Robert Francis Dayaye, Jr., Violent Drug Dealer, Arizona 2013

A violent drug dealer has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in a string of crimes.

Robert Francis Dayaye, Jr., 33, of Whiteriver, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judges Neil V. Wake and G. Murray Snow on February 4, 2013.

Dayaye pleaded guilty on October 5, 2012, to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and attempted carjacking in two separate cases.

Before his arrest, Dayaye was the leader of the Diamond Creek Boyz (‘DC Boyz’) gang on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation.

On December 6, 2011, Dayaye was found in a vehicle with a handgun and over 100 grams of actual methamphetamine.

A federal search warrant was executed on a storage locker Dayaye was utilizing in February 2012, and approximately 100 firearms were seized, most of which were military-style weapons and four of which were illegal.

The investigation in this case was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Arizona Department of Public Safety, the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, and the Drug Enforcement Administration, as part of the Northern Arizona Violent Gang and Safe Streets Task Force.

The prosecution was handled by Dimitra H. Sampson and Keith E. Vercauteren, Assistant U.S. Attorneys, District of Arizona, Phoenix.

Case Number: CR-12-8017-PCT-NVW and CR 12-8098-005-PCT-GMS.

Release Number: 2013-014_Dayaye.

For more information on the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/az/.

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