The defendant is also suspected of involvement in a robbery crew run by Oakland’s Case gang, and had his phone wiretapped in 2020 as part of a probe into the killing of a San Pablo man.
OAKLAND — Federal prosecutors here have filed gun possession charges against an East Bay man who is also suspected of involvement in a robbery crew made up of gang members, court records show.
Gilbert also faces charges in four separate prosecutions in Alameda County — he is charged with two parole violations, retail theft for allegedly stealing thousands in merchandise East Bay stores, and firearms possession, court records show. Prosecutors have cited his suspected involvement in a “Case Gang robbery crew” that was active throughout 2023 as a reason to keep him jailed while the federal case is pending, but he hasn’t been charged in connection with the armed robbery spree.
Police were also investigating Gilbert for suspected involvement robberies dating back to at least March, when a man who won money at the Livermore casino was followed home and robbed, according to federal prosecutors.
A 2021 task force investigation and wiretap that focused on both gangs, dubbed Operation Windstar, was disrupted when police discovered an Antioch officer allegedly called one of the wiretap targets and mislabeled the phone call as non pertinent. The officer, Timothy Manly-Williams, now faces federal and state charges, along with more than a dozen current and former Antioch and Pittsburg cops.
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