The BOP recognizes Native Americanism as an authorized religion, but according to Steve Maisenbacher, who hails from the Florida Big Cyprus Seminole reservation and is serving a 165-year sentence for multiple bank robberies, the fight for the should-be granted right to practice what he believes hasn't been easy.
The indictment also alleged special circumstances of torture, multiple murder, robbery, rape, burglary and oral copulation.
Aurora Barrera, 33, and the ex-boyfriend, 36-year-old Reyes "Ray Vegaa, were found guilty of multiple bank robbery offenses in March after a weeklong trial.
The suspects, who were charged with multiple counts of robbery, did not display weapons during the robberies, the police said.
The convictions include multiple counts of robbery, grand larceny, possession of stolen property and criminal trespassing.
The jury in State Superior Court, in Newark, convicted Rodolfo Godinez, a 26-year-old gang member and native of Nicaragua, of all the charges facing him, including multiple counts of robbery, weapons charges and conspiracy.
There were other people imprisoned for vehicular manslaughter or multiple attempts of robbery, where they're serving 17, 20, 30 years.
Poparic was serving a nearly seven-year sentence for a 2009 jewelry store robbery in Neuchatel, and Albrecht, who police said has a long history of criminal activity, was serving seven years for his latest conviction in multiple incidents of robbery, kidnapping, arson and money-laundering.
Both multiple and single victim robberies were said to be common, the former often involving a public announcement by perpetrators with instructions for their victims.
