Feds ties May 2021 shooting near San Francisco airport to raid on Stockton home, probe of nationwide criminal organization

SACRAMENTO — Federal prosecutors have drawn a line between a police raid of a Stockton residence final September and a Might 2021 taking pictures that allegedly concerned a Bay Space-based felony group that authorities say was working throughout the USA.

Sean Arthur Robinson, 36, was indicted Dec. 15 on a cost of possessing a stolen gun as a felon, allegedly recovered throughout a Sept. 7 raid on his Stockton residence. However authorities say the house was searched partially due to an investigation right into a Dublin resident, Quinten Moody, 37, and his affiliate, 46-year-old Myra Minks.

Robinson was launched from jail Tuesday on a $50,000 secured bond.

In courtroom papers, authorities recognized Robinson because the sufferer of a Might 2021 taking pictures on the Grand Hyatt subsequent to San Francisco Worldwide Airport. In that taking pictures, a rented Acura pulled up with a driver and a minimum of one passenger, and two individuals started opening hearth at victims standing close to some automobiles within the car parking zone. Robinson’s blood was discovered on the scene, police say.

Earlier than the taking pictures, prosecutors allege Robinson was seen “carrying a duffel bag containing firearms” within the space.

As police investigated, it turned out the Acura had been rented within the identify of considered one of Minks’ associates, a resident of Dallas. In a June 2021 search of Minks’ Roseville residence, authorities discovered an EDD debit card within the Dallas resident’s identify, in addition to a handwritten observe containing a regulation enforcement official’s identify and an authorization request kind for a cellphone firm, based on courtroom data.

Requested to elucidate the observe, Minks allegedly advised authorities that Moody had requested her to trace Robinson’s whereabouts, explaining that the 2 had “beef” and that Moody had requested her to name the San Francisco Police Division, pose as a regulation enforcement officer, and attempt to verify why police have been monitoring Robinson.

It was not the one time Minks was accused of arranging to impersonate police. In courtroom papers, prosecutors have accused her of claiming to be an assistant U.S. Lawyer and inquiring in regards to the demise of an Antioch man who was gunned down shortly after driving $400,000 in money throughout the Bay Bridge. She’s additionally accused of impersonating a member of the Secret Service, an FBI agent, a DEA agent, and an airline worker.

Minks and Moody have been charged final Might with conspiracy to distribute marijuana to “California, Georgia, Nevada, Texas, and elsewhere,” false impersonation of an officer, aggravated id theft, and mail fraud. A 3rd defendant, Jessica Tang, was charged with participation in an EDD fraud scheme. Tang is known on this planet of true crime fans, although, for being a central determine within the infamous 1999 homicide of Alice Sin, by then-Pinole resident Raymond Wong, who was relationship each Sin and Tang on the time.