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Zachry J. Stoebe Category: Person Description: A Public Affairs official for the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona. Page Sections: Article Index |
| Date | Article | Details |
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| 4 August 2023 | California Woman Indicted for Possessing More Than 110 Pounds of Methamphetamine and Nearly Three Pounds of Cocaine During Traffic Stop The indictment alleges that Martha Betancourth Angulo was traveling on Interstate 8 in Yuma County, Arizona when she was stopped by the Arizona Department of Public Safety. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Phoenix, Arizona  Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 4 August 2023 | Man Indicted Following Seizure of Almost 130 Pounds of Methamphetamine During Traffic Stop A subsequent search of his vehicle revealed packages hidden under the floor between the back seat and trunk. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Phoenix, Arizona |
| 17 August 2023 | Drunk Driver Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Second Degree Murder At the time of the crash, Derwin Davis Tsosie Jr.’s license was suspended for a previous DUI arrest. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Phoenix, Arizona |
| 22 August 2023 | 22 Human Smugglers Using Social Media Charged in Law Enforcement Takedown Smuggling coordinators often recruit juveniles and young adults as drivers with social media posts that glamorize alien smuggling. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Phoenix, Arizona |
| 6 September 2023 | 70-Year-Old Human Smuggler Sentenced to 45 Months in Prison Michael Ortiz failed to yield to agents, traveled at speeds of 90 miles-per-hour, and evaded law enforcement for approximately 30 minutes. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Tucson, Arizona |
| 22 September 2023 | Arizona Woman Indicted for Importing Almost 95 Pounds of Methamphetamine From Mexico The indictment alleges that Rosa Villanueva drove her vehicle from Mexico through the San Luis Port of Entry and was stopped after a drug-sniffing canine alerted on her vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Phoenix, Arizona |
| 13 October 2023 | 23-Year-Old Human Smuggler Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison Agents attempted to bring an end to his dangerous driving behavior with an immobilization device, but Delmetrice Tavion Marquin Taylor continued to drive at high speeds despite one tire beginning to deflate. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Tucson, Arizona |
| 24 October 2023 | Tucson Woman Sentenced to 10 Years for Fatal Crash While Transporting Illegal Aliens Through further investigation, HSI agents determined Sunshine Michelle Betters was transporting the two undocumented noncitizens for financial gain. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Tucson, Arizona |
| 31 October 2023 | Two Men Charged After Smuggling 22 Undocumented Noncitizens in a Water Truck Yuma Station Border Patrol agents followed a water truck suspected of transporting undocumented noncitizens in its tank from California into Yuma, Arizona, where the water truck stopped at a local residence. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Yuma, Arizona |
| 15 November 2023 | Twenty-Two-Year-Old Woman Sentenced to One Year in Prison for Role as Social Media Recruiter for Alien Smugglers Between 2021 and 2022, Destiney Rae Montoya used social media to solicit and advertise for drivers to assist with smuggling undocumented noncitizens further into the United States after their arrival. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Tucson, Arizona |
| 24 November 2023 | Rio Rico Man Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison for Transporting Illegal Aliens for Profit United States Border Patrol agents pursued Jesus Moises Ruiz, Jr. while he was traveling on State Route 90, driving a grey Chevrolet pickup truck. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Tucson, Arizona |
| 21 December 2023 | Three-Time Alien Smuggler Sentenced to 60 Months Clifford Valisto picked up six undocumented non-citizens, including a 15-year-old unaccompanied minor, in a Ford F-150. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Tucson, Arizona |
| 28 December 2023 | Assault on Border Patrol Agents Results in Lengthy Sentence U.S. Border Patrol agents near Douglas observed two yellow, cloned “construction” trucks with construction company logos on the sides. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Tucson, Arizona |
| 31 January 2024 | Arizona Woman Sentenced to 27 Months in Prison for Second Alien Smuggling Conviction She was apprehended by United States Border Patrol agents as she was driving the individuals further into the United States. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Tucson, Arizona |
| 6 February 2024 | Smuggler Sentenced to 72 Months At the time, Luis Carlos Ballesteros-Moreno appeared to be the only occupant of his vehicle, a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Tucson, Arizona |
| 9 February 2024 | Phoenix Driver Sentenced to Prison for Conspiracy to Transport Five Border Crossers Dinero Devon Washington and his co-conspirator, Alina Pablo, approached the fixed Border Patrol checkpoint in Ajo in a Ford F-150. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Phoenix, Arizona |
| 16 April 2024 | Human Smugglers Sentenced for Their Roles in Highway Death of Juvenile Multiple people then fled from the vehicle and ran across the eastbound lanes of traffic. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Phoenix, Arizona Topic: Interstate Highway System |
| 18 April 2024 | Drunk Driver Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Involuntary Manslaughter and Assault Broderrick Ramon Coggeshell, while intoxicated, crossed the center line of traffic with his truck and collided with a vehicle occupied by three brothers, killing one and seriously injuring another. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Phoenix, Arizona |
| 21 June 2024 | Defendants Sentenced for Shooting at Hopi Police Officers During Car Chase Ryan Adelbert Johnson and Mike Duffy III were driving through the Hopi Indian Reservation when they ran a stop sign and nearly collided with a Hopi Law Enforcement Services police vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Phoenix, Arizona |
| 6 August 2024 | Tucson Man Sentenced to 57 Months in Prison for Assaulting a Federal Officer with a Vehicle The investigation revealed that, after stealing the vehicle, Ramirez drove it to a gas station on the Pascua Yaqui Indian Reservation and subsequently attempted to steal another vehicle, a delivery truck. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zachry Stoebe Dateline: Tucson, Arizona |
| 18 September 2024 | Tucson Man Indicted for Deadly Human Smuggling-Related Crash Near Arivaca On August 9, 2024, near Arivaca, approximately five miles north of the international border, United States Border Patrol agents attempted to pull over a Chevrolet Tahoe with fake license plates, on suspicion that the driver, Lopez-Ozuna, was engaged in human smuggling. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Tucson, Arizona |
| 27 September 2024 | 18 Members of Yuma-Based Alien Smuggling Ring Indicted for Conspiracy to Harbor and Transport Undocumented Noncitizens During the investigation, United States Border Patrol-Intelligence arrested numerous drivers of undocumented noncitizens in the District of Arizona and the Central and Southern Districts of California. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Phoenix, Arizona |
| 30 September 2024 | Man Sentenced for Threatening to Place Pipe Bombs on School Buses in Indiana Amir Safavi Farokhi, 29, of Fishers, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Scott H. Rash last week to over 11 months’ custody for threatening to blow up school buses in Castleton, Indiana. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Tucson, Arizona |
| 1 October 2024 | 21-Year-Old Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Alien Smuggling Conspiracy During the traffic stop, DPS officers were assisted by Border Patrol agents who discovered two men dressed in camouflage in the trunk of Ochoa-Renteria’s vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Tucson, Arizona |
| 2 October 2024 | Chinle Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Kidnapping and Assault In July 2020, the victim was passing through the Navajo Nation on a road trip when John and a co-defendant broke into his car while he was resting for the night. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Phoenix, Arizona |
| 30 December 2024 | Phoenix Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Assault of a Federal Officer and Alien Smuggling Charges After Michael Leroy Witt stopped and tried to wave the agent past him, the agent approached the driver’s side window and told Witt to turn off the vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Tucson, Arizona |
| 24 January 2025 | Tucson Woman Sentenced to 60 Months for Transporting Illegal Aliens for Profit On February 2, 2024, near Naco, a United States Border Patrol camera operator observed four suspected undocumented noncitizens approach a 2011 Volkswagen Routan. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Tucson, Arizona |
| 3 March 2025 | Illegal Alien Indicted for Conspiracy to Transport Other Aliens and Possession with Intent to Distribute Heroin From late 2024 through January 2025, agents interviewed other load drivers arrested for transporting aliens, who admitted Edgar Guadalupe Jimenez-Aguilar had recruited them. | Press Release (text &  photos)Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Phoenix, Arizona |
| 12 March 2025 | Jury Convicts Tolleson Man of Conspiracy to Transport and Transportation of Illegal Aliens for Profit Nathan Isaiah Solano picked up two individuals who were waiting for him in the desert brush off the side of the highway. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Tucson, Arizona |
| 14 March 2025 | Phoenix Man Sentenced to Prison for Alien Smuggling Resulting in Death Steven Beltran-Lugo and his co-defendant, Cesar Velazquez-Munoz, picked up two illegal aliens near the border to transport them further into the United States. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona Byline: Zach J. Stoebe Dateline: Tucson, Arizona |