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Date: 09-09-2020
Case Style:
United States of America v. Vincent Togbe Konney
Case Number: 0:20-cr-00099-NEB-KMM
Judge: Nancy E. Brasel
Court: United States District Court for the District of Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office
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Description:
St. Paul, MN - The United States of America charged Vincent Togbe Kooney, age 62, with making a false bomb threat.
According to KONNEY’s guilty plea and documents filed with the court, on August 13, 2018, KONNEY wrote a letter falsely accusing his wife of being part of a plot to bomb the Mall of America. Using a false name, KONNEY sent the letter to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service in retaliation against his wife who was in the naturalization process when the letter was sent. In the letter, KONNEY claimed that while he was riding a bus, he overheard two women discussing a plot to blow up the Mall of America. KONNEY further claimed that one of the women had accidentally dropped her Social Security Card and her Permanent Resident Card and he enclosed with his false letter a photocopy of his wife’s real Permanent Resident Card. KONNEY closed the letter by urging the government to halt a “terrorist threat” by deporting his wife.
This case is the result of an investigation conducted by the FBI.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney John Docherty.
18:844(e) MALICIOUSLY CONVEYING, USING THE MAIL, FALSE INFORMATION ABOUT AN ATTEMPT BEING MADE TO DAMAGE OR DESTROY A BUILDING BY MEANS OF EXPLOSIVES
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Outcome: 09/02/2020 33 Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Nancy E. Brasel. Change of Plea Hearing as to Vincent Togbe Konney (1) held on 9/2/2020. Guilty Plea to Count 1 of the Indictment, PSI Ordered and Defendant is released bond conditions. (Court Reporter Erin Drost) (KMW) (Entered: 09/02/2020)
09/02/2020 34 PLEA AGREEMENT as to Vincent Togbe Konney (MMG) (Entered: 09/03/2020)
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