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U.S. v. Okon

Fruits of Car's Search Not Suppressed; Consent to Search Voluntarily Given

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MEMORANDUM & ORDER On October 24, 2019, a grand jury returned an indictment against Defendants Quincy Thorpe and Emmanuel Asuquo Okon, charging them with conspiracy to steal cargo in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§659, 371, and 3551 et seq. (“Count One”), and stealing cargo in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§659, 2, and 3551 et seq. (“Count Two”). (Indictment

1-3, Docket Entry No. 7.) The Indictment alleges that Okon and Thorpe, together with others, conspired to steal, and stole, a bag “containing United States and foreign currency of approximately $258,205.” (Id.) On March 17, 2021, Okon moved pursuant to the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to suppress the fruits of a search conducted on September 29, 2019, of a blue Nissan Sentra belonging to Okon’s domestic partner, Sergeant Ayanna Giddens.1 Okon also seeks the immediate production of all exculpatory and impeachment material. (Id.) The Government opposes the motion.2 For the reasons set forth below, the Court denies Okon’s motion. I. Background The Indictment charges that, on or about September 24, 2019, Okon and others intentionally and unlawfully “[took] and carried away” from John F. Kennedy (“JFK”) International Airport “a stolen bag containing United States and foreign currency of approximately $258,205 in value, which…constituted an interstate shipment of freight, express and other property, with intent to convert said goods and chattels to their own use.” (Indictment 3.) Okon is charged in Count One of the Indictment with conspiracy to steal cargo, and in Count Two of the Indictment with stealing cargo. (See id.

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