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Skid Row 'Lord' surprises feds with 5am getaway as he's accused of massive ballot harvesting scheme
New York Post • • nation
Key Points:
- Federal agents arrested James Brass, accused of leading a scheme that paid homeless individuals on Skid Row to sign California ballot petitions using stolen voter identities, in Victorville, San Bernardino County.
- Brass allegedly operated through his company Pinnacle Brass and was paid approximately $41,600 by coordinators linked to an election petition management company for collecting fraudulent signatures on multiple ballot initiatives.
- From February to August 2026, Brass and accomplices used a database to target registered voters, paying petition signers to copy stolen personal information onto petitions, then falsely certifying the signatures under penalty of perjury.
- Two others, Courtney Price and Jateisha Herron, are also charged in connection with the scheme, with all defendants facing counts of conspiracy and identity fraud related to election petition forgery.
- Los Angeles federal prosecutors condemned the defendants for exploiting vulnerable homeless individuals and undermining the democratic process by submitting fraudulent ballot petitions in the 2026 California election cycle.
