White Supremacist Propaganda, Guns, Meth Found In Home

NEW PORT RICHEY, FL — A Tuesday morning warrant search at a home in New Port Richey led to the arrest of five people and the recovery of drugs, guns, ammunition, hundreds of bank account numbers, IDs and American Nazi Family propaganda, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies served the warrant at a home in the 9200 block of Kiowa Drive around 7 a.m. Aug. 8. Once inside the home, deputies say they came across “hundreds of pages worth of (miscellaneous) bank account and additional personal identification information.” They also found credit cards, military and state IDs, insurance cards and other items. About 12 grams of meth, several gun holsters, ammunition, drug paraphernalia, three firearms and a rifle were also seized, according to an email from the sheriff’s office.

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In addition, deputies found “hundreds of pages of American Nazi Family propaganda (rules, hierarchy, oaths, etc.)" in the home, the email added. The American Nazi Family is associated with the Aryan Brotherhood, the sheriff’s office said. The Aryan Brotherhood is a white nationalist group found in 1964, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. The law center has deemed the organization an extremist group and says it is “the largest and deadliest prison gang in the United States, with an estimated 20,000 members inside prisons and on the streets.”

Five people in the home at the time of the warrant search were brought into custody. They are:

• Alexander Nowokunski, 33, of New Port Richey. Charges include felon in possession of a firearm, weapon or ammunition; possession of an altered firearm with intent to deliver or sell; possession of methamphetamine with intent to sell and possession of methamphetamine.
• Gabrielle Price, 24, of New Port Richey. Charges include felon in possession of a firearm, weapon or ammo; possession with intent to deliver or sell an altered firearm; possession of methamphetamine; possession of methamphetamine with intent to sell; dealing in stolen property.
• Steven Crumbley, 31, of New Port Richey. Charges include possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.
• Melinda Zalneraitis, 47, of New Port Richey. Charges include possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.
• Michael Baun, 28, of New Port Richey. Charges include possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.

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The sheriff’s office said one of its gang detectives was called to the scene to gather the “American Nazi Family intelligence.” Economic crimes detectives are now looking into the personal identification information found within the home, as well. The county’s code enforcement department is also expected to issue citations related to the property.

The sheriff’s office said other arrests are pending in the ongoing investigation. Further information is not available at this time.

Photos courtesy of the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office