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Parties Involved:
2004 Dodge Stratus, VIN: 1B3EL36X94N192290, License Number 5ZAT819
Defendant
2006 Maserati Quattroporte, VIN: ZAMCE39A660021662, License Number 5SSH877
Defendant
Approximately $4,795.00 in U.S. Currency
Defendant
Approximately $49,360.00 in U.S. Currency
Defendant
Approximately $9,166.84 in U.S. Currency
Defendant
Assortment of Jewelry Valued at Approximately $6,100.00
Defendant
David Timothy Eugene Brown
Claimant
United States of America
Plaintiff

Document Text:

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

APPROXIMATELY $49,360.00 IN U.S. 

CURRENCY, 

 

APPROXIMATELY $9,166.84 IN U.S. 

CURRENCY, 

 

APPROXIMATELY $4,795.00 IN U.S. 

CURRENCY, 

 

ASSORTMENT OF JEWELRY VALUED AT 

APPROXIMATELY $6,100.00, 

 

2006 MASERATI QUATTROPORTE, 

VIN: ZAMCE39A660021662, LICENSE 

NUMBER 5SSH877, and 

 

2004 DODGE STRATUS, 

VIN: 1B3EL36X94N192290, LICENSE 

NUMBER 5ZAT819, 

 

 Defendants. 

 2:11-MC-00030-JAM 

CONSENT JUDGMENT OF 

FORFEITURE 

 

Pursuant to the Stipulation for Consent Judgment of Forfeiture, the Court finds: 

1. Beginning in 2007, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) and the Solano County 

Violent Gang Safe Streets Task Force (“SCVGSSTF”) began an investigation into drug trafficking in 

the Fairfield area. During that investigation, David Timothy Eugene Brown (“Brown”) was identified 

BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney 

KEVIN C. KHASIGIAN 

Assistant U.S. Attorney 

501 I Street, Suite 10-100 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Telephone: (916) 554-2700 

Attorneys for the United States 

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as a large-scale methamphetamine supplier. 

2. The FBI commenced administrative forfeiture proceedings, sending direct written 

notice to all known potential claimants and publishing notice to all others. On or about December 21, 

2010, claimants filed a claim asserting an ownership interest in the defendant assets. 

3. The United States represents that it could show at a forfeiture trial that on or about 

September 21, 2010, agents set up an undercover buy with the Confidential Informant (“CI”) to 

purchase one and one half ounces of methamphetamine from Brown. During the operation, Brown 

told the CI that he thought the CI was an informant. The CI became nervous. The CI placed a secret 

phone call to the agents that were following Brown in the surveillance vehicle. The CI attempted to 

escape the moving vehicle. Agents decided to pull over the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro that Brown was 

driving. Agents searched Brown and inside the Camaro and found approximately $9,166.84 in U.S. 

Currency (“defendant $9,166.84”) in the center console of the Camaro, approximately $4,795.00 in 

U.S. Currency (“defendant $4,795.00”) in Brown’s pants pockets, an assortment of jewelry 

(“defendant jewelry”) Brown was wearing, and indicia for Brown. 

4. The United States represents that it could show at a forfeiture trial that the information 

learned subsequent to the traffic stop and arrest of Brown, agents obtained a federal search warrant 

for Brown’s residence at 1816 Pissarro Court, Stockton, California. Federal search warrants were 

also obtained for a 2006 Maserati Quattroporte, VIN: ZAMCE39A660021662, license number 

5SSH877 (“defendant Maserati”) and a 2004 Dodge Stratus, VIN: 1B3EL36X94N192290, license 

number 5ZAT819 (“defendant Dodge”). 

5. The United States represents that it could show at a forfeiture trial that during the 

search of the residence, agents found approximately $49,360.00 in U.S. Currency (“defendant 

$49,360.00”) hidden under a bed and in the attic, firearms, ammunition, a digital scale, and indicia of 

Brown and Anne Therese Oropeza (“Oropeza”), Brown’s girlfriend. Agents searched the defendant 

Dodge parked in front of the house and the defendant Maserati located in the garage. Agents found a 

rifle and ammunition in the trunk of the defendant Dodge and indicia of Brown and Oropeza in the 

defendant Maserati. The defendant Maserati and the defendant Dodge were seized and a more 

detailed search of the vehicles was conducted. 

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6. The United States represents that it could further show at a forfeiture trial that on or 

about September 24, 2010, FBI agents conducted a more detailed search of the defendant Dodge. In 

the trunk, agents found a bag containing 53 rounds of ammunition, 4 cell phones, and a magnet used 

to access the hidden compartment located behind the back seat of the vehicle. Inside the hidden 

compartment, agents found packaging materials, deodorant, air fresheners, and a knife. 

7. The United States represents that it could further show at a forfeiture trial that FBI also 

requested the Department of Motor Vehicle records for both the defendant Maserati and the defendant 

Dodge. The defendant Maserati was purchased by Anne Oropeza on March 3, 2009 for $48,000 in 

cash. The defendant Dodge seized from the residence of Brown and Oropeza was registered to a third 

party who lives in Fairfield. Both vehicles appeared to be purchased at a time when neither Brown 

nor Oropeza had any known legitimate source of income sufficient to purchase a vehicle. 

8. The United States could further show at a forfeiture trial that the defendant assets are 

forfeitable to the United States pursuant to 21 U.S.C. §§ 881(a)(4) and (a)(6). 

9. Without admitting the truth of the factual assertions contained in this stipulation and 

for the purpose of reaching an amicable resolution and compromise of this matter, David Timothy 

Eugene Brown and Anne Therese Oropeza agree that an adequate factual basis exists to support 

forfeiture of the defendant currency, defendant funds and defendant vehicles. David Timothy Eugene 

Brown and Anne Therese Oropeza hereby acknowledge that they are the sole owners of the defendant 

assets and that no other person or entity has any legitimate claim of interest therein. Should any 

person or entity institute any kind of claim or action against the government with regard to its 

forfeiture of the defendant assets, David Timothy Eugene Brown and Anne Therese Oropeza shall 

hold harmless and indemnify the United States, as set forth below. 

 10. This Court has jurisdiction in this matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1345 and 1355, as 

this is the judicial district in which acts or omissions giving rise to the forfeiture occurred. 

 11. This Court has venue pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1395, as this is the judicial district in 

which the defendant assets were seized. 

 12. The parties herein desire to settle this matter pursuant to the terms of a duly executed 

Stipulation for Consent Judgment of Forfeiture. 

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 Based upon the above findings, and the files and records of the Court, it is hereby ORDERED 

AND ADJUDGED: 

13. The Court adopts the Stipulation for Consent Judgment of Forfeiture entered into by 

and between the parties. 

14. All right, title, and interest of David Timothy Eugene Brown and Anne Therese 

Oropeza in the defendant Approximately $49,360.00 in U.S. Currency, defendant Approximately 

$9,166.84 in U.S. Currency, defendant Approximately $4,795.00 in U.S. Currency, defendant 

Assortment of Jewelry valued at approximately $6,100.00, 2006 Maserati Quattroporte, VIN: 

ZAMCE39A660021662, License Number 5SSH877, and 2004 Dodge Stratus, VIN: 

1B3EL36X94N192290, License Number 5ZAT819, together with any interest that may have accrued 

on the defendant currency, shall be forfeited to the United States pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 881(a)(4) 

and (a)(6), to be disposed of according to law. 

15. The United States of America and its servants, agents, and employees and all other 

public entities, their servants, agents and employees, are released from any and all liability arising out 

of or in any way connected with the seizure or forfeiture of the defendant assets. This is a full and 

final release applying to all unknown and unanticipated injuries, and/or damages arising out of said 

seizure or forfeiture, as well as to those now known or disclosed. David Timothy Eugene Brown and 

Anne Therese Oropeza waive the provisions of California Civil Code § 1542. 

16. No portion of the stipulated settlement, including statements or admissions made 

therein, shall be admissible in any criminal action pursuant to Rules 408 and 410(a)(4) of the Federal 

Rules of Evidence. 

 17. All parties will bear their own costs and attorney’s fees. 

 18. Pursuant to the Stipulation for Consent Judgment of Forfeiture filed herein, the Court 

enters this Certificate of Reasonable Cause pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2465, that there was reasonable 

cause for the seizure of the above-described defendant assets. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: _3/1/2016 /s/ John A. Mendez_____________________

 JOHN A. MENDEZ 

 United States District Court Judge 

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