Editors Note: The following press release is directly from ATF. Regular readers of AmmoLand News know our stance on the unaccountable Federal Agency: No comment. We invite our readers to leave their hard-hitting insights in the comments below.
Fort Myers, FL – -(Ammoland.com)- A federal jury has found Raynaldo Ray Quiroga (37, LaBelle) guilty of Hobbs Act robbery, brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, possessing stolen firearms, and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, related to an armed robbery of a pawnshop in LaBelle in May 2021. As a result, Quiroga faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for March 21, 2022.
Quiroga had been indicted on July 14, 2021.
According to evidence presented at trial, Quiroga, a seven-time convicted felon, entered Capital Pawn in LaBelle on the morning of May 19, 2021, falsely impersonating a law enforcement officer by wearing a green sheriff’s deputy uniform, a black tactical vest, a badge, and a duty belt equipped with a firearm. While in the shop, Quiroga brandished his firearm and zip-tied the store’s two employees before stealing six guns and fleeing the scene. Law enforcement agents quickly identified Quiroga as a suspect and later found multiple pieces of evidence at his residence and in his car connecting him to the robbery.
This case was investigated by the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Hendry County Sheriff’s Office, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Jesus M. Casas and Simon Eth.
This case is being prosecuted as part of the joint federal, state, and local Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program, the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them. As part of this strategy, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally-based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
ATF is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for investigating violations of the federal firearms and explosives laws and regulations. More information about ATF and its programs can be found at www.atf.gov.
Seven felonies and out walking around. The justice system has some holes in it.
The felon is stupid. The locals catch him. BATFE takes the credit. I could just throw up.
SEVEN Time Convicted Felon, WTF happened to Three Strikes your Out. It’s time that Whoever let him Out Needs to Join Him as he serves his Sentence. Enough Said.
The judges that let him out repeatedly should be sharing his cell and serving his sentence with him. Make judges responsible financially and criminally for the crimes of repeat offenders that they repeatedly release.
AND………F atf and their extended families
think I have this figured out, letting all the criminals go is a distraction so we dont see what criminal stuff atf fbi and other governmental agencies are doing
Whup-T-Do! BATF taking credit for the work of local LEOs, again.
He can invoke the ‘victim of the system’ defense and once again walk free.
What the hell ever happened to three strikes and your in prison for life?
The article fail to explain that the Hobbs Act, at 18 U.S.C § 1951, is a federal statute prohibiting extortion or robbery by wrongful use of force or fear, or the attempt of these crimes, affecting interstate or foreign commerce. This 1946 Act was originally designed to target racketeering in labor disputes.
is ammoland editing and removing comments?