{"id":35278,"date":"2013-04-24T19:17:29","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T23:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=35278"},"modified":"2013-04-24T19:26:24","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T23:26:24","slug":"herson-torres-duped-into-felony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=35278","title":{"rendered":"Herson Torres; duped into felony"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scott sends us this link<\/a> to the story of Herson Torres. It seems Mr. Torres was convinced by a pretty face, belonging to Carolina Villegas, to take up the offer of an invisible man on a cell phone to engage in a venture that could pay Torres $25,000. Sounds good, huh? well, the venture included robbing banks;<\/p>\n

Villegas introduced Torres to the man on the phone, Theo. He didn\u2019t offer a last name. Theo said he worked for the government and was recruiting Torres to test the defenses of Washington-area banks. The plan was simple: Theo would tell him which bank to target, and Torres would give a manager a note demanding money. Armed security officers, threats to call the police, or a wait that exceeded five minutes would be cause to flee. If he left with money, he\u2019d be paid $25,000. Successful or not, he was guaranteed $2,500 for taking part. Torres would deliver any money recovered to a location near Richmond. If arrested, Torres should stay silent. Federal authorities would get him out in 24 hours.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, to make a long story short, Torres made three failed attempts to rob banks, finally getting himself arrested. He told the incredible story to police, who checked and verified that he had been doing these bank jobs for Theo, who turned out to be Joshua Brady in Matoaca, VA, who police woke when they raided the house where he lived with his mother and grandmother and charged him with “impersonating a government official and three counts of attempted bank robbery”.<\/p>\n

Neither Villegas nor any of the other robbery participants were ever charged. In October state prosecutors dropped the case against Torres without explanation. Vickery said it was because police were convinced Torres was tricked.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Brady, on the other hand, made a deal for three years of supervision in his mother’s home. I’m sure he’s learned his lesson [insert eyeroll here].
\nTorres, on the other hand has probably learned the lesson of his life and shoudl feel rather fortunate that he wasn’t shot by a bank guard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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