Overview
- The U.S. Attorney’s office returned the indictment Tuesday charging Jaylin Arnold and four men with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and cocaine from January through June 2025.
- Arnold was the man officers chased on June 5, 2025, when Officer Krystal Rivera was fatally shot by her partner and he previously pleaded guilty to state gun and drug counts and received an eight-year sentence.
- Federal investigators say undercover buys and a February 19, 2026 search of two apartments recovered distribution quantities of fentanyl, cocaine, heroin and crack plus scales, packaging and more than $8,000 in cash.
- Agents also seized three firearms including two handguns fitted with machine-gun conversion devices and prosecutors are seeking forfeiture of guns and ammunition tied to the alleged ring.
- Rivera’s mother has filed a wrongful-death suit accusing Officer Carlos Baker of delayed aid and alleging a personal motive, and the case now moves through parallel federal indictments, state sentences, civil litigation and internal reviews that could affect prosecutions and police accountability.