INVESTIGATION REPORT
Detective-In-Charge SGT. IMPEDIAGE Contact mickey4854
Assigned Detective DETECTIVE II CHEEZIT110 Contact cheezit110
Date Assigned JANUARY 20TH, 2024 Date Finished JANUARY 28, 2024
INITIAL INFORMATION
Date of Incident JANUARY 18TH, 2024 Time 11:51 PM EST
Date of Tip Submission JANUARY 20TH, 2024
Location of Incident PARKING GARAGE, PALMER, RIDGEWAY COUNTY
Complainant Arthur_Chen Contact arthur_chen
SUSPECTS
Suspect #1 Iamthebestlaith ID 309179866
Suspect #2 Mxrlsx ID 136274708
Suspect #3 toolow_terrain ID 1525269519
Suspect #4 Vktyz (SaintedMike) ID 1337549670
Suspect #5 WithinEviI ID 3960840712
PROPOSED CHARGES FOR TOOLOW_TERRAIN
3 S.C.C § 05c
AGGRAVATED BATTERY CLASS II
(COUNTS x1)
The act of causing serious bodily injury to another, or uses a deadly
weapon in the commission, against one who is a public official, police
officer, emergency worker, witness, or informant.
2 S.C.C § 09
EVASION
(COUNTS x1)
The act of willfully fleeing from a peace officer whilst they are attempting
to perform their duties, granted the peace officer has identified
themselves and used proper devices such as verbal commands or police
equipment to stop the suspect from a reasonable distance.
4 S.C.C § 09
EVIDENCE THEFT
(COUNTS 1)
The act of picking up evidence on an active crime scene, with the
exception of the individual being an on-duty peace officer taking evidence
with the intent to not allow others to pick up.
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PROPOSED CHARGES FOR IAMTHEBESTLAITH
3 S.C.C § 09
FIRST-DEGREE MURDER
(COUNTS x1)
The act of committing murder in the course of committing or attempting to
commit kidnapping, burglary, robbery, arson, obstruction or retaliation; or of
committing murder of a peace officer or civil department employee
discharging a lawful and official duty, with the knowledge of the person
being a peace officer or civil department employee; or of committing
murder with malice aforethought.
5 S.C.C § 08
UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF
GOVERNMENT-ISSUED EQUIPMENT
(COUNTS x1)
The act of unlawfully possessing any police-grade equipment in any
off-duty or civilian storage device, capacity, or other inventory not
mentioned of which is not authorized by law or relevant departmental
policy.
5 S.C.C § 05
UNLAWFUL DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM
(COUNTS x1)
The act of discharging a firearm while within city limits / residential areas
without legal means to do such as a proper permit or for self defense.
PROPOSED CHARGES FOR MXRLSX
3 S.C.C § 09
FIRST-DEGREE MURDER
(COUNTS x2)
The act of committing murder in the course of committing or attempting to
commit kidnapping, burglary, robbery, arson, obstruction or retaliation; or of
committing murder of a peace officer or civil department employee
discharging a lawful and official duty, with the knowledge of the person
being a peace officer or civil department employee; or of committing
murder with malice aforethought.
5 S.C.C § 08
UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF
GOVERNMENT-ISSUED EQUIPMENT
(COUNTS x1)
The act of unlawfully possessing any police-grade equipment in any off-duty or
civilian storage device, capacity, or other inventory not mentioned of which is not
authorized by law or relevant departmental policy.
5 S.C.C § 05
UNLAWFUL DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM
(COUNTS x1)
The act of discharging a firearm while within city limits / residential areas
without legal means to do such as a proper permit or for self defense.
PROPOSED CHARGES FOR VKTYZ/SAINTEDMIKE
3 S.C.C § 09
FIRST-DEGREE MURDER
(COUNTS x2)
The act of committing murder in the course of committing or attempting to
commit kidnapping, burglary, robbery, arson, obstruction or retaliation; or of
committing murder of a peace officer or civil department employee
discharging a lawful and official duty, with the knowledge of the person
being a peace officer or civil department employee; or of committing
murder with malice aforethought.
5 S.C.C § 08
UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF
GOVERNMENT-ISSUED EQUIPMENT
(COUNTS x1)
The act of unlawfully possessing any police-grade equipment in any off-duty or
civilian storage device, capacity, or other inventory not mentioned of which is not
authorized by law or relevant departmental policy.
5 S.C.C § 05
UNLAWFUL DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM
The act of discharging a firearm while within city limits / residential areas
without legal means to do such as a proper permit or for self defense.
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(COUNTS x1)
PROPOSED CHARGES FOR WITHINEVII
3 S.C.C § 09
FIRST-DEGREE MURDER
(COUNTS x1)
The act of committing murder in the course of committing or attempting to
commit kidnapping, burglary, robbery, arson, obstruction or retaliation; or of
committing murder of a peace officer or civil department employee
discharging a lawful and official duty, with the knowledge of the person
being a peace officer or civil department employee; or of committing
murder with malice aforethought.
5 S.C.C § 08
UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF
GOVERNMENT-ISSUED EQUIPMENT
(COUNTS x1)
The act of unlawfully possessing any police-grade equipment in any off-duty or
civilian storage device, capacity, or other inventory not mentioned of which is not
authorized by law or relevant departmental policy.
5 S.C.C § 05
UNLAWFUL DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM
(COUNTS x1)
The act of discharging a firearm while within city limits / residential areas
without legal means to do such as a proper permit or for self defense.
NOTES
At this point, they simply appear to be criminals temporarily working together, not in an organized gang. However, I
would keep an eye on them.
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PROBABLE CAUSE STATEMENT
Date Written JANUARY 28TH, 2024
Supporting the Case of STATE OF RIDGEWAY V. tootow_terrain, Mxrlsx, SaintedMike, Iamthebestlaith, WithinEviI
I, CheezIt110, being duly sworn, state as follows:
INTRODUCTION AND OFFICER BACKGROUND
[1] I am a Detective II in the Ridgeway County Sheriff’s Office and a Detective in the Criminal Investigations
Division (hereinafter “CID”). As a law enforcement officer, I am empowered to conduct investigations.
[2] I have been employed with the Sheriff’s Office since August 6th, 2022.
[3] I have investigated a multitude of cases involving illegal possession and distribution of firearms, firearms
crime, and organized crime.
[4] This affidavit is being submitted in support of a criminal information alleging that toolow_terrain violated
the following state criminal laws: 3 S.C.C § 05c (Aggravated Battery Class II), 2 S.C.C § 09 (Evasion), and 4 S.C.C §
09 (Evidence Theft)
[5] This affidavit is being submitted in support of a criminal information alleging that Iamthebestlaith violated
the following state criminal laws: 3 S.C.C § 09 (First-Degree Murder), 5 S.C.C § 08 (Unlawful Possession of
Government-Issued Equipment), and 5 S.C.C § 05 (Unlawful Discharge of a Firearm)
[6] This affidavit is being submitted in support of a criminal information alleging that Mxrlsx violated the
following state criminal laws: 3 S.C.C § 09 (First-Degree Murder), 5 S.C.C § 08 (Unlawful Possession of
Government-Issued Equipment), and 5 S.C.C § 05 (Unlawful Discharge of a Firearm)
[7] This affidavit is being submitted in support of a criminal information alleging that SaintedMike (known at
the time as Vktyz) violated the following state criminal laws: 3 S.C.C § 09 (First-Degree Murder), 5 S.C.C § 08
(Unlawful Possession of Government-Issued Equipment), and 5 S.C.C § 05 (Unlawful Discharge of a Firearm)
[8] This affidavit is being submitted in support of a criminal information alleging that WithinEviI violated the
following state criminal laws: 3 S.C.C § 09 (First-Degree Murder), 5 S.C.C § 08 (Unlawful Possession of
Government-Issued Equipment), and 5 S.C.C § 05 (Unlawful Discharge of a Firearm)
[9] This affidavit is based on my personal knowledge, information provided to me by other law enforcement
agents, law enforcement records, court-authorized searches, witness interviews, and my training and experience, as
well as the training and experience of other law enforcement agents.
[10] Because this affidavit is being submitted for the limited purpose of establishing probable cause in support
of a criminal information, I have not included each and every fact known to me concerning this investigation. I have
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only set forth the facts that I believe are necessary to establish probable cause that the suspect violated the state
criminal laws set forth herein.
PROBABLE CAUSE
[11] On January 18th, 2024, at around 11:51 PM EST, Deputy Arthur_Chen of the Ridgeway County Sheriff's
Office attempted to pull over toolow_terrain for traffic violations in a clearly marked RCSO Actila. This occurred near
the Palmer Parking Garage. As shown in Exhibit A, Defendant then exited their vehicle, approached Deputy
Arthur_Chen’s window, and hit him multiple times with a knife. When Arthur_Chen got out of their vehicle and
attempted to taze and detain toolow_terrain, the defendant then ran away and evaded Deputy Arthur_Chen. Finally,
after Arthur_Chen was shot to death, toolow_terrain picked up a box each of PI 9mm ammunition and PI 5.56
ammunition that were dropped by Arthur_Chen.
[12] On January 18th, 2024, at around 11:51 PM EST, Deputy Arthur_Chen was in the process of attempting to
catch toolow_terrain when a gray gridlock containing Iamthebestlaith, SaintedMike (known as Vktyz at the time),
Mxrlsx, and WithinEvii drove next to Arthur_Chen. Defendants Iamthebestlaith, SaintedMike, and Mxrlsx exited the
vehicle and opened fire on Deputy Arthur_Chen with Stetson M2-As, killing him. Arthur_Chen was a clearly marked
deputy conducting his lawful duty of arresting toolow_terrain after he had broken multiple traffic laws. None of the
stated defendants are members of law enforcement agencies or have proper authority to possess a Stetson M2-A.
All of them fired multiple times within Palmer city limits with no legal justification.
[13] Just after this, Sergeant Major RoyaltySyn of the Ridgeway National Guard ran over with his weapon drawn,
attempting to shoot the suspects. Some had re-entered the gray gridlock. SaintedMike, Mxrlsx, and WithinEvii
exited the gray gridlock with M2-As drawn, and shot and killed Sergeant Major RoyaltySyn. Royalty was a clearly
marked member of the Ridgeway National Guard, and was executing their lawful duty of protecting those in danger
by confronting the group of shooters. SaintedMike died slightly before RoyaltySyn did but he was clearly still an
active contributor to the murder, having dealt significant damage to RoyaltySyn.
APPENDIX OF EVIDENCE
[14] The affiant submits the following pieces of documentary evidence:
EXHIBIT ID SUMMARY
Exhibit A Video of the incident.
Exhibit B Interview with complainant Arthur_Chen
Exhibit C Interview with defendant Mxrlsx
Exhibit D Interview with defendant toolow_terrain
CONCLUSION
[15] Based on the foregoing, your affiant submits there is probable cause to believe that Iamthebestlaith,
SaintedMike, Mxrlsx, and WithinEvii violated 3 S.C.C § 09, which makes it a crime to commit murder in the course
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of committing or attempting to commit kidnapping, burglary, robbery, arson, obstruction or retaliation; or of
committing murder of a peace officer or civil department employee discharging a lawful and official duty, with the
knowledge of the person being a peace officer or civil department employee; or of committing murder with malice
aforethought.
[16] Based on the foregoing, your affiant submits there is probable cause to believe that Iamthebestlaith,
SaintedMike, Mxrlsx, and WithinEvii violated 5 S.C.C § 08, which makes it a crime to possess any police-grade
equipment in any off-duty or civilian storage device, capacity, or other inventory not mentioned of which is not
authorized by law or relevant departmental policy.
[17] Based on the foregoing, your affiant submits there is probable cause to believe that Iamthebestlaith,
SaintedMike, Mxrlsx, and WithinEvii violated 5 S.C.C § 05, which makes it a crime to discharge a firearm while
within city limits / residential areas without legal means to do such as a proper permit or for self defense.
[18] Based on the foregoing, your affiant submits there is probable cause to believe that toolow_terrain violated
3 S.C.C § 05c, which makes it a crime to cause serious bodily injury to another, or use a deadly weapon in the
commission, against one who is a public official, police officer, emergency worker, witness, or informant.
[19] Based on the foregoing, your affiant submits there is probable cause to believe that toolow_terrain violated
2 S.C.C § 09, which makes it a crime to willfully flee from a peace officer whilst they are attempting to perform their
duties, granted the peace officer has identified themselves and used proper devices such as verbal commands or
police equipment to stop the suspect from a reasonable distance.
[20] Based on the foregoing, your affiant submits there is probable cause to believe that toolow_terrain violated
4 S.C.C § 09, which makes it a crime to pick up evidence on an active crime scene, with the exception of the
individual being an on-duty peace officer taking evidence with the intent to not allow others to pick up.
Affiant declares under penalty of perjury that everything stated in this document is true and correct.
Affiant CheezIt110
Detective II, Criminal Investigations Division
Ridgeway County Sheriff’s Office
Executed:
01/28/2024
Being authorized to prosecute the offenses charged, I approve this information.
Prosecutor Commander1567
State Attorney
State of Ridgeway Department of Justice
Executed:
02/11/2024
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