Portland Man Sentenced to 103 Months in Federal Prison for Bank Robbery

Defendant Received an Enhanced Sentence as a Career Offender

PORTLAND, OR—Joseph Angel Giron, 42, of Portland, was sentenced today to 103 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Garr M. King, following his earlier conviction for bank robbery. In addition, the court placed him on three years of supervised release following his prison term and ordered him to pay full restitution to the bank.

Giron plead guilty to robbing the U.S. Bank, Citizens Branch, 636 SE Grand Avenue, Portland, on October 20, 2010. He used a demand note reading “Give Me All Your Money,” which he presented to the teller, who provided Giron with $3,481.

Responding Portland Police officers saw a man matching the description of the robber exiting a Tri-Met bus, wearing the same clothing and with distinct facial scars described by the victim teller. He was taken into custody, the bank loot was recovered, and Giron was positively identified by the victim teller when he was returned to the bank. Giron indicated he was “dope sick” and was a user of heroin.

Giron received an enhanced sentence as a career offender based on his prior felony convictions for a previous bank robbery and a robbery of a gas station.

This case was investigated by the PortlandPolice and the FBI. It was prosecuted by Assistant U. S. Attorney Johnathan Haub.

1124 Cops in US and Over 2400 Books

With the addition of Ray Tercek (Portland Police Department), Police-Writers.com now lists 1124 police officers who have authored 2447 books.

Ray Tercek “is a retired cop, with over thirty-one years in service. He served twenty-six years in the Portland Police Bureau (Oregon), performing work in nearly every division and precinct in Portland—in patrol, investigative, training, and administrative positions. His specialty assignments were Intelligence, Special Emergency Response Team, and Drug Investigations. During his drug enforcement years, he was commissioned as a Special Deputy United States Marshal. With the U.S Drug Enforcement Administration, he supervised the first Northwest Presidential Drug Task Force during Ronald Reagan’s War on Drugs of the 1980s.

In later years, He left Portland and served five years with the Gresham Police Department (Oregon), commanding both Patrol and Investigations Divisions. He retired in 2002. Tercek is a graduate of University of Portland and of Northwestern University, School of Police Staff and Command.” Ray Tercek is the author of The Investigation of Pepe Chavez et al.

According to the book description of The Investigation of Pepe Chavez et al., “In the early 1980s, Portland Police Sergeant Ray Tercek helped launch one of the nation’s largest drug trafficking conspiracy investigations—something he didn’t initially set out to do. When a small investigation into the activities of known cocaine trafficker Jose “Pepe” Chavez revealed a larger criminal conspiracy, it was apparent to Tercek and his team that traditional buy-bust methods of drug investigation would be ineffective to bring down the entire organization. As a result, Presidential Task Force NW-OR-001 was formed. However, catching Chavez and his chief co-conspirator, James Barnard, would not be cut-and-dry. Tercek’s efforts would be complicated by the internal politics of his own police bureau.

The Investigation of Pepe Chavez, et al., is Tercek’s account of how a rookie sergeant with a new style of investigation led his team through the dirty underworld of adult entertainment shops and into the high-octane world of NHRA drag racing to catch their suspects. Tercek, along with Lead Investigator Mickey Guinn, DEA Agent Ray Moffett, and the rest of Task Force NW-OR-001, took down a conspiracy that moved drugs from South America through Mexico into several western states including Arizona, California, Washington, and Oregon. Tercek’s narrative provides an introspective look at the mechanics of a historical conspiracy method of investigation and exposes the behind-the-scenes political wrangling that threatened to defeat the investigation at every turn.”

Founding Member of White Supremacist Prison Gang European Kindred (EK) Sentenced to 90 Months in Federal Prison

Metro Gang Task Force Investigation Results in Two Portland Residents Convicted of Providing a Firearm to a Convicted Felon

February 10, 2010 - PORTLAND, OR—David Patrick Kennedy, 41, and Christina Marie Allen, 30, both of Portland, were sentenced today following their pleas of guilty to knowingly providing a firearm to a convicted felon. United States District Court Judge Michael W. Mosman sentenced Kennedy to 90 months' incarceration and Allen to four years of probation. On August 10, 2009, Kennedy and Allen both pled guilty to the charge of providing a firearm, a .357 caliber revolver, to an individual they knew to be a convicted felon. The firearm was stolen and was transferred in Portland on December 5, 2007. Following a lengthy investigation, Kennedy and Allen were indicted by a federal grand jury on August 5, 2008, for the firearms offense. The pair was arrested shortly thereafter and Kennedy has been in federal custody since that time. Allen has been on pre-trial release since the time of her arrest. In August of 2009, while Kennedy was in custody, Kennedy and Allen were married.

Court records include testimony that Kennedy was the founding member of the white supremacist prison gang known as European Kindred (EK).

This case was investigated by the Metro Gang Task Force which at the time consisted of agents and officers from the FBI, ATF, Portland Police Bureau, Vancouver Police Department, Gresham Police Department, Milwaukie Police Department, Beaverton Police Department, and the Hillsboro Police Department. This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Fred Slaughter and Fred Weinhouse.

California and Oregon

Police-Writers.com is a website that lists state and local police officers who have written books. The website added police officer authors from California and Oregon: Kent Anderson; Bernard K. Smith; and, Robert Dent.

At the age of 19 Kent Anderson joined the Merchant Marines and traveled the world for two years. By his 23 birthday, he was a Special Forces sergeant in Vietnam, where he was awarded two bronze stars. In 1973, he joined the Portland Police Bureau, and worked as a street cop for 4 years before taking a leave of absence to earn an MFA in Fiction Writing from the University of Montana in Missoula. At the age of 37, he returned to police work and joined the Oakland Police Department (California). After two years on the Oakland Police Department he resigned because he was, “sick of making unnecessary arrests to fill out the monthly quotas.

According to Kent Anderson, “that winter, broke and jobless, out of sheer terror” he wrote the first complete draft of Sympathy for the Devil. Shortly thereafter, he obtained a teaching job in El Paso at the University of Texas and rewrote the book several times during his four-year stay on the border. He is also the author of Night Dogs and Liquor, Guns and Ammo: The Collected Short Fiction and Non-Fiction of Kent Anderson.

According to one reader/reviewer of Night Dogs, it “is a tough, gritty view of life on the streets and the way police officers deal with their constant exposure to this madness. It is very realistic and presents a variety of characters, some of which you might encounter in any big city.”

Bernard K. Smith as a police officer for the Portland Police Bureau (Oregon) for eleven years. He then continued with his career in criminal justice as a trial attorney. He is the author of seven fiction and or/science fiction books: Chris’s Cross; Hair Lock; Red Hats; Shark; Bear; Argo; and, Islands in the Sky. According to the book description of his most recent book, Islands in the Sky, “In a world with a great gulf between the haves and have-nots, one strong willed and resourceful man fights for his future. Cord is a man that is trying to survive and thrive. He finds a woman to love and protect to share in a battle to find a better place in a frightening world.”

Robert Dent is a 29 year law enforcement veteran and a recently retired Oregon State Police Senior Trooper. He has served in the Criminal, Narcotic and Patrol divisions of the Oregon State Police and is the Founder and President of the Constable Group, Inc. which is a privately held corporation that conducts training seminars and publishes language and communication training manuals, videos and educational materials for public safety and educational facilities, as well as private companies and corporations involved with executive protection, counter-terrorism and industrial security. He is also the author of: The Complete Spanish Field Reference Manual for Public Safety Professionals; The Multi-Lingual Field Manual for Public Safety Professionals; and, Silent Universal Signals for Public Safety and Education Professionals. He is also the co-author of 18 Silent Universal Signals for School Safety.

Police-Writers.com now hosts 674 police officers (representing 302 police departments) and their 1447 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.