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MONTICELLO – A New York City man has been arrested by the Sullivan
County Sheriff’s Office and charged with fraudulently registering
to vote.
Undersheriff Eric Chaboty said Hamo Hot, 34, of Brooklyn was arrested
last Wednesday, December 14 for allegedly filing a voter registration
form at the Sullivan County Board of Elections on November 20, 2015. On
the same day, he filed an application for a New York State pistol permit,
Chaboty said.
Hot is not a United States citizen.
During the background check for the pistol permit, Hot’s green card
indicated he is a citizen of Montenegro, formerly Yugoslavia. Deputies
realized he did not live at the Ferndale address he listed on either application.
Hot was arrested on a warrant in Manhattan by state troopers on Wednesday
and turned over to the sheriff’s office. He was charged with the
felony of fraudulently registering to vote, arraigned before Sullivan
County Court Judge Michael McGuire and committed to the county jail in
lieu of $10,000 bail pending a future court appearance.
In addition to the State Police, the sheriff’s office was assisted
by US Homeland Security Investigations.
