Court filing — No. 0:22-mj-06081 (Dkt. 1, S.D. Fla.)
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A criminal complaint with an affidavit in support, Case No. 22-6081, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, entered on the docket February 25, 2022 (Doc. 1). The complaint charges Catalina Rivera Cante with violating Title 21, United States Code, Section 841(a)(1) (possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance). The affidavit of Joseph Krissel describes purchases of cocaine from the defendant, including one of approximately 19 grams for $600 and one of approximately 34 grams for $1,200, and a later seizure of a substance that field-tested positive for cocaine and that the affidavit says would later be found to weigh one kilogram.
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AFFIDAVIT IN SIJPPORT OF CRIM INAL COM PLAINT
1,Joseph Krissel,llaving becn tsrstduly swonl- tlo hereby depose and state aslbllows:
INTRO IIUCTIO N AN D AG ENT BAC'KCIIAO tTNII
Iam a 'I'ask Force OfficerlbrtheDrug lt
'lllbrcelnentAdm inistration (-*I)l,'A'')and
havcbeellassigned to thc slialniFicld Division since (lctober2017. 1havc received specializekl
training in the m eansand m ethods used by narcoticstrat'
lsckersto im portand distribtlte narcotics.
drug sm uggling m ethods, and the concealment and Iaundering of proccetls from illicit drug
tratlicking activities.lhave personally condtlcted and participated in investigationsconccrningthe
possession,m anufacture,distribution,and im ponationof-controlled substances.asw ellasm cthods
used to finance drug transactions and latlnder drug proceeds. During the course 01- these
investigations,1have participated in search warrantexecutionsand have debrictkd orparticipated
in debriefingsofdelkntlants,infonnants,and qitnesseswho had personalknowledge rcgarding
majornarcoticstraflsckingorganizations.-l'hcaforementionedinvestigationsresultedinthearrest
and prosecution ofindividualsfornttrcoticsviolationsantlotherviolationsunderTitles 18 and 21
oftheUnittd StatesCode,Based uponmy trailling and uxperienvtt,lalm fanliliarwith themanncr
in which narcotics-trafficking organizations opcrate,incltlding the m annerin which varioustypes
ofillegaldrugsarecultivated,m anut-
acturcd,sm uggled,distributed.ordiverted, aswellasm ethods
used to tsnance drug transad ionsand launderdrug procetds.
Ialso serveasa Detective with thcM argate Policc llcpartment(-$M PD'%).Priorto
becom ing a I3EA Task l-orce O flicer,Iwasftssigned to the NIPD SpecialEntbrcem ent-l'ea1M from
January 2015 to October2017 and to theM PI)Road PatrolD ivision froln O ctober2012 to January
2015.
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I 11114 an invcstigative or Iaw cnforcem cnt (ll-
lsccr ol-the Unitcd States w ithin the
nzeaning ofTitle 18,U nited StatesCodc, Section 2510(7).thatis,an oftlcerofthe United States
who isempowttred by law'to conductinvcstigationsofand to nlakearrestsforoffenscsenumerated
in Title 18.United States Code, Section 251('
$(1).
4. lmake thisAftldavitil1supportofacrilninalcomplaintcharging Catalina Rivera
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CANTE with violating -
l-itle 2 l,U nited StatesCode, Section841(a)(1)(possessionwithintentto
distributcacontrolled substance)from ol1oraboutJanuary 5,2022, through January 30.2022 in
Broward County in the Southern D istrictofFlorida.
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idavit is bascd upon nAy personal k'now ledge, as well as inlbnnation
provided to m e by otherlaw-enforccnpentpersonneland othcrsourcesot-information. Because this
Affsdavit is being sublnitted forthe lim ited ptlrpose ofsectlring a warrant, Ihave notincltlded
every factknown to nneorotherlaw enforcenpentpersonnelconcenling thisinvestigation btlthaq'
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scttbrth only thosc factsncccssary to establish probablc caust.
PR O BABLE CA USE
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6. Bcginning December14.202l.a M argate PoliccDepanm entColztidcntialSource
(%tCS'')purchasedgram quantitiesofcocainetiom CAN-I-I!underthedirectionandsurveillanceof
law entbrcem ent. -l'l
4c CS purchascd aklditional gram quantities of cocaine froln CAN TE on
Decem ber 16- 2021-and Decclnber 21. 2021. D uring tllese transactions, a I)l!A tlndercover
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(è-UC'') Task l'
-orcc Ofticer (.iTF()'')was introduced to CAN'l-E in order to facilitate future
narcoticstransactions w ithoutthe (-
'S being present. A 11ofthe albrenpentioned transactions were
audio and video rttcordcdsand were initiated by controlled callsplaced by the (7S t()C ANTE at
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phonenumber(469)324-6519.
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(.)1)or about January 4,2()22,().
. -A N'l'1:-proq-ided the CS vvith tclephone ntlll)ber
(754)55l-l882.to p.rovideto theDlïzx IJ(', in (lrderto ctllnplete future narcotics trallsactitlns
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JANUAJ!-Y 5.2022 SALF,()F
API3ROXIM ATELY 19 E;RAM S 017('OCAIN E FOR $600.00
8. y 5,2022.the tlû'paid $600 to CANTE,at 1200 North State
O n or aboutJanual' .
Road7,Margatc.BrowardCounty,Florida,topurcllaseapproxilnatelynineteen(19)grams.tlt'a
substance that later tield-tested positive 1-
01.cocainc.Iàrior to thc transaction, the UC.madt a
nulnbcrofconsenstlally recordedtelephoneca1lsand textlnessageswith CANTE, w ho was using
phone nttmber(754)55l-1882,to arrange thetrttnsaction.
9. A tapproxinzately 3:00 IA.M .,CA N'l'l1
'was observed by law enforcelnentarriq'ing
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to thc previously agrced tlpon m eeting location in a white tt'hevroletSilverado bearing Florida tag
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(entered the passtnger scatof thc tJC 's vthicle. lnside of 1he Uc 's vtthiele,
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-AN-I'E exchangcd a w hite powdery substance t() thc tJC in exchange 6-
. 01-thc paymentof$600.
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,AN'I-E and the tJC canied on casualconvcrsation betklre CA NTE exited the LIC's vehicle alld
dtpartedtlw arta.Tl1tlueetingwasaudio/vidto fecorded.'l'htwhitepowdery substancewaslatef
tlcld-tested atthe M argate Police Departnlent,and thc restlltofthe field-testwas thatthewhite
powdcl
-y substancc containcd cocainc. 'l-hc w hitc powdery stàbstance Nvas also subm ittcd to tht.
I3roward Sheritr s (.lffice Laboratory for eonfirmation.bu1yotlr aftsanthas notyetreceived tle
results.
JAN UA RY 19.2022 SA I-E ()F
APPROXIM ATELY 34 GRAM S ()lk-SI,
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.IICAlN E FOR $1a200.00
l0. On oraboutJanuary 19,2022tllesame tJC paid$1,200 to CANTE,at1200 North
State Road 7, M argate- Broqvard C-ounty. I'lorida, to ptlrchase approxim ately thil-ty-lbtlr (34)
grmns,ofa stlbstance thatlatertseld-testcd positivc lbrcocaine.l'riorto the transaction. a ntlm ber
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ofconsenstlally recorded telephone calls and textm essagesw ere conductcd betw een the tF(-and
CAN TE to arrangc the transaction. 'I-
he UC was able to m ake these consensualrecordillgs b),
contacting (754)551-1882 to spcttk to CA N-I-E .
Atapproxilnately 2:56 P.M .,the tJ(3al-rived to the previously agreed upon lneeting
location. CAN-I-E had previotlsly arrived in a vchicle, unbeknownst to investigators. ('A N -I-E
entered the passenger seatofthe t1(7-s vehicle.Inside ofthe UC 's vehiclc- ('
. -AN'TE exchangcd a
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white powdery substance that('A N'I'i1'represented was cocaine in excllange for the paymentof
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$1200.CAN'I'l(and theUC discussed atlip CAN'I'I!planned to taketo llrlkmdo. CAN 'l'l:'exited
the U C's vehielc km d departed the area. The m ceting was audio/video recorded. 'I'
lAe w hite
powdery substance w ould later lield test positive at the M argate Police Departm ent, whith
indicated the substance contained cocaine. The stlbstance was alst) subm itted to the Browurd
Sherifl'sOftscel.zaboratory fbrconfirmation.butyourAt-
lianthasnotyetreceivedtheresults.
At7ter dcparting the lueeting,CAN'l'l:
' made telephonic contact w'ith the UC to
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advise the t,
J()'that she Nvould bc traveling to l3rlando to gct l'
norc 'tn4aterial.'' lnvcstigalors
interpreted CAN-I-IZ'Sstatenlcntto nlean thatshe was going to Orlando to ptlrchase m ore cocaine
tbrresale.
JAN UA RY 20,2022 IN STAI,
.I-ATION O F (ilàS PING ON 'I-Eiel,!I'll()N E (754*
)551-1882
llased on evidcncc outlined above.investigators applied for- and werc granted a
search wan'antauthorizing 1he gathering ofprospcctivcgeographic location infonnation from thc
service providcr for cellular telephone (754) 551-l882. This phone nuluber w'
as previotlsl)
tltilized to contactthe D EA t7(- to arrange narcotics tntnsactions.'l-he warrantwassigned by the
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l-lonorable Judge IlanielCascy.in the Seventecnth JudicialD istrictlbrthe State ofFlorida .
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JANUAI4Y 30s2022 ARREST O17fANTE ANJASEIZURE OIt
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14. ()11oraboutJanuary 30,2022,invcstigattdrsobsenrcd thccellularphone previotlsll'
utilized by C AN'l'l!travclfroln Broward County, Floridato Orlando.l'lorida.'I'hc phoneappcarekl
to rmnain in the Clrlando,Florida area forapproxinxately tlne hotlr, before departing and traveling
soulhbound.
15. At approximately 9:00 aln on Jaluary 30, 2022, investigators fron: the I)l'
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M argatePD andllrowardtrounty Drugel-ask'Force(--I)f7DTF'')established stlrveillancealongthc
Florida 'l-unzpike,the route the cellular phone appeared to be traveling back to Broward County,
Florida.
Atapproximately 10:30 am,invcstigatllrsobserved a white ChevroletSilverado,
bcaring Florida tag G NXJ28,traveling southbound 011the Florida turnpik-e. CA N-I-E had utilized
this vchicle on January 5,2022.to dcliver cocaine to the UC . Surveillance w as initiated on the
vehiclc.
Shortly aûer, I!()
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,DTF Det. Rocco lnnco observed the vehiclc com lnit a traffic
infraction. D et. Inneo initiatcd a traffsc stop in a m arked Brow ard Sherritr s (lftice vchiclc.
utilizing ovcrhcad lights and sircns.The vchicle cam e to restin the 3700 block 01-C'oconutCreek
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Parkw ay,w ithin the City of Pom pano Beach.Florida.llet.llm eo m ade contactwith the driverol'
the vehicle and thc f'
rontseatpassenger,('A NTE.
18. Nvithin m onnents, I!Cl)'I'I-
' Ilet. Dustin -l'hom pson arrived to the stop. l)e1.
Tholnpson condtlcted an open-air sniff t)f the vchicle tltilizing his K 9 partner.Det.Tholnpson
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advised thathis14.
9 alel-ted to the presencct)ftheodorofnarcotics tioln w ithin tht N'chicle. Inside
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of the vehiclc.ilet.Thom pson advised his K9 partner alerted to a black pursc.located on the
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passengersidc floorboard ofthe vehicle.
A search ofthe black purse revealcd a eonsular identitlcation card beltlnging to
CAN -
I-E. A lso located in the purse was a white grocery bag. W ithin the white grocery bag.
wrrapped intinfoiland contained within agallonsizedZiplocbag, wasa w hite powdery substance
pressedinto abrick shape.'I-hesubstancewasGcld-tested usingaSirchieNark'ID wipes and l)el(l-
testcd positive forthe presence ofcocaine. Thc suspectcocaine would laterbe found to have a
w eightofone thousand gram s,orone k'ilogranA. 'I-he Nvhite pon-dery substance u'as subnlitted to
the DEA Laboratory forconfirm ation-butyourAftianthasnotyetreceived the results.
Atter being advised of and waiving her M iranda rights, CAN -l-1( infonnctl
investigators that she was clriven t()O rlando in the whitc Chevrolet Silverado to ptlrchase the
k'ilogram ofcocaine from a person known to CANTE as -tAm igo.''CA NTE adm itted to paying
$25.000 forthe kilogram ()fcocaine.
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UNITED STA TES D IS'I'R If.
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SO UTH F-RN DISTRICT ()F FLO R IDA
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,ASE NO .22-6081-SN O W
FILED BY D,C.
UNIT EII STATES O F AM ERICA
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ANGELA E.NIJCJLE
CLERK LLS.l3lST.CT.
CA TALINA IU VE RA (J'
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Defendant,
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CR IM INAL CO VER SH EET
llid thisnAatlcroriginatefrom amatterpending in 1heCentralRegion oftheUnitedStates
Attorney'sOfl5cepriortoAugust9,2013 (M ag.JtldgeAlicia 0.Valle)? Yes X No
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lid thism attcroriginate from am atterpending in theNorthern Ilcgion ofthellnited States
Attorney'sOffscepriortoAugust8.2014(M ag.JtldgeShaniekM aynardl? Yes X No
llid thism atteroriginate from a m atterpending in the CentralRegion ofthe llnited States
Attorney'sOfficepriorto October3,2019(M ag.JudgcJared Straussl'
? Yes X No
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