EL PASO, TEXAS (Tribune News Service) Federal agents in
El Paso arrested an
Army National Guard soldier, who is also a
New York City Rikers Island correction officer, accused of falsifying military paperwork and signatures in a work fraud scheme.
Shawn Pierre Hobbs, 34, a member of the
Connecticut Army National Guard, was arrested Monday in
El Paso on federal wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges out of
Manhattan.
Roosevelt, N.Y., was booked by the
FBI. He is being held pending extradition. It has not been disclosed why Hobbs was in
El Paso.
Department of Veterans Affairs and the
An Army National Guard soldier who works as a jail guard in New York City was arrested in Texas on charges that he lied about his military service to get extra.
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A correction officer and member of the Connecticut Army National Guard defrauded both the city and the Department of Veterans Affairs by falsely claiming he was working at Rikers Island and on military duty, prosecutors charged Tuesday.