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3 illegals arrested, 23 grenade casings seized in Phoenix
Posted on Friday, November 20 @ 16:53:29 EST
Topic: illegal immigration alien arrests
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 PHOENIX -- A two-day investigation in Phoenix lead to the arrest of three people and seizure of 23 military grade grenade casings on Tuesday.
According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety, investigators from the Metro Intelligence Support Technical Investigation Center (MISTIC) Task Force received information that there were individuals in the Phoenix metropolitan area that were in possession of military grade grenades and wanted to sell them.
Subjects: Illegal immigrants, military grade grenade sales, MISTIC, DPS, felony crimes, Maricopa County
November 18, 2009
Katie Fisher
abc15.com
The E.W. Scripps Co.
The investigation began with an undercover operation that reportedly led to the purchase of seven round type, military grade grenade casings.
DPS said investigators were then able to identify the suspects and what type of devices were being sold.
On the second day of the operation, 16 pineapple type military grade grenade casings were purchased and the investigators moved to arrest all three suspects.
DPS said the suspects sold the grenades for $400 each.
The grenade casings were inert and did not contain all the parts to make them an active device.
The suspects reportedly claimed that the devices did have the capacity to kill people.
A grenade of the type seized has a kill range upon explosion to about 20 meters, according to DPS.
The investigators have not determined were the suspects obtained the devices, but said the grenades were intended to be transported into Mexico.
DPS said the grenade casings or shells when they are configured into an inert format are not illegal to possess or to be sold, but become an illegal dangerous weapon when they are reconfigured to make them active or when a suspect purports as a form of intimidation that the device will explode or purports for sell that the device can explode or fragment.
The devices were initially examined and evaluated by personnel from the DPS Explosives Ordinance Disposal unit and then rendered safe.
The suspects include 19-year-old Jesus Rodriguez-Avena, 34-year-old Fernando Calderon Suazo of Mexico, and 24-year-old Alberto Prieto Molina of Mexico.
The suspects will be prosecuted by the Office of the Arizona Attorney General and charged with the following felony crimes: Misconduct Involving Weapons; Misconduct Involving Weapons by a Prohibited Possessor; Misconduct Involving a Simulated Explosive Device; Conspiracy; Illegal Control of a Criminal Enterprise and Money Laundering.
All three suspects were booked into the Maricopa County Fourth Avenue Jail.
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