New Upper Peninsula top cop is U.S. Attorney Andrew Byerly Birge
What will happen this week to the other top cop in Michigan?
Federal prosecutor for Eastern District that includes Detroit is still U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade
By Greg Peterson
U.P. Breaking News
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This morning, Sat., Jan., 29, 2017 – we want to show you some of the efforts of the feds to crack down on illegal aliens, violent drug gangs, child molesters and much more.
Here is just one day in the effort JUST to remove illegal aliens – not only from the Soo and the entire U.P. – but the western half of the Lower Peninsula including all the Lake Michigan coastal cities – and HQ is Grand Rapids.
The other federal district is the eastern district (Detroit half of the state) are equally busy. These are only the illegal aliens indictments in western Michigan – there are many more entered by federal prosecutors across the eastern half of the state.
President Trump appointed one of two new top federal prosecutors in Michigan this week including for the Upper Peninsula (western district).
New Top Federal Prosecutor for Upper Peninsula and the Western District of Michigan is U.S. Attorney Andrew Byerly Birge
What will happen this coming week in the eastern half of the state – will the same top cop remain on the job?
Still no word on future of President Obama’s Attorney General for the Eastern District of Michigan – only the new U.P. top cop has been named.
Here is what is being said about the Detroit half of the state including Bay City, MI:
Anxiety grows over US attorney’s likely departure – Detroit News
Nov 21, 2016 – U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade drew national attention for helping … in 2012 to serve as U.S. attorney for the Western District of Michigan.
U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade: A fighter for justice – Detroit Free Press
Aug 22, 2015 – McQuade, 50, became the first woman to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan after being appointed by President Barack …
Barbara L. McQuade – Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_L._McQuade
Barbara L. McQuade (born 1964) is currently the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan. Early life and education
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan is the Federal district court with jurisdiction over of the eastern portion of the state of Michigan.
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Big new around the feds drinking fountain this week in the U.P. – was the naming of new top prosecutors around the country – including Michigan, under the administration of the new President Donald Trump.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmi/meet-us-attorney
https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmi/pr/2017_0123_Birge
With a new president, this week Michigan got a new main federal prosecutor – the new U.S. Attorney for the western district that includes the U.P.
It is unclear what the future is for Eastern District of Michigan U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade.
Here are the recent Michigan federal press releases:
We will be publishing some of the shocking Michigan child porn/trafficking in humans cases filed recently
Western District of Michigan including Upper Peninsula:
January 25, 2017January 23, 2017
Eastern District of Michigan includes Detroit:
January 26, 2017January 23, 2017January 19, 2017
This week, U.P. Breaking news showed you the deportation efforts in the Soo involving illegal aliens – and some cases downstate even involve aliens who should not be here but are also convicted felons.
Federal prosecutors, Homeland Security and the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol – all care.
In fact, these offices have always – been concerned about these types of crimes.
This happens almost daily in Michigan, but thought we’d give you a taste of one day in Grand Rapids, MI – indicting the people not legally in the U.S. who are caught by police in Michigan.
Some have detailed cases, others do not.
U.P. Breaking News is not worried about illegal aliens stealing U.P. jobs – but only those who live and work in the Soo know what it is really like on that Canadian borders.
The following is an example of one week of charges filed in federal court in Michigan’s western division. Plus with a new president, there may be a new U.S. Attorney for the eastern as well – everyone is holding their breath in the office of U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade.
The western district is the entire Upper Peninsula and the western half of the Lower Peninsula: These federal documents cost me about $20 this morning – plus a few others – that I will share.
Arturo Zamarripa-Cantu, alien felon reentry, Van Buren County, MI
Rudy Rene Yoc, alien felon reentry, Kent County, MI
Jose Nelson Garcia-Garcia, alien felon reentry, Kent County, MI
Abac-Xiloj, alien reentry, Missaukee County, MI
Jorge Abraham Vargas-Alegre, re-entry of deported aliens, Kent County, MI
Eliud Cruz-Chavez, alien felon reentry, Antrim County, MIIndictments filed on Jan. 26, 2017 by U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Southern Division
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Arturo Zamarripa-Cantu, alien felon reentry, Van Buren County, MI
Case Summary
1:17-cr-00031-PLM All Defendants USA v. Zamarripa-Cantu
Date filed: 01/26/2017
Date of last filing: 01/27/2017
Arturo Zamarripa-Cantu, alien felon reentry, Van Buren County, MI
Van Buren County, MI
Magistrate Case:
1:17-mj-00021-PJG
Count: 1
Citation: 8:1326A.F
Offense Level: 4
8:1326(a), 8:1326(b)(1) REENTRY OF DEPORTED ALIENS; alien felon reentry
Defendant Custody Status: Custody This Court
defendant: Arturo Zamarripa-Cantu represented by Matthew George Borgula
Phone: (616) 458-5500
Email: matt@springsteadbartish.com
USA represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer S. Murnahan
Phone: (616) 456-2404
Email: jennifer.murnahan@usdoj.gov
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Gustavo Alexis Hernandez-Padilla, re-entry of deported aliens, Kent County, MI
Case Summary
1:17-cr-00030-GJQ All Defendants USA v. Hernandez-Padilla
Date filed: 01/26/2017
Date of last filing: 01/27/2017
Gustavo Alexis Hernandez-Padilla, re-entry of deported aliens, Kent County, MI
Filed: 01/26/2017
County: Kent
Magistrate Case: 1:17-mj-00022-PJG
Count: 1
Citation: 8:1326A.F
Offense Level: 4
8:1326(a) REENTRY OF DEPORTED ALIENS
Defendant Custody Status: Custody This Court
Defendant Gustavo Alexis Hernandez-Padilla represented by
Donald W. Garthe(Designation CJA Appointment)
Phone: (616) 532-8310
Fax: (616) 532-8320
Email: dwgarthe@sbcglobal.net
USA represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer S. Murnahan
Phone: (616) 456-2404
Email: jennifer.murnahan@usdoj.gov
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Rudy Rene Yoc, alien felon reentry, Kent County, MI
Case Summary
1:17-cr-00028-JTN
All Defendants USA v. Yoc
Date filed: 01/26/2017
Rudy Rene Yoc, alien felon reentry, Kent County, MI
Kent County, MI
Count: 1
Citation: 8:1326.F
Offense Level: 4
8:1326(a), 8:1326(b)(1) REENTRY OF DEPORTED ALIENS; alien felon reentry
Defendant Custody Status:
Defendant Rudy Rene Yoc
Plaintiff USA represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Donald Daniels
Phone: (616) 456-2404
Donald.Daniels@usdoj.gov
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Jose Nelson Garcia-Garcia, alien felon reentry,Kent County, MI
Case Summary
1:17-cr-00029-RJJ
All Defendants USA v. Garcia-Garcia
Date filed: 01/26/2017
Date of last filing: 01/26/2017
Jose Nelson Garcia-Garcia
Filed: 01/26/2017
Kent County, MI
Magistrate Case:
1:17-mj-00016-PJG
Count: 1
Citation: 8:1326A.F
Offense Level: 4
8:1326(a), 8:1326(b)(1) REENTRY OF DEPORTED ALIENS; alien felon reentry
Defendant Custody Status: Custody This Court
Defendant Jose Nelson Garcia-Garcia represented by Cirilo Martinez(Designation CJA Appointment)
Phone: (269) 342-1112
Email: cirilo@umich.edu
Plaintiff:
USA represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer S. Murnahan
Phone: (616) 456-2404
Email: jennifer.murnahan@usdoj.gov
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Abac-Xiloj, alien reentry, Missaukee County, MI
Case Summary
1:17-cr-00025-PLM All Defendants USA v. Abac-Xiloj
Date filed: 01/26/2017
Carlos Abac-Xiloj
Filed: 01/26/2017
Missaukee County, MI
Count: 1
Citation: 8:1326.F
Offense Level: 4
8:1326(a) REENTRY OF DEPORTED ALIENS; alien reentry
Defendant Custody Status:
Defendant: Carlos Abac-Xiloj
Plaintiff USA represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Donald Daniels
Phone: (616) 456-2404
Donald.Daniels@usdoj.gov
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Jorge Abraham Vargas-Alegre, re-entry of deported aliens, Kent County, MI
Case Summary
Jorge Abraham Vargas-Alegre
Office: Southern Division
Filed: 01/26/2017
Kent County, MI
Magistrate Case: 1:17-mj-00020-PJG
Count: 1
Citation: 8:1326A.F
Offense Level: 4
8:1326(a) REENTRY OF DEPORTED ALIENS
Defendant Custody Status: Custody This Court
Defendant: Jorge Abraham Vargas-Alegre represented by Britt Morton Cobb(Designation Retained)
Phone: (616) 458-2212
Fax: (616) 458-1158
Email: bmc@willeychamberlain.com
Plaintiff USA represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Donald Daniels
Phone: (616) 456-2404
Donald.Daniels@usdoj.gov
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Eliud Cruz-Chavez, alien felon reentry, Antrim County, MI
Case Summary
1:17-cr-00026-JTN All Defendants USA v. Cruz-Chavez
Date filed: 01/26/2017
Eliud Cruz-Chavez
Filed: 01/26/2017
County: Antrim
Magistrate Case: 1:17-mj-00023-PJG
Count: 1
Citation: 8:1326A.F Offense Level: 4
8:1326(a), 8:1326(b)(1) REENTRY OF DEPORTED ALIENS; alien felon reentry
Defendant Custody Status: Custody This Court
Defendant Eliud Cruz-Chavez represented by Sharon A. Turek(Designation Public Defender or Community Defender Appointment)
Phone: (616) 742-7420
Email: sharon_turek@fd.org
Plaintiff USA represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Donald Daniels
Phone: (616) 456-2404
Donald.Daniels@usdoj.gov
Michigan’s new top federal prosecutors too the helm this week – on Monday, january 23, 2017:
Veteran Leader Takes The Helm Of U.S. Attorney’s Office:
New Top Federal Prosecutor for the Western District of Michigan, including U.P., is U.S. Attorney Andrew Byerly Birge
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — Andrew Byerly Birge assumed the duties of Acting U.S. Attorney by operation of law following U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles, Jr.’s resignation last Friday at noon.
Birge was serving until then as the First Assistant, the senior-most management position in the office.
Birge held the First Assistant position for the last nine and a half years. U.S. Attorney Charles Gross first tapped him for the role in May of 2007, under then-President George W. Bush’s administration. U.S. Attorneys Donald A. Davis and Patrick Miles each subsequently asked him to continue serving in that capacity.
A First Assistant functions as the chief advisor to the U.S. Attorney and oversees the office’s civil and criminal litigation as well as its administrative operations. Miles said of Birge: “I know I am leaving the office in good hands.” Miles described Birge as “extremely knowledgeable” and a person of “impeccable integrity.”
Birge has been with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for over sixteen years. Prior to assuming senior management responsibilities, he oversaw the office’s appellate practice and handled all manner of criminal cases.
He began his legal career as a law clerk to the late Chief U.S. District Court Judge Richard A. Enslen, in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, he was an Associate for several years with the law firm of Jenner & Block in Chicago, Illinois.
Birge expects to serve as the Acting U.S. Attorney until President Donald Trump nominates and the U.S. Senate confirms a successor U.S. Attorney. “I take great pride in undertaking this opportunity. This office has remarkably dedicated and talented attorneys and staff with an outstanding record of holding wrongdoers accountable and vindicating the interests of the United States. I plan to continue that tradition of excellence in the pursuit of justice.”
Birge obtained his law degree from the Columbia University School of Law, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from Carleton College, where he graduated cum laude and with Distinction as a history major.
This is at least the second illegal fishing probe launched in the U.P. By the feds in recent years – as a federal sting operations led to charges of people across northern Michigan and northeast Wisconsin in the winter of 2015. It included long-term informants, wires and the closing of businesses.
A third major suspect appears to be a life cut short. 35-year-old Ronald Leon Higby recently died before federal charges could be filed against him. “This investigation implicates a (fourth) co-conspirator who will not be named in this criminal complaint,” states the federal criminal complaint. The cause of his death is not disclosed in the complaint.
He is charged with unlawful transport of firearms, etc.; drug user and addict in possession of a firearm and ammunition. The alleged offense occurred on Nov. 18, 2016 in Marquette County, the indictment states.
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