Wednesday, February 27, 2008

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Asa Joseph Garriga is a lifelong con artist, starting as a youth in Mississippi.

He was born on February 8, 1966 in Biloxi, MS. He spent time in Parchman Prison Farm in Parchman, MS.

Throughout 2007 he defrauded me and my wife out of almost $40,000, and I am not his only victim here in Rhode Island.


  • He convinced an elderly gentleman to give him the title to his pickup truck so that Asa could sell it for him. Asa promised to sell the truck and return with the money paid by the buyer. Asa sold the truck, got someone to cash the check, and never gave the owner a penny.

  • Asa convinced me to go in on a deal refurbishing a vintage muscle car in New Jersey. I fronted the money for purchase and renovation of the car but I have never seen the car and now doubt that it ever existed.

  • Asa has made off with a number of our power tools. Although he passes himself off as a contractor, the only tool Asa owns is a hammer. When he convinces someone to let him do work on their house Asa borrows any tool that he can.


Asa is a serious diabetic. Because he does not take care of himself he frequently checks himself into hospitals. He has been in Westerly Hospital frequently and recently in Rhode Island Hospital.

Asa is also a serious gambler (poker). He has been banned from casinos in Las Vegas and Mississippi, as well as Foxwoods casino in Connecticut. He frequents casinos in Atlantic City and will never be too far away from a casino.

His deceptions usually involve vehicles and/or home improvements. He fancies himself a contractor, and he has done some legitimate renovation work for us, but he has little talent. He convinces people to hire him to do things like building a deck, he charges outrageous fees for the job, and gets other people to do the actual work.

Asa becomes verbally abusive once he has gained the trust of his victim. He frequently and vehemently cusses people out. He is far more likely to verbally abuse a woman than a man.


Right now there are felony arrest warrants out for Asa in both Mississippi and Rhode Island.




Please help us locate Asa. If you have been swindled out of money by Asa Garriga, or if you just know him, please add your comments to this page.

22 comments:

  1. i'm t j bishop from newton county,ms asa was known by my daughter lynn down in gulfport,ms he convinced me to give him my 69'mach 1 mustang to refurbish in which i did he took it to the coast and always come up with excuses about when it was going to be fixed well it was just a matter of time that i finally figured the whole thing out HE STOLE IT FROM ME!!!!

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  2. Mr. or Ms. Bishop, can you please leave your contact info so I can all you. I have additional informtation.

    Thank you.

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  3. IF YOU CHECK IN BILOXI,MS. OR GULFPORT,MS. YOU WILL FIND ALOT OF PEOPLE HE HAS DONE THE SAME THINGS TO.ALL THAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN IS THE SAME SENERIO'S AND CRIMES HE COMMITTED ON THE COAST HE IS A HABITUAL LIAR AND IS ALWAYS SWINDLING SOMEONE. WHEN I FIRST SEEN EVERYTHING YOU WROTE I CAOULD SEE THIS HAPPENING HE HAS STOLEN A HARLEY AND A JEEP BOTH TO GO SALE FOR SOMEONE AND NEVER RETURNED DRUGS IS A BIG PART OF IT TOO NOT JUST THE GAMBLING.

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  4. FROM THE PICTURE HE DOESN'T LOOK LAS GOOD AS HE USED TO MUST BE LOSING HIS TOUCH GETTING MONEY BECAUSE HE ALWAYS WORE THE BEST CLOTHES AND ALWAYS KEPT HIMSELF UP I HAVE NEVER SEEN HIM LOOK THIS BAD IT'S A WONDER HE IS EVEN STILL ALIVE FROM THE LIFESTYLE HE LIVES, HE STILL TRYS TO CONTACT HIS BROTHER EVERY NOW AND THEN BUT I THINK HE HAS FINNALLY CUT HIM OFF COMPLETELY, A MUTUAL FRIEND OF THE FAMILY

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  5. He is in town now back here in ms. I'm sure it's only a matter of time before he pops up. If he pops up at our doors he will go to jail. Sadly, I admit he's family.. And he is low down scum. He knows this. He's said it to me and then pulled the fake pity me tears. All I can do is apologize to everyone for the sorry pos.

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    1. Can you please contact me. I'm trying to locate any Relatives of the father of Asa Garriga. I believe he was also my father.

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    2. Frank Baker, I knew Asa Garriga when he was a child. I know that his dad Big Asa is dead but his step mom that raised him up is still alive. Little Asa was a trouble child. His dad Big Asa spoiled little Asa rotten. Big Asa and little Asa was cut from the same cloth.

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    3. To the daughter of little Asa Garriga, little Asa's step mom is Alma Garriga she lives in a trailer park off of Popps Ferry Rd. In Biloxi, Ms. Alma works at the Lady of Fatima Catholic Church Cafeteria located on Pass Rd. Biloxi, Ms.

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  6. He has multiple brothers, I'm the daughter of one, and trust me, we don't want him around as much as the next guy! None of us trust him, and none are willing to help him. Its pathetic when u have to give someone money to go away!! But he isn't getting a penny from us, and no sympathy will be givin either. He likes to pop up randomly, give some pity me pathetic story about how this and that happened etc and ask for money. I think there's not a garriga out there that isn't over it, family or not, if he shows up, we will call the police. To me, he isn't family, he simply just has the same last name. He is TRASH.

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    1. Frank Baker. Yes, I know his brothers: Guy, Cary Lane, Tommy, Charles.

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  7. Anyone needing information on Asa Garriga,I know where he is hustling a scam right now Sept.04-2012.Any bounty on this criminal contact A.S.A.P. 323-335-6660.

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  8. As of last week he's in Gulfport/Biloxi. An employee has known him his whole life but still got taken by him. Fell for the ole "let me take the car and I'll be right back with the money" He's gone!! Cops won't even report car stolen because he gave him "permission" So as of Nov 22nd 2012 he is driving a 99 Mazda 626 black. Anyone see him call me at 228-596-0711. If I have any other info I'll post it

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    2. To whom this may concern, Asa Joseph Garriga Jr. aka Little Asa had been found dead in hotel his hotel room. Step mother Alma Garriga reports this to family and friends.

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  9. He is in Atlantic CIty Nj.

    At the Borgata playing 10-20 holdem on a daily basis.

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  10. Hey I am sorry to hear everyone who got ripped off by Asa he did the same to me. We hired him to redo our house after Sandy. I went to the police station and gave them info! They picked him uo today!! Extradition to Rhode Island I hope you guys see if not all some of your money back. 40,000.00 was seized! Good luck

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  11. Hey I am sorry to hear everyone who got ripped off by Asa he did the same to me. We hired him to redo our house after Sandy. I went to the police station and gave them info! They picked him uo today!! Extradition to Rhode Island I hope you guys see if not all some of your money back. 40,000.00 was seized! Good luck

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  12. Kendra, where are you located? You can call me at 401-269-9041 or email me at mytcriley at gmail dot com.

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  13. He has just been arrested in Little Egg Harbor Township NJ.
    He defrauded people by promising to fix their homes after Hurricane Sandy. Police in other states can contact the Little Egg (LEH) cops on their facebook page.

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  14. Yes anonymous I mentioned that on Saturday the 24th. Idk if your the same person as anonymous above but you seem to know a lot. We're you aware of any of this while it was going on? I was just wondering how you found out he was arrested?

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  15. He was just found dead in a new jersey hotel

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    1. I learned of this yesterday although my source had few details. How did you find out?

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