Omaha: Sudanese Refugee Criminal Gang Busted

“When we’re dealing with gangs, we’re seeing the refugee population being there consistently.” 

(Omaha Police Capt. Tom Shaffer)

Oh, the joys of diversity!

 
Nebraska has been an important refugee resettlement state for the US State Department and its resettlement contractors due to the many meat processing plants located there.***
If you are new to the issue of refugees and their importance as a source of cheap labor for global corporations welcome to the benefits (Ha!) of welcoming refugee workers to your states.

Big companies get cheap labor and taxpaying Americans pay for it in more ways than one!

President Trump has slowed the flow (for now!) of refugees from certain countries.
One gang down and more to go….

Here is the story from the Omaha World-Herald (hat tip: Joanne),

Authorities arrest several Omaha gang members linked to refugee community

Several Omaha gang members accused of violent crimes, drug sales and robberies were arrested Wednesday by federal and local law enforcement officers.
Five gang members were arrested, and another six gang members already in custody were charged with federal crimes. One person still is being sought by authorities.
Most of the gang members had ties to the Trip Set gang, which is primarily made up of youths from the refugee community, mainly those of Sudanese descent, officials said.

The Trip Set gang has become prevalent in Omaha over the past three years, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said, with about 150 gang members and associates. The gang makes money through credit card fraud, drug sales and violent crimes such as robbery, home invasions and burglaries, officials said. From June to October 2018, officials said, the gang was involved in six assaults.
Officers from the Omaha Police Department, U.S. Marshals Service and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were involved in the operation, which U.S. Attorney Joe Kelly said “removed some very dangerous individuals from our community.”
[….]

Sudanese refugees started coming to Omaha about 20 years ago. The city has one of the largest populations of South Sudanese in the United States.

Many Sudanese, if not most, have successfully assimilated into the community. But some teens have fallen into gang life, said Omaha Police Capt. Tom Shaffer, who heads the gang unit.
“When we’re dealing with gangs, we’re seeing the refugee population being there consistently,” Shaffer said.
Some Sudanese gangs have formed, Shaffer said, but many youths have become part of already-established gangs because they follow friends or classmates who are gang members.

Now taxpayers of Nebraska get to pay for a refugee gang specialist to work with the police department!

Omaha police work to prevent young people from becoming involved in gangs and criminal activity, which is why they’re looking for a gang intervention specialist who can relate to refugees or children of refugees. The specialist job will be a non-sworn position in the department. The person will spend time in schools, at community events and at locations of the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Midlands.

Go here for more.
Another article, this one from local TV News Now Omaha, lists the gang members names and the charges against each one.
Kudos to this news outlet for naming names—-something we rarely see when the perps are ‘new Americans.’

Members of Trip Set gang arrested, firearms & marijuana seized

1. Jal CHUAR
Count 1: Distribution Marijuana (21 USC 841)
Count 2: Possession of Firearm During Drug Trafficking Offense (18 USC 924(c))
Count 3: Felon in Possession of a Firearm (18 USC 922(g)(1))
2. Kuiny GACH
Count 1: Distribution Marijuana (21 USC 841)
Count 2: Possession of Firearm During Drug Trafficking Offense (18 USC 924(c))
Count 3: Distribution Marijuana (21 USC 841)
Count 4: Possession of Firearm During Drug Trafficking Offense (18 USC 924(c))
3. Ammanuel JIEL
Count 1: Distribution Marijuana (21 USC 841)
Count 1: Distribution Marijuana (21 USC 841)
Count 2: Possession of Firearm During Drug Trafficking Offense (18 USC 924(c))
Count 3: Distribution Marijuana (21 USC 841)
4. Emmanuel JOHN
Count 1: Felon in Possession of a Firearm (18 USC 922(g)(1))
Count 2: Felon in Possession of a Firearm (18 USC 922(g)(1))
Count 3: Felon in Possession of a Firearm (18 USC 922(g)(1))
Count 4: Felon in Possession of a Firearm (18 USC 922(g)(1))
5. Kandaru JOHN
Count 1: Felon in Possession of a Firearm (18 USC 922(g)(1))
Count 2: Felon in Possession of a Firearm (18 USC 922(g)(1))
6. Gatroul PUOL
Count 1: Conspiracy – Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Marijuana (21 USC 846)
Count 2: Distribution Marijuana (21 USC 841)
Count 3: Distribution Marijuana (21 USC 841)
Count 4: Possession of Firearm During Drug Trafficking Offense (18 USC 924(c))
Count 5: Distribution Marijuana (21 USC 841)
Count 6: Possession of Firearm During Drug Trafficking Offense (18 USC 924(c))
Count 7: Distribution Marijuana (21 USC 841)
7. Giel RIAK
Count 1: Distribution Marijuana (21 USC 841)
Count 2: Possession of Firearm During Drug Trafficking Offense (18 USC 924(c))
Count 3: Distribution Marijuana (21 USC 841)
Count 4: Possession of Firearm During Drug Trafficking Offense (18 USC 924(c))
8. Reuben ROWE
Count 1: Distribution Marijuana (21 USC 841)
Count 2: Possession of Firearm During Drug Trafficking Offense (18 USC 924(c))
9. Dajuan SHARRON
Count 1: Robbery of Personal Property of the United States (18 USC 2112)
10. Kan TAP
Count 1: Felon in Possession of a Firearm (18 USC 922(g)(1))
Count 2: Distribution Methamphetamine (21 USC 841)
Count 3: Possession of Firearm During Drug Trafficking Offense (18 USC 924(c))
Count 4: Felon in Possession of a Firearm (18 USC 922(g)(1))
Count 5: Felon in Possession of a Firearm (18 USC 922(g)(1))
11. Loing YAR
Count 1: Distribution Methamphetamine (21 USC 841)
[….]
OPD confirmed additional Trip Set gang members in Iowa, Minnesota, Texas, Tennessee, Washington, South Dakota and Utah.

Read it all here.

As you may know the Trump Administration is admitting only a tiny number of Sudanese refugees, but all that will change if the Dems win the White House back in 2020.

You can be sure with all the continuing turmoil in Africa and especially in the Sudan, the Progressives will open the doors wide in 2021 if they regain the White House.

In the meantime, American citizens suffer from this gang violence AND we pay the bills for the incarceration of these criminals.
***See Refugee Resettlement Watch for many posts on Nebraska, here.