UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 

Case No. 22-MJ-8%(5

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

vs. 

*(25*(085,//2, 

Defendant.

CRIMINAL COVER SHEET 

1. 1. Did this matter originate from a matter pending in the United States 

Attorney’s Office prior to August 9, 2013 (Mag. Judge Alicia Valle)? 

Yes X No 

2. Did this matter originate from a matter pending in the Northern Region of the

United States Attorney’s Office prior to August 8, 2014 (Mag. Judge Shaniek

Maynard)? Yes X No

Respectfully submitted, 

JUAN ANTONIO GONZALEZ 

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 

By: Lara Treinis Gatz

Lara Treinis Gatz 

Assistant United States Attorney 

Southern District of Florida 

Court ID No. A5502857 

500 S. Australian Avenue – 4th Floor 

West Palm Beach, Florida 401 

lara.gatz@usdoj.gov

(561) 209-1069

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Aug 5, 2022

West Palm Beach

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AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF CRIMINAL COMPLAINT 

 

22-MJ-8333-BER 

I, VINCENT RUBBO, being duly sworn, depose and state as follows: 

1. I am a Special Agent of the United States Department of Justice, Bureau of 

Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). I have been an ATF Special Agent since 

January of 2015. My duties include the investigation of violations of the Federal firearms 

laws. I know it to be unlawful for any person who is a convicted felon, to possess, transport, 

or receive a firearm or ammunition which has been shipped or transported in interstate or 

foreign commerce. 

2. This affidavit is made in support of a criminal complaint charging defendant 

GEORGE MURILLO (“MURILLO”) with possession of a firearm as a prohibited person in 

violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The information contained in this affidavit is based in 

part on information developed by ATF Special Agents, information obtained from other law 

enforcement personnel, information obtained from a confidential source (“CS”), who has 

proven to be reliable, and a review of various law enforcement databases. Because this 

affidavit is being submitted for the limited purpose of establishing probable cause in support 

of the criminal complaint, it does not include all facts known to me or to other law 

enforcement officers regarding this investigation. 

3. In May 2022, ATF agents initiated an investigation of MURILLO, after 

MURILLO was identified as a felon, illegally in possession of a firearm, who was attempting 

to sell that firearm to a prohibited person. 

4. In furtherance of the investigation, on May 17, 2022, pursuant to a prearranged meeting arranged by the CS at the direction of ATF Agents, the CS, supervised by 

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ATF agents, met with defendant MURILLO in the West Palm Beach, Florida area to 

purchase the firearm from defendant MURILLO. The CS, wearing a recording device to 

memorialize the sale, purchased a Smith & Wesson, model M&P Bodyguard 38 Crimson 

Trace, .38 Special caliber revolver and twenty-five (25) rounds of Hornady ammunition from 

defendant MURILLO in exchange for $300. During the sale of the firearm, defendant 

MURILLO stated to the CS, “I know you can’t have it cause we got felonies.” 

5. Thereafter, on or about July 8, 2022, defendant MURILLO and the CS 

engaged in a conversation during which defendant MURILLO offered to sell the CS a 

Beretta pistol for $500. This conversation was recorded. Thereafter, the CS and MURILLO 

made arrangements to meet to consummate the sale. 

6. To that end, on July 12, 2022, the CS, wearing a recording device and 

supervised by ATF Agents, met with defendant MURILLO in the Wellington, Florida area. 

During that meeting, the CS purchased a Beretta, model 92FS, 9mm pistol and fifteen (15) 

rounds of ammunition from defendant MURILLO in exchange for $500. 

7. As part of this investigation, an ATF Special Agent trained in Firearms 

Interstate Nexus examined the firearms and ammunition the CS purchased from defendant 

MURILLO and determined the firearms and ammunition were manufactured outside the 

State of Florida, therefore traveled in and affected interstate or foreign commerce. 

8. A review of the relevant databases reveals that defendant MURILLO is 

prohibited from possessing a firearm as, on October 20, 2017, defendant MURILLO was 

convicted of Federal Bank Robbery in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) in the United 

States District Court, Southern District of Florida. See 17-CR-80063-MARRA-1. At that 

time, MURILLO was sentenced to 33 months’ incarceration and a supervised released term 

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of three years. Thus, in addition to being prohibited from possessing a firearm under federal 

law, one of the terms of defendant MURILLO’s supervised release, which he is currently 

serving, instructs that defendant MURILLO “shall not possess a firearm, ammunition, 

destructive device, or any other dangerous weapon.” 

9. Based on the foregoing, I submit that there is probable cause to believe that

defendant GEORGE MURILLO possessed a firearm when he was prohibited from doing so

in violation of Title 18 United States Code Section 922(g).

FURTHER AFFIANT SAYETH NAUGHT.

_______________________________________

VINCENT RUBBO

ATF SPECIAL AGENT

Sworn and attested to me by Applicant on this 4th

day of August 2022, in West Palm Beach, Florida

_____________________________________

THE HONORABLE BRUCE E. REINHART

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

___________________________

VINCENT RUBBO

ATF SPECIAL AGENT

Sworn and attested to me by Applicant on this 4th

day of August 2022, in West Palm Beach, Florida

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

PENALTY SHEET 

Defendant=s Name: GEORGE MURILLO

Case No: 22-MJ-8333-BER 

Felon in Possession of a Firearm 

Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g) 

*Max. Penalty: 

10 years imprisonment, 3 years of supervised release, $250,000 fine, $100 special assessment 

*Refers only to possible term of incarceration, fines, special assessments, does not include 

possible restitution, parole terms, or forfeitures that may be applicable. 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 

Case Number: 22-8333-BER 

BOND RECOMMENDATION 

DEFENDANT: GEORGE MURILLO 

PRETRIAL DETENTION 

 

By: Lara Treinis Gatz 

 LARA TREINIS GATZ 

 ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY 

Last Known Address: 

What Facility: Palm Beach County Jail, 3228 Gun Club Rd, West Palm Beach, FL 33406 

Agent: SA VINVENT RUBBO 

(ATF) 

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