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A Texas man was sentenced to 40 years in prison for his leadership role in an armed home invasion robbery crew, according to authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n

The crew traveled the United States targeting families of South Asian and East Asian descent.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Juan Olaya, 41, of Houston, Texas, was\u00a0convicted by a federal jury<\/a>\u00a0of one count of racketeering conspiracy, four counts of assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, and four counts of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence on March 9, 2020. <\/span><\/p>\n

According to evidence presented at trial, Olaya acted as the road boss for an enterprise that committed a string of armed home invasions in Michigan, Georgia, New York, New Jersey, and Texas from August through December of 2014. <\/span><\/p>\n

Olaya recruited other crew members and assigned roles to those members. Olaya and crew members then traveled to specific locations, conducted surveillance, and executed the robberies.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cJuan Olaya and his robbery crews committed a host of violent crimes that terrorized innocent victims across the United States,\u201d said Special Agent in Charge Timothy Waters of the FBI\u2019s Detroit Field Office. \u201cHis crimes are made more disturbing because the victims were chosen\u00a0based on their ethnicity or race. The FBI will continue to work with our federal, state, and local partners to investigate and hold accountable predators like Olaya who threaten\u00a0the safety of our communities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The organizer of the crew, Chaka Castro, ran the enterprise from 2011 through 2014. Castro was\u00a0convicted by a federal jury<\/a>\u00a0on June 4, 2019, and was\u00a0sentenced to 37 years in prison<\/a>\u00a0on Oct. 28, 2019. <\/span><\/p>\n

Castro generated lists of robbery targets in various states around the county, specifically families whose last names were common to certain ethnicities and assigned crews to carry out armed robberies inside the families\u2019 homes.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The crew utilized a particular modus operandi in each of the robberies. Members preferred to rob homes while the families were present so they could use their victims to point out valuable items.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Members disguised their appearance with clothing and bandanas so that victims would have difficulty identifying them. <\/span><\/p>\n

They openly carried and brandished firearms to gain control of the victims and then immediately corralled the victims, including children, into one location in the home.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

At least one crew member then restrained the victims using duct tape and threats of violence, as one or more others ransacked the home in search of cash, jewelry, and electronics. <\/span><\/p>\n

The crew organized their trips to involve multiple home invasion robberies over a series of days.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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