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Oscar Avalos-Cortez, 23, a Rockland County, New York man, has been sentenced to two years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to rob a bar in Hawthorne, New Jersey. This crime occurred on December 25, 2015.
Avalos-Cortez pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Jose L. Linares to an information charging him with conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act Robbery. In addition to the prison term, Judge Linares sentenced Avalos-Cortez to three years of supervised release.
According to court documents, Avalos-Cortez drove at least six conspirators to a bar in Hawthorne, where they forcibly robbed the bar and subsequently fled with approximately $200 in cash in Avalos-Cortez’s car.
Avalos-Cortez was originally charged with Wilbur Jonathan Barahona, 21, of Ridgewood, New Jersey, Guillermo Carrillo-Iraheta, 20, of Suffern, New York, Balmore Carrillo-Iraheta, 20, of Suffern, Juan Chiliseo-Vega, 20, of Suffern, and Jostin Reyes, 21, of Waldwick, New Jersey, in November 2016.
Chiliseo-Vega, Guillermo Carrillo-Iraheta, and Reyes previously pleaded guilty in Newark federal court to three-count informations in connection with their involvement in the conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act Robbery, as well as a carjacking and kidnapping in which Avalos-Cortez was not involved.
Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick credited special agents of the FBI, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Timothy Gallagher in Newark, as well as the Ridgewood and Hawthorne Police Departments, with the investigation leading to today’s sentencing.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Elaine K. Lou and Karen D. Stringer of the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Criminal Division in Newark.
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Key Facts
- State: New Jersey
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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