Press Release
☷Informational Federal Court Arraignments
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ( By Press Release office)
May 01,2022
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The U . S . Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U . S . Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints . The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty:Appearing in Billings before U . S . Magistrate Judge Timothy J . Cavan and pleading not guilty on April 28 was:Nicholas James Real Bird , 28 , of Billings , on charges of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and prohibited person in possession of a firearm . If convicted of the most serious crime , Real Bird faces a maximum of 20 years in prison , a $1 million fine and at least three years of supervised release . Real Bird was detained pending further proceedings . The Bureau of Alcohol , Tobacco , Firearms and Explosives investigated the case . PACER case reference . 22 - 46 . Appearing on April 27 was:Cole Michael Graves , 22 , of Billings , on charges of prohibited person in possession of a firearm and receipt of a firearm while under indictment . If convicted of the most serious crime , Graves faces a maximum of 10 years in prison , a $250 , 000 fine and three years of supervised release . Graves was released pending further proceedings . The Bureau of Alcohol , Tobacco , Firearms and Explosives investigated the case . PACER case reference . 22 - 41 . Appearing on April 26 was:Nathaniel Jay Reed , 35 , of Hardin , on charges of failure to register as a sex offender . If convicted of the most serious crime , Reed faces a maximum of 10 years in prison , a $250 , 000 fine and at least five years of supervised release . Reed was detained pending further proceedings . The U . S . Marshals Service investigated the case . PACER case reference . 22 - 47 . Daniel Thomas Whitby , 36 , of Billings , on charges of prohibited person in possession of a firearm and ammunition . If convicted of the most serious crime , Whitby faces a maximum of 10 years in prison , a $250 , 000 fine and three years of supervised release . Whitby was detained pending further proceedings . The Bureau of Alcohol , Tobacco , Firearms and Explosives investigated the case . PACER case reference . 22 - 50 . Makyla Shayd Fetter , 27 , of Harlem , and Taliah Jeneane Ramirez , 22 , of Billings , on charges of robbery affecting commerce , possession of firearm during a crime of violence and possession of a firearm in a school zone . If convicted of the most serious crime , Fetter and Ramirez face a maximum of 20 years in prison , a $250 , 000 fine and three years of supervised release on the robbery charge and a mandatory minimum 10 years to life in prison , consecutive to any other crime , on the charge of possessing a firearm during a crime of violence . Fetter and Ramirez were detained pending further proceedings . The FBI investigated the case . PACER case reference . 22 - 40 . Keaton Trey Souza , 20 , of Billings , on charges of prohibited person in possession of a firearm . If convicted of the most serious crime , Souza faces a maximum of 10 years in prison , a $250 , 000 fine and three years of supervised release . Souza was detained pending further proceedings . The Bureau of Alcohol , Tobacco , Firearms and Explosives investigated the case . PACER case reference . 22 - 48 . Appearing in Great Falls before U . S . Magistrate Judge John T . Johnston and pleading not guilty on April 26 was:Marco Antonio Cruz - Soriano , 38 , of Honduras , on charges of illegal reentry of removed alien . If convicted of the most serious crime Cruz - Soriano faces a maximum of 10 years in prison , a $250 , 000 fine and three years of supervised release . The U . S . Border Patrol and Toole County Sheriff’s Office investigated the case . PACER case reference . 22 - 26 . The progress of cases may be monitored through the U . S . District Court Calendar and the PACER system .
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