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Attached and incorporated
Statement of Probable Cause
Affidavit

Your affiant is Special Agent Stonie Carlson. | am currently employed as a Special Agent of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, have been so for eleven years and am currently assigned to the
United States Marshal's Service Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force where lama
Special Deputy U.S. Marshal. The purpose of regional fugitive task force where | am assigned is
to combine the efforts of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to locate and
apprehend dangerous fugitives and assist in high profile investigations.

| have a wide range of investigative experience involving crimes against persons and property,
including but not limited to aggravated assaults, robberies, shootings, and illegal possession of
narcotics, controlled substances and firearms. | have interviewed many victims, witnesses and
suspects. | am familiar with the manner in which crimes are committed and how suspects
attempt to avoid apprehension and prosecution. | have conducted and been a part of numerous
surveillances and have authored and served search and arrest warrants for many of these
cases. | am a federal law enforcement officer, and am a Special Deputy Marshal assigned to
assist in violations of CA penal codes. Because of my familiarity with the facts of this
investigation, | am requesting that the Magistrate specifically authorize me to assist Califomia
Peace Officers and the United States Marshal's Service with the service of this order.

The purpose of this Statement of Probable Cause is to obtain a search warrant authorizing the
download of content of Donnell Artis’ cell phone. The following information is based on the facts
of this case, information | have developed through the course of the investigation, and information

telayed to me through official law enforcement channels.

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Based on my training and experience and the information supplied in this affidavit, it is my opinion
that the items described in the attached Search Warrant, attached hereto and incorporated by
reference herein, are currently located at the above-designated location and/or devices.

Itis requested that any federal, state, and/or local law enforcement officers be allowed to conduct
the search of Artis’ cellular telephone.

| request that a search warrant be issued, commanding searches of the devices and or things
described above and that such property be brought before a magistrate or retained as provided in
Section 1536 of the California Penal Code.

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SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA.
County of Alameda

SEARCH WARRANT
Cell Plhonein Police Custody

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
to-any peace Officer in Alameda County Warrant No.

An affidavit, which was sworn to and subscribed before me on-this date, has established probable.cause for the following:

(1) Evidence of a ¢rime!. The evidence described below.is evidenée of a crime in that it: [check one or-more]
Tends to prove that'a felony was committed
BiTends to prove that a particular person committed a felony
O Tends to prove that-sexual exploitation of a-child, or possession of matter depicting sexual conduct of a person
under the ageof 18 years has occurred or is occurring

(2) Location of evidence: The evidence described below is presently stored in the cell phone identified below.

‘You are therefore ordered to search the cell phone(s) identified below for the evidence described below. Jf evidence is
found, ihe affiant shall stare it and the ccll phone in an official evidence storage facility pending further court order.

CELL PHONE(S) TO BE SEARCHED
Description of phone(s): Samsung Galaxy Avant, black in color, Serial Number: 358764060775276
Location 6f phone: United States Marshals Service Office, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, CA
Report nusiber: FID 9887548

EVIDENCE TO BE SEIZED [if checked]
a Address book and other contact information.

Edsicred email messayes, as follows: Containing any references to fraud or related criminal activity
Stored lext messages, as‘follows: Containing any references to fraud or related criminal activity
Phone numbers of oulgoing calls :
Phone numbers of incoming, calls
Photographs and other graphics, as follows: Credit cards, identification, and/or associates
1 Indicia of person(s) having control the cell phone
Other stored information: GPS. data related to any of the above items
CSEALING ORDER: Pending further order of this coutt, this search Warrant.and all accompanying documents shall not

bevome a public record and shall be séaled and delivered into the custody of the Clerk of the Court.
Grounds for sealing: 1 Informant protection (Evid. Code § 1041) D Official information (Evid, Code-$ 1040)

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On March 24, 2016, members of the United States Marshals Service (USMS) Fugitive Task Force
attempted to apprehend Donnell Artis at his girlfriend’s residence at 519 Ellis St, APT 405, San
Francisco, California based on information developed during the investigation. Artis is wanted for
CA PC-148-Resisting arrest, no bail warrant, CA PC-29800A1-Felon in possession of a firearm,
no bail warrant, and CA PC 530.5 identity theft, $125,000 bail. Artis is also on probation in San
Francisco, CA.

Law enforcement officers approached the door to the girlfriend’s apartment and observed the
front door open. The law enforcement officers then entered the residence to conduct a safety
sweep and observed several counterfeit credit cards on the kitchen counter with Donnell Artis’

name on them.

On April 5, 2016, based on information developed that Artis frequently hung out in front of Willie
Brown Liquors, 1933 Fruitvale Ave, Oakland, California, the members of the USMS Fugitive Task
Force conducted a drive-by of the liquor store and observed Artis talking on his cellular telephone

in front of the liquor store.

Law enforcement officers approached Artis and attempted to apprehend him and a foot pursuit
ensued. Artis was able to free himself from the law enforcement officers and ran northbound on
Fruitvale Ave, westbound on East 22” Street, then southbound on Rutherford Street where the
law enforcement officers lost visual contact with him. The law enforcement officers conducted
clearing of the nearby residences and back yards but Artis could not be located.

During the foot pursuit, Artis dropped his cellular telephone and was retrieved by the USMS
Fugitive Task Force. The cellular telephone he dropped was a Samsung Galaxy Avant, black in

color, Serial Number: 358764060775276.

Artis is a close associate of another fugitive, Chanta Hopkins, wanted out of Placer County for
Failure To Appear (FTA) Counterfeiting with full extradition.

advised Artis and Hopkins are involved in a conspiracy to commit credit
card fraud and that they are in constant communication with each other in furtherance of the

crime.

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BRIAN J. STRETCH (CABN 163973)
United States Attorney

BARBARA VALLIERE (DCBN 439353)
Chief, Criminal Division

RANDALL LEONARD (FLBN 0056205)
Assistant United States Attorneys
450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055
San Francisco, California 94102-3495
Telephone: (415) 436-7018
Fax: (415) 436-7027
Email: randall. leonard@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) CASE NO. CR 16-00477 VC

DECLARATION OF RANDALL LEONARD RE:
CELL PHONE SEARCH WARRANT

Date: November 28, 2017
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Court: Hon. Vince Chhabria

Plaintiff,
v.
DONNELL ARTIS, et al.,

Defendant.

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DECLARATION OF RANDALL LEONARD

I, Randall Leonard, declare as follows:

1, Tam an Assistant United States Attorney in the Northern District of California, and I am
assigned to represent the United States in the above-captioned matter.

2. Attached as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of a Superior Court of California,
County of Alameda Search Warrant and Affidavit for a Samsung Galaxy Avant cellular phone, S/N
358764060775276, received from FBI Special Agent Stonie Carlson.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the foregoing is true

and correct.

DECL. OF RANDALL LEONARD RE: CELL PHONE SEARCH WARRANT 1
CR 16-00477 VC



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Based on my training and experience persons involved in criminal activities often utilize their
cellular phones when planning, executing, and/or discussing their illegal activities, These
communications are made verbally and/or via written electronic messages. | further know that
they will often store photographs in their electronic devices depicting themselves and/or
associates along with items such as money and fake credit cards. In addition to the photos, they
store names, addresses, phone numbers, and/or monikers of associates.

Based on my training and experience | know that the cell phones (as well as any memory card
that may be installed in a cellular phone) contain data that can provide valuable evidence to a
criminal investigation. This data includes email, text messages, documents, cellular numbers that
the cellular phone communicated with, cell tower information identifying locations in which the
phone was used at a particular time, GPS data, stored communications or files (including voice
mail, email, photos/digital images, buddy lists, and any other files associated with the identified user
accounts), connection logs and records of user activity including, telephone caller identification
records, any other connection information, any other records or accounts, including archived
records related or associated to the above-referenced names, user names, or accounts and any
data field name definitions that describe these records.

| also know that in order to access some of this data, crime lab personnel sometimes must
bypass electronic security features such as password protection and encryption.

Based on my training and experience | know that cell phone and/or computer system searches and
examinations often cannot be completed within ten days in which the Search Warrant must be
served and the Return to Search Warrant filed. This is due in part because the forensic examiners
that conduct the searches and examinations commonly have multiple cases working at the same

time and it can take several weeks to complete an examination.

it is requested that the Search Warrant and Retum to Search Warrant be filed and that the computer

search, examinations, and investigation be allowed to continue.

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Executed this 30th day of October, 2017, in San Francisco, California.

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RANDALL LEONARD
Assistant United States Attorney

DECL. OF RANDALL LEONARD RE: CELL PHONE SEARCH WARRANT
CR 16-00477 VC



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