Florida men indicted in armed home invasion where suspect posed as utility worker, 13-year-old zip-tied: DOJ

Two Florida men person been indicted aft 1 of them, disguised arsenic a inferior worker, robbed a section household astatine gunpoint and zip-tied the victims—including a 13-year-old boy—the Justice Department announced Tuesday.

Jay El Wilburn, 47, and Alvaughn Parker, 27, some of Tampa, look a slew of national charges, including conspiracy to perpetrate Hobbs Act robbery—a national instrumentality prohibiting robberies that impact interstate commerce—as good arsenic robbery, usage of a firearm during a transgression of violence, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

According to the indictment, deputies with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office responded to a Tampa flat connected Jan. 20, wherever an equipped robbery had conscionable occurred.

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Jay El Wilburn, 47, seen dressed arsenic a inferior worker, robbed and zip-tied a household during a location robbery, on with different defendant, 27-year-old Alvaughn Parker, national prosecutors said. (Justice Department)

Wilburn allegedly posed arsenic a inferior worker, wearing a hard chapeau and a reflective vest, to summation introduction into the apartment, which was occupied by a man, a woman, and a 13-year-old boy.

Once allowed inside, Wilburn brandished a Taurus PT58S .380-caliber pistol. He grabbed the pistillate by the backmost of her cervix and pressed the weapon to her stomach, national prosecutors said.

He past forced her to zip-tie the hands of some the antheral and the teenage lad down their backs. Once they were restrained, Parker entered the location wearing a look disguise and ample sunglasses, dressed wholly successful black.

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Jay El Wilburn, 47, is charged with respective national crimes for a location robbery, the Justoce Department said. (Justice Department)

The brace stole astir $15,000 successful cash, controlled substances, 3 firearms, astir 2 ounces of marijuana, and jewelry physically taken from 1 of the victims earlier fleeing the scene.

Investigators linked the 2 suspects to the robbery utilizing surveillance footage from adjacent buildings, licence sheet readers, and different investigative methods.

On Feb. 2, agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) executed a national hunt warrant astatine Wilburn’s residence, wherever they recovered the loaded firearm utilized successful the robbery.

NYPD officers equipped with zip necktie handcuffs basal successful Manhattan. (Ira L. Black/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Wilburn has anterior felony convictions, including carjacking and the usage of a firearm during the committee of a convulsive crime, legally prohibiting him from possessing firearms.

He has besides antecedently served a national situation condemnation for utilizing a firearm during a transgression of violence.