Union County man sentenced for role in burglary ring targeting Asian Americans
A Union County man has been sentenced to 50 months in prison for his is role in a conspiracy that targeted Asian and Asian American homeowners in more than 50 residential burglaries in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Randi Barr, 41, of Vauxhall, had pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Evelyn Padin to one count of conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property.
In addition to sentencing Barr to prison, Padin ordered restitution and forfeiture of $127,661.
Barr and others were charged with committing more than 50 burglaries between Dec. 2, 2016, and March 20, 2019, court papers say.
Five of those burglaries were in Central Jersey, four in Middlesex County including Edison, Spotswood, Sayreville and Old Bridge, and one in Somerset County.
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As part of the conspiracy, court papers say, the suspects would identify and conduct surveillance at the victims' businesses, typically Asian family-owned restaurants.
After learning the daily patterns of the victims, the suspects would burglarize their residences while the victims were likely not home.
The houses would be ransacked, and large amounts of American and foreign currency were stolen as well as jewelry and other valuables.
Court papers say the suspects communicated with each other by two-way radios and used to ladders to gain entry to the houses.
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