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Five Somalis Arrested on Charges of Forgery, Fraud, Drugs in Ohio
2015-11-21
More on this story from Wednesday.
Five foreign nationals from Somalia were stopped on the Ohio Turnpike and charged with credit card fraud, possession of forgery tools, as well as drug and traffic violations, authorities say.
Just the Somali equivalent of a Salvadoran gang or part of the loose network of hard boyz?
The Ohio State Highway Patrol reported on Wednesday, November 11, that five men from Somalia were pulled over on the Ohio Turnpike near Lordstown in Trumbull County, Ohio for failing to use signals to change lanes. But soon police found devices used to create credit cards as well as some small amounts of marijuana.

Arrested were Jibril Abdiselam, 24; Mohammeddeq Hassan, 27; Mahamoud Mohamed, 26; Zakaria Warsame, 25; and Said Abu, all of whom are currently residing in the Columbus area. All five are being held on $25,000 bond. The five men were charged with six counts each of possessing criminal tools and identity theft, and Said Abu was charged with criminal simulation and possessing marijuana.

All five were required to hand over their passports.

A grand jury is now considering their case.

Ohio officials say that the five Somalis are not suspected of having any connections to terrorism.
"No, no, certainly not!"
Posted by:Steve White

#7  Our observations of Somalis in Dodge City match that well. Arrogant, lazy, can't drive and have a taxi service. No, not my appraisal, a 2nd gen Mexican who runs a good crew.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2015-11-21 20:07  

#6  Thank Bill Clinton for the policy that first let Somali's in claiming asylum. At a DHS Intel conference in the arly 2000's, we protested the influx of Somali's into San Diego and Hayward, given that local police as well as DHS's own analysts had determined that they were a tribal/clan based kleptocracy and were establishing criminal territories. Multi-generational theft/fraud rings based on taxicab service initially, they were utterly dishonest and uninterested in assimilation. When asked, DHS senior analyst confessed that they had little chance to stop their influx given their color, what a charge of racism would do to their careers.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2015-11-21 15:02  

#5  Frank has it. The "failure to signal" is the age-old excuse cops use when someone (DEA, etc) has passed them information and they want to stop someone on the road.

I'm betting these four mooks have been on the radar for quite a while.
Posted by: Steve White   2015-11-21 14:36  

#4  were pulled over on the Ohio Turnpike near Lordstown in Trumbull County, Ohio for failing to use signals to change lanes

Just a lucky stop? I'd bet not
Posted by: Frank G   2015-11-21 14:04  

#3  Pappy nailed it. From yesterday's comments:

#4 Other local media state troopers found credit-card duplicating machinery in the car with these men, hence the "criminal tools" term.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418
Posted by: trailing wife   2015-11-21 13:54  

#2  More like credit card forgery.
Posted by: Pappy   2015-11-21 13:31  

#1  Forgery?

I Hear there's a big market in Syrian passports.
Posted by: AlanC   2015-11-21 08:40  

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