One of two Houston men suspected of repeatedly flying into Denver and waiting outside banks to jump customers was recently sentenced to prison. The other man remains at large.
During one trip, Isaiah Fitzgerald Moses and his accomplice committed six thefts within a two-week stay in the metro area a year ago, according to his arrest affidavit. A nationwide crime bulletin about the “jugging” activity in other parts of the country had already been issued by federal authorities by the time his plane landed here.
The term “jugging” was originally used by cooks to describe stewing or boiling fish or game inside a covered pot. Thieves have adopted the term more recently to label the pursuit of bank customers and holding them up or breaking into their vehicles to steal their cash…