Global InformationSharif Mobley information
Sharif Mobley | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 19, 1984 Buena, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Children | 3 known children |
| Parent(s) | Charles and Cynthia Mobley |
| Criminal charge | No Formal Charges Filed. Allegations of murdering a guard and wounding another guard during an escape attempt.[1][2] |
Sharif Mobley (Arabic: شريف موبلي; born January 19, 1984)[3] was initially arrested in Yemen January 26, 2010[4] by Yemeni counter-terrorism officers and charged with terrorism. There was a shooting during his arrest in which he was injured and taken to the hospital.[4] During his initial stay at the hospital, two members of the US Government interviewed him.[5] The US Embassy told his family they did not know his whereabouts.[6] During the interviews with officials from the American government, he requested that information be passed on to his family. His family has reportedly not received any updates on his situation.[6] After his recovery from a gun shot to the leg he was released into the custody of the Yemeni prison authorities. All charges of terrorism were dropped but he was not released from prison.[5] Later he was charged with murdering a prison guard during an alleged escape attempt while at a follow-up visit to the hospital for complications from his initial arrest March 7, 2010.[5] Mobley had moved to Yemen in 2008 and was in process getting visa updates from the US Embassy in preparation for returning to the US with his family when he was arrested. His family was able to return to the US shortly after his arrest.[4]
During his incarceration in Yemen, his whereabouts have been in question. While he was in the custody of the normal Yemeni prison authorities, he was not brought to a number of trial dates and his lawyers do not have access to him. He was not present for four trial dates and the Yemeni prison authorities indicated he is no longer in their custody. The Yemeni Attorney General told the trial judge that he did not know where Sharif Mobley was physically located.[7] US Embassy official William Lesh, said that the US Embassy had been in touch with him at an undisclosed location but would not reveal his whereabouts or which law enforcement group had him in their custody nor would the US Embassy assist his lawyers in contacting him.[8]
Mobley is an American citizen who was raised as a Muslim. He stated he had traveled to Yemen for the purpose of studying Arabic and Islam, although U.S. officials initially claimed his purpose was to join a militant group. After his arrest, two US Government agents [4] interviewed him several times and agreed that he was not a terrorist and he had no knowledge or information about activities of interest to the US Government.[9] After charges of terrorism were dropped he was not released from prison. During a follow-up hospital visit for complications from the initial gunshot wound received during his arrest, he allegedly made an escape attempt, during which he allegedly shot two guards, one fatally, and was charged with murder.[4]
Mobley's wife, Nzinga Islam, received a clandestine phone call from Sharif Mobley on Sept 15, 2014. Mobley has not appeared at a number of pre-trial hearings.[10] It is unknown what happened to him after 2015.
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MothersJones2011-09was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Simmons, Keir; Gubash, Charlene (Jan 20, 2015). "American Sharif Mobley Hasn't Appeared in Yemen Court for a Year". NBC News. Archived from the original on 2015-03-10. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
- ^ U.S. Public Records Index Vol 2 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Finn, Peter (September 4, 2010). "The post-9/11 life of an American charged with murder". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
- ^ a b c Ackerman, Spencer (April 10, 2014). "American citizen Sharif Mobley is missing in Yemen". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
- ^ a b Baumann, Nick (June 20, 2012). "Document Shows US Government Knew About American Locked Up in Yemen". Mother Jones. Archived from the original on 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
- ^ Ackerman, Spencer (21 August 2014). "Yemeni officials fail to produce 'disappeared' American for fourth time". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2017-02-25. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
- ^ Ackerman, Spencer (25 July 2014). "US diplomats admit contact in Yemen with missing citizen Sharif Mobley". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
- ^ Baumann, Nick (January 31, 2010). "Sharif Mobley Hospital Visit Jan 31 2010". Mother Jones. Archived from the original on 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
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