Enrique Arenal, 33, pulled a gun on the employees and stole two bags containing marijuana, as well as personal items from both victims, in the June 2021 incident, according to federal prosecutors. As he "scouted" the area one day earlier, he had observed the same two victims loading bags into their vehicle and had "good reason" to suspect that the bags contained marijuana, authorities said in court filings.
Public servants are entrusted to assist people, not exploit them," Foley said. "This was a brazen abuse of power by a federal employee who used his position and access to sensitive information to prey on a vulnerable woman who had just lost her job. This kind of predatory behavior has no place in public service, or anywhere else.
Omar Antonio Villalta, also known as 'Antichrist', was sentenced to 55 years in federal prison for his role in the brutal machete murders of four men in 2017.