From The Trussville Tribune staff reports
BIRMINGHAM – The first of three sisters indicted late last month on charges that they conspired to kill a Florida resident and his wife were arraigned in federal court, announced United States Attorney Jay E. Town and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr.
U.S. Magistrate Judge John E. Ott today arraigned Charis Mapson, an Oklahoma resident, on charges of conspiracy, two counts of interstate domestic violence, two counts of stalking, and one count of using a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. The six-count indictment filed in U.S. District Court also charges her sisters Tierzah Mapson and Elisa Mapson with the same charges. According to the indictment, the three sisters plotted to kill the father of Tierzah Mapson’s child, by luring him and his wife to a rural crossroads in Eldridge, Alabama, on June 18, 2018.
Defendants Tierzah Mapson and Elisa Mapson were arrested at a campground in northern California.
The maximum prison sentence is five years for a conviction on the conspiracy count and 10 years for each of the interstate domestic violence and stalking charges. The count alleging the use of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence carries a mandatory 10 years in prison, which must be served consecutively to any other sentence imposed for the crime.
FBI investigated the case, which Assistant U.S. Attorneys Alan Baty and Jonathan Cross are prosecuting.
An indictment contains only charges. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
