Posted on 09/01/2023 1:59:13 AM PDT by grundle
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has filed charges against five people who are accused of committing nearly 200 robberies, thefts and fraudulent transactions targeting sellers of Apple products who they contacted online.
On Wednesday, the D.A.’s Office announced Jamari Deon Turner, 21, of Lawndale, Jerome Joseph, 25, of Los Angeles, Tyler Russell, 22, of Lawndale, Kesai Doss, 23, of Palmdale, and Ellis Garrett, 22, of Los Angeles were all arrested and charged in connection with the crimes.
Three of the defendants, Turner, Joseph and Russell, have been charged with committing “Hobbs Act robbery,” which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison. Those three were expected to appear in court Wednesday.
Doss and Garrett are charged in a separate criminal complaint on felony charges for wire fraud, which also carries a sentence of up to 20 years in federal prison. They were expected to appear in court in the coming weeks, the D.A.’s Office said.
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Just downtrodden ferals getting their due reparations, so no need to send them to some overcrowded prison where they will be forced to reveal their secrets to other inmates.
In four months they will be walking the streets.
Looting macys,shoe stores ok. Not apple stuff. You got that, looters?
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