FBI Seeks Whereabouts of Six Fugitives Who Fled in Multi-Agency Operation Targeting Narcotics Trafficking in Bay Area

SAN FRANCISCO—The FBI is seeking the public’s help in locating six individuals, who have fled after being indicted by a federal grand jury or charged via criminal complaint for various narcotics trafficking related charges.

On Tuesday, over 900 officers and agents executed arrest and search warrants in a large-scale takedown of individuals involved in narcotics trafficking and gang activity in the Bay Area.

Local, state and federal officers—including FBI SWAT teams from San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Portland, Phoenix, and Las Vegas; and officers from East Palo Alto and Menlo Park Police Departments—executed over 30 search warrants and arrested 26 and seized significant quantities of money, drugs, firearms, and several vehicles in “Operation Phallen Gardens.” The majority of the arrests and searches occurred in the East Palo Alto and Menlo Park areas.

Operation Phallen Gardens is the result of a two-year, Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) and San Francisco Safe Streets Task Force investigation. The focus was on an associated group of individuals who supplied drugs, which included cocaine and methamphetamine, to multiple gangs in the area of East Palo Alto and Menlo Park.

The FBI can be reached 24 hours a day at 415-553-7400. All calls are confidential.

The following fugitives are being sought:

	Name: Tony Giovanni Joseph Sex: Male DOB: 09/29/1981 Height: 5’10” Weight: 230 lbs. Eyes: Brown Hair: Black Caution: Armed and dangerous Characteristics: N/A
	Name: Derrick Lane Sex: Male DOB: 10/30/1972 Height: 5’10” Weight: 165 lbs. Eyes: Brown Hair: Black Caution: Armed and dangerous Characteristics: N/A
	Name: Shawn Curtis McKnight Sex: Male DOB: 06/07/1962 Height: 6’0” Weight: 215 lbs. Eyes: Brown Hair: Black Caution: Armed and dangerous Characteristics: Missing right finger; pierced ears; tattoo on the left arm, right arm, under left arm
	Name: Charles Edward Menifee III Sex: Male DOB: 11/07/1991 Height: 6’0” Weight: 187 lbs. Eyes: Brown Hair: Brown Caution: Armed and dangerous Characteristics: N/A
	Name: Jesus Segura Sex: Male DOB: 03/16/1980 Height: 5’08” Weight: 160 lbs. Eyes: Brown Hair: Brown Caution: Armed and dangerous Characteristics: N/A
	Name: Joey Earl Williams Sex: Male DOB: 01/16/1964 Height: 5’09” Weight: 225 lbs. Eyes: Brown Hair: Black Caution: Armed and dangerous Characteristics: N/A

Members of the media should call FBI Public Affairs Specialist Julianne Sohn at 415-553-7450.

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