Criminal Alien of the Week Report December, 12 2024
Lars Larson Show: Criminal Alien of the Week Report
December 12, 2024
The “Lars Larson Show: Criminal Alien of the Week Report” in the second full week of December 2024 has for northwest regional and national radio listeners and webpage followers a report on a federal law enforcement identified unlawfully present foreign national who pled guilty to kidnapping in a U.S. District Court in the state of Washington.
Some background information, on Monday, December 9, 2024 the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington (USAOWDW) issued a news release titled “Chinese citizen pleads guilty to kidnapping in case linked to human smuggling” who the subject of interest was identified as Ji Wang (U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington Case Number: 2:24-CR-00121-JLR):
Here is an extended excerpts from USAOWDW’s December 9, 2024 news release on Ji Wang:
“Bellevue, Washington victim left critically injured when taken from work for failing to pay debt
Seattle – A 33-year-old citizen of China, who was residing in Los Angeles, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to kidnapping, announced U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Ji Wang was arrested on May 13, 2024, in the Los Angeles area. Wang was identified as one of the kidnappers linked to the May 27, 2023, abduction and assault of a worker at a hot pot restaurant in Bellevue, Washington. U.S. District Judge James L. Robart scheduled sentencing for March 4, 2025.
According to records filed in the case, Ji Wang was involved with a ring smuggling people across the southern border into the U.S. for a fee. The victim referred people from China who wanted to cross into the U.S., for the smuggling services. The victim was supposed to collect and transfer smuggling fees from those who used the smuggling services. The victim did not collect as high a fee as the smuggling group anticipated. Wang and a co-schemer traveled to Bellevue in May and physically removed the victim from his work and forced him into a sedan.
The men beat the victim and smashed his face into the cement and dragged him down a set of stairs. Witnesses quickly alerted Bellevue Police. Officers worked with the victim’s girlfriend who placed a video call to the victim’s cellphone. Wang answered the call and showed his face. Police recorded the call and were able to identify Wang.
Wang and his associate dropped the victim at a service station in Bellevue. The victim was critically injured and needed emergency surgery for swelling of the brain. He spent weeks in Overlake hospital. He has lasting physical and cognitive damage from the assault.
Under the terms of the plea agreement, prosecutors will cap their recommended sentence at eight years in prison. The actual sentence is up to Judge Robart and can be any sentence allowed by law. Kidnapping is punishable by a maximum sentence of life in prison. Wang was not legally present in the United States and may be deported following his prison term.
The case was investigated by the Bellevue Police Department, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the U.S. Marshal’s Service Task Force. – U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington.
While awaiting sentencing, on Tuesday, December 10, 2024 Ji Wang (BOP Register Number: 14701-511) was in the custody of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at SeaTac FDC located in Seattle, Washington.
Seeking detailed information on the historical immigration status of foreign national Ji Wang the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” contacted via e-mail on Tuesday, December 10, 2024 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Public Affairs for the Northwest Region which encompasses the states of Alaska, Oregon and Washington, furthermore, ICE Public Affairs in Washington, D.C. with the following questions:
Can ICE Public Affair’s confirm if Ji Wang is currently illegally present in the United States?
How many times if any has Ji Wang been previously removed from the country by ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations or U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)?
Can ICE Public Affairs’ confirm if Ji Wang’s country of origin is actually China?
As of Thursday, December 12, 2024 neither ICE Public Affairs for the Northwest Region or ICE Public Affairs in Washington, D.C. has responded to the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” request for a statement on the historical immigration status of Ji Wang.
Currently, Chinese national Ji Wang is one of more than 23-thousand criminal aliens incarcerated in the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) prison system.
Lars, the second full week of December and another “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” for Lars Larson Show KXL FM 101.1 northwest regional and national radio show listeners and website followers.
David Olen Cross (docfnc) is a reporter on foreign national crime. He is a more than decade long contributor to the “Lars Larson Show: Criminal Alien of the Week Report.” His past crime reporting can be found at http://docfnc.wordpress.com/.
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