Crime Ring Operating Inside Nugget Broken

Financial forgery gang and lab taken down

SPARKS -- A gang allegedly dedicated to identity theft and other financial fraud crimes was arrested after an investigation lead authorities to their financial forgery lab.

Yesterday, Detectives from the Sparks Police Department Crime Suppression Unit, Regional Street Enforcement Team, and Detectives from the Northern Nevada Identity Theft and Fraud Crimes Task Force received information about the possibility of a financial forgery laboratory operating inside the Nugget Hotel and Casino. Detectives set up a lengthy surveillance and located a stolen vehicle associated to the listed group.

Investigators learned that the two main suspects in this case, 33-year-old Gennaro Canta and 34-year-old Mark Enriquez, had obtained 5 rooms between them and had several associates using all of the rooms since approximately 03/11/2012.

Detectives found Canta and Enriquez on the Casino floor. Enriquez had two outstanding felony warrants out of CA. Enriquez and Canta were detained and removed from the Casino floor

After obtaining several search warrants, Detectives located the Canta and Enriquez along with 8 other suspects from room 1220 of the East Tower of the Nugget Hotel. All of the suspects were detained and subsequently arrested for various charges.

Numerous stolen and manufactured various state ID's were located as well as personal identifying information of several victims in both Nevada and California. Numerous computers and printers as well as other digital equipment for making checks, ID's, stolen identities, etc. were located inside several of the rooms.

34-year-old Mark Enriquez was charged with Possess of a Financial Forgery Lab, Possession of Stolen Motor Vehicle, ID Theft (3 counts), 2 Fugitive warrants out of CA.

33-year-old Gennaro Canta was charged with Possession of a Financial Forgery Lab, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

34-year-old Jesicca Edgington was charged with Possession of a Financial Forgery Lab, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

33-year-old Rhonda Hauswirth was charged with ID Theft

23-year-old Jaleesa Williamson was charged with Possession of a Financial Forgery Lab, Possession of Drug Paraphernilia, Possession of Marijuana

23-year-old Vanessa Wilkins was charged with Possession of Financial Forgery Lab, Possession Drug Paraphernilia, Obstructing

27-year-old Griffin Taylor was charged with Possession of a Financial Forgery Lab, Possession of Drug Paraphernilia.

42-year-old Stephanie Reeves was charged with ID Theft, Possession of a Financial Forgery Lab, Possession of Drug Paraphernilia, Possession of a Forged Instrument

Frank Robinson, dob 10/10/73, Possession of a Financial Forgery Lab, Possession Drug Para

Sunshine Robinson, dob 04/22/79, Possession of a Financial Forgery Lab, Obstructing, Possession of Drug Para.