Tuesday, April 06, 1999
Feds accuse man in gas drum stash
BY JANE PRENDERGAST
The Cincinnati Enquirer
COVINGTON — Authorities are making a federal case out of the discovery Sunday of five 30-gallon drums of gasoline in a Covington apartment.
Federal agents continued to investigate the case Monday. But pending any additional charges from that, they filed one criminal complaint against the apartment resident, Fernao Nogueira, for allegedly giving them a fake Social Security number.
The case began Sunday afternoon after police got a complaint about a strong gas odor coming from the apartment at 922 Western Ave. After officers found the five drums, they called for help from the Covington Fire Department, FBI, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Cincinnati Police Division's bomb squad.
They also found other chemicals in a nearby storage area, according to documents filed in federal court Monday. The gas and chemicals were removed.
Also discovered in the apartment were about 15 credit cards and 20 other identification cards, all in a variety of names, according to an affidavit by FBI Special Agent Tim Tracy. Among those were a Maine identification card that said the apartment resident was a man named Carlos Valdes. Mr. Nogueira initially told officers that was his name, they said.
Mr. Nogueira is charged with intending to deceive by giving the false identification number. If convicted, he could be imprisoned for five years, fined $250,000, or both.
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