BIRMINGHAM
– The first of three sisters indicted late last month on charges that they
conspired to kill a Florida resident and his wife were arraigned today in
federal court, announced United States Attorney Jay E. Town and Federal Bureau
of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr.
U.S.
Magistrate Judge John E. Ott today arraigned CHARIS MAPSON, an Oklahoma
resident, on charges of conspiracy, two counts of interstate domestic violence,
two counts of stalking, and one count of using a firearm in furtherance of a
crime of violence. The six-count
indictment filed in U.S. District Court also charges her sisters Tierzah Mapson
and Elisa Mapson with the same charges.
According to the indictment, the three sisters plotted to kill the
father of Tierzah Mapson’s child, by luring him and his wife to a rural
crossroads in Eldridge, Alabama, on June 18, 2018.
Defendants
Tierzah Mapson and Elisa Mapson were arrested at a campground in northern
California.
“This case
took an enormous amount of investigative coordination between a multitude of
agencies, both here and outside the district,” Town said. “I commend the FBI, the Walker County
Sheriff’s Office, and District Attorney Bill Adair for their diligent work on this
investigation. There is give and take to everything, and defendants that take
off after their criminal activities here in Alabama will be given their day in
federal court to account.”
The
maximum prison sentence is five years for a conviction on the conspiracy count
and 10 years for each of the interstate domestic violence and stalking
charges. The count alleging the use of a
firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence carries a mandatory 10 years in
prison, which must be served consecutively to any other sentence imposed for the
crime.
FBI
investigated the case, which Assistant U.S. Attorneys Alan Baty and Jonathan
Cross are prosecuting.
An
indictment contains only charges. A
defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment