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Maeve Nichols

**Maeve Lola Nichols** is a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent and a current member of the Trade Fraud and IPR Investigations Group (TFIIG) at HSI Los Angeles.

## Early Life

Maeve Lola Nichols was born on January 18, 1995 in Los Angeles, California to wedding and event planner Nyasha Nichols (nee Mbatha) and ICE Office of the Principal Legal Advisor attorney Anthony P. Nichols. Maeve attended Louisville High School; she graduated in 2013. Maeve attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Political Science in 2017. Maeve began attending the Saint Louis University School of Law in 2017 but dropped out after one semester.

## Career

Despite her initial intentions of becoming a lawyer, Maeve eventually applied and was accepted to the Florida State University Police Department (FSUPD) as a police officer in early 2018, she served with the Uniform Patrol Division. In 2021, Maeve was accepted to Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), she began her career at HSI Los Angeles with the Trade Fraud and IPR Investigations Group (TFIIG). In 2023, Maeve assisted the Southern California Drug Task Force (SCDTF) in their investigation into a major counterfeiting operation which was designed to launder proceeds of narcotics smuggling and distribution.

During Maeve's probationary period, Shannon Henry, future Group Supervisor of the Los Angeles Trade Fraud and IPR Investigations Group served as her training agent.

### HSI Service History

* HSI Los Angeles: 2021 to Present (TFIIG)

## Personal Life

Maeve was in a long-term relationship with her college girlfriend Bethany Scott from 2014 until 2019, after graduation their relationship went long distance, however they decided to call it off in 2019. Maeve is an avid sci-fi fan, she also enjoys shopping, antiquing, and travel.

Maeve's parents were initially disappointed at her dropping out of law school, but after seeing her passion for law enforcement and community service they came to respect her decision.

## See also

* Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)
* HSI Los Angeles
	+ Dean Sorensen: SAC of HSI Los Angeles
	+ Olivia Russo: DSAC of HSI Los Angeles
* Southern California Drug Task Force (SCDTF)
	+ Zach Shanahan: SCDTF Deputy Group Supervisor
	+ Evan Ziernik: HSI SCDTF Member
	+ Maggie Marks: HSI SCDTF Member
* Child Exploitation Investigations Group (CEIG)
	+ Ella Grant: Group Supervisor of CEIG
* Trade Fraud and IPR Investigations Group (TFIIG)
	+ Shannon Henry: Group Supervisor of TFIIG
* National Gang Unit (NGU)
	+ Melissa Rainey: Group Supervisor of NGU
* Transnational Organized Crime Unit (TOCU)
* Trade Transparency Unit (TTU)
* Financial and General Customs Investigations Group (FGCIG)
* Document and Benefit Fraud Task Force (DBFTF)
Matthew Lambert

**Matthew Patrick Lambert** is a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent and a current member of the Child Exploitation Investigations Group at HSI Los Angeles.

## Early Life

Matthew Patrick Lambert was born on November 12, 1987 in Fort Worth, Texas to Boyd Lambert and Tamara James. Matthew played football in high school and college, and eventually graduated from Amon Carter Riverside High School in 2005. Matthew attended the University of Texas at Austin, graduating in 2009 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering.

## Career

Matthew joined the US Army in 2009 and was eventually qualified as a diesel mechanic, Matthew served for three years and was honorably discharged in 2012. In early 2013 Matthew was accepted to Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and was first assigned to the LAX Airport Group at HSI Los Angeles, in 2017 he transferred to the Child Exploitation Investigations Group where he serves as the Tactical/Strategic Specialist. From 2021 to 2022 Matthew served as a training agent for Margaret Marks, the two eventually became friends and work partners.

### Service History

* HSI Los Angeles: 2013 to 2017 (LAX Airport Group)
* Child Exploitation Investigations Group: 2017 to Present

## Personal Life

Matthew is married to investigative journalist Rochelle Lambert (née Green), the two met in 2018 and married in 2021. They have a son, Kyle, born in 2022. Matthew enjoys photography, hiking and motorcycling in his spare time.

## See also

* **Child Exploitation Investigations Group** (CEIG)
	+ **Ella Grant**: Group Supervisor
	+ **Mark Kirby**: Member/Human Trafficking Specialist
	+ **Margaret Marks**: Member/Digital Forensics Specialist
	+ ****Matthew Lambert****: Member/Tactical/Strategic Specialist
	+ **Oscar Reyes**: Member/Intelligence/Surveillance Specialist
	+ **Kyle Gibson**: Member/Financial Crimes Specialist
	+ **Benjamin Shah**: Member/Commercial Smuggling Specialist
	+ **Peter Hoyt**: Member/Fugitive Apprehension Specialist
	+ **Daniel Vega**: Member/Illicit Finance Specialist
	+ **Monica Valdez**: Victims Support Coordinator
	+ **Callie Roberts**: HSI Computer Operations/Cyber Forensic Specialist
	+ **Juliana Silva**: AUSA working with CEIG
Lance Brown

Lance J. Brown is a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Supervisory Special Agent and the current supervisor of Violent Crime Squad II at the Los Angeles Field Office. Brown joined the FBI in 1997 and began his career working violent crime and counterespionage at the Memphis Field Office, he also went on to serve with the Memphis SWAT team. In 2008 Brown was promoted to Supervisory Special Agent and was assigned as deputy supervisor of the Washington Field Office's Violent Crime Task Force, in 2012 he transferred to the Los Angeles Field Office as supervisor of Violent Crime Squad II. Brown also serves as the current Los Angeles SWAT team commander.

### Service History

* Memphis Field Office: 1997 to 2008
* Washington Violent Crime Task Force: 2008 to 2012 (Deputy Supervisor)
* Violent Crime Squad II: 2012 to Present (Supervisor)
* Los Angeles SWAT Commander: 2015 to Present
Meredith Flynn

Meredith M. Flynn is the current Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Flynn was born in 1969 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, she eventually joined the FBI in 1995. Flynn began her career working violent and gang crimes at the San Diego Field Office, in 2003 she transferred to the FBI Headquarters where she worked with the Safe Streets and Gang Unit. In 2011 Flynn was promoted to Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the criminal division at the San Diego Field Office, in 2012 she was promoted to Special Agent in Charge of National Security at the Los Angeles Field Office. In 2014 Flynn was promoted to Assistant Director in Charge of the Los Angeles Division. In January 2018 Flynn was promoted to Associate Deputy Director of the FBI and in August she was appointed Deputy Director after the sudden retirement of Thomas Stillman.

Ms. Flynn earned her degree in computer science from New Mexico State University. Prior to her FBI career, Ms. Flynn served with the New Mexico State Police. Ms. Flynn became the first woman in the FBI's history to hold the positions of Associate Deputy Director and Deputy Director.

### Service History

* San Diego Field Office: 1995 to 2003
* FBI Headquarters: 2003 to 2011
* San Diego Field Office: 2011 to 2012 (Assistant Special Agent in Charge)
* Los Angeles Field Office: 2012 to 2014 (Special Agent in Charge)
* Los Angeles Field Office: 2014 to 2018 (Assistant Director in Charge)
* FBI Associate Deputy Director: 2018
* FBI Deputy Director: 2018 to Present
Louisiana State University

**Louisiana State University** (officially **Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College**, commonly referred to as **LSU**) is a public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 near Pineville, Louisiana, under the name Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy. The current LSU main campus was dedicated in 1926, consists of more than 250 buildings constructed in the style of Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio, and the main campus historic district occupies a 650-acre (260 ha) plateau on the banks of the Mississippi River.

LSU is the flagship school of the state of Louisiana, as well as the flagship institution of the Louisiana State University System, and is the most comprehensive university in Louisiana. In 2021, the university enrolled over 28,000 undergraduate and more than 4,500 graduate students in 14 schools and colleges. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". LSU operates some 800 sponsored research projects funded by agencies such as the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. LSU is one of eight universities in the United States with dental, law, veterinary, medical, and Master of Business Administration programs.

LSU's athletics department fields teams in 21 varsity sports (nine men's, 12 women's), and is a member of the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) and the SEC (Southeastern Conference). The university is represented by its mascot, Mike the Tiger.
Operation Anaphrodisiac

Operation Anaphrodisiac was a large-scale interagency operation which ran from February to October 2019. It was tasked with investigating and dismantling a drug smuggling and distribution network within the professional and amateur adult film industry in and around Los Angeles, California. Operation Anaphrodisiac started as a joint HSI/DEA operation in early 2019 before growing significantly in scope and expanding to involve the ATF and LAPD in April 2019. Principal targets included underground adult filmmaker Darius Scott, members of a MS-13 faction based in Honduras, and several Los Angeles street gangs.

Operation Anaphrodisiac concluded on the morning Monday October 7 2019 with a several simultaneous raids at residences across Los Angeles, as well as locations in San Diego, Miami, and by local forces in Tegucigalpa. The operation was considered a significant success with Jane McMillian, DEA Special Agent in Charge of the Los Angeles Field Office believing that the raids would set drug trade back years in both the US and Honduras. The operation also allowed local Honduran authorities to dismantle an entire MS-13 smuggling network which had operated in secret for more than a decade.

Several MS-13 members were identified in the Southern California area and either imprisoned or deported for various criminal violations. Other criminal associates were also apprehended in Florida.

Darius Scott was charged with conspiracy to commit drug trafficking, as well as possession and distribution, his trial is still ongoing.

## Participating Agencies

* Drug Enforcement Administration
* Homeland Security Investigations
* Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
* United States Coast Guard
* Los Angeles Police Department
* Dirección General de Investigaciones Criminalisticas (Honduras)
Ranks and Paygrades

The following is a breakdown of non-management positions and their paygrade. This is typically found within agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

## Special Agent

Special Agents are GS-10 to GS-13, it takes an SA on average 5 years to reach GS-13 and promotions to GS-13 are automatic and non-competitive. A GS-13 SA is sometimes referred to a Senior Special Agent however this is not an actual rank or position. The path from GS-10 to GS-13 usually follows;

* 2 Years at GS-10-(Probationary period)
* 1 Year at GS-11
* 2 Years at GS-12

## Supervisory Special Agent

Supervisory Special Agents are GS-14 to GS-15. The positions of Unit Chief and Assistant Special Agent in Charge are held by GS-15 Supervisory Special Agents, and while ASAC outranks other SSA's they are still considered SSA's. In rare instances a GS-15 SSA not holding the position of Unit Chief or Assistant Special Agent in Charge may be referred to as Senior Supervisory Special Agent however as with Senior Special Agent, this is not an actual rank or position. Promotion from GS-13 to GS-14 is competitive and depends on the individuals specific skills and background.

## Special Agent in Charge

Special Agent in Charge is a Senior Executive Service (SES) position. SAC is the highest non-management position. All positions above SAC; from Deputy Assistant Director to Deputy Director, including Section Chief, is SES. Director is a political appointee and does not technically hold a SES paygrade.
La Crosse, Wisconsin

**La Crosse** (/ləˈkrɒs/ *lə-KROSS*) is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of La Crosse County. Positioned alongside the Mississippi River, La Crosse is the largest city on Wisconsin's western border. La Crosse's population as of the 2020 census was 52,680. The city forms the core of and is the principal city in the La Crosse–Onalaska Metropolitan Area, which includes all of La Crosse County and Houston County, Minnesota, with a population of 139,627.

A regional technology, medical, education, manufacturing, and transportation hub, companies based in the La Crosse area include Organic Valley, Logistics Health Incorporated, Kwik Trip, La Crosse Technology, City Brewing Company, and Trane.

La Crosse is a college town with over 20,000 students and home to the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, Viterbo University, and Western Technical College.
Morningside Heights

**Morningside Heights** is a neighborhood on the West Side of Upper Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded by Morningside Drive to the east, 125th Street to the north, 110th Street to the south, and Riverside Drive to the west. Morningside Heights borders Central Harlem and Morningside Park to the east, Manhattanville to the north, the Manhattan Valley section of the Upper West Side to the south, and Riverside Park to the west. Broadway is the neighborhood's main thoroughfare, running north–south.

Morningside Heights, located on a high plateau between Morningside and Riverside Parks, was hard to access until the late 19th century and was sparsely developed except for the Bloomingdale and Leake and Watts asylums. Morningside Heights and the Upper West Side were considered part of the Bloomingdale District until Morningside Park was finished in the late 19th century. Large-scale development started in the 1890s with academic and cultural institutions. By the 1900s, public transportation construction and the neighborhood's first subway line led to Morningside Heights being developed into a residential neighborhood. Morningside Heights was mostly developed by the 1930s. During the mid-20th century, as the institutions within Morningside Heights expanded, cultural tensions grew between residents who were affiliated with institutions and those who were not. After a period of decline, the neighborhood started to gentrify in the 1980s and 1990s.

A large portion of Morningside Heights is part of the campus of Columbia University, a private Ivy League university. Morningside Heights contains numerous other educational institutions such as Teachers College, Barnard College, the Manhattan School of Music, Bank Street College of Education, Union Theological Seminary, and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Additionally, Morningside Heights includes several religious institutions, including the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Riverside Church, the Church of Notre Dame, Corpus Christi Church, and Interchurch Center. The neighborhood also contains other architectural landmarks, such as St. Luke's Hospital (now Mount Sinai Morningside) and Grant's Tomb.

Morningside Heights is part of Manhattan Community District 9. It is patrolled by the 26th Precinct of the New York City Police Department. Fire services are provided by the New York City Fire Department's Engine Company 47 and Engine Company 37/Ladder Company 40. Politically it is represented by the New York City Council's 7th District.
Marco Reyes

**Marco J. Reyes** is an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Detention and Deportation Officer, he is a current member of the Southern California Drug Task Force (SCDTF).

## Early Life

Marco Juan Reyes was born on December 9, 1992 in Los Angeles, California to photographer Jaime Ignacio Reyes and esthetician Paola Beatriz Reyes (nee Fernendez). Marco played football in high school, and went on to graduate from George Washington Preparatory High School in 2010. Marco attended the University of Southern California, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences in 2014.

## Career

Marco began his career as a Spanish interpreter for a financial services firm in Los Angeles in 2014. In 2019, Marco was accepted to as accepted to Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ICE/ERO) as a Detention and Deportation officer. Marco has spent his entire career at the ICE Los Angeles Field Office, he began working with the Greater Los Angeles based Mobile Criminal Alien Team (MCAT). In 2022, Marco transferred to the ICE Fugitive Operations Team, in 2023 he was detailed to the Southern California Drug Task Force (SCDTF) as their ICE representative. Marco is also a ERO Special Response Team (SRT) member, he serves as Los Angeles ERO SRT's less-lethal and arrest specialist.

### Service History

* ICE Los Angeles: 2019 to 2022
* ICE Fugitive Operations: 2022 to 2023
* Southern California Drug Task Force: 2023 to Present

## Personal Life

Marco has been in a long term relationship with Stephanie Quigley since 2012, the two met while students at USC. Marco is an avid motorcyclist, vehicle customizer and automotive painter, he works with his uncle on custom motorcycles and cars.

## See Also

* Southern California Drug Task Force (SCDTF)
	+ Andrew Nguyen: DEA SCDTF Group Supervisor
	+ Eric Lane: DEA SCDTF Member
	+ Sean Maher: DEA SCDTF Member
	+ Nicola Levin: IRS-CI SCDTF Member
	+ Alyssa James: LAPD SCDTF Member
	+ Margaret Marks: HSI SCDTF Member
	+ Liam Morales: ED-OIG SCDTF Member
	+ Carson Frost: DEA SCDTF Member
	+ Kristina Fernandez: LAPD SCDTF Member
	+ Mikayla Tausch: ATF SCDTF Member
	+ Abasi Zahir: HSI SCDTF Member
	+ Joseph Kerr: LAPD SCDTF Member
	+ Evan Ziernik: HSI SCDTF Member
	+ Sonny Okada: PPD SCDTF Member
Panromantic

**Panromantic** (often shortened to **panro**) is a romantic orientation describing an individual who experiences romantic attraction to individuals where gender identity is not a factor.
Panromantic individuals may instead feel that their romantic attraction is influenced by other factors, such as presentation or personality. While panromantic individuals may have a preference for a certain gender identity, gender is not a factor in their attraction.
Panromantic individuals may be described as being "gender blind."

Since panromantic individuals experience attraction regardless of gender identity, they effectively experience attraction to all gender identities, which may cause confusion with omniromanticity.

The sexual counterpart to panromantic is pansexual.
Rhonda West

**Rhonda West** is an American lawyer and public defender for the County of Santa Barbara. She is the wife of independent filmmaker Shane West.

## Early Life

Rhonda Ellen Marks was born on Sunday September 2, 1973 in San Fernando, California. Rhonda is the second of four children born to construction manager and engineer James B. Marks and teacher Louisa Marks (née Torres). Rhonda graduated from Pasadena High School in 1991 and attended Stanford University where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science in 1995. Rhonda attended Loyola Law School and earned her JD in 1998.

## Career

Rhonda began her career as a legal intern at a law firm in Los Angeles in 1998, in 1999 after completing the California State Bar exam, Rhonda started working as a lawyer for the same firm. In 2010 Rhonda joined the Santa Barbara Public Defender’s Office.

## Personal Life

Rhonda met independent filmmaker Shane West in 2002, the two were married in 2004. They have two sons, Christopher born in 2005 and James Bradley born in 2007. Rhonda is an avid photographer and equestrian.
Miles Dawson

Miles E. Dawson is a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Supervisory Special Agent and behavioral analyst currently serving with the New York Violent Crime Unit. Dawson was born in 1979 and eventually joined the FBI in 2004. Dawson began his career working in financial crime at the New Orleans Field Office, in 2007 he transferred to the Behavioral Analysis Response Team as a trainee and eventually a behavioral analyst. In 2015 Dawson was promoted to Supervisory Special Agent, in late 2015 he transferred to Violent Crime Unit 2 at the New York Field Office. Dawson is also a SWAT operator and medic.

### Service History

* New Orleans Field Office: 2004 to 2007
* Behavioral Analysis Response Team: 2007 to 2015
* New York Violent Crime Unit 2: 2015 to Present (Supervisor)
National Bulk Cash Smuggling Center

The **National Bulk Cash Smuggling Center** (BCSC) was established in 2009 to combat bulk cash smuggling from a domestic and international perspective. The BCSC provides real-time operational support to federal, state, local and international agencies involved in the enforcement and interdiction of bulk value and illicit proceeds moved throughout the country and across international borders through various methods and transportation networks. As TCOs have evolved and embraced technological advances and emerging financial sectors to diversify their laundering methods, the BCSC has also adapted to expand the breadth of illicit value transfer to include stored value, pre-paid cards, access devices, and digital currency or virtual assets.

Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) generate significant proceeds from several criminal activities, to include narcotics smuggling, human smuggling/trafficking, fraud, intellectual property right violations and other financial crimes. These profits are often represented in the form of currency or cash, and are smuggled by TCOs throughout the United States and across U.S. borders to keep their proceeds and associated activities away from the scrutiny of financial regulators and law enforcement agencies. Criminal actors avoid traditional financial institutions by repatriating their illicit proceeds through conveyances such as commercial and private aircraft, passenger and commercial vehicles, maritime vessels and via pedestrian crossings at our land borders.

Bulk cash smuggling will long continue to be the preferred method used by TCOs to move and launder illicit proceeds. In response, HSI and the BCSC remain committed to combatting currency smuggling, illicit value transfer and cross-border crimes that seek to undermine our financial systems.
National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force

The National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force (NCIJTF) was officially established in 2008. The NCIJTF comprises over 20 partnering agencies from across law enforcement, the intelligence community, and the Department of Defense, with representatives who are co-located and work jointly to accomplish the organization's mission.

Since 2008, NCIJTF has been the primary American agency responsible for coordinating cyber threats investigations, and liaisons with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and National Security Agency (NSA).

As a multi-agency cyber center, the NCIJTF coordinates, integrates, and shares information to support cyber threat investigations, supply and support intelligence analysis for community decision-makers, and support other efforts in the fight against cyber threats. The task force uses the collective resources of its members and collaborates with international and private sector partners to bring all available resources to bear against domestic cyber threats and their perpetrators.

## History

To o address this evolving cyber challenge, the National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force (NCIJTF) was officially established in 2008. The NCIJTF is comprised of over 30 partnering agencies from across law enforcement, the intelligence community, and the Department of Defense, with representatives who are co-located and work jointly to accomplish the organization’s mission from a whole-of-government perspective.

As a unique multi-agency cyber center, the NCIJTF has the primary responsibility to coordinate, integrate, and share information to support cyber threat investigations, supply and support intelligence analysis for community decision-makers, and provide value to other ongoing efforts in the fight against the cyber threat to the nation

The NCIJTF also synchronizes joint efforts that focus on identifying, pursuing, and defeating the actual terrorists, spies, and criminals who seek to exploit our nation’s systems. To accomplish this, the task force leverages the collective authorities and capabilities of its members and collaborates with international and private sector partners to bring all available resources to bear against domestic cyber threats and their perpetrators.

Through the coordination, collaboration, and sharing that occurs at the NCIJTF, members across the U.S. Government work toward placing cyber criminals behind bars and removing them from the nation’s networks. The NCIJTF follows both the letter and the spirit of the law to ensure that the privacy rights of all Americans are protected throughout the course of the investigations and efforts that it coordinates and supports.
Jane McMillian

**Jane O. McMillian** is a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Supervisory Special Agent and the current Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the DEA Los Angeles Field Division.

## Early Life

Jane Olivia McClure was born in September 29, 1969 in Toledo, Ohio to middle school principal George McClure and homemaker Sheila McClure (nee Baker). Jane graduated from Scott High School in 1987. Jane attended the DePaul University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in 1991. Jane went on to earn a Master of Public Administration from Southern New Hampshire University in 2011.

## Career

Jane began her career in 1991 as a deputy with the Martin County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) in Florida. Jane was accepted to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in 1995 and began her career in the Miami Field Office working counter-smuggling operations in a joint DEA/Customs Service task force. In 2009 she transferred to the El Paso Field Office where she worked in several gang and drug enforcement task forces. In 2010, Jane was promoted to Supervisory Special Agent and became Group Supervisor of the El Paso Drug Intelligence Group, in 2015 she was promoted to Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Miami Division. In 2018, Jane was promoted to Special Agent in Charge of the Los Angeles Field Division, in 2019 she achieved notoriety when she oversaw Operation Anaphrodisiac.

### Service History

* Miami Field Office: 1995 to 2009
* El Paso Field Office: 2009 to 2010
* El Paso Drug Intelligence Group: 2010 to 2015 (Group Supervisor)
* Miami Field Division: 2015 to 2018 (Assistant Special Agent in Charge)
* Los Angeles Field Division: 2018 to Present (Special Agent in Charge)

## Personal Life

Jane has been married to Scott McMillian since 2010, they have four sons.
National Computer Forensics Institute

The **National Computer Forensics Institute** (**NCFI**) was established by the United States Secret Service and the Alabama District Attorney's Association in 2007. It is a state-of-the-art facility designed to provide state and local law enforcement, prosecutors and judges with the training necessary to conduct basic electronic crimes investigations, respond to network intrusion incidents, and conduct computer forensics and mobile device examinations.
Melissa Rainey

**Melissa Rainey** is a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Supervisory Special Agent and the current Group Supervisor of the National Gang Unit at HSI Los Angeles.

## Early Life

Melissa Laurie McCabe was born on February 25, 1974 in Los Angeles, California to psychologist Donna McCabe and doctor David Darren McCabe. She graduated from Flintridge Preparatory School in 1992, Melissa attended the University of California, Los Angeles where she studied Psychology and Sociology, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in 1996.

## Career

Melissa began her career as a deputy with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department in 1996. She worked patrol at the Compton Station for four years until she transferred to the Safe Streets Bureau in 2000. 2004 Melissa was promoted to Detective and worked in the Special Victims Bureau.

In 2009 Melissa was accepted to Homeland Security Investigations, she began her HSI career at HSI Los Angeles with the Child Exploitation Investigations Group. In 2015 Melissa was promoted to Supervisory Special Agent and served with the Cybercrimes and Incident Response Team at HSI Washington, in 2020 she was appointed as Group Supervisor of the National Gang Unit at HSI Los Angeles.

### Service History

* **HSI Los Angeles**: 2009 to 2015 (Child Exploitation Investigations Group)
* **HSI Washington**: 2015 to 2020 (Cybercrimes and Incident Response Team)
* **HSI Los Angeles**: 2020 to Present (Supervisor: National Gang Unit)

## Personal Life

Melissa has been married to sound engineer Patrick Rainey since 2000, they have two children. Melissa is an avid yoga practitioner and certified instructor, she also enjoys camping, cooking and boating.
Sarah Jane Gamble

Sarah Jane M. Gamble is an American software developer and IT engineer, she is also the wife of HSI Special Agent Jim Gamble and the adoptive mother of Maya Gutierrez.

## Early Life

Sarah Jane Marie Muir was born on June 1, 1981 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to nurse Rachel Louise Muir and computer engineer Thomas William Muir. The family moved several times during Sarah Jane’s childhood before eventually settling in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Sarah Jane graduated from Chapel Hill High School 1999. Sarah Jane attended Stevens Institute of Technology where she studied Computer Sciences with a specialisation in Software Engineering, she graduated with a BS IN 2003 and went on to earn a MS in 2005.

## Career

Sarah Jane began her career working as a graphic design intern at Oracle Corporation in Austin, Texas in 2006. In 2007 she transferred to the El Paso office of Verizon as a database manager and graphic designer. In 2014 Sarah Jane transferred to DreamWorks Animation in Glendale, California, she serves as a software development engineer and consultant.

## Personal Life

Sarah Jane met Jim Gamble who is 12 years her senior, while she was working in El Paso, Texas in 2008, they were married in 2010. In 2017 Sarah Jane and Jim adopted human trafficking survivor Maya Gutierrez. Sarah Jane is an avid collector of Nintendo memorabilia and hardware.
Malcolm Sanders

Malcolm D. Sanders is an Investigator with the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Bureau of Investigation. Sanders joined the Los Angeles Police Department in 1994 and served for 17 years as a patrol officer and later a financial and organized crime investigator. In 2011 Sanders became a DA Investigator, during his time as a DA Investigator he's served on several task forces, including serving in a support role providing pre trial investigative support to the Los Angeles Metropolitan Task Force on Violent Gangs.
Natasha Larsen

Natasha M. Larsen is a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Supervisory Special Agent and the current Supervisor of Violent Crime Unit 4 of the Los Angeles Violent Crime Unit. Larsen joined the FBI in 2002 as a technical analyst, before eventually becoming a field agent in 2005. Larsen primarily worked counterintelligence and cyber cases at the FBI Headquarters and eventually transferred to a cyber crime squad at the Los Angeles Field Office. In 2019 she became the supervisor of Violent Crime Unit 4, VCU4 serves as a support team to the VCU and is comprised primarily of support and technical personnel.

### Service History

* New York City Field Office: 2002 to 2005 (Technical Analyst)
* FBI Headquarters: 2005 to 2011
* Los Angeles Field Office: 2011 to 2019
* Violent Crime Unit 4: 2019 to Present
Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner

The **Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner** (formerly the **Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner** and **Department of Coroner**) was created in its present form on December 17, 1920 by an ordinance approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, although it has existed in some form since the appointment of the first county coroner in 1850.It is headquartered in Boyle Heights. On September 3, 2020, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved the name change for the department, from the Department of Coroner to the Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner.

On July 9, 2010, the Board of Supervisors approved the appointment of Mark A. Fajardo, the Chief Forensic Pathologist at Riverside County, as the new Medical Examiner-Coroner, at an annual salary of $275,000. He formally replaced Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran, who served 2 years as the Coroner, in August 2013.

Dr. Mark Fajardo resigned in March 2016. A news report indicated that "he left because it became common to have up to 50 bodies waiting to be processed and the backlog of bodies was 'nuts'. ... and toxicology tests were taking six months to complete" due to inadequate staffing. Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran was re-appointed, but as interim coroner, on April 11, 2016.

Dr. Jonathan R. Lucas was appointed as the Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner on July 10, 2017. Dr. Lucas announced his intent to leave DMEC (The Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner) in September of 2022. On November 4, 2022, Dr. Odey C. Ukpo, Medical Director of the Department, was sworn in as Interim Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner. Dr. Ukpo is the first African American to serve as Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner since the office was established in 1850. Dr. Ukpo joined the department in 2014 and served as a Senior Deputy Medical Examiner before being named Medical Director in June 2022.  On March 7, 2023, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors appointed Ukpo as Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner.
Robert Healy

**Robert Healy** is a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) executive and the current Acting Executive Associate Director of Homeland Security Investigations.

## Early Life

Robert Byron Healy was born on April 10, 1971 in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Charles Healy and Emma Quinn Healy. Robert played baseball in high school and graduated from West Mesa High School in 1990. Robert attended Temple University and graduated with a BS in Psychology in 1995.

## Career

Robert joined the Philadelphia Police Department in 1995 and served as a patrol officer before becoming a detective in 1999. As a detective, Robert worked both violent crimes and organized crime cases.

In 2003 Robert began his career with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Detroit Field Office, in 2008 he was promoted to Supervisory Special Agent and served as supervisor of the Asset Identification and Removal Group (AIRG) at the Detroit Field Office. In 2012 Robert was promoted to Assistant Special Agent in Charge of HSI Denver. In 2014 Healy was promoted to Deputy Special Agent in Charge of HSI Philadelphia, in 2016 he served as Deputy Assistant Director of the HSI Cyber Crimes Division.

In 2017 Healy was promoted to Special Agent in Charge of HSI Washington, in 2019 he served as Assistant Director of HSI's International Operations Division. In 2021 Healy was promoted to Acting Executive Associate Director of Homeland Security Investigations, serving as the executive in charge of HSI.

### Service History

* ICE Detroit: 2003 to 2008
* Asset Identification and Removal Group: 2008 to 2012 (Group Supervisor)
* HSI Denver: 2012 to 2014 (Assistant Special Agent in Charge)
* HSI Philadelphia: 2014 to 2016 (Deputy Special Agent in Charge)
* HSI Cyber Crimes Division: 2016 to 2017 (Deputy Assistant Director)
* HSI Washington, D.C.: 2017 to 2019 (Special Agent in Charge)
* HSI International Operations Division: 2019 to 2021 (Assistant Director)
* Acting Executive Associate Director of HSI: 2021 to Present

## Personal Life

Robert is married to forensic anthropologist Veronica Healy (née Blanchard). Robert and Veronica live in Georgetown with their two children. Robert is an avid golfer and amateur baseball player.
Los Angeles Fugitive Task Force

The Los Angeles Fugitive Task Force (LAFTF) is a joint interagency task force overseen by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and was created to locate and apprehend fugitives in the Los Angeles and Orange County area. LAFTF was created to assist in the apprehension of fugitives who've fled jurisdictional lines and to promote interagency cooperation and intelligence.

## Participating Agencies

### Primary Agencies

* Federal Bureau of Investigation
* Los Angeles Police Department
* California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
* Los Angeles County Probation Department

### Support Agencies

* Immigration and Customs Enforcement
* Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

## Personnel

* Ryan Levin: Supervisor
* Ricardo Morales: Assistant Supervisor
* James Hirsh: Member
* Vanessa Perez: Member
* Adrian Garner: Member
* Winston Lu: Member
* Zoe Garraway: Member
Colin

**Colin** is a human character in the Alexverse Show.

## Appearance

Colin has a fair skin tone, short black hair, and dark blue eyes. He wears a dark gray shirt with red and orange spots and a burgundy section, reddish brown shorts with flame-like lines, bandages on his left arm and right leg, white socks, and black shoes. He also wears silver headphones with a black and red antenna, and his right arm is replaced with a cybernetic arm with rainbow fingers.

## Facts

* Colin has a cybernetic prosthetic arm because the arm he used to have had a third degree burn, and he was tired of the pain, so they had to amputate the arm and replace it with the robotic arm.
* Colin is the first human character the Alexverse who has had their limb(s) amputated.
* His robotic arm has a power that can cause another person to dance.
Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force

The **Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force** (ICAC) was created by the U.S. Department of Justice pursuant to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to help State and local law enforcement agencies enhance their investigative response to offenders who use the Internet, online communication systems, or other computer technology to sexually exploit children. It helps state and local law enforcement agencies develop an effective response to cyber enticement and child pornography cases. This help encompasses forensic and investigative components, training and technical assistance, victim services, and community education.

The program is currently composed of 61 regional Task Force agencies and is funded and administered by the DOJ Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). ICAC Task Force agencies engage in investigations, forensic examinations , and prosecutions of Internet crimes against children.

ICAC program grants can be used to ensure that investigators receive specialized training and technological resources to combat Internet-related crimes. Additionally, ICAC task forces have been established to serve as sources of prevention, education, and forensic investigative assistance to those who work to address Internet crimes against children. ICAC’s objectives include:

* developing or expanding multiagency, multijurisdictional task forces that include representatives from law enforcement, prosecution, victim services, and child protective services, among others;
* ensuring investigative capacity by properly equipping and training ICAC task force investigators;
* developing and maintaining case management systems to document reported offenses and investigative results; and
* developing response protocols or memoranda of understanding to foster collaboration, information sharing, and service integration among public and private organizations to protect children from being sexually exploited.

A number of federal agencies are also involved in the ICAC Task Force Program through membership on various task force units and through participation on the ICAC Task Force Board. These partners include DOJ’s CEOS, FBI, the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS).
Joseph Molina

Joseph J. Molina Jr. is a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executive and the current Assistant Director of the Cyber Division. Molina was born in 1969 and eventually joined the FBI in 1994. Molina began his career at the New York Field Office working in violent crime and organized crime, in 2001 he was promoted to Supervisory Special Agent and became the supervisor of a bank robbery squad. In 2008 Molina was promoted to Section Chief of the FBI's Strategic Information and Operation Center, in 2010 he was promoted to Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office, overseeing the cyber and criminal programs. In 2012 Molina was promoted to Deputy Assistant Director of Cyber Operations Branch, in 2015 he was promoted to Assistant Director of the Cyber Division.

### Service History

* New York Field Office: 1994 to 2001
* New York Bank Robbery Squad: 2001 to 2008
* Strategic Information and Operations Center: 2008 to 2010 (Section Chief)
* Albany Field Office: 2010 to 2012 (Assistant Special Agent in Charge)
* Deputy Assistant Director of the Cyber Operations Branch: 2012 to 2015
* Assistant Director of the Cyber Division: 2015 to Present
North County Regional Gang Task Force

The North County Regional Gang Task Force (NCRGTF) is an interagency task force of the FBI's Safe Streets Gang Task Forces program, it investigates gangs and gang related crime in the North County and San Diego area.

### Participating Agencies

* Federal Bureau of Investigation
* San Diego County Sheriff's Department
* Oceanside Police Department
* Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
* Homeland Security Investigations
* U.S. Marshals Service
* Drug Enforcement Administration
* Federal Bureau of Prisons
* California Bureau of Investigation
* California Highway Patrol
* California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
* Escondido Police Department
* Carlsbad Police Department
Ryan Allen

**Ryan Eric Allen** is an American firearms instructor and businessman, and former professional competition shooter. He is the husband of BHPD officer and Sentinel Blue Women's Team member Victoria Allen.

## Early Life

Ryan Allen was born on August 29, 1990 in Azalea Park, Florida to businessman Frank B. Allen and orthodontist Dr. Belinda C. Allen (nee Morrison). Ryan started competitive shooting at age 12, he went on to compete in the Florida Junior IPSC Team. Ryan graduated from Colonial High School in 2008, after high school, Ryan became a professional competitive shooter initially for the Ruger Team and then as a freelance competitor.

## Career

During his early career Ryan also worked at the Beverly Hills Gun Club. Ryan shot competitively with the Ruger Competition Team from 2008 until 2018, during his career Ryan also worked as a firearms instructor and gun store salesman at several different companies. In 2018, Ryan retired from competitive shooting and took a job at TacWorks Academy as a firearms instructor, gunsmith, and armorer.

Through TacWorks, Ryan has built competition handguns for various competition shooters. Ryan has done gunsmithing for the Los Angeles Precision Shooting Team (LAPST).

## Personal Life

In 2008, Ryan met fellow competitive shooter Victoria Peretti while they were both working at the Beverly Hills Gun Club, the two were married in 2009. Ryan and Victoria have three children: sons Thomas Lee born 2012, and Christopher Dale born 2018, and daughter Adriana Angelina born 2015. Ryan and Victoria live in Stevenson Ranch, California, just 3 streets from Victoria's Sentinel Blue teammate Maggie Marks.

### Throuple

Victoria and Ryan began a casual sexual relationship with Victoria's Sentinel Blue teammate Maggie Marks in March 2020. Ryan went on to father two children with Maggie, Oliver born 2020 and Sophia born 2022. Shortly after Victoria and Ryan moved 3 streets away from Margaret and Lindsey in 2022, their relationship became even more serious. In September 2023, Margaret, Victoria and Ryan decided to enter a polyamorous relationship together. Both Victoria and Maggie have said they might consider having another child each but not until their mid to late 30's.

## Trivia

* Ryan is right-handed.
* Ryan loves meatloaf.
* Ryan wanted to be a soldier when he grew up.
* Ryan tried out for the Army in 2008 but was rejected due to an ankle injury which caused permanent nerve damage.
* Ryan has met several influential IPSC, USPSA and other competitive shooters.
* Ryan was previously in a cuckhold relationship.

## See also

* Los Angeles Precision Shooting Team (LAPST)
	+ Sentinel Blue Tier One Team
	+ Sentinel Blue Women's Team
	+ Sentinel Blue Men's Team
	+ Thomas Howe: Sentinel Blue founder
* TacWorks Academy
	+ Jack Fry: TacWorks founder
	+ Tammy Doyle: Tactical Goddess founder
Sean Fox

Sean R. Fox is a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Supervisory Special Agent and the current Unit Chief of the Evidence Response Team at the Los Angeles Field Office. Fox joined the FBI in 2002 and began his career at FBI Headquarters working as part of the Technical Analysis Branch. In 2006 Fox qualified as an ERT technician and was assigned to the San Francisco Field Office as part of Evidence Response Team II. In 2016 Fox was promoted to Supervisory Special Agent and became the Supervisor of Evidence Response Team I at the Los Angeles Field Office, in 2021 he was promoted to Unit Chief of the Los Angeles Evidence Response Team, overseeing all teams and personnel of the LA-ERT.

### Service History

* FBI Headquarters: 2002 to 2006
* San Francisco Field Office: 2006 to 2016
* Evidence Response Team I: 2016 to 2021 (Supervisor)
* Los Angeles Evidence Response Team: 2021 to Present (Unit Chief)
Ohio State University

**The Ohio State University**, commonly called **Ohio State** or **OSU**, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, Ohio State was founded in 1870 as the state's land-grant university and the ninth university in Ohio with the Morrill Act of 1862. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". The university's endowment of $7.4 billion in 2023 is among the largest in the world.

Ohio State was originally known as the **Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College** and focused on various agricultural and mechanical disciplines, but it developed into a comprehensive university under the direction of then-Governor and later U.S. president Rutherford B. Hayes, and in 1878, the Ohio General Assembly passed a law changing the name to "the Ohio State University" and broadening the scope of the university.

The university has over 1,000 student organizations; intercollegiate, club and recreational sports programs; student media organizations and publications, fraternities and sororities; and three student governments. Its athletic teams compete in Division I of the NCAA and are known as the Ohio State Buckeyes, and it is a member of the Big Ten Conference for the majority of its sports. As of 2017, Ohio State's football program is valued at $1.5 billion. The main campus in Columbus has grown into the fifth-largest university campus by enrollment in the United States, with nearly 50,000 undergraduate students and nearly 15,000 graduate students.

A member of the Association of American Universities, Ohio State is a leading producer of Fulbright Scholars. Past and present alumni and faculty include six Nobel Prize laureates, nine Rhodes Scholars, seven Churchill Scholars, one Fields Medalist, seven Pulitzer Prize winners, 64 Goldwater scholars, seven U.S. senators, 15 U.S. representatives, and 108 Olympic medalists. Ohio State's faculty currently includes 21 members of the National Academy of Sciences or National Academy of Engineering, four members of the National Academy of Medicine and 177 elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Each year since 2002, Ohio State has either led or been second among all American universities in the number of their faculty members elected as fellows to the AAAS.