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| Man convicted of lying to become citizen gets nearly 5 years |
| 2016-08-27 |
| ATLANTA (AP) - A judge on Friday sentenced a man to serve nearly five years in federal prison for lying on his citizenship application after prosecutors said he failed to disclose he was a guard at a detention camp during the Bosnian War. A jury in May convicted Mladen Mitrovic of giving false answers on his naturalization application form. Mitrovic said on that application in 2002 that he hadn't ever persecuted anyone because of race, religion or national origin. But federal prosecutors said he beat and tortured Muslim prisoners while serving as a guard in the Trnopolje detention camp in the spring and summer of 1992. He then lied about his violent past and his military service to get refugee status, and ultimately citizenship, in the United States, prosecutors said. Charges that he enrolled in colleges as a foreign student using an alias, his illegal travel to Pakistan, and admitted narcotics trafficking were dropped. Mitrovic, 55, has been living just outside Atlanta with his wife and two sons since coming to the U.S. in 1997. U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg sentenced him to serve four years and nine months in prison. She also granted prosecutors' request to revoke his citizenship and said he would likely be deported after he serves his prison sentence. Totenberg? No, she ain't from around here. NYC I think, appointed by Obama. Official DoJ Bulletin Neglected to mention the name of the Fed Judge. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #1 The Totenberg Strad sings a riddle: "Who doesn't resent, just a little, Those mealy-mouthed kiddies, Self-satisfied biddies Whose dad wasn't bad with a fiddle?" |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2016-08-27 18:11 |