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Search Warrant
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<br />STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF ORANGE,
<br /> ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED
<br /> STATEMENT OF PROBABLE CAUSE
<br />Affiant declares under penalty of perjury that the following facts are true and that there is probable cause to
<br />believe, and Affiant does believe, that the requested information and services for the Target Telephone is now in
<br />the described locations.
<br />AFFIANT’S TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
<br />I, George Bodnar, am a Police Officer within the meaning of Penal Code 830.1. I am a Police Officer with the
<br />Santa Ana Police Department (herein after referred to as “SAPD”), and have been a Police Officer for
<br />approximately 8 years and 11 months.
<br />In June 2014, I graduated from the Orange County Sheriff’s Academy, which is a P.O.S.T. certified basic police
<br />academy.
<br />From 2014-2017, I was assigned to the Field Operations Bureau, Patrol. While assigned to patrol, my primary
<br />duties were to respond to emergency and non-emergency calls for service. I participated in over 200 criminal
<br />investigations involving assault with a deadly weapon, illegal firearm possession, narcotics offenses, and gang -
<br />related criminal activity.
<br />From April 2017 – December 2018, I was assigned to the Field Operations Bureau, Directed Patrol. My primary
<br />duty was to directly respond to community generated complaints that occurred within the city without handling
<br />normal calls for service. Community generated complaints many times included gang related narcotic sales,
<br />assault with a deadly weapon investigations, robberies, illegal gambling, and vandalism. As part of my duties, I
<br />contacted several gang members. I also participated in the service of several gang -related search warrants and
<br />arrest warrants.
<br />From December 2018 – March 2023, I was assigned to the Investigations Bureau, Gang Suppression Unit. My
<br />primary duty was to proactively suppress gang related violent crime including homicides, assaults with a deadly
<br />weapons, robberies, assaults, theft of vehicles, narcotic sales, and vandalisms. While assigned to the Gang
<br />Suppression Unit, I assisted SAPD detectives investigate over 100 gang related crimes including assaults with a
<br />deadly weapons, robberies, attempted murders, and murder investigations.
<br />I am currently assigned as a Detective in the Homicide - Crimes Against Persons section. My primary duty is to
<br />investigate assaults with deadly weapons, attempt homicides and homicides.
<br />I have been involved in over three hundred (300) investigations for violent crimes related to gang activity, which
<br />include illegal possession of firearms, narcotics sales, assaults with deadly weapons, robberies and attempted
<br />murders and murders. I have made over two hundred (200) gang related arrests, which include arrests for illegal
<br />possession of firearms, graffiti, narcotics sales, assaults and robberies.
<br />I have contacted over four hundred (400) gang members and have had in -depth interviews and conversations
<br />with gang members in custodial and non-custodial settings to gain knowledge about the gang sub-culture. During
<br />conversations with these gang members, they have talked to me about their criminal activity, gang activity, gang
<br />philosophy, and methods of committing crimes and concealing them from law enforcement. I also learned about
<br />identifying and establishing street gang boundaries by the presence of gang graffiti and statements from admitted
<br />gang members; along with identifying criminal street gang members and their rivals by self-admissions, gang
<br />tattoos, and gang clothing.
<br />I have interviewed witnesses and suspects, and compiled the necessary information to obtain arrest warrants and
<br />search warrants. While conducting criminal investigations, I have had the opportunity to listen to suspects divulge
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