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AO 91 (Rev. 11/11) Criminal Complaint
FILED
VANESSA L ARMSTRONG, CLERK
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT May 11 2020
for the
Western District
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District Kentucky
__________ U.S. DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY
United States of America )
v. )
) Case No. 3:20MJ-340
CHANIQUA BOYD
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Defendant(s)
CRIMINAL COMPLAINT
I, the complainant in this case, state that the following is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
On or about the date(s) of May 10, 2020 in the county of Meade in the
Western District of Kentucky , the defendant(s) violated:
Code Section Offense Description
Title 18 U.S.C. 113(a)(3) Assault with Dangerous Weapon with Intent to do Bodily Harm
This criminal complaint is based on these facts:
See attached Affidavit
✔ Continued on the attached sheet.
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/S/ Albert C. Galvan
Complainant’s signature
Albert C. Galvan
Printed name and title
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Date: May 11, 2020
Judge’s signature
City and state: Louisville, Kentucky Colin H. Lindsay, U.S. Magistrate Judge
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY
AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT
I, Albert C. Galvan, being duly sworn, depose and state as follows:
1. I am a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and have been so
employed since successfully completing of the FBI Academy in 2012, and have been involved
in the investigation of numerous types of offenses against the United States, including counter-
terrorism, narcotics trafficking, child exploitation, financial institution fraud, tax fraud, money
laundering, and immigration fraud.
2. In the course of conducting and participating in criminal investigations, I have been involved
in interviewing and debriefing informants; interviewing witnesses; conducting physical
surveillance; the consensual monitoring and recording of conversations; obtaining and
analyzing financial records and preparing and executing search and arrest warrants.
3. I make this affidavit based upon the personal knowledge derived from my participation in this
investigation and upon information I received from other law enforcement officers involved in
this investigation.
4. For the reasons discussed below, I respectfully submit that this Affidavit contains probable
cause to believe CHANIQUA MIRACLE BOYD-GILL (hereinafter BOYD) violated Title 18,
United States Code (USC), Section 113(a)(3), Assaults within maritime and territorial
jurisdiction; assault with a dangerous weapon, with intent to do bodily harm. I have set forth
only the facts that I believe are necessary to establish probable cause to believe that a violation
of this statute has been committed by BOYD. The information contained herein is not all the
information I possess with respect to the commission of the crimes referred to herein.
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FACTS IN SUPPORT OF PROBABLE CAUSE
5. The United States, including the FBI, is conducting a criminal investigation of CHANIQUA
MIRACLE BOYD-GILL (hereinafter BOYD) regarding possible violations of Title 18, United
States Code (USC), Section 113(a)(3), Assaults within maritime and territorial jurisdiction;
assault with a dangerous weapon, with intent to do bodily harm.
6. On May 10th, 2020, at approximately 6:00pm, Fort Knox Military Police (MP) notified the
Louisville Division FBI of a domestic dispute resulting in a stabbing on Fort Knox. Subsequent
investigation revealed BOYD’s husband, Army Sergeant First Class (SFC) V. G. (V.G.),
received a penetrating wound to his chest.
7. According to Army Criminal Investigative Division (CID) agents, at approximately 2:37pm,
Fort Knox MPs responded to a 911 call from the residence of BOYD and V.G., located at 8045
Estrada Ave, Fort Knox, Kentucky. Upon arrival, MPs observed BOYD in the driveway of
the residence and the MPs detained her. After the MPs advised BOYD of her Miranda Rights,
she made the excited utterances that V.G. “Lunged into the knife” and that she told him “I will
defend myself if you come can any closer”. BOYD was then transported by the MPs to CID
facility.
8. V.G. was transported to the University of Louisville Trauma Center where he was treated for
a stab wound to his upper torso resulting in a punctured lung.
9. At approximately 7:45pm, FBI Special Agent Albert C. Galvan initiated an interview of BOYD
after she waived her Miranda Rights. BOYD advised she and V.G. have a history of domestic
confrontation in which both parties have been charged with simple assaults. A review of
BOYD’s criminal history on file with the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) revealed
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BOYD and V.G. were charged with simple assaults on 07/17/2015 and again on 08/18/2018.
On both occasions charges were dismissed without leave.
10. According to BOYD, she and V.G. started arguing after she confronted him on his failure to
clean the couch. BOYD advised she “mushed” him away (shown as pushing of his face) to
which he responded in kind. Both parties began spitting at each other which escalated when
V.G. “came at [BOYD]”. BOYD advised she was not aware V.G. had been stabbed, only that
she put her hands up in defense and he started screaming that she stabbed him which she did
not believe. BOYD advised she did not intend to stab V.G. and that he was the one coming at
her. When asked how the knife was introduced to the situation, BOYD advised she was cutting
turkey when V.G. came at her and her hands came up.
11. According to an interview by CID, V.G. advised the fight started over him not cleaning the
couch due to a missing part from the machine he rented to clean the couch. V.G. attempted to
deescalate the situation by going to the upstairs bathroom, but BOYD followed him. BOYD
again followed him downstairs and the two began spitting at each other. BOYD then returned
from the kitchen with a knife and said “I wish you would spit at me again”. She then followed
V.G. to the kitchen and the two continued to argue. BOYD punched V.G. in the face twice
and then stabbed him in the chest. After getting stabbed, V.G. heard BOYD say, “you know
what? I need to get on the phone”. V.G. heard BOYD speak to an unknown person and say
V.G. had “jumped on her” to which he claimed he did not. V.G. attempted to get help from a
neighbor’s house but no one answered and he returned to his residence to call his mother, but
then decided it was better to call 911.
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CONCLUSION
12. The statements made in this Affidavit are made based on the personal observations and
investigation conducted by your Affiant, and information communicated or reported to your
Affiant during the investigation by other participants in the investigation, as the content of this
Affidavit indicates.
13. Based on the foregoing, your Affiant believes there is probable cause to believe that
CHANIQUA MIRACLE BOYD-GILL has violated Title 18, United States Code (USC),
Section 113(a)(3), Assaults within maritime and territorial jurisdiction; assault with a
dangerous weapon, with intent to do bodily harm.
__/S/ Albert C. Galvan________
ALBERT C. GALVAN
Special Agent
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Sworn to/attested to by the affiant in accordance with the requirements of Fed. R.
Crim. P. 4.1 by telephone and email, reliable electronic means, this 11th day of
May, 2020.
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COLIN H. LINDSAY
United States Magistrate Judge
WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY