41 Cell Phones
21 Computers
4 Firearms: (Walther P99 9mm Semi-Automatic Handgun, Sig Sauer P226R Legion Handgun, Daniel Defense M4 Carbine Automatic Rifle, Savage Model 110 .308 Caliber Rifle, Various ammunition and firearm components)
Along with the crime, cash and Bitcoin were seized. This was the first time Bitcoin was discovered in a criminal investigation. It is very concerning and is the future, Wardell says, noting that Bit-Coin is a way to avoid banks and tracing. We are going to see more of this involved in the organized crime world.
The group named some of their cocaine Bit-Coin.
They say all areas of the city were affected by this organization, including suburbia. A network of high/mid-level operators and local couriers were used to distribute the drugs.
Nome Man Sentenced To 42 Months in Federal Prison for Federal Firearms Offense
Anchorage, Alaska – U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced Stephen Brooker Sherman, 36, of Nome has been sentenced U.S. District Court Judge Ralph R. Beistline for being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition.
According to court documents, On January 5, 2020, a concerned citizen called Nome Police Department (NPD) and reported his neighbors were having a domestic dispute and multiple gunshots had been fired. A second citizen called NPD and reported shots fired in the same area. Police responded, and discovered Sherman intoxicated, sitting naked on a bed with a loaded Ruger SR22 .22 caliber handgun next to him and a Ruger P345 .22 caliber handgun on the floor. Police also located a Savage Model 62 .22 caliber rifle, 23 rounds of .308 ammunition, 83 rounds of .357 and .38 ammunition, 30 rounds of .22 ammunition and 371 rounds of .40 caliber ammunition in the residence. Sherman has prior felony