Posted on 03/23/2005 3:00:20 AM PST by Liz
Seething over what he saw as a lackluster acknowledgment of a serious crime, a judge sentenced a former federal immigration inspector yesterday to 7 1/2 years in prison for smuggling at least 100 illegal aliens past airport security checkpoints in Newark and Baltimore.
U.S. District Judge Dennis Cavanaugh also ordered Otis Rackley to begin his term immediately........
The punishment, more than two years longer than the sentence prosecutors recommended, stunned Rackley and his attorney, Anthony J. Fusco, Jr..........It also reflected the judge's exasperation with the defendant's attitude and with a wave of immigration crimes he said had become of the "most troubling" issues for the courts and the country.
"Who knows what happened to all these illegals -- where they are and what they are doing," Cavanaugh said.
The judge said Rackley repeatedly ignored routine requests to meet with federal probation officials after pleading guilty to bribery........(and) was bothered that Rackley never explained what happened to more than $1 million in kickbacks prosecutors say he collected over three years before his arrest.....
"I don't think Mr. Rackley wants us to know what happened to the $1 million," Cavanaugh said.
As a senior inspector for what was then the INS, Rackley wore a gun and a badge and was supposed to protect the borders.
But for nearly three years, prosecutors said, he did the opposite: For between $2,000 and $5,000, Rackley escorted illegal immigrants from airplanes and past checkpoints at Newark Liberty International and Baltimore-Washington International airports. He admitted helping smuggle at least 100 aliens -- mostly Indian nationals -- that way, even after Sept. 11, 2001, and said he helped hundreds of others get passport stamps to stay here.
Five other people, including another immigration inspector, have pleaded guilty to related charges.....
Prosecutors said Rackley, 41, .....lived a lavish lifestyle.......
(Excerpt) Read more at nj.com ...
One crooked immigration inspector down.......how many more to go?
homework
Good. People who are doing exactly the opposite of what they're getting paid to do should get stiffer sentences than are normal.
Oh? do you have a word to associate with this behavior?
This man was a sworn law enforcement official--he deserves as much as the judge could give him.
He got off lightly...and then, He'll be in real tourble when the IRS hears about this 1 million.
And some other judge will give him time served on appeal. There is no law in America anymore.
LOL, no. I am bookmarking this article for later. ARE YOU PLANNING TO COPY MY HOMEWORK? ;)
7 1/2 years for treason is a slap on the wrist.
Rack him.... bubye Otis.
For God's sake....this is incredible!
Why, no. See, if I get there first, you will be copying me. LOL.
Send the bastard to Gitmo!.....
He must have broken other laws over and above the obvious........for instance, did he pay taxes on the bribes?
Abu Gharib woulda been a better place for this lowlife.....if they hadn't closed it down.
I agree, especially dirty law enforcement officers.
Stick panties on his head and let him go.
L.O.L....your right...in our p.c. world, that would have been more offensive according to democrats!....
All of them. We need a moratorium on ALL immigration until we get the borders 100% secure and the illegals cleaned out. Hire `em as border guards or lay them off, but screw immigration "inspection," when the system needs replaced entirely.
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