North Bay Village Commissioner Convicted After Lying to See Lover in Detention Center https://t.co/MY9zuG2UBn
— NBC 6 South Florida (@nbc6) October 27, 2022
Julianna Strout was also a North Bay Village Commissioner.
A North Bay Village commissioner who lied to get her way into a federal detention center so she could see her lover has been convicted, prosecutors said Thursday.
Julianna Clare Strout, 36, pled guilty to a federal information charging her with attempting to enter, and entering, a federal facility using fraud and false pretenses, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida.
Following the guilty plea, Strout was sentenced to one-year probation and 50 hours of community service.
Prosecutors said the incident involving Strout happened in October 2021 at Krome Detention Center.
At the time, the detention center had temporarily suspended social visits because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but legal visits were still permitted.
Three times Strout entered Krome by lying to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials about her reason for visiting, prosecutors said.
Strout told officials that she worked as a paralegal for a law firm
and that she needed to visit a detainee to have legal documents signed.
Strout also presented officials with a letter on the law firm’s
letterhead.
I dont know. Seems like an appropriate sentence for being an idiot.
ReplyDeleteStupid case. Should have never been prosecuted. Should have been federal diversion.
ReplyDeleteIs there such thing as a federal diversion? Cuz then the AUSA could not claim a stat...
ReplyDeleteThe fact that she's a politician made it necessary. Politicians, cops, and generally those in positions of public trust and power have to be held to a higher standard. I see that she didn't use her status as a politician, so there's that, but still, if she'd gotten off without consequence it would appear that her political status (however small) may have played a wrongful part in her case.
ReplyDeleteAccepting that her status a politician weighs in favor of taking action, can someone tell us why pre trial diversion appears to never be used? What exactly is the standard applied to determine whether a defendant should receive diversion in district court?
ReplyDeleteDo the feds even have pretrial diversion? Her sentence was about as light as one could hope for.
ReplyDeleteWhat does it say about this blog that a city commissioner is referred to as Miss Rhode Island rather than commissioner in the title? Clickbait, at best.
ReplyDeleteOh please. Didn't Sal's girlfriend routinely enter FDC and a USDCJ in Miami let her sit next to him at trial on the premise she was a "paralegal?"
ReplyDeleteShe pissed of someone or the USAO is desperate for cases. Lets prosecute everyone and not just the pretty ones. Others with money or high profile cases skate on doing the same thing.
To 8:53 AM
ReplyDeleteFrom the story “ On one occasion, after initially being denied entry, Strout presented her North Bay Village identification and asked to enter the facility on account of her being a public official.”
STOP OBJECTIFYING!
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ReplyDeleteIs she or is she not a former Ms. Rhodes Island? I don't understand what you're objection is.
I'd argue that her status as Miss Rhodes Island (population of 1 million) is of greater notoriety than her status as a city commissioner for North Bay Village (population 7,956).
Just because you're offended doesn't mean you're right.
During my 5 years as an AUSA about a decade ago, I was able to obtain approval for a pre-trial diversion in both cases I felt it appropriate (one a young veteran who struck VA personnel but needed treatment more than a federal conviction; one a low-level immigration offense (false statement where the true answer would not have changed the outcome)). My experience leads me to believe PTD is an available option in limited, appropriate cases. Without knowing more about the case in the post, not opining on whether it would have been such a case.
ReplyDeleteThe feds rule is simple. Of course diversion is available. We are an enlightened country with the best Justice system in the world. Our justice system is the envy of every other country. Diversion is available for first offenders. In cases not involving violence. And only for cases not occurring on days ending in “Y”.
ReplyDeleteYes we have diversion. We don’t give people federal convictions for no reason.
503pm's comments pretty much prove Rumpole's comment. In FIVE YEARS you (503pm) only saw TWO cases that you thought were worthy of pretrial diversion? Wow.
ReplyDeleteOnly pre-trial diversion I ever obtained was in the Middle District of Tennessee. I have had an ASUA dismiss a case here because he could not find a crime to fit the behavior of the defendant. NO PTD here.
ReplyDeletelucky immigrant. She is a fox.
ReplyDeleteClosest I got to federal diversion was in the middle district. Son of a veteran went onto the airforce base and shoplifted a laptop from the PX. The JAG prosecuted the case in front of one of the mags. They couldnt have been more professional or reasonable and offerred thier version of PTI. Didnt want to ruin a 18 year old's life with a federal prosection. Paid costs of prosection, some community service hours on base, some classes and such.
ReplyDeleteMaybe she shouldn't lie...
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