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Anatomy of an FBI ‘Terrorism’ Sting

By all accounts, Yunis Isaac Mejia was a good guy – certainly not the type of man who should be spending his next two birthdays behind the wire in a federal prison.

Mejia, a former police dispatcher, had never been arrested in his life until he unknowingly invited an FBI informant to shoot steel plates on his five-acre property near St. Cloud, Florida.

Joint Terrorism Task Force
Erika D. Shaw is a Special Agent for the FBI. She is responsible for Mejia’s case, his arrest and, ultimately, for his prosecution.

“I am currently assigned to the Joint Terrorism Task Force (the “JTTF”) of FBI’s Tampa Division, Orlando Resident Agency,” Shaw wrote in Mejia’s complaint. “In this capacity I investigate, among other things, criminal cases relating to international and domestic terrorism.”

In her complaint, Shaw never says why she targeted Mejia, or why the informant was sent to his home.

The informant, or CHS, wasn’t paid for setting up Mejia. Instead, they were cooperating with the FBI to avoid prosecution by ICE.

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The FBI was not willing to talk about Mejia’s case. Tampa FBI spokeswoman Andrea Aprea did not return calls or emails seeking comment for this story.

The ATF was not willing to talk about Mejia’s case, either. Tampa ATF spokeswoman Mary Salter initially called because she could not find Mejia in the ATF computer system – her secretary had misspelled Mejia’s name. However, after finding the case, Salter declined to comment.

Assistant United States Attorney Shawn P. Napier, who prosecuted Mejia, declined to comment. William Daniels, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Tampa, requested questions in writing, but only answered a few.

Asked if there were violent crimes in the Orlando area involving short-barreled rifles, Daniels replied, “The FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting does not track whether the weapon used in a violent crime was modified. For additional crime statistics, you may need to contact the local law enforcement agencies for that jurisdiction.”

Asked if the modification Mejia made to the weapon made it more dangerous, Daniels said, “We do not wish to comment.”

Asked if Mejia profited in any way from his crime, Daniels said, “We do not wish to comment.”

Asked if the 21-month sentence was appropriate for the crime, Daniels provided a copy of the sentencing memorandum, which showed Mejia faced a sentencing range of 21-27 months.

Daniels did not respond when asked why the Joint Terrorism Task Force was involved in the case, or whether Mejia had terrorist ties or suspected terrorist ties (he did not).

Daniels did not respond when asked who was the actual victim of Mejia’s crime, or whether Mejia’s short-barreled rifle was one of the “most pressing violent crime problems in the community,” as specified by Project Safe Neighborhoods.

Neither did Daniels respond when asked if at the end or the day, he believed that justice was served in this case.

He knew what he was doing when he put the stock on it. That’s all on him.

The takeaway:don’t talk about illegal shit you have. Save your illegal shit for teotwawki or commies falling from the skies.

Good to know the FBI is out there protecting us from the ghost of Randy Weaver.

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FBI informant

What does it take to be an FBI informant? Are they the ones who were always picked last during recess?
Or is there a political bend to it?

I hope they’re all proud of the “criminal” they took off the street. I hope the offices of the FBI and ATF collectively high fived each other after a job well done. I, for one, feel much safer.

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Originally posted by dsiets:

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FBI informant

What does it take to be an FBI informant? Are they the ones who were always picked last during recess?
Or is there a political bend to it?

Informants or CIs are criminals who are trying to work off/work down their sentencing when they go to court for the bad stuff their handler has on them.

I used to catch someone with a headlight out leaving a know drug house. Hey guy doesn’t have a license..I arrest him and find drugs..BINGO, I hold off on filing the charges and use the guy to go buy drugs in the house with marked bills and I build a case against the drug dealer…when I do prosecute the driver I inform the DA all the “good stuff” he’s done to rid his community of the baddies and please give him a few months off sentencing when he is convicted.

So when you hear CI or informant…it’s a shitbag criminal who got caught and now he snitching on other people to HELP HIMSELF.

There are three reasons or motives for people to become informants:

1. Revenge on someone they perceive as having done them dirt - these are dangerous, since you may, or may not know, who their intended target is.

2. Remove competition from their own criminal enterprises - v. common with drug dealers/suppliers

3. Reduce their own sentence, as in this case.

I ran numerous informants, in similar manner as Mike. They are a minefield of possible catastrophes for LE and take extremely careful handling.

As Zappa used to say:

“Dumb all over, a little ugly on the side”

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Originally posted by MikeinNC:
He knew what he was doing when he put the stock on it. That’s all on him.

The takeaway:don’t talk about illegal shit you have. Save your illegal shit for teotwawki or commies falling from the skies.

This. Guy had x2 legally bought suppressors. Then throws a stock on his Scorpion. He knew what he was doing.

When I read crap like this it makes me shake my head.

No wonder I was a crappy cop, I could give two craps about sh*t like this.

I was always getting griped at or marked low on my performance reviews because I didn't have enough cases/tickets. The ones I did have were serious (rape, child abuse, stolen vehicles, assaults).

There is so much wrong in the world, that it still blows my mind that the Bureau of Idiots/Imbeciles celebrate stupid stuff or pissy arrests.

This is for rookies..

Now, if he was a major arms trafficker.. That would be different..

I probably should keep digging ditches and stay away from LE. No wonder I cannot get hired, I want to catch the real bad guys..

‘Terrorism’ Sting?

These are the same jerks who stormed Roger Stone's house in the middle of the might, in full tactical gear with AR-15's ready to shoot up the place.

I’m with Q. Terrorism sting my ass.

Stupid thing to do but for fucks sake you can shoot somebody in Chicago and get a shorter sentence.

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Originally posted by RichardC:

The informant, or CHS, wasn’t paid for setting up Mejia. Instead, they were cooperating with the FBI to avoid prosecution by ICE.

So they made an illegal alien into an undercover snitch.

A "terrorism sting" for an unregistered SBR.

The N.F.A. NEEDS TO GO. What an unconstitutional piece of shit.

If it didn’t involve the ATF, I would be cautious - usually when people claim tyranny it’s something else, but the Jackbooted Baby Killers are hard to trust.

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Originally posted by oddball:

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Originally posted by RichardC:

The informant, or CHS, wasn’t paid for setting up Mejia. Instead, they were cooperating with the FBI to avoid prosecution by ICE.

So they made an illegal alien into an undercover snitch.

ICE prosecution doesn't automatically mean an illegal alien. ICE is involved in much more than just immigration enforcement.

ICE HSI (Homeland Security Investigations), the primary criminal investigation arm of ICE, handles a wide variety of federal crimes including terrorism, fraud, gangs, drugs, human trafficking, child porn, hacking, smuggling, money laundering, weapons, counterfeiting, etc. They are the second largest federal criminal investigation agency, just behind the FBI.

I think the article is wrong on the following:

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Picture Mejia sitting at his kitchen table with his Scorpion in one hand and the after-market stock in the other. When they’re attached, he’s committing a felony. When he takes them apart, he’s abiding by the law. Together – felony. Apart – no crime.

Having the two in "close proximity" I believe is what's known as constructive possession.

Is it too much to hope that the recent SCOTUS decision will void the NFA?

After watching the FBI leadership lie repeatedly to Congress when they put who knows how many people in jail for the same thing, I don't know why anyone would ever talk to them. I have zero confidence in them. In recent memory they haven't been anything other than the enforcement arm of the DNC.

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it will be interesting to see if this gets tossed and leads to a malicious prosecution case

the FBI is still inventing crimes, entrapping people and generally doing their level best to be the kind of Gestapo that Hitler could only have dreamed of

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the FBI is still inventing crimes, entrapping people and generally doing their level best to be the kind of Gestapo that Hitler could only have dreamed of

I could not agree more.

NFA needs to be repealed, and the FBI needs to die like Hoover, just fade away into the land of unfunded and disbanded bad ideas gone too far.

not only do they need to be disbanded, but most of the leadership and executive need to arrested and charged with crimes - every single instance of where they enticed, fabricated or maliciously targeted a citizen, they need to pay

most of them should never see the light of day ever again