Illegal Alien from United Arab Emirates Arrested in FLA for Possession of (updated)
Illegal Immigrant from United Arab Emirates Arrested in FLA for Possession of Ammunition
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by CAROLINE MAY10 Dec 201510
An illegal immigrant from the United Arab Emirates is facing charges in Florida for illegally possessing ammunition, the U.S. United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida A. Lee Bentley, III revealed Thursday.
According to a complaint, 25-year-old Hamid Mohamed Ahmed Ali Rehaif had been living at a hotel in Melbourne for 53 days, checking out each morning and checking back into the hotel each evening. He further had paid over $11,000 in cash for room fees.
Rehaif admitted to investigators that he had several firearms in his possession, and had fired them at two local gun ranges, but claimed he’d recently sold or disposed of the weapons.
“Agents located rounds of handgun and rifle ammunition in his hotel room and in a storage unit that he had rented, but they did not locate any firearms,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office explained in a release.
The complaint notes that Rehaif was admitted to the U.S. on a student visa in 2013. He was enrolled at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida but was dismissed in the fall of last year. He failed to leave the country within 30 days of the end of his student status. By failing to leave Rehaif became an illegal immigrant.
He has been charged with possession of ammunition by an unlawful or illegal alien, a penalty that carried up to 10 years in federal prison.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations and the Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated the case and it will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Bruce S. Ambrose.
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Judge rules Arab ex-student accused of storing ammo must remain in custody
By Daniel Dahm
Posted: 7:15 AM, December 14, 2015
Updated: 12:25 PM, December 14, 2015
ORLANDO, Fla. - A judge on Monday ruled that there was probable cause to keep a 25-year-old United Arab Emirates citizen in federal custody after he was arrested in Central Florida for unlawfully possessing ammunition.
Hamid Mohamed Ahmed Ali Rehaif was arrested last week on a charge of possession of ammunition by an unlawful or illegal alien.
According to a complaint, Rehaif was admitted into the United States in 2013 under a student visa. He had been enrolled at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, but was terminated as a student in the fall of 2014, officials said.
Rehaif failed to leave the country within 30 days of his termination as a student and became an unlawful alien, officials said.
A Homeland Security special agent testified Monday, saying Rehaif should have left country as soon as he was no longer enrolled.
The agent said in court that Rehaif has no known links to any terrorist group but added that an investigation is ongoing.
Three women who identified themselves as family members said Rehaif was targeted by authorities because of his race. They described him as kind and loving, calling him a "teddy bear."
Law enforcement agents contacted Rehaif last Wednesday at a hotel in Melbourne, where he had been living for the last two months, paying more than $11,000 in cash for room fees, authorities said. Rehaif admitted to possessing several firearms, but said that he had recently sold or disposed of them, officials said. He also admitted to firing those weapons at two local gun ranges, according to officials.
Authorities said Rehaif also spent time at gun ranges, one in Orlando, the other at FrogBones Gun Range in Melbourne.
"He shot better than other people I've seen on the range," manager Doug Torpy said.
Torpy said Rehaif visited the range twice, most recently on Dec. 2, renting a Glock 43 for practice. However, Tropy said there was nothing strange about his demeanor.
"He had the proper documentation to be able to shoot and be in possession of a firearm, so he presented everything to us and acted as if he was in a sound mind," Tropy said.
Agents located rounds of handgun and rifle ammunition in his hotel room and in a storage unit that he had rented, but they did not find any firearms, the complaint said.
Investigators said Rehaif admitted to being in the country illegally.
This case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security investigators and the FBI.
He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison.
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