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GEORGIA <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jason Stacks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a \u00a0former Lowndes County Sheriff\u2019s Office deputy Jason Stacks<\/strong> to 21 months in prison after he plead guilty to conspiring with two civilians to unlawfully detain and take money from Hispanic motorists, federal officials said.<\/p>\n

Also sentenced today were two civilians \u2013 Gloria Gallego<\/strong> and Miguel Angel Reyes<\/strong> \u2013 who will serve 24 months and 30 months in prison, respectively, as well as three years supervised release for conspiring with Stacks to use his law enforcement authority to unlawfully detain and steal money from the motorists.<\/p>\n

\u201cLaw enforcement officers take an oath to protect and serve the public and, based on the duty and responsibility that imposes, the public in turn invests them with great authority and respect,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Michael J. Moore.<\/strong>\u00a0 \u201cThe abuse of that power and authority, such as happened here, lessens that respect and trust by the public in all law enforcement, thus victimizing not only the victims specifically targeted but all law enforcement officers everywhere as well as the public generally.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On May 6, 2014, Stacks pleaded guilty to a civil rights conspiracy charge, admitting that he participated in a plan with the civilians to subject Hispanic motorists to unlawful traffic stops so that his co-conspirators could then demand that the motorists pay money in order to avoid arrest and\/or deportation.<\/p>\n

On Mar. 26, 2015, Gallego and Reyes pleaded guilty to the same charge.<\/p>\n

This is the evidence against the defendants<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Stacks, while acting as a sheriff\u2019s deputy, unlawfully detained at least four motorists on Aug. 17, 2013.<\/p>\n

One of the motorists, who was identified in the plea documents by the initials T.C., was unlawfully detained by Stacks and then approached by Gallego and Reyes, who posed as bilingual passers-by who wanted to help T.C.\u00a0 Gallego and Reyes told T.C. in Spanish that he would be sent to jail or deported if he did not pay them $500.<\/p>\n

When T.C. responded that he did not have $500 in his car, the conspirators agreed to let T.C. go home to get the money from his relatives.\u00a0 Gallego and Reyes drove T.C. to his residence and took $300 in cash from him.<\/p>\n

Stacks, Gallego, and Reyes then divided the money among them.<\/p>\n

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