Now, federal prosecutors are marching into court equipped with videos allegedly showing defendants selling drugs to undercover San Francisco police officers. Video situated just below the passenger seat recorded everything, and police repeated the trick twice more that month in subsequent fentanyl and methamphetamine transactions, according to court records.
Federal prosecutors charged Alvarado with fentanyl and methamphetamine distribution on April 17, and used stills from the hidden camera footage to argue that Alvarado should be detained pending trial. He remains in federal custody for now but a judge has yet to make a final decision on the issue of his detention, court records show. The Alvarado case followed a similar arrest involving Oakland resident Esmun Moyses Moral-Raudales, who prosecutors allege was caught on video selling fentanyl to an undercover officer last January, at Golden Gate Avenue and Hyde Street in San Francisco.
Like with Alvarado, prosecutors used video of the January drug deal to both justify the search of his home and argue for detention pending trial. Moral-Raudales remains in custody for now, but a judge has yet to rule on a prosecution request to keep him jailed. In it, the U. By Nate Gartrell ngartrell bayareanewsgroup. Share this: Click to share on Facebook Opens in new window Click to share on Twitter Opens in new window Click to print Opens in new window Click to email a link to a friend Opens in new window Click to share on Reddit Opens in new window.
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