Vermont Man Charged for Vandalism and Destruction at Federal Court of Appeals

One of May Day Rioters Who Broke Windows

A Vermont resident was charged in U.S. District Court in Seattle today with destruction of government property for the May Day assault on the Nakamura Federal Courthouse in downtown Seattle. CODY R. INGRAM, 23, is allegedly one of at least two men captured on video using sticks to break the glass in windows and doors at the historic building. INGRAM was arrested a short time later by Seattle Police.

“These acts were potentially dangerous acts of vandalism, not protected free speech. These crimes were not envisioned by May Day march organizers,” said U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan. “We will do everything we can to identify and prosecute those who sought to turn peaceful protests into violent encounters in downtown Seattle.”

According to the criminal complaint filed against INGRAM, he traveled to Seattle for the May Day demonstrations. Police officers who viewed video of the vandalism on the 6th Avenue side of the Nakamura Courthouse recognized INGRAM as one of the people who ran up to the door with a thick dowel and hammered on the glass. Shortly after the vandalism, INGRAM was spotted by police carrying the thick stick up 6th Avenue. When confronted by police, INGRAM initially refused to drop the stick. INGRAM continued to resist as he was being handcuffed by police.

Destruction of government property is a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in prison and a $100,000 fine.

The charge contained in the complaint is only an allegation. A person is presumed innocent unless and until he or she is proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

The case is being investigated by the Seattle Police Department and the FBI. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Mike Dion.

Gun Trafficker Identified as Part of the ’Hot Spot’ Initiative in White Center Sentenced to Prison

Sold Guns and Drugs to a Person Working with Law Enforcement

One of approximately 25 federal defendants prosecuted as part of the White Center “Hot Spot” initiative, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to five years in prison and four years of supervised release for drug distribution and gun crimes, announced U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan. JUAN TRINIDAD MIRANDA, 26, of Seattle, is a citizen of Mexico who likely will be deported following his prison term. TRINIDAD MIRANDA pleaded guilty to three counts of being an alien in possession of a firearm and four counts of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. In July, August and September 2011, TRINIDAD MIRANDA repeatedly sold guns and drugs to a person working with law enforcement. At sentencing U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Zilly said, “these are serious crimes, selling drugs and guns.”

According to records filed in the case, TRINIDAD MIRANDA sold cocaine on July 28, and August 11, 2011. On August 15, 2011, TRINIDAD MIRANDA sold the person working with law enforcement cocaine as well as a Ruger pistol. On August 24, 2012 TRINIDAD MIRANDA sold the person an assault rifle and a few days later offered to sell a .22 caliber Uzi. On August 27, the person working with law enforcement purchased a Intratec, model Tec 22, .22 caliber rifle from TRINIDAD MIRANDA. Finally on September 6, 2011, TRINIDAD MIRANDA was arrested as he attempted to sell a kilo of cocaine.

In asking for the five year sentence prosecutors wrote to the court that “Trinidad Miranda repeatedly sold illegal drugs and firearms to a confidential informant. These included two assault&ndashstyle rifles as well as over a kilo of cocaine. Trinidad Miranda committed these crimes while here illegally. Simply put, Trinidad Miranda engaged in egregious and dangerous conduct that puts the entire community at risk.”

“Illicit drug traffickers don–t care about people or communities,” said Kelvin Crenshaw, Special Agent in Charge of the ATF Seattle Field Division. “Drug dealers are selfish greedy individuals that care about lining their pockets regardless of consequences. These criminals do nothing but destroy lives, create fear and fuel violent crime and ATF is wholly committed in bringing them to justice.”

The White Center –Hot Spot– initiative targeted law enforcement resources in the White Center area from July to October 2011. The operation focused on illegal gun sales and drug dealing both on the street and in area businesses. In all approximately 50 people were arrested and law enforcement seized 68 guns, 51 lbs of methamphetamine, 2 lbs of crack cocaine and more than 10 lbs of powder cocaine.

This was an Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation, providing supplemental federal funding to the federal and state agencies involved. The investigation was a coordinated joint effort by ATF, the King County Sheriff–s Office, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigation (HSI), the Seattle Police Department, the King County Metro Transit Police, Washington State Department of Corrections, Washington State Liquor Control Board and the Eastside Narcotics Task Force.

The case was prosecuted by Special Assistant United States Attorney Stephen Hobbs. Mr. Hobbs is a Senior King County Deputy Prosecutor, specially designated to prosecute firearms cases in federal court.

For additional information please contact Emily Langlie, Public Affairs Officer for the United States Attorney’s Office, at (206) 553&ndash4110 or Emily.Langlie@USDOJ.Gov.

Both Washingtons

Police-Writers.com is a website that lists over 700 state and local police officers who have written books. The website added police officers from both the State of Washington and Washington, DC.

George D. Shuman is a twenty year veteran of the Metropolitan Police Department (Washington, DC). During his law enforcement career, he has served as an undercover narcotics detective, sergeant in the Internal Affairs Division, an operations commander of the police academy and as a lieutenant commander in the Public Integrity Branch, Internal Affairs Division. George Shuman is the author of two novels: 18 Seconds: A Sherry Moore Novel and Last Breath: A Sherry Moore Novel.

Publisher’s Weekly said of Last Breath, “In Shuman's mesmerizing second suspense novel to feature blind Philadelphia psychic Sherry Moore (after 2006's 18 Seconds), the Maryland attorney general asks Sherry, who can relive a murder victim's last moments by touching the body, to do her thing on three women discovered gruesomely murdered in an abandoned Maryland meat processing plant. Soon Sherry is plagued by eerie nightmares. After another woman is found strangled in an upscale suburban Pittsburgh home, the Pennsylvania state police get involved, but territorial wrangling between state and federal law enforcement agencies hampers the search for the serial killer. Shuman, who has worked for more than 20 years with the Washington, D.C., metropolitan police, brings a chilling realism to his depiction of crime scenes and has a real gift for conveying fear.”

Calvin Rowley was a police officer for the Seattle Police Department and served on the Seattle Vice Squad for many years. He is dedicated to the battle against prostitution and often did undercover work. In addition to his law enforcement career, Calvin Rowley has designed and built several homes, as well as operating a private detective agency. Cal Rowley is the author The Eyes of a Leaf.

Wayne Meyer is a police officer for the Kennewick Police Department (Washington). He began his law enforcement career as a cadet for the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office (Washington). After his 21st birthday, he was hired by the Spokane Sheriff’s Office as a deputy sheriff. Later, he went to work as a police officer for the Wenatchee Police Department. After six years with that police department he again transferred, this time to the Kennewick Police Department where he as worked as a police officer since 1992. Wayne Meyer is the author of Code 4 Crucial.

Jeffrey V. Robinson is a former police officer from the Metropolitan Police Department (Washington, DC). He is the author of The Right To Remain Silent: A Real Life Account Of One Man's Shocking Experiences As A Police Officer, A Husband, A Father, & A Victim.

Police-Writers.com now hosts 709 police officers (representing 326 police departments) and their 1527 police books in six categories, there are also listings of United States federal law enforcement employees turned authors, international police officers who have written books and civilian police personnel who have written books.

Over 700 Police Officers

Police-Writers.com is a website that lists over 700 state and local police officers who have written books. With the addition of Timothy A. Perry, Neil Moloney and Howard A. Monta, the website now lists 702 state and local law enforcement officials who have written books.

Timothy A. Perry is currently the undersheriff of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (Washington) and has more than 35 years of law enforcement experience. He served twenty-five years with the Seattle Police Department; working in patrol, investigations and training. After retiring from the Seattle Police Department, he was the Chief of Police for the Clyde Police Department (Washington). Tim Perry has a BS in Police Science and the Administration of Justice; and, is the author of two law enforcement books: Basic Patrol Procedures and The Practical Mock Scene Manual: A Complete Manual to Aid the Police Trainer

According to the book description of Basic Patrol Procedures, it “has been revised and updated throughout! It includes sections on community oriented policing, law enforcement ethics, vehicle pursuits and other timely subjects. Basic Patrol Procedures, 2/E is reader friendly, yet packed with important information for the law enforcement student or police department recruit. It is perfect for a foundation for the law enforcement student of as an effective guide for training recruits. It is widely used in community college police training courses, it works well in criminal justice courses as a policing supplement, and it was written by an experienced street officer for his fellow officers.”

Neil Moloney’s law enforcement career has included Chief of the Washington State Patrol, Director of the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and Chief of Police of the Port of Seattle Police Department. Neil Moloney is the author of Renaissance Cop; Class of Twenty-Eight; and, Cops, Crooks and Politicians.

According to the book description of Renaissance Cop, it is “a story of political corruption and violence that Scott Allan Jackson and his city police colleagues encounter on the streets of a major city in the United States. While assigned to a beat in China Town, Jackson and Officer Pete Petersen are both shot. Officer Petersen dies from his wounds. Investigators identify the suspects as a group of renegade law enforcement officers. While assigned to the mayor’s security detail, Jackson is again injured in what the press describes as an attempt to assassinate the mayor. The officer kills the assailants. A newly elected reform mayor selects Jackson and his colleagues to root out the corruption that has existed in their hometown for more than a century. When the investigation is complete, a grand jury indicts the former mayor, the chief of police and the district attorney. However, three police officers die violent deaths before the case comes to trial.”

Howard A. Monta is a retired sergeant with the Seattle Police Department. He is the author of three law enforcement related books: How Police Officers Get Hired: The Key to Getting the Cop Job and Keeping It; Survive Low Morale, Stress and Burnout in Law Enforcement: (Identify & Manage the Eight Elements of Job Burnout); and, his autobiography, Like a Cat with Nine Lives

According to the book description of Like a Cat with Nine Lives, “This is the story of Howard A. Monta’s evolution from a picked-on, chubby kid, to a risk-taking adventurer who was drawn to a long career as an aggressive law enforcer. The saga spans his life from childhood in a poor Seattle neighborhood, to his retirement from the Seattle Police Department in 1997.The colorful narration of his infatuation for a New York girl whom he cajoled into marrying him, despite his outrageous behavior, will bring a smile to the face of even the most somber reader.”

Howard Monta said of How Police Officers Get Hired (Formerly entitled, Cops Who Succeed), the book “provides insight into the most exciting, most controversial, most scrutinized, and the most important occupation in our society. In addition to vividly describing the public expectations and actual duties of police officers, Chapters One through Four identify the personal qualities of those who are "cut out" to be cops. The application, testing, and training processes are meticulously described. Chapters Five through Eleven describe those elements of the law enforcement profession that cause stress, low morale, and eventual job burnout. Helpful methods of surviving the stress and trauma of police duties are offered. This information is not only directed toward prospective officers, it is also invaluable for experienced officers. The book will never be outdated. Similar requirements and problems that exist for cops today, existed in the 1960s, and will continue to be relevant for generations to come.”

Police-Writers.com now hosts 702 police officers (representing 323 police departments) and their 1510 police books in six categories, there are also listings of United States federal law enforcement employees turned authors, international police officers who have written books and civilian police personnel who have written books.