U. S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger | U.S. Department of Justice
A Minneapolis man has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for crimes including kidnapping, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft. Raphael Raymond Nunn, aged 58, received a sentence of 288 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay $5,000 in restitution after being convicted of robbing two women at gunpoint and stealing from another individual.
The trial evidence revealed that on September 13, 2022, Nunn approached a woman in Arden Hills as she parked her vehicle. Wearing a mask and gloves and armed with a handgun, he forced the victim to drive him to an ATM in Minneapolis to withdraw cash for his use. Subsequently, he ordered her to drive to Matthews Park before taking her keys and fleeing.
Surveillance footage from nearby businesses captured Nunn exiting the victim’s vehicle and entering a corner grocery store without his hood and mask. Four days later, he returned to the same store driving a car registered under his name. This led authorities to discover his address where he was arrested on September 22, 2022.
A search of Nunn's residence uncovered evidence linking him to the kidnapping as well as thefts from another victim and an armed robbery involving a third victim. The investigation showed that Nunn used stolen credit cards from these victims to access their bank accounts fraudulently.
Nunn was convicted by a federal jury on May 23, 2024. He faced charges including one count of kidnapping, two counts of bank fraud, and two counts of aggravated identity theft after a four-day trial. Judge Eric C. Tostrud sentenced him last week in U.S. District Court stating that Nunn was “incorrigible” and posed “an escalating danger to the public,” which justified an increased sentence.
The case involved efforts from multiple law enforcement agencies: Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office, Oak Park Police Department, City of Hudson Police Department, along with the FBI conducted the investigation leading up to this conviction.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Albania Concepcion and Lauren O. Roso handled the prosecution for this case.
