Minneapolis cell phone theft ring: 3 more suspects charged - FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Three much suspects charged with racketeering, in a lawsuit wherever victims’ compartment phones were stolen and mobile slope accounts drained, were arrested this week and made their archetypal tribunal appearances connected Wednesday.

The suspects, Aaron Johnson, Charlie Pryor and Alfonze Stuckey were arrested for their alleged relation successful the cellphone theft scheme. 

The crimes occurring implicit the past year, focused chiefly connected fashionable Minneapolis barroom areas.

Authorities person gone aft everyone progressive successful the alleged cognition including those violently stealing the devices arsenic good arsenic the suspects raiding the victim’s fiscal apps aft the theft.

It is uncommon for authorities prosecutors to complaint suspects with racketeering conspiracies wherever the penalties upon condemnation tin beryllium overmuch harsher.

In this case, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office has up to 20 years successful situation imaginable if the suspects are convicted.