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Kyle Navin Affidavit
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AO 442 (Rev I l/l I) Anest Wanant (page 2)
Thissecond page containl personal identifiers provided for law-enforcement use onlyand therefore should not be filed in court with the executed warrant unless under seal.
(Not for Public Disclosure)
Nam e of defendant/offender :
Known aliases:
Last known residence:
Prior addresses to which defendanVoffender may still have ties:
Last known employment:
Last known telephone numbers:
Place of birth:
Date of birth:
Social Securitv number;
Height: Weight:
Race:
Eyes:
Sex:
Hair:
Scars, tattoos, other distinguishing marks:
History of violence, weapons, drug use:
Known family, friends, and other associates (name, reration, address, phone numbeil:
FBI number:
Complete description of auto:
Investigative agency and address:
Name and telephone numbers (office and cell) of pretrial services or probation officer (i/ appticabte):
Date of last contact with pretrial services or probation officer (if applicabte):
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTDISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
V.
KYLE NAVIN
FILED UNDER SEAL
MISC. NO.
DATE: September 4,2015
AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF COMPLAINT AND ARREST WARRANT
I, Michael Zuk, a Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), New
Haven Division, being duly sworn, depose and state the following:
I. Background
1. I have been a Special Agent with the FBI since August 1998. Prior to that, I
worked as an attorney in Connecticut for approximately seven years. From 1993 to 1995, I
worked as a Deputy Assistant State's Attorney assigned to the Office of the Chief State's
Attorney for the State of Connecticut. From 1995 through 1998, I served as an Assistant United
States Attorney, assigned to the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut.
In both capacities, I was assigned to work exclusively on criminal matters.
2. During the course of my career, I have participated in numerous criminal
investigations, including investigations into suspected narcotics trafficking, firearms traffrcking,
violent criminal activity and money laundering. My participation in the investigations has
included coordinating controlled purchases of narcotics utilizing confidential informants,
cooperating witnesses and undercover law enforcement officers; coordinating the execution of
search and arrest warrants; conducting electronic and physical surveillance; analyzing records
related to narcotics trafficking; testifying in Grand Jury and District Court proceedings; and
interviewing individuals and other members of law enforcement regarding the manner in which
narcotics traffickers obtain, finance, store, manufacture, transport and distribute controlled
substances. I have traveled to various foreign countries in furtherance of narcotics trafficking
investigations, including Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, and the Dominican Republic. I have
received instruction relative to conducting drug investigations while attending the FBI Academy
in Quantico, Virginia. I have qualified as an expert witness on narcotics trafficking in the District
Courts for the Southern District of New York and the District of Connecticut. Finally, I have
participated in several investigations involving the use of court-authorized interception of wire
and electronic communications.
3. I am currently assigned to the FBI Bridgeport Violent Crimes Task Force ("Task
Force"). In this role, I am responsible for investigating offenses involving murder, kidnapping,
robbery and firearms trafficking, amongst other violent offenses. I am one of the law
enforcement officers involved in the investigation of KYLE NAVIN for a violation of Title 18,
United States Code, Section 922(9)(3) (possession of a frrearm by an individual who is an
unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance).
4. The statements contained in this affidavit are based on: (l) my personal
participation in the investigation; (2) information provided by members of the FBI, the Easton
Police Department, the Connecticut State Police, the Bridgeport Police Department and the
United States Marshals Service; (3) witness statements; (4) text messages; (5) security video
recordings; (6) seized evidence; (7) public information and law enforcement databases; (8) my
experience and training and other sources of information. Unless otherwise indicated, all
conversations and statements described in this affidavit are related in substance and in part.
5. Because this affrdavit is being submitted for the limited purpose of securing a
criminal complaint and arrest warrant I have not included each and every fact regarding this
investigation of which I am aware. Rather, I have set forth only the facts necessary to establish
probable cause to believe that NAVIN has violated Title 18, United States Code, Section
e22(g)(3).
II. Probable Cause
6. On August 7,2015, a relative of Jeffrey Navin ("Jeffrey") and Jeanette Navin
("Jeanette") went to the Easton Police Department to report that Jeffrey and Jeanette were
missing. Specifically, the relative explained to law enforcement that Jeffrey and his brother,
William Navin, jointly own J&J Refuse Company, which is a business involved in trash removal
and recycling collection in Westport, Connecticut. According to William, Jeffrey had not shown
up for work on August 6,2015 or August 7,2015, which was highly unusual as Jeffrey never
missed work without making prior arrangements to have his pick-up route covered. Further,
family members and friends had been trying to call both Jeffrey and Jeanette on their cellular
telephones for the past two days, but had been unable to reach either of them as both of their
telephones appeared to have been turned off. According to the relative, Jeffrey's and Jeanette's
son, Kyle NAVIN ("NAVIN"), who also worked for J&J Refuse, was the last person to have
seen his parents, and that was on the morning of Tuesday, August 4,2015.
7 ' On August 7, 2015, law enforcement officers spoke to NAVIN, who confirmed
that he had last seen his parents on the morning of Tuesday, August 4, 2075. According to
NAVIN, his parents had come to visit him that morning in order to ask if he wanted to join them
for dinner that evening. NAVIN said that he declined the invitation because he was in pain from
a back injury that NAVIN claimed rendered him unable to work.
8. On August 9,2015,Iaw enforcement officers interviewed NAVIN at the Easton
Police Department. During the interview, NAVIN stated that the last time he saw his parents was
on the morning of Tuesday, August 4,2015, while NAVIN was at work. However, NAVIN said
that he also spoke to his parents on the telephone regarding work-related issues throughout the
morning and early afternoon. NAVIN said that the last contact he had with either of his parents
was when he spoke to his father "sometime around noon" when his father called to ask a
question about a new customer. When asked about his parents whereabouts, NAVIN said that his
parents often went away on short trips, but acknowledged that his father never missed work
without making proper anangements for his route to be covered.
9' On August 11,2015, law enforcement officers again met with NAVIN at the
Easton Police Department in order to obtain additional information regarding his last contact
with his parents. This time, NAVIN stated that he met his mother on the morning of August 4,
2015 at the park and ride near Exit 42 on the Menitt Parkway in Westport. NAVIN said that his
mother got into his (NAVIN's) garbage truck and that he and his mother together went to collect
refuse along his usual route. NAVIN said that between 9:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., his back began
to bother him. Therefore, he called Jeffrey and arranged to meet him at a nursery near Exit 42.
NAVIN said that he and Jeanette arrived at the nursery at approximately 10:30 a.m. There, his
mother got out of his truck and into Jeffrey's truck. NAVIN stated that he then drove to his
residence on Aldine Avenue in Bridgeport. According to NAVIN, he remained at home until
approximately l2:30 p.m., at which point he decided to drive to his parents' residence in Easton
in order to pick up the paycheck that his father left taped to the door. NAVIN stated that once he
picked up the check, he drove back to his own residence, where, NAVIN claimed, he remained
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for the rest of the day (August 4,2015) and for the great majority of the next three days due to
pain from his back injury.
10' Finally, on August 13, 2015, law enforcement offrcers conducted a recorded
interview of NAVIN at the Connecticut State Police barracks in Bridgeport. During this
interview, NAVIN said that on August 4,2075, at approximately 6:30 a.m., he met Jeffrey and
Jeaneffe at the nursery in Westport near Exit 42.There, Jeanette got into NAVIN's truck and the
two began to drive his (NAVIN's) regular pick-up route. At approximately 8:30 a.m., NAVIN
decided that he could not continue to work due to the pain in his back so he asked his mother to
finish his route for the day. However, NAVIN claimed that his mother did not know his route so
he had to return to his home in Bridgeport in order to get her the paperwork that delineated the
route. NAVIN said that he and his mom arrived at his home on Aldine Avenue in Bridgeport at
approximately 9:20 a.m. While his mother waited in the car, NAVIN went inside and picked up
the paperwork that he needed. He then drove his mother back to Westport where they met up
with Jeffrey at a location off of Roseville Road. NAVIN said that Jeanette got out of his truck
and into the truck with Jeffrey. NAVIN then drove back to Bridgeport and arrived at his
residence at approximately I l:00 a.m. NAVIN said that he remained home until approximately
l1:45 a.m. or 12 p.m., when he received a call from his father reminding him that an envelope
containing his paycheck was taped to an outside door at his parents' house. NAVIN thus drove
back to Easton to retrieve his paycheck and then returned to Bridgeport where he arrived at his
residence between approximately 12:30 p.m. and 12:45 p.m. NAVIN said that the only other
contact that he had with his parents that day was telephonic contact with his father that related
solely to work, the routes and NAVIN's back injury. NAVIN denied discussing any issue related
to his mother or her safety. NAVIN said that on Thursday, August 6,2015, he was contacted by
his uncle, William. William advised NAVIN that Jeffrey had not shown up for work that duy. '
According to NAVIN, he advised William that everything should have been on schedule for that
day, meaning that his father should have been at work. NAVIN also relayed to the officers that
the August 6,2015, call from uncle was the time at which the "mystery" regarding his parents'
whereabouts began.
1 1. Law enforcement officers have obtained and analyzed call, text and cell cite
records for Jeffrey's, Jeanette's and Kyle's telephones. An analysis of Jeanette's records
established that Jeanette's last outgoing call was a two second call on August 4,2075, at
approximately 8:45 a.m. At approximately 9:20 a.m., Jeanette's cellular telephone registered as
being in the location of a cell tower at 2600 Park Avenue in Bridgeport, in the vicinity of
NAVIN's residence. After that time, Jeanette never again used her cellular telephone to
communicate with anyone in any manner.2
12. en *ufyris of Jeffrey's records established that his last outgoing call was placed
on August 4, 2015, at approximately l:23 p.m. During the call, Jeffrey's cellular telephone
accessed the cell tower at 2600 Park Avenue in Bridgeport, again in the vicinity of NAVIN's
residence. After that time, Jeffrey never again used his cellular telephone to communicate with
anyone in any manner.
13. After 8:45 a.m. and I:23 p.m., respectively, there were several incoming calls and
text messages to both Jeanette's and Jeffrey's cellular telephones. However, both cellular
telephones were in "inactive status," meaning that they had been turned off. According to family
' According to both William and NAVIN, J&J Refuse did not operate on Wednesdays. Therefore,Jeffrey's absence on Wednesday, August 5,2015, would neither have been noticed nor cause for concern.
2 Jeanette's cellular telephone had one additional cell tower registration on August 4,2015 at 3:08 p.m.,but it does not appear to correspond with a call, text message or email.
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members, it was very unusual for Jeanette and Jeffrey to go away without contacting the family
or to have their cellular telephones turned off for extended periods of time.
14. The cell site activity and text messages exchanged between NAVIN and Jeffrey
on August 4,2015, do not accord with NAVIN's statements to law enforcement. For example,
between 10:20 a.m. and I : l9 p.m., the cell site activity from NAVIN's cellular telephone shows
that he traveled from Bridgeport to Westport to Easton to Westport to Easton and then back to
Bridgeport where he remained until 2:56 p.m. At approximately 3:06 p.m., a security camera in
Easton captured video of Jeffrey's garbage truck being driven on Center Road in Easton toward
Jeanette's and Jeffrey's residence; NAVIN's girlfriend's vehicle was recorded following closely
behind Jeffrey's truck. Approximately 29 minutes later, the security camera captured video of
NAVIN's girlfriend's vehicle driving in the opposite direction away from Jeanette's and
Jeffrey's residence. Law enforcement later discovery Jeffrey's truck parked in the driveway of
Jeanette's and Jeffrey's residence.
15. Law enforcement interviewed NAVIN's girlfriend, Jennifer Valiante. Initially,
Valiante lied and stated that she was home all afternoon in Bridgeport. When confronted with the
above-described video, Valiante acknowledged that NAVIN asked her to follow him to his
parents' house in Easton; NAVIN drove Jeffrey's truck and Valiante drove her car. When they
arrived at Jeanette's and Jeffrey's residence, NAVIN parked the car in the driveway and then the
two returned to their Bridgeport residence together in Valiante's car. Valiante could offer no
reason as to why or how Jeffrey's truck came to be in Bridgeport or why NAVIN needed to drive
the truck back to Easton.
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16. Further, a review of text messages between NAVIN and Jeffrey on August 4,
2015, between 11:40 a.m. and l:14 p.m. belies NAVIN's claim that he and his father only
discussed work-related matters that afternoon:
l1 :40 a .m. Navin to Jeffrey What cleanup are you at?
l l :46 a.m. Navin to Jeffrev Cleanup address? Can you write it?
12:34 p.m. Jeffrey to Navin Where are vou?
12:34 p.m. Navin to Jeffrey I'm clicking to answer your call and nothing is there. I can'thear you.
l 2 :35 p .m. Navin to Jeffrey I left. You were dumping then heading home right?
12:37 p.m. Navin to Jeffrev That's where I'm headed
12:39 p.m. Jeffrey to Navin I'm not going home till I know mom is okay.
12:42 p.m. Jeffrev to Navin Did you hurt mom?
12:43 p.m. Navin to Jeffrey No absolutely not. Why would you think
12:44 p.m. Jeffrey to Navin I go home and get framed for murder
12:45 p.m. Navin to Jeffrev Oh stop
12:48 p.m. Jeffrey to Navin I'm going to the police first
l2:50 p.m. Navin to Jeffrev Ok and reason being?
l 2 :51 p .m. Jeffrey to Navin Dave's phone is working fine
12:54 p.m. Navin to Jeffrey Ok well mtext, the ca
nes having issues, moms is and jen was able toling was messed up.
12:54 p .m. Navin to Jeffrey Maybe his is newest
12:54 p.m. Navin to Jeffrev Newer
12:57 p.m. Jeffrey to Navin U R setting me up
l 2 :58 p .m. Navin to Jeffrey Dad really what are you talking about?
1: l4 p .m. Navin to Jeffrev I'm home, I left a spot on the road for your truck to fit
17. Finally, a review of NAVIN's cell site records shows that NAVIN's cellular
telephone, like each of his parent's telephones, was accessing the cell tower at2600 Park Avenue
in Bridgeport in the vicinity of his residence at 9:20 a.m., when his mom ceased usins her
telephone, and at l:32 p.m., when his father ceased using his cellular telephone.
18. Based largely on the above, on August 13, 2015, the Bridgeport Police
Department obtained and executed a search warrant at NAVIN's residence on Aldine Avenue in
Bridgeport. During the search, law enforcement officers seized several items, including two
Itrearms and numerous rounds of ammunition from NAVIN's bedroom. Specifically, officers
seized one box containing eight rounds of American Eagle .380 caliber ammunition; two boxes
of Winchester .380 caliber ammunition, with 68 rounds in one box and 100 rounds in the second
box; two boxes of Remington slugs, each of which contained five rounds; a black zip case
containing a Smith & Wesson Bodyguard 380 Auto handgun with a laser sight, bearing serial
number EBX6587, with one round in the chamber and two magazines, each of which contained
six rounds of ammunition; a Sig Sauer hard plastic case that contained a Sig Sauer P22g .40
caliber handgun, bearing serial number AJU0I140, with one round in the chamber and ten
rounds in the magazine and a second magazine containing nine rounds of ammunition.3
Bridgeport P.D. officers also recovered a receipt from Home Depot that was issued on August 5,
2015, at approximately 8:36 p.m. showing that NAVIN purchased germicidal bleach, hair/grease
drain opener, "Goo Gone" stain remover and contractor cleanup bags, amongst other items.
19. On August 19, 2015, the Connecticut State Police executed a second search
warrant at NAVN's residence. During the course of that search, they located numerous items
' Based upon my training and experience, I know that neither Smith & Wesson nor Sis Sauer firearms aremanufactured in the District of Connecticut.
that, based upon my training and experience, I know to be indicative of substance abuse.
Specifically, from a white kitchen garbage bag in a garbage bin just outside NAVIN's residence,
law enforcement recovered approximately 15 hypodermic needles and dozens of glassine bags
that contained what appeared to be heroin residue and that were stamped with what I recognize
to be heroin "brand names," such as "TV MA", "1080-p" and "007." In the same bag, law
enforcement found paperwork, such as bank records, that contained NAVIN's name. In
NAVIN's residence, law enforcement also recovered: (l) approximately two dozen empty
prescription bottles for Oxycodone, the great majority of which were prescribed to NAVIN; (a)
several prescription bottles containing various controlled substances, such as Alprazolam, also
known as "Xanax" or "Bars", and Prednisone, some of which were prescribed to NAVIN and
some of which were prescribed to another individual; 4) a piece of paper upon which was
handwritten'oOxycodone 30 mg" "Oxycodone 15 mg" and'No alarms, no panic buttons, no
phones. BE SMART"; and (5) a receipt from a firearms shooting range in Bridgeport,
connecticut, that was issued on August 5,2015, at approximately 2:02 p.m.
20. On August 14, 2015, law enforcement officers obtained video footage from
various security cameras at the Bridgeport shooting range that was recorded on August 5, 2075.
The video footage depicted NAVIN driving his truck and parking it in the vicinity of the range.
NAVIN then entered the building, used the firing range for approximately 20 minutes, swept up
the casings that he had expelled from the weapon he was firing and left the range.
21. On August 2l,2015,law enforcement officers conducted a recorded interview of
Valiante. During the interview, officers asked Valiante about the firearms recovered from her
and NAVIN's residence. Valiante explained that both the Sig Sauer .40 caliber handgun and the
Smith & Wesson .380 caliber handgun belonged to NAVIN, although added that she likes the
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.380 handgun because she can use it to protect herself when she is home alone. Valiante also
offered that she had shot the .380 caliber handgun at a firing range. When asked if NAVIN
regularly carried a firearm, Valiante explained that NAVIN "really likes his gun" so while he
might not carry it every day, he did cany quite often.
22. I have reviewed several text messages recovered from NAVIN's cellular
telephone pursuant to a search warrant. In particular, there are several text messages between
May 5, 2015 and August 9,2015, in which NAVIN and Valiante discuss, in both implicit and
explicit terms, the fact that NAVIN is using heroin, Oxycodone and Xanax. For example:
a. On June 29,2015, Valiante and NAVIN discussed the fact that NAVIN had "run
out of dope." Based upon my training and experience, I know that "dope" is a
slang term for heroin.
b. On July 1,2015, when NAVIN inquired if he could take some Xanax, Valiante
replied that he could but that he should limit it to "l.5 max pls." Based upon my
training and experience, I believe that Valiante advised NAVIN that he should not
take more than 1.5 milligrams (1.5 tablets) of Xanax.
c. On July 2,2015, Valiante advised NAVIN that "Other than the dope thing you are
honest and real." Based upon my training and experience, I believe that Valiante
expressed to NAVIN that his use of heroin ("dope") was problematic.
d. on July 6,2015, valiante said to NAVIN "If you were running on 2bags you'd
be weak as hell and not still going." NAVIN replied, "I did the 3rd about 30 mins
ago." Based upon my training and experience, I believe that Valiante stated that if
NAVIN had confined himself to using only two bags of heroin, as he claimed,
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that he would no longer be able to function. NAVIN then admitted that he had
actually used a third bag of heroin.
On July 8,2015, Valiante and NAVIN discussed the fact that "when u miss a vein
u don't get the rush bc it's slowly absorbed in body. However u still get same
amount and potency." Based upon my training and experience, I believe that the
comment regarding "miss[ing] a vein" was a reference to shooting heroin into
one's vein, which is a common method by which to ingest heroin.
On July 14,2015, Valiante told NAVIN that she just found "a rubber band from a
bundle on the stairs." NAVIN explained that it may have fallen from his
"sunglasses case" because he "always store[d] stuff in it [a]nd I dropped the case
in stairs yesterday and this morning heading down." Based upon my training and
experience, I know that a "bundle" is a reference to ten bags of heroin, which are
typically held together by a rubber band. A bundle is a common quantity in which
heroin is sold.
on July 16,2015, valiante asked NAVIN, "Tell me the truth, How many Xanax
did you take last night." NAVIN replied, "I did 3? Swallowed and sniffed right.,'
Based upon my training and experience, I believe that NAVIN admitted ingesting
three Xanax pills, some of which he swallowed and some of which he crushed
and then snorted.
on July 23, 2015, NAVIN complained about being in pain and feeling weak.
Valiante replied that when NAVIN got home he would "have to take [some] more
blues & prednisone pills." Based upon my training and experience, I know that
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"blues" is a common reference to 30 milligram Oxycodone pills which are blue in
color.
on July 28,2015, valiante advised NAVIN that the "Bag is under your note on
my dresser." valiante asked NAVIN to let her know "when doing it and when
done." NAVIN replied, "ok I'll do it [so] you don't have suspense." Eight
minutes later, NAVIN advised that he was "All set." Based upon my training and
experience, I believe that Valiante told NAVIN that she left one bag of heroin for
him on her dresser and asked NAVIN to let her know when he planned to ingest
the drug and when he was done.
on July 29, 2015, NAVIN advised valiante that he was "Starting." when
valiante expressed frustration that she was "waiting for a 'done"' NAVIN
explained that he got delayed by a text from a relative. Specifically, NAVIN
stated that "he wasn't mixed and then before I started my ann I was texting her."
Based upon my training and experience, I believe that NAVIN advised Valiante
that he had not yet prepared the heroin to be ingested via a hypodermic needle
("wasn't mixed") and that he had not yet prepared his arm for the injection
("before I started my arm") at the time he received the text from his relative.
on August 9,2015, valiante advised NAVIN "Don't do any bags bc u need them
for ltr & tmrw. Just reminding." Based upon my training and experience, I believe
that Valiante reminded NAVIN to save his heroin ("bags") to be used later that
day and the following day, likely so that he would not run out of heroin and
experience withdrawals.
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23. Moreover, during the execution of a search warrant on NAVIN's cellular
telephone, law enforcement recovered several text messages between NAVN and another
individual during which the other individual appeared to be requesting to purchase narcotics
from NAVIN. On August 25,2015, law enforcement interviewed this individual (hereinafter
"CW"). CW advised law enforcement that s/tre had known NAVIN for approximately three
years' CW said that sftre knew that NAVIN used Oxycodone and that over the course of the last
two years, sftre had purchased Oxycodone from NAVIN approximately five to six times. CW
also stated that whenever s/he saw NAVIN that NAVIN was usually wearing a gun. When CW
was asked about a call between NAVIN and CW on Wednesday, August 5,2015, CW stated that
s/he called NAVIN to discuss the illegal purchase of Oxycodone, but NAVIN told CW that he
was dealing with a lot of family issues and that it looked like his parents were missing. Notably,
this was one day before NAVIN allegedly frrst learned from his uncle that Jeffrey had not shown
up for work on August 6,2075.
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