Federal Grand Jury B Indictments Announced - December 2023

United States Attorney Clint Johnson today announced the results of the December 2023 Federal Grand Jury B.

The following individuals have been charged with violations of United States law in indictments returned by the Grand Jury.
The return of an indictment is a method of informing a defendant of alleged violations of federal law, which must be proven in a court of law beyond a reasonable doubt to overcome a defendant’s presumption of innocence.

Gerardo Arenas-Torres. Unlawful Reentry of a Removed Alien. Arenas-Torres, 53, a Mexican national, is charged with
unlawfully reentering the United States after having been removed in Nov. 2013, at or near Brownville, Texas. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Removal Operations is the investigative agency. Assistant U.S. Attorney Elliot Anderson is prosecuting the case. 23-CR-399

Pablo Vasquez Compusano. Unlawful Reentry of a Removed Alien. Compusano, 36, a Mexican national, is charged with unlawfully reentering the United States after having been removed in Apr. 2019, at or near Laredo, Texas. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Removal Operations is the investigative agency. Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Buscemi is prosecuting the case. 23-CR-400

Juan Arturo Diaz-Rodriguez. Unlawful Reentry of a Removed Alien. Diaz-Rodriguez, 25, a Mexican national, is charged with unlawfully reentering the United States after having been removed in Jun. 2022, at or near Del Rio, Texas. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Removal Operations is the investigative agency. Assistant U.S. Attorney Cheryl L. Baber is prosecuting the case. 23-CR-401

Orlin Enriquez-Enriquez. Unlawful Reentry of a Removed Alien. Enriquez-Enriquez, 26, a Mexican national, is charged with unlawfully reentering the United States after having been removed in Nov. 2017, at or near San Antonio, Texas. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Removal Operations is the investigative agency. Assistant U.S. Attorney Elliot Anderson is prosecuting the case. 23-CR-402

Emilio Miguel Gallardo; Dakota Samuel Johns. Malicious Damage to Federal Property; Possession of an Unregistered Destructive Device; Manufacturing an Unregistered Destructive Device. Gallardo, 20, and Johns, 22, both from Miami were charged with attempting to damage and destroy the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office with Molotov cocktails in Nov. 2023. They are further charged with possessing and manufacturing destructive devices not registered. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and FBI are the investigative agencies. Assistant U.S. Attorney Nathan E. Michel and Michael Flesher are prosecuting the case. 23-CR-403

Dave Luther Kendrick.  Failure to Register as a Sex Offender. Kendrick, 35, of Pawnee is charged with knowingly failing to register as a sex offender from Aug. 2023 through the date of the Indictment. The United States Marshal Service is the investigative agency. Assistant U.S. Attorney Cheryl L. Baber is prosecuting the case. 23-CR-404

Thomas Lee Knox. Second Degree Murder in Indian Country; Carrying, Using, Brandishing, and Discharging a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence. Knox, 38, of Tulsa and a citizen of Choctaw Nation is charged with discharging a firearm and killing Paul Schultz in Nov. 2023. The FBI is the investigative agency. Assistant U.S. Attorney Alicia Hockenbury is prosecuting the case. 23-CR-405

Audrell L. Lunsford.  Failure to Register as a Sex Offender. Lunsford, 66, of Tulsa is charged with knowingly failing to register as a sex offender from Jan. 2021 through the date of the Indictment. The United States Marshal Service is the investigative agency. Assistant U.S. Attorney Cheryl L. Baber is prosecuting the case. 23-CR-406

Hong Thoa Thi Nguyen; Tait Hunter Jaco; Tam Duc Nguyen; Trinh Nguyen. Drug Conspiracy; Maintaining a Drug-Involved Premises; Possession of Fentanyl with Intent to Distribute. Hong Nguyen, 44, Jaco, 32, Tam Nguyen, 56, and Trinh Nguyen, 36, of Tulsa are charged with conspiring to distribute fentanyl in Nov. 2023. Hong Nguyen and Jaco were also charged for maintaining a residence for drug distribution. Jaco was further charged for possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute. The Drug Enforcement Administration and Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics are the investigative agencies. Assistant U.S. Attorney Adam Bailey is prosecuting the case. 23-CR-407

Serina Kaitlyn Vacin; Justin Michael Waymire. Drug Conspiracy; Possession of Fentanyl with Intent to Distribute; Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute; Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime; Maintaining a Drug-Involved Premises. Vacin, 25 and Waymire, 27, of Tulsa are charged conspiring to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine while in possession of a firearm in Nov. 2023. They are further charged with maintaining a residence for drug distribution. Assistant U.S. Attorney Adam Bailey is prosecuting the case. 23-CR-408