Man sentenced to four years behind bars for burglarizing Asian homeowners in New Jersey

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A New Jersey, man was sentenced Aug. 15 to 50 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy that targeted local Asian and Asian American residents burglarizing them at their homes, said US Attorney Philip R. Sellinger at a media conference.

Randi Barr, 42, of Vauxhall, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before US District Judge Evelyn Padin to charges against him with one count of conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property. Judge Padin imposed the sentence today in Newark federal court.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:

From Dec. 2, 2016, to March 20, 2019, Barr and others participated in a conspiracy to burglarize the residences of certain Asian small business owners living in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware of large sums of money, valuable jewelry, and other items, and then transport the stolen goods in interstate commerce, including to Barr’s residences in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

In one instance in 2019, $500,000 in cash was taken from a single home in Eatontown, N.J., officials said.

Seven others were charged in the case along with Barr in 2021 — Rabine Armour, of Easton, Pennsylvania, Kevin Burton, of Newark, Kevin Jackson, of Rahway, Thomas Rodgers, of Newark, James Hurt, of Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, Sherman Glasco of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and Terrance Black, of Irvington. All of the defendants were charged with a single count of conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property.

In addition to the prison term, Judge Padin ordered restitution and forfeiture of $127,661.

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