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UNITED STATES v. MORALES

No. 3:21-CR-00022.

668 F.Supp.3d 774 (2023)

UNITED STATES of America v. [1]Humberto MORALES, [2]Jose Alvarado, [3]Oscar Avelar Angutano, [4]Kim Lamont Birdsong, [5]Terrance Marquette Bobo, [6]Avigael Cruz, [7]Billy Cruz, [8]Ricardo Davalos Martinez, [9]Austin Dodd, [10]Mario Garcia Flores, [11]David Ku, [12]Jacob Lee, [13]Justin Blake Lee, [14]Armando Lopez, [15]Tiffany Messick, [16]Kevin Oliva-Hernandez, [17]Stacy Owens, [18]Korrine Parker, [19]Magdiel Pina Ramirez, [20]Luis Ramirez Escudero, [21]Jairo Rostran, [22]Jesse Sanchez, [23]Phillip Christopher Smith, [24]Jasmine Taylor, [25]Kevin Tidwell, [26]Melinda Tidwell, [27]Erika Vasquez.

United States District Court, M.D. Tennessee, Nashville Division.

Filed April 6, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juliet Aldridge, Philip H. Wehby, Assistant U.S. Attorneys, Office of the United States Attorney, Nashville, TN, for United States of America.

Paul J. Bruno, Barrett Johnston Martin & Garrison, LLC, Nashville, TN, Heather G. Parker, Evans Bulloch Parker PLLC, Murfreesboro, TN, for Defendant Humberto Morales.

Thomas J. Drake, Jr., Law Office of Thomas J. Drake, Nashville, TN, Joshua L. Brand, Brand Law Office, Nashville, TN, for Defendant Jose Alvarado.

John M. Bailey, IV, Brentwood, TN, Meggan B. Sullivan, Nashville, TN, for Defendant Oscar Avelar Anguiano.

Kathleen G. Morris, Public Defender, Nashville, TN, for Defendant Kim Lamont Birdsong.

Jennifer L. Thompson, Manuel B. Russ, Nashville, TN, for Defendant Terrance Marquette Bobo.

Erik R. Herbert, Erik R. Herbert, Attorney at Law, Nashville, TN, Byron L. Pugh, Byron Pugh Legal, Nashville, TN, for Defendant Avigael Cruz.

Peter J. Strianse, Tune, Entrekin & White, P.C., Nashville, TN, for Defendant Billy Cruz.

Barry J. McWhirter, McWhirter Law Firm, PLLC, Memphis, TN, David L. Cooper, Law Office of David L. Cooper, P.C., Nashville, TN, Leonard E. Lucas, III, The Law Firm of Leonard Earl Lucas, Nashville, TN, for Defendant Ricardo Davalos Martinez.

Robert Lynn Parris, Robert L. Parris, Attorney at Law, Memphis, TN, for Defendant Austin Dodd.

Lawrence James Arnkoff, Law Office of Lawrence Arnkoff, Brentwood, TN, Jay C. Clifton, III, Clifton Law Office, Nashville, TN, for Defendant Mario Garcia Flores.

Charles S. Mitchell, Black, McLaren, Jones, Ryland & Griffee, P.C., Memphis, TN, James William Price, Jr., Nashville, TN, for Defendant David Ku.

Stephen R. Leffler, Law Office of Steven R. Leffler, P.C., Memphis, TN, Michael J. Stengel, Memphis, TN, for Defendant Jacob Lee.

James A. Simmons, Hazel Path Mansion, Hendersonville, TN, C. Anne Tipton, Memphis, TN, for Defendant Justin Blake Lee.

Michael R. Mazzoli, Scott C. Cox, Scott Coleman Cox, II, Cox & Mazzoli PLLC, Louisville, KY, for Defendant Armando Lopez.

David M. Hopkins, David M. Hopkins, Attorney at Law, Murfreesboro, TN, for Defendant Tiffany Messick.

Luke A. Evans, Evans Bulloch Parker PLLC, Murfreesboro, TN, Courtney Alandra Teasley, The Courtney Teasley Law Firm, Nashville, TN, for Defendant Kevin Oliva-Hernandez.

Michael James Passino, Nashville, TN, William Harris Farmer, Farmer Purcell White & Lassiter, PLLC, Nashville, TN, for Defendant Stacy Owens.

Matthew M. Maddox, Public Defender, Maddox, Maddox & Maddox, Huntingdon, TN, Lee Gerald, Lee Howard Gerald, Law Office of Lee Gerald, Memphis, TN, for Defendant Korrine Parker.

Norman D. McKellar, The McKellar Law Firm, PLLC, Memphis, TN, for Defendant Luis Ramirez Escudero.

George Travis Hawkins, Hawkins Law Firm, PLLC, Chattagnooga, TN, Thomas F. Bloom, Nashville, TN, for Defendant Jairo Rostran.

Vakessha Hood-Schneider, Franklin, TN, Christopher B. Sullivan, Lewis Thomason, Memphis, TN, for Defendant Jesse Sanchez.

David R. Heroux, Haymaker & Heroux, P.C., Nashville, TN, for Defendant Phillip Christopher Smith.

Benjamin H. Perry, Nashville, TN, for Defendant Jasmine Taylor.

Juni S. Ganguli, Ganguli Law Firm, Memphis, TN, Matthew C. Gulotta, The Gulotta Firm, PLLC, Memphis, TN, Bob Lynch, Jr., Nashville, TN, for Defendant Kevin Tidwell.

David I. Komisar, Law Office of David I. Komisar, Nashville, TN, for Defendant Melinda Tidwell.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND OMNIBUS ORDER

On March 24, 2021, a federal grand jury returned an 18-count Indictment against the above named Defendants. Count One alleges that beginning in January 2018, and until the date of the Indictment, all 27 Defendants were...

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