell was indicted by a Gilmer County, Georgia grand jury charging him with homicide by vehicle in the first degree (one count), serious injury by vehicle (two counts), and reckless driving (one count).
On June 2, 2002, a federal Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution warrant was obtained by FBI Atlanta’s Rome Resident Agency.
Harrell, a Mexican national, is described as follows:

• Name: Gonzalez Gonzalo Harrell
• Alias: Gonzalo Harrell, Gonzalo Herrell, Gonzalo Harrell-Gonzalez
• Race: White/Hispanic
• Sex: Male
• Age: 46
• Height: 5’8” 
• Weight: 150 lbs.
• Hair: Black
• Eyes: Brown
• Place of Birth: Mexico

Gonzalez Gonzalo Harrell

Crime Stoppers Atlanta is offering a reward of up to $2,000 for information in this matter. Anyone with information in this matter should contact Crime Stoppers Atlanta at (404) 577-TIPS (8477).
The public is reminded that the above are merely allegations and that all persons are to be presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

FBI Seeks Kevin Anthony Briggs

The FBI Portland Field Office joins the FBI Salt Lake City Field Office in looking for Kevin Anthony Briggs, who may be traveling through Oregon. Briggs is wanted on state charges of aggravated assault, attempted sexual intercourse without consent, assault on a peace officer, and escape.
Authorities believe Briggs purchased a one-way bus ticket to Spokane, Washington, on February 1, 2014, from Missoula, Montana. Information developed during the investigation suggests he could travel through Washington state or to Oregon, California, and/or Mexico.
The subject is considered armed and dangerous. Anyone with information as to the identity or whereabouts of this fugitive should refrain from approaching him and is urged to contact law enforcement immediately.
More Information:
- FBI wanted poster for Kevin Anthony Briggs

Fallbrook Woman Arrested After Being a Fugitive for Four Years

FBI Special Agent in Charge Daphne Hearn announces the arrest of Rosemary Sauter- Frett, age 62, of Fallbrook, California. Sauter-Frett, was arrested on Thursday, January 30, 2014, at a residence in Fallbrook, California. Sauter-Frett was arrested by the FBI with assistance from the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.
Sauter-Frett was arrested pursuant to a federal arrest warrant charging her with violation of Unlawful Flight To Avoid Prosecution (UFAP). According to the complaint filed with the District Court of the Virgin Islands, Division of St. Thomas and St. John dated March 10, 2010, Rosemary Sauter-Frett, aka Rosemary Sauter, allegedly fled St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, to avoid being prosecuted for the theft of $122,900. The $122,900 was allegedly stolen from customers of her company who believed their funds were being held securely in the Rema Dreams Properties escrow account.
On Monday, February 3, 2014, Sauter-Frett appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen S. Crawford. Sauter-Frett remains in custody and the next scheduled court date is Thursday, February 13, 2014.
The public is reminded that an arrest itself is not evidence that the defendant committed the crimes charged. The defendant is presumed innocent until the government meets its burden in court of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

FBI Seeks Public’s Assistance in Locating an Armed and Dangerous Fugitive

ATLANTA—Acting Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Ricky Maxwell, along with Atlanta Police Chief George Turner, requests the public’s assistance in locating an armed and dangerous fugitive wanted for a December 2013 murder that occurred in Atlanta, Georgia.
Johnathan Jamal Kirkland, age 24, of Atlanta, along with his co-defendant Brandon Kirkland, are alleged in an Atlanta Police murder warrant to have shot and killed Amin Bouchelaghem on December 30, 2013. Two others were shot and wounded in this same incident.
Brandon Kirland was apprehended and remains in custody at the Fulton County Detention Center.
Johnathan Jamal Kirkland remains at large and is wanted by the Atlanta Police/FBI Fugitive Task Force. He is described as being a black male, 24 years old, 5’9” in height, weighing 180 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes.

Johnathan Kirkland is also a suspect in several area smash and grabs of ATMs. He is to be considered armed and dangerous.
Anyone with information regarding Kirkland’s whereabouts should contact the FBI Atlanta Field Office at (404) 679-9000.

FBI Seeks Information Regarding Several Cyber Fugitives

On Tuesday, November 5, 2013, the FBI announced the addition of five individuals to its Cyber’s Most Wanted and is seeking information from the public regarding their whereabouts.
They are Farhan Arshad and Noor Aziz Uddin; Carlos Perez-Melara; Andrey Nabilevich Taame; and Alexsey Belan. Rewards ranging from up to $50,000 to $100,000 are being offered for information that leads to their arrest.
“The FBI will not stand by and watch our cyber adversaries attack our networks; we will track down and arrest individuals who have made it their mission to spy on and steal from our nation and citizens,” said Richard McFeely, executive assistant director of the Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch. “Because cyber crime knows no boundaries, cyber criminals think they can hide overseas. But we are using our international partnerships and the publicity generated by our Cyber’s Most Wanted to ferret them out.”
Fugitives Farhan Arshad and Noor Aziz Uddin are wanted for their alleged involvement in an international telecommunications scheme and hacking venture to defraud individuals, telecom companies, and government entities in the United States and abroad, resulting in losses exceeding $50 million. It is alleged that between 2008 and 2012, Arshad and Uddin gained unauthorized access to business telephone systems and used those systems to initiate long-distance telephone calls to premium rate numbers through a scheme known as international revenue share fraud. The conspiracy caused the owners of the compromised telephone systems to be billed for services they neither ordered nor desired. Arshad and Uddin are part of an international criminal ring that the FBI believes extends into Pakistan, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Spain, Singapore, Italy, Malaysia, and other locations.
Arshad and Uddin were indicted for unauthorized access to a protected computer; conspiracy to gain unauthorized access to a protected computer; wire fraud; conspiracy to commit wire fraud; and identity theft.
Carlos Perez-Melara is wanted for his alleged involvement in manufacturing software that was used to intercept the private communications of hundreds, if not thousands, of victims around September 2003. As part of the scheme, Perez-Melara ran a website offering customers a way to “catch a cheating lover” by sending “spyware” disguised as an electronic greeting card. Victims who opened the card unwittingly installed a program that collected keystrokes and other incoming and outgoing electronic communications. The programs, created by Perez-Melara and known as “Lover Spy” and “e-mail PI,” would periodically send e-mail messages to his customers, allowing them to obtain passwords, lists of visited websites, and intercepted e-mail messages of the intended victims.
Perez-Melara was indicted for manufacturing a surreptitious interception device; sending a surreptitious interception device; advertising a surreptitious interception device; advertising and promoting the surreptitious use of an interception device; intercepting electronic communications; disclosing electronic communications; and unauthorized access to a protected computer for financial gain.
The FBI is seeking Andrey Nabilevich Taame for his alleged involvement in Operation Ghost Click, a scheme that infected more than four million computers located in more than 100 countries from approximately 2007 to October 2011. At least 500,000 victims were in the United States. The scheme involved changing a computer’s domain name system (DNS) settings. The DNS serves as a phone book for the Internet by translating domain names, such as www.fbi.gov, into Internet protocol (IP) addresses, thus allowing Internet traffic to be routed to the correct destination. As part of the scheme, Taame and six other individuals—who have since been arrested—used software that changed the victims’ computers' DNS settings, therefore redirecting users’ legitimate Internet traffic to websites users did not intend to visit. This allowed Taame and his co-conspirators to hijack Internet traffic to commit online advertising fraud by diverting traffic from websites with no commercial relationship to websites that pay for online hits.
Taame was indicted for wire fraud; unauthorized access to a protected computer; and conspiracy to commit both offenses.
Alexsey Alekseyevich Belan is wanted for his alleged involvement in the unauthorized taking of data from three U.S.-based companies in 2012 and 2013. It is believed Belan remotely accessed the victim companies’ computer networks without authorization and thereby obtained information for the purposes of commercial advantage and private financial gain. Belan is also alleged to have knowingly possessed and used, without lawful authority, means of identification belonging to employees of the companies during and in relation to his unauthorized taking of the company data.
Belan was indicted for obtaining information from a protected computer; possession of 15 or more unauthorized access devices; and aggravated identity theft.

FBI Seeks Information in Search for Fugitive

CHICAGO—Robert J. Shields, Jr., Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, is asking for the public’s help in locating a Chicago man who is sought on a federal drug charge.
Gerard M. Liles, also known as “Keppis,” age 30, whose last known address was 2950 West Harrison Street, was charged in a criminal complaint filed late last month in U.S. District Court in Chicago with one count of distribution of a controlled substance. The complaint alleges that on three occasions in 2010, Liles sold powder or crack cocaine to an individual who, unbeknownst to Liles, was cooperating with law enforcement. Liles was one of eight people charged in connection with the case. Law enforcement authorities attempted to locate and arrest Liles on Wednesday of last week, but he avoided capture and remains at-large.
Liles is described as a black male, 30 years of age, 5’10” tall, weighing approximately 200 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes, and he has a tattoo on his left arm that reads “RIP Tara” and depicts praying hands. He has strong ties to the west side of Chicago, but he is also believed to have connections to both Woodstock, Illinois, and Carbondale, Illinois.
Anyone recognizing Liles or having information about his current whereabouts is asked to call the Chicago FBI at 312-421-6700 or the local police.
The public is reminded that a complaint is not evidence of guilt and that all defendants in a criminal case are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.