Clay Millhouse, Stolen Firearms, Alaska 2020

ATF Operation Leads to Multiple Arrests, Recovery of 82 Firearms

Anchorage, Alaska – On Tues., Feb. 25, 2020, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) executed a series of search warrants as part of Operation Cold Snap, resulting in federal charges against 16 individuals for federal firearm and drug trafficking crimes.

Over the last several months, the ATF Anchorage Field Office initiated multiple investigations into firearms and narcotics traffickers operating in the Municipality of Anchorage and the surrounding areas. As a result of this operation, the following individuals are now facing charges alleged in ten separate federal indictments:

Clay Millhouse, a/k/a Bear, 34, and Shad Rider-Sorden, a/k/a Shadow, 28, both of Anchorage, are charged with conspiracy to possess and sell stolen firearms, and possession of stolen firearms. Millhouse is also charged with being a felon in possession of firearms.

The charges in the indictments are merely allegations, and the defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. These cases are being prosecuted out of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Alaska by Assistant U.S. Attorneys James Klugman, Allison O’Leary, Kelly Cavanaugh, William Taylor, Carole Holley, Stephan Collins; and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Ivers.

During the course of the investigation, several leads were generated from ATF’s National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN). NIBIN is the only national network that allows for the capture and comparison of ballistic evidence to aid in solving and preventing violent crime involving firearms.

Over 82 illegal firearms, some of which were stolen, approximately seven pounds of methamphetamine, and approximately 300 grams of heroin were recovered during the operation.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ak/pr/atf-operation-leads-multiple-arrests-recovery-82-firearms