Interstate burlgary ring targeted Asian-American businesses in Tri-State area

Interstate burlgary ring targeted Asian-American businesses in Tri-State area
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VAUXHALL, NJ – A burglary ring operated by a Vauxhall man targeted Asian-American owned businesses from New York to Delaware, federal authorities reported.

According to U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger, Union County, New Jersey, man admitted his role in a conspiracy that targeted Asian and Asian-American homeowners for residential burglaries.

In Newark federal court, Randi Barr, 41, of Vauxhall, New Jersey, pleaded guilty to an information charging him with one count of conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property before U.S. District Judge Evelyn Padin. 

Court records show between December 2, 2016, and March 20, 2019, Barr and others conspired to burglarize the residences of Asian small business owners living in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware in order to obtain large sums of money, valuable jewelry, and other items, and to transport those items interstate, including to Barr’s residences in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.