Fake immigration agents deport woman

[cynatnite]

HEMET, Calif., Aug. 7 (UPI) -- A California husband and wife are accused of pretending they were federal immigration agents to trick an illegal into leaving the country, an indictment said.

Gregory Raymond Denny Jr., 38, and his wife Karen Evon Denny, 52, allegedly tricked an undocumented immigrant into taking a plane to her native Philippines, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday.

The Hemet couple handcuffed the victim, Cherriebelle Magada Gabalonos Hibbard, and told her they were enforcing a warrant issued by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the report said.

A former bounty hunter, Gregory Denny allegedly told Hibbard he was a U.S. marshal, showed her a badge and credentials, and took her to San Diego's Lindbergh Field to be deported.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/08/07/Fake-immigration-agents-deport-woman/UPI-62431281191716/

[Suich]

1. Why?

:shrug:

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. reading the full story in other articles, maybe the man's father wanted it done?

[Curmudgeoness]

2. Repug vigilantes. Oh god, I can just see the copycats now.

So what I want to know is...will they be prosecuted? Will they be sentenced? What kind of punishment will there be? There had better be a good deterrent to keep this from becoming commonplace. Idiots.

[drmeow]

7. I hope the punishment is steep

unfortunately we can't win for losing. If the punishment is steep, they become martyrs. If the punishment is light, everyone will try it.

[virgogal]

3. Wouldn't that be kidnapping?

[slampoet]

4. Kidnapping, Impersonating a Federal Officer, Forged documents, ....

[pinboy3niner]

6. Yes--that's in the indictment

From the local broadcast news station:

Gregory Raymond Denny Jr. and his wife, Karen Denny, were charged on Friday in a five-count indictment with conspiracy to commit kidnapping and kidnapping while impersonating a federal officer making an arrest.
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Both defendants face a maximum penalty of life in prison, five years of supervised release and a $250,000 fine, if they are convicted.

http://channel6newsonline.com/2010/08/hemet-ca-couple-arrested-for-kidnapping-and-for-impersonating-a-u-s-marshal/

(ETA penalty info.)

[nsd]

8. A family feud?

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/08/couple-indicted-for-posing-as-federal-agents-to-force-undocumented-migrant-to-leave-usa.html

"No motive is mentioned in the indictment but the incident may have involved a family feud. Denny is reportedly a cousin of Hibbard's husband. Hibbard has not returned to the United States."