GUILTY NM - 11 children found in "filthy" compound with little food, training to commit terrorism, Taos, Aug 2018

[Niner]

Just got this article:

Federal judge orders 5 defendants in compound case held until trial

all I can see is:

Federal Judge Kirtan Khalsa ruled that Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, 40; his wife, Jany ... The judge determined another sister, Subhannah Wahhaj, 35, who is ...

no access - if someone could see if there is a court date maybe? I have the State charge court dates, but can't seem to find a court site for the Federal charges - if there even IS one. Anyone know? TIA!

 

[Gardenista]

Just got this article:

Federal judge orders 5 defendants in compound case held until trial

all I can see is:

Federal Judge Kirtan Khalsa ruled that Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, 40; his wife, Jany ... The judge determined another sister, Subhannah Wahhaj, 35, who is ...

no access - if someone could see if there is a court date maybe? I have the State charge court dates, but can't seem to find a court site for the Federal charges - if there even IS one. Anyone know? TIA!

No court date on the article.

 

[Niner]

Thanks @Gardenista ! You wouldn't know if there is a "Federal" court site, eh?

TIA!

 

[LietKynes]

From what I've read "some" of the children belong to some of the 5 defendants. Who to who - no idea.

edited to add - I agree with on the LOCAL LE taking things into their own hands - messing up the FBI surveillance!

BBM

Hmmm.... I have less faith in the FBI , and more in the local law enforcement --- than I did in my younger years.
I have my reasons.

What a mess. Wonder if the (I think) rumors are true about the minors being trained to shoot up schools and other public places ? Scary.

 

[K_Z]

New Mexico state charges against the 5 defendants are officially "on hold" until after the Federal charges have been tried/ concluded.

Prosecutor cancels grand jury in New Mexico compound case
Sep. 26, 2018 Updated: Sep. 26, 2018 1:36 p.m.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A district attorney on Wednesday canceled plans to convene a grand jury to hear testimony against five adults who were initially detained on suspicion of child neglect at a ramshackle compound in New Mexico where a boy was found dead.

Taos-area District Attorney Donald Gallegos took the action as federal prosecutors prepare a firearms and conspiracy case against the extended family.

Gallegos said the federal case should go forward before the state convenes a grand jury.

Prosecutor cancels grand jury in New Mexico compound case

 

[Niner]

Going to bump this up - anyone have a "Federal" court site for New Mexico? I was just wondering "when" they all return for the Federal charges.

TIA!

 

[Niner]

New Mexico compound: Prosecutors delay charging family accused of causing boy's death

The federal trial on weapons and conspiracy charges is set to begin Nov. 5.

 

[Niner]

Wednesday, October 3rd:
*Pretrial Hearing (State Charges) (@ 2pm MT) – NM – 11 Children (ages 1 to 15 found 8/3/18 in filthy NM compound) – *Maryam Jany Leveille (35) (wife of Siraj) charged (8/20/18) with criminal trespassing. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
8/8/18 Update: To be held without bond. 8/10: Detention hearing; 3rd degree child abuse changed to just child abuse.
8/13/18 Update: Judge set bail at $20K to be placed on house arrest with electronic ankle bracelets & to remain in Taos County, plus other conditions (see below). But will not be released as ICE has custody of her now.
8/14/18 Update: ICE has take Leveille into custody-illegally in the U.S. for the past plus 20 years from Haiti. Will appear before Judge re immigration status. No dates given.
8/20/18 Update: Charged with criminal trespassing, hearing on 9/5.
8/29/18 Update: Judge dismisses 11 counts of child abuse. Officially charged with 1st degree abuse of a child resulting in death & 1st degree conspiracy to commit child abuse. Dismissed (8/31/18) GJ hearing will let Federal charges go first.
8/30/18 Update: Criminal trespassing charges next pretrial hearing on 10/3. Plead not guilty.
*Hujrah Wahhaj (38) charged (8/22/18) with criminal trespassing. Plead not guilty. Bail waived.
8/8/18 Update: To be held without bond. 8/13: Detention hearing.
8/13/18 Update: Judge set bail at $20K to be placed on house arrest with electronic ankle bracelets & to remain in Taos County, plus other conditions (see below). Next hearing 9/28.
8/22/18 Update: Charged with criminal trespassing, but bail was waived (a different judge than the other 2 suspects).
8/29/18 Update: Judge dismisses 11 counts of child abuse. Free to go. Upcoming for criminal trespassing charges pretrial hearing on 10/3. Plead not guilty.

 

[Niner]

Well, it looks like the Prosecutor didn't even show up for this hearing. Both were dismissed.

Leveille:
Register of Actions Activity:
Event Date Event Description Event Result Party Type Party # Amount
10/03/2018 CLS: DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE
10/03/2018 ORD: ORDER OF APPOINTMENT
10/03/2018 ORD: DISMISSING CRIMINAL COMPLAINT
(Dismissed: Failure to appear by Prosecutor-Note on hearing)

link: Stale Session


Wahhaj, Hujrah:
Register of Actions Activity:
Event Date Event Description Event Result Party Type Party # Amount
10/03/2018 CLS: DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE
10/03/2018 ORD: DISMISSING CRIMINAL COMPLAINT
(Dismissed: Failure to appear by Prosecutor-Note on hearing)

link: Stale Session

So I guess State is going to let the Feds do their charges first.

 

[Owutatangledweb]

The charges were dismissed with prejudice so I hope somebody is doing something.

 

[Niner]

These charges will probably be dismissed today.

Wednesday, October 31st:
*Preliminary Hearing for bold (State Charges) (@ 2pm MT) – NM – 11 Children (ages 1 to 15 found 8/3/18 in filthy NM compound, Amalia) –
*Siraj Ibn Wahhaj (39) charged (8/24/18) with 1st degree abuse of a child resulting in death & 1st degree conspiracy to commit child abuse. Charges dismissed 8/31/18. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
8/8/18 Update: To be held without bond, Motions hearing was on 8/13 on 11 child abuse charges; combine Motion hearing with Detention hearing for 8/13. All abuse charges dismissed 8/29/18. Fugitive from justice status hearing was on 9/12 was dismissed on 8/23/18 as Georgia no longer seeks extradition. 1st degree abuse charges goes to Grand Jury 9/27. DA dismissed (8/31/18) GJ hearing, will let Federal charges go first. As of 10/25 no new State charges filed.
*Hujrah Wahhaj (38) arrested (8/3/18) & charged (8/20/18) & arraigned (8/21/18) with criminal trespassing. Plead not guilty. $5K cash-only bond.
8/8/18 Update: Charged 8/3/18 with 11 felony counts of child abuse; all charges dismissed 8/29/18.
8/22/18 Update: Charged with criminal trespassing, Judge waives bail. (Different judge then other 2 suspects had). Hearing on 10/3. 10/3/18 Update: Prosecutor failed to show. Charges dismissed.
*Subhannah Wahhaj (33) (wife of Morton) arrested (8/3/18) & charged (8/20/18) & arraigned (8/21/18) with criminal trespassing. Plead not guilty. $5K unsecured appearance bond.
8/8/18 Update: Charged 8/3/18 with 11 felony counts of child abuse; all charges dismissed 8/29/18.
8/20/18 Update: Charged with criminal trespassing, ordered held under $5,000 cash-only bond. On 8/23/18 Judge rescinds cash-only bond & changed the bond to a $5K unsecured appearance bond. Next hearing 10/31.
*Maryam Jany Leveille (35) (wife of Siraj) charged (8/24/18) with criminal trespassing. Plead not guilty. Held without bond.
8/3/18: Charged with 11 felony counts of child abuse; all charges dismissed on 8/29/18.
8/14/18 Update: ICE has taken Leveille into custody. Illegally in the U.S. for the past plus 20 years from Haiti. Will appear before Judge re immigration status. No dates given.
8/20/18 Charged with criminal trespassing. Next Arraignment hearing for criminal trespassing charges was on 10/3.
Charged (12/1/17) Intentional Abuse of a Child (Resulting in Death) Child Under ; Dismissed by Prosecutor 8/31/18 & Conspiracy to Commit Intentional Abuse of a Child - (Resulting in Death) Child Under 12; Dismissed by Prosecutor 8/31/18. State of New Mexico and gives notice to the court and the parties that it is dismissing the above noted Criminal Complaint without prejudice on the grounds that the case will be presented to a Grand Jury on 9/27. DA dismissed (8/31/18) GJ hearing, will let Federal charges go first.
10/3/18 Update: Criminal trespassing charges - Prosecutor failed to show. Charges dismissed.
*Laqman Lucas Allen Morton (40) charged (8/16/18) & arraigned (8/21/18) with criminal trespassing. Plead not guilty. $5K unsecured appearance bond. 8/3/18 charged with suspicion of harboring a fugitive; charges dismissed 8/8/18. Charged with 11 felony counts of child abuse; dismissed on 8/29/18.
8/16/18 Update: Charged with criminal trespassing, ordered held under $5,000 cash-only bond. On 8/23/18 Judge rescinds cash-only bond & changed the bond to a $5K unsecured appearance bond. Next hearing 10/31.
8/25/18 Update: Prosecutors brought the first charges in connection with the boy's death Friday, revealing more details of what may have been the final hours of his life. The boy's father, Siraj Wahhaj, 40 and his partner, Jany Leveille, 35, were charged with abuse of a child resulting in the death, a first-degree felony with a penalty of up to life in prison, court documents show. They were also charged with conspiracy to commit child abuse, also a first-degree felony. In a motion filed Friday, prosecutors asked a judge to reconsider an order that granted bond to all five adults arrested at the ompound. As part of their request, investigators cited new evidence on the case. In the criminal complaint, investigators say Wahhaj and Leveille did not give the child his seizure medication, which eventually led to his death.

 

[Niner]

For the 2 above - Prosecutor failed to show - cases dismissed....

 

[Niner]

Monday, Nov. 5th:
*Trial set to begin (Federal Case) (@ MT) – NM – 11 children (ages 1 to 15 found 8/3/18 in filthy NM compound, Amalia) - *Siraj Ibn Wahhaj (39), Maryam Jany Leveille (35) (wife of Siraj), Laqman Lucas Allen Morton (40), Subhannah Wahhaj (33) (8 mos pregnant) (wife of Morton) & Hujrah Wahhaj (38) arrested (8/31/18) & indicted (9/12/18) by FBI charged Leveille, a Haitian national, with being in the United States illegally and unlawfully in possession of firearms and ammunition from November 2017 through August 2018. The other four defendants are charged with aiding and abetting Leveille and conspiring with her to commit the offense. (Violating federal firearms & conspiracy laws).
All five defendants appeared in federal court in Albuquerque on Sept. 4.
8/31/18 Update: The defendants, Jany Leveille, 35, a Haitian national illegally present in the United States, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, 40, Hujrah Wahhaj, 37, Subhanah Wahhaj, 35, and Lucas Morton, 40, are charged in a criminal complaint that was filed earlier today in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. The criminal complaint charges Jany Leveille with being an alien unlawfully in possession of firearms and ammunition in the District of New Mexico from Nov. 2017 through Aug. 2018. The criminal complaint charges the other four defendants with aiding and abetting Leveille in committing the offense, and with conspiring with Leveille to commit the offense. Also Friday, the Taos County District Attorney announced the remaining state charges against Leveille and Siraj Wahhaj had been dropped so prosecutors can prepare a better case to present to a grand jury September 27.
"We plan to take the cases against all five defendants to grand jury," District Attorney Donald Gallegos said. "It is also possible, in reviewing the evidence still coming in, the charges could be altered, reduced or increased. Right now it is too early to tell."
Leveille faces a statutory maximum penalty of 10 years of imprisonment and deportation upon completion of her sentence if convicted, according to the bureau. Leveille came to the U.S. via New York in June 1998 as a non-immigrant visitor for a period that was not supposed to exceed six months. She wanted to marry Siraj Ibn Wahhaj so she could remain in the U.S. If convicted of aiding and abetting Leveille, Leveille’s co-defendants could each face a statutory maximum penalty of 10 years of imprisonment. If convicted on the conspiracy charge, meanwhile, the five could each face a statutory penalty of five years' imprisonment.
9/4/18 Update: The judge scheduled a detention hearing for Leveille and the others on Wednesday (9/5). State prosecutors also have said they plan to seek indictments in connection with the death of Siraj Ibn Wahhaj's son and living conditions at the compound where 11 children were found living in filth.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Kirtan Khalsa on Tuesday said she would seek additional information from probation officers ahead of making a bail decision in the controversial case. She was due to make a ruling on bail on Wednesday. Federal prosecutor George Kraehe, speaking at the hearing on Tuesday, said the U.S. government would seek their detention without bail.
6 of the 11 children are Leveille’s.
State prosecutors on Friday (8/31/18) dismissed charges against Leveille and Ibn Wahhaj for the death of the toddler. Taos County District Attorney Donald Gallegos said in a statement that he planned to refile the charges, as well as child abuse charges against the three other defendants to a grand jury on Sept. 27.
9/5/18 Update: A judge has pushed back a detention hearing for five former residents of a ramshackle compound in New Mexico who are facing federal firearms-related charges. Wednesday's decision came after public defenders requested more time to prepare. The defendants will remain in custody pending the Sept. 12 hearing.
9/11/18 Update: Judge orders suspects to remain in Federal custody. Trial starts 11/5.

 

[YESorNO]

How a love born in Brooklyn devolved into a bizarre religious cult in the New Mexican desert

NOV 03, 2018

"The tale of a New Mexico Doomsday cult whose founders were charged with running a terrorist training camp for children started as a Brooklyn love story.

Jany Leveille, 35, an undocumented Haitian woman accused by the FBI of leading the group, was once a devout Muslim woman aching to start a family.

Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, 40, the son of a prominent imam at Masjid-at-Taqwa in Bedford-Stuyvesant, appeared to be the answer to her prayers.

But what began full of promise evolved. They went from a loving couple with children to a polygamist relationship filled with what relatives say was jealousy, mental illness and child neglect and ended in an armed raid by state and federal authorities....

On Nov. 30, 2017, Wahhaj allegedly told Ramzi he was taking Abdul-Ghani to a park near their Jonesboro, Ga., home. That was the last time she saw her son.

Federal prosecutors claim Wahhaj and Leveille abducted the boy because Leveille had suffered a miscarriage and believed Ramzi used “black magic” that resulted in Jany’s baby being transferred from Jany into (Ramzi’s) womb,” according to court papers.

Leveille’s brother scoffed at that allegation.

“In Islam, having seizures can also be viewed as being possessed by spirits,” he said. “We stayed in contact for the entire nine months. I am one hundred percent sure they tried to heal him (Abdul-Ghani).”

Investigators found Leveille’s digital journal in the New Mexico raid that revealed that the boy died without his medication on Dec. 24 — less than a month after the family left Georgia....

State prosecutors recently decided to pause their child abuse case against Wahhaj and Leveille until the federal case could go through.

A trial date has not been set, a spokeswoman for the U.S. District Attorney’s office told the Daily News....

The group remains in custody until further notice..."

How a love born in Brooklyn devolved into a bizarre religious cult in the New Mexican desert - NY Daily News
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[YESorNO]

'Jealousy and black magic' within polygamous marriage led to creation of New Mexico desert cult where boy, 3, was found dead and '11 children were trained to carry out terrorist attacks'

5 November 2018

"Husband Siraj Ibn Wahhaj enjoyed a polygamous relationship with first wife Jany Leveille and second wife Hakima Ramzi
Ramzi is the mother of three-year-old boy Abdul-Ghani Wahhaj who died..."

'Black magic' accusations behind polygamous marriage that created bizarre cult in New Mexico desert | Daily Mail Online

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[YESorNO]

Body camera video shows the day New Mexico compound raided (with clip)
The Taos County Sheriff's officer released the video to 11Alive, which shows the day deputies raided a compound in New Mexico, searching for Abdul-Ghani Wahhaj

October 25, 2018

"TAOS COUNTY, N.M. — New body camera video shows deputies questioning one of the suspects tied to a missing Atlanta boy.

The Taos County Sheriff’s officer released the video to 11Alive, which shows the day deputies raided a compound in New Mexico, searching for Abdul-Ghani Wahhaj...."

Body camera video shows the day New Mexico compound raided

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[Niner]

Wondering if there WAS a Federal trial yesterday?

Anyone see anything "new" - I can't find anything....

 

[Niner]

per the article I posted in #267:

The federal trial on weapons and conspiracy charges is set to begin Nov. 5.

But!! The article in post #274 by YESorNO has:

A trial date has not been set, a spokeswoman for the U.S. District Attorney’s office told the Daily News....


I guess no one here can get into a Federal court site for New Mexico? I can't even find one....

TIA if you post something!

 

[Niner]

Bumping up to see if anyone found anything?? TIA!

 

[Niner]

Bumping - anyone??

Federal case??

Nothing on the State court site - no charges for any of them.