Joint Interim Status Report — United States v. Sniders Jean-Jacques, et al. (D. Mass.)

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U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts · No. 1:26-cr-10031-RGS · Doc. 53 · 2026-05-20 · Docket on CourtListener

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS 
 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
 
 
 
v. 
 
(1) SNIDERS JEAN-JACQUES, 
(2) LORNE JOHNSON, 
(3) TANYA PIERRE, and  
(4) ASHLEY SPIKE 
 
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Criminal No. 25-10031-RGS-JCB 
 
 
JOINT INTERIM STATUS REPORT 
 
Pursuant to Local Rule 116.5(b), the United States and defendants Sniders Jean-Jacques, 
Lorne Johnson, Tanya Pierre, and Ashley Spike state as follows: 
(1) 
Status of Automatic Discovery and Pending Discovery Requests 
 
The government produced automatic and supplemental discovery totaling just under 
57,000 pages on March 9, 2026, March 31, 2026, April 3, 2026, and April 30, 2026.1  These 
productions consist of more than 6,300 Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan and forgiveness 
files, search materials, text chats between co-conspirators, and records from the tax preparation 
software defendants are alleged to have used to create fake tax documents submitted with the PPP 
applications, among other items.  As discussed below, the government anticipates making its next 
rolling production on or about May 29, 2026, which will include additional PPP loan and 
forgiveness files the government has received since the last production, PPP applicants’ true tax 
returns from the IRS, defendants’ bank and financial records, and additional text chats.   
 
1 The government also re-issued a portion of the March 31, 2026 production on April 24, 
2026 to correct a duplication error in the Bates scheme.   
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Additionally, in early May 2026, the government produced body worn camera footage to 
individual defendants, as well as written or recorded statements they may have made to 
investigators (including, for defendant Sniders Jean-Jacques, the full iCloud return obtained 
pursuant to search warrant No. 24-mj-7416).    
 
On April 30, 2026, counsel for defendant Jean-Jacques requested (a) any reports describing 
the events surrounding Jean-Jacques’s arrest, as well as any searches conducted at that time; (b) 
any reports documenting law enforcement’s efforts to locate Jean-Jacques in order to effectuate 
his arrest; and (c) body worn camera footage from Jean-Jacques’s arrest.  As noted, the government 
has now produced the body worn camera footage from Jean-Jacques’s arrest at the West Dixie 
Highway location, as well as body worn camera footage from the attempted arrest at the 156 NE 
Terrace location, to his counsel.  The government is confirming whether any of the requested 
reports exist. 
 
The government has requested reciprocal discovery under Fed. R. Crim. P. 16(b) and Local 
Rule 116.1(d).  There are no other pending discovery requests.   Defendants have not yet produced 
any discovery to the government. 
(2) 
Timing of Any Additional Discovery To Be Produced 
 
As noted above, the government anticipates making a supplemental production on or about 
May 29, 2026, which will include additional PPP loan and forgiveness files the government has 
received since the last production, the first tranche of PPP applicants’ true tax returns from the 
Internal Revenue Service, defendants’ bank and financial records, and additional text chats.   
The government is still processing and reviewing electronic devices obtained during the 
execution of search warrants on defendant Jean-Jacques’s person and residence and Lorne 
Johnson’s person.  The government expects to receive copies of these devices to begin its review 
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on or about May 28, 2026 and anticipates producing materials from these devices in a subsequent 
production on or about June 30, 2026.  The government anticipates receiving an additional tranche 
of PPP borrowers’ true federal income tax returns from the Internal Revenue Service which the 
government will include in the next production as well.   
The government will provide additional discovery as it is received and processed pursuant 
to Local Rule 116.7.   
(3) 
Timing of Any Additional Discovery Requests 
 
Defendants are reviewing the materials produced thus far and have no current plans to 
make a discovery request, but reserve their rights to do so after having reviewed all the automatic 
and supplemental discovery produced by the government. 
(4) 
Protective Orders 
 
There is a protective order currently in place.  See Dkt. 39. 
(5) 
Pretrial Motions Under Fed. R. Crim. P. 12(b) 
 
Defendants are reviewing the discovery materials and evaluating the merits of any motions 
under Fed. R. Crim. P. 12(b).  Defendants do not have any motions under Fed. R. Crim. P. 12(b) 
at this time. 
(6) 
Timing of Expert Disclosures 
 
Should expert testimony prove necessary, the government agrees to make the requisite 
expert witness disclosures 60 days before trial, and the defendants agree to make reciprocal expert 
disclosures 30 days before trial. 
(7) 
Defenses of Insanity, Public Authority, or Alibi 
No defendant intends to offer defenses of insanity, public authority, or alibi. 
 
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(8) 
Speedy Trial Act Calculation 
 
The Court excluded all time between defendants’ respective initial appearances in this 
District and May 26, 2026 from the Speedy Trial clock.  See Dkts. 11, 31, 36, 45.  Following 
issuance of the latest Order on Excludable Delay, the Court rescheduled the interim status 
conference from May 26, 2026 to May 28, 2026.   
(9) 
Status of Plea Discussions and Estimated Length of Trial 
 
The government is engaged in plea discussions with one of the defendants and will be 
reaching out to counsel for the remaining three defendants in short order.  If the case were to 
proceed to trial, the government currently estimates that its case-in-chief would not exceed two 
weeks.  
(10) 
Timing of an Interim Status Conference 
 
As noted, the government is continuing to produce discovery, is engaged in plea 
negotiations with one of the defendants, and anticipates additional plea discussions in the 
following months. Accordingly, the parties request that the Court convene a further interim status 
conference in approximately 60 days to give the defendants and their counsel sufficient time to 
review the discovery productions, including the forthcoming rolling productions.  The parties ask 
the Court to exclude the period until that conference under 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7) in order that 
the defendants may have adequate time to review discovery and formulate a discovery plan, if 
necessary.  The defendants agree to exclude the time between May 26, 2026, and the date of the 
interim status conference from the Speedy Trial calculation.   
 
In light of the status of the case, the parties agree that an initial status conference is 
unnecessary and request that the Court issue an order cancelling the initial status conference. 
 
 
 
 
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Respectfully submitted, 
Respectfully submitted, 
 
LEAH B. FOLEY 
SNIDERS JEAN-JACQUES 
United States Attorney 
 
By: /s/ Kristen A. Kearney 
 
By: /s/ Jane Peachy  
 
 
 
KRISTEN A. KEARNEY 
JANE PEACHY  
 
 
Assistant U.S. Attorney 
Peachy Hackett & Sunderland 
 
88 Broad Street, Suite 101 
 
Boston, MA 02110 
 
 
 
 
LORNE JOHNSON 
 
 
By: /s/ James M. Caramanica 
 
 
JAMES M. CARAMANICA 
 
Law Office of James M. Caramanica 
 
120 North Main Street, Suite 306 
 
Attleboro, MA 02703 
 
 
 
TANYA PIERRE 
 
 
By: /s/ Mark W. Shea 
 
 
 
MARK W. SHEA 
 
Shea & LaRocque, LLP 
 
88 Broad Street, Suite 101 
 
Boston, MA 02110 
 
 
 
 
ASHLEY SPIKE 
 
 
By: /s/ Joshua R. Hanye 
 
 
 
JOSHUA R. HANYE 
 
Federal Public Defender Office 
 
51 Sleeper Street, 5th Floor 
 
Boston, MA 02210 
 
 
Date:  May 20, 2026 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 
 
 
I hereby certify that this document, filed through the ECF system, will be sent 
electronically to the registered participants as identified on the Notice of Electronic Filing. 
 
Dated: May 20, 2026  
 
 
 
/s/ Kristen A. Kearney  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kristen A. Kearney 
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