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Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI Crime News

In June 2020, the federal government enacted the Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection (LESDC) Act, which aims to help agencies better understand and prevent suicides among current and former law enforcement officers. The law requires the FBI to collect information about officers who attempt or die by suicide.

Because the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division already houses other law enforcement data collections in its Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, the FBI UCR Program established and manages the LESDC. 

The Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection Act 

As part of the LESDC, the FBI will collect the following information for each current or former law enforcement officer who attempts or dies by suicide, including: 

• Circumstances and events that occurred before each suicide or attempted suicide
• General location
• Demographic information
• Occupational category
• Method used in each suicide instance or attempted suicide

The law specifies timeframes by which the FBI will establish the LESDC and publish an annual report. To meet these goals, the FBI UCR Program began developing the LESDC and in mid-2022 will publish the first annual report on the FBI’s website. 

In keeping with the FBI UCR Program’s other data collections, LESDC reports will not contain information that directly identifies any individuals. Only law enforcement agencies (as defined by the LESDC Act) can submit information. 

This collection differs from other UCR data collections by using an expanded definition of law enforcement agency and law enforcement officer, to include corrections employees, 911 operators, judges, and prosecutors.

As with all UCR data collections, submissions to the collection remain voluntary, unless state-specific legislation mandates collection and reporting of incidents as defined within the law.

Contributing Data to LESDC

The collection will open for submissions by January 1, 2022. To contribute data to the LESDC, law enforcement agency personnel must first obtain LEEP authorization and access. LEEP accounts are available to personnel affiliated with the criminal justice system.

To apply for a LEEP account, go to cjis.gov and complete the online application. After obtaining LEEP access, agency personnel must then apply for access to the UCR Collection of Law Enforcement and Crime Tool, which is where the LESDC resides.  

For more information about the LESDC, call (304) 625-5370 or email LESDC@fbi.gov. 

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Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) State Crime News

On the evening of Tuesday, September 14, 2021, members of the North Texas Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) Strike Force 1 and the Dallas Police Department’s Fugitive Unit arrested Marlina Nannett Martinez at a residence in Dallas, Texas. She was arrested without incident.

Martinez was wanted for her alleged involvement in possessing and distributing oxycodone, fentanyl, and methamphetamine from on or about October of 2020 to on or about November of 2020 on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Wolf Point, Montana. On April 8, 2021, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Martinez in the United States District Court, District of Montana, Great Falls Division, Great Falls, Montana, after she was charged with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

The FBI would like to thank the North Texas OCDETF Strike Force, the Dallas Police Department, and the FBI Dallas Field Office for their assistance in this case.

Martinez will have an initial appearance in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Friday, September 17th. She is expected to be transferred to Montana.

All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) State Crime News

Press release available in both English and Spanish.

SAN JUAN, PR—Special Agent in Charge Joseph González, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) San Juan Field Office, announced the arrest of Sixto Raúl Colón-Espada (Colón-Espada).

Colón-Espada was charged under a complaint issued by U.S. Magistrate Judge Marshal D. Morgan, with violations of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) (felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition) for events that took place in Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico.

Colón-Espada faces charges for being found in possession of various firearms and ammunition during a legal search warrant conducted on September 9, 2021, by agents of the Ponce Division of Drugs and Illegal Firearms of the Puerto Rico Police Bureau. The subject was detained by police during the search warrant and arrested by special agents of the FBI Ponce Resident Agency on September 10, 2021.

This case is being investigated by the FBI San Juan Field Office and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico E. Giovannie Mercado from the Violent Crimes Section. The FBI would like to thank the Puerto Rico Police Bureau for their continued support to the FBI mission and their assistance on this case.

Tips and information assist the FBI and its federal, state, and local law enforcement partners. Citizens with information are asked to contact the FBI San Juan Field Office at 787-987-6500, or to submit tips through the FBI’s Internet complaint portal at Tips.FBI.Gov.

Tipsters can remain anonymous.

The public is reminded a complaint contains only charges and is not evidence of guilt. Defendants are presumed to be innocent until and unless proven guilty by a court of law. The U.S. government has the burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

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Arresto de Sixto Raúl Colón-Espada

SAN JUAN, PR—El Agente Especial a Cargo de la Oficina de San Juan del Negociado Federal de Investigación (FBI, por sus siglas en inglés), Joseph González, anunció el arresto de Sixto Raúl Colón-Espada (Colón-Espada).

Colón-Espada fue acusados mediante querella, emitida por el Juez Magistrado de los Estados Unidos Marshal D. Morgan, por violaciones al Título 18, Código de los Estados Unidos, Secciones 922(g)(1) (convicto en posesión de un arma y municiones), por eventos que ocurrieron en Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico.

Colón-Espada enfrenta cargos por encontrarse en posesión de varias armas y municiones durante la ejecución de una orden de allanamiento estatal llevada a cabo el 9 de septiembre de 2021, por Agentes de la División de Drogas y Armas Ilegales de Ponce del Negociado de la Policía de Puerto Rico. Colón-Espada fue detenido en el acto por agentes de la policía y posteriormente arrestado el 10 de septiembre de 2021 por Agentes Especiales de la Oficina de Ponce del FBI.

El enjuiciamiento de este caso está a cargo del Fiscal Federal E. Giovannie Mercado de la Sección de Crímenes Violentos y es investigado por la Oficina de Ponce del FBI. El FBI desea agradecer a los compañeros del Negociado de la Policía de Puerto Rico, por su continuo apoyo a la misión del FBI y su asistencia en este caso.

Las confidencias e información ayudan al FBI y a sus colegas federales, estatales y locales en el desempeño de sus funciones. Por ello, se le solicita al público que contacte a la Oficina de San Juan del FBI al 787-987-6500, o reporte confidencias a través de la línea de pistas (tips) del FBI, disponible en la página de Internet Tips.FBI.Gov.

Los querellantes podrán permanecer anónimos.

Se le recuerda al público que una Querella sólo contiene cargos y no es evidencia de culpabilidad. Todo acusado se presume inocente hasta que se pruebe lo contrario más allá de toda duda razonable. El Gobierno de los Estados Unidos tiene el peso de la prueba.

Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) State Crime News

FBI agents, with the assistance of the Albany Police Department, arrested David Scott Ryder, age 64, this morning, September 15, 2021, on charges of interstate transmission of a threat and stalking. The arrest, based on a criminal complaint, involved threats allegedly made to an Oregon public official. The threats included three emailed messages between August 10, 2021, and August 23, 2021. They also included a voice mail left on an office phone on August 23, 2021. Some of the statements included:

• “… all the people that won’t get your FAKE [expletive] vaccine are the same ones who you will see hang you in a public place for crimes against America. Resign today!!!”
• “I wish you would show your face you punk! I’d take your WORTHLESS SOUL from you. [Expletive] ALL DEMOCRAT COMMUNISTS like you. Resign today! I’d love to get my [expletive] hands around your neck SCUM!!!”
• “… if you don’t call me back, I’m going to start sending threats and then we’ll get some of your [expletive] little cop friends down here to see me and I’m going to [expletive] kill them. They come in my [expletive] yard. Anybody from the state or federal come in my yard, I’ll kill them.”

Ryder made his initial appearance before a U.S. Magistrate Judge today. The judge ordered him released pending further court proceedings. “Threats of any kind against a public official are not acceptable in this country,” said Kieran L. Ramsey. “Anyone who has information about threatened criminal activity or violence should contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI or online at tips.fbi.gov.” A criminal complaint is only an accusation of a crime, and a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) State Crime News

The FBI has filed a federal criminal complaint charging Justin David Jackley, age 31, with three counts of bank robbery. Jackley made his initial appearance before a U.S. Magistrate Judge today, September 14, 2021, on those charges. The judge ordered Jackley detained pending further court proceedings.

Milwaukie Police Department officers arrested Jackley on Wednesday, September 8, 2021, following a robbery at the Bank of the West branch located at 11050 SE McLoughlin Boulevard. According to the criminal complaint, FBI agents believe Jackley is responsible for two previous robberies as well:

• August 23, 2021 – Bank of America branch located at 9171 SE 82nd Avenue, Portland
• September 4, 2021 – OnPoint Community Credit Union located at 8085 SE 13th Avenue, Portland

A criminal complaint is only an accusation of a crime, and a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

Oregon Bank Robbery Stats & Trends

While the overall number of bank robberies in Oregon has been low in 2021, there has been a noticeable increase in just the past few months. In total, the FBI has reports of 22 bank robberies from throughout Oregon since January 1, 2021. Half of those—11—have occurred just since July 1, 2021.

• 2020
  • Total for Year 54
  • Year to Date 50
• 2021
  • Total for Year N/A
  • Year to Date 22

Of concern to investigators are reports that some suspected bank robbers are drawn to this crime because they are being told that bank robberies that do not involve physical violence or which remain under a certain loss amount are often not prosecuted, particularly at the federal level.

“Bank robbery is a violent crime. Period. Whether you show a weapon, threaten a weapon, or make criminal demands, there is an impact on the victim. Tellers often experience fear and ongoing trauma from the experience. If you choose to commit a bank robbery, we will investigate and ensure that victims can see justice done,” said Kieran L. Ramsey, special agent in charge of the FBI in Oregon.

If you have information about a bank robbery or any other federal crime, report it to 1-800-CALL-FBI or online at tips.fbi.gov.