Riane Leigh Brownlee, Impersonating an FBI Agent, North Carolina 2019

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Riane Leigh Brownlee, a 39-year-old woman from Monroe, North Carolina, has been sentenced to 37 months in prison for impersonating an FBI agent and illegally possessing a firearm.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Brownlee, also known as ‘Raine Leigh Webb’ and ‘Alexandria Mancini,’ posted on dating websites photographs of herself posing with a fake FBI badge and a firearm. On February 23, 2019, Brownlee falsely told an individual with whom she met on a date that she was an FBI agent conducting a counter-drug operation.

Brownlee has multiple prior felony convictions, including Identity Theft, Felony Worthless Checks, and Possession of Stolen Motor Vehicle, and she is prohibited from possessing a firearm or ammunition. In addition to the fake FBI badge, law enforcement recovered from the stolen vehicle Brownlee was driving a stolen loaded firearm, and a fake FBI ID bearing Brownlee’s photograph and the name ‘FBI Special Agent Alexandria Mancini.’

U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell also ordered Brownlee to serve three years under court supervision upon completion of her prison term. Brownlee is currently in federal custody.

In a related case, Judge Bell sentenced Curtis Andre Imes, a 38-year-old man from Statesville, to 54 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Imes was found to be in possession of a firearm and crack cocaine and marijuana in his vehicle during a traffic stop on May 23, 2019.

Imes has prior felony convictions for Assault with Deadly Weapon Inflicting Serious Injury, Robbery, and Possession of Firearm by Felon, and he is prohibited from possessing a firearm.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in coordination with the Statesville Police Department conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven R. Kaufman prosecuted the Brownlee case, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Lambert Guinn handled the prosecution for the Imes case.

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