Police: Illegal Immigrant, Gang Member Charged In Crimes Across Region
POSTED: 4:04 pm EDT August 30, 2007
CONCORD, N.C. -- Police have arrested a man they believe was involved in a series of robberies across the region.
Perfecto Rios, 17, is charged with five counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon, one count of first-degree rape and one count of first-degree kidnapping.
Investigators say he and another man are responsible for two robberies at Hispanic-owned businesses in Concord late Monday. They say Rios raped a female store clerk during one of the armed robberies.
Police said Rios will also face charges for over a dozen crimes committed in Charlotte, Concord, Huntersville and Kannapolis.
Authorities said they identified Rios as an illegal immigrant and a member of a local gang. He was taken into custody by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Safe Streets Gang Task Force.
Police expect to make more arrests soon.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
MI- Off duty cop killed by drunk illegal
Of The Oakland Press The man accused of being drunk behind the wheel of a sports car that killed a Flint police officer was arraigned Tuesday on charges that included second-degree murder.
Ramon Felix Pineda stood mute in 52-2 District Court before Judge Kelley Kostin, who denied bond based on the severity of the charges and his status as an illegal resident of the United States. "I don't find any comfort the bond would give Mr. Pineda the conviction to show in court," Kostin said.
Pineda is alleged to have been illegally living in the United States for the last 10 years under false identities, including a cousin who lives in Mexico. He is being charged with seconddegree murder, operating while intoxicated causing death, leaving the scene of an accident causing death and driving with a suspended license.
Second-degree murder carries a maximum of life in prison, while operating while intoxicated causing death is a 15-year felony.
Officials with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have also been informed of Pineda's illegal citizen status.
The 25-year-old is accused of being behind the wheel of the 1992 Chevrolet Camaro that hit off-duty Officer Vincent Owen D'Anna about 8 p.m. Sunday on Sashabaw Road, just past Clarkston Road.
According to witness statements, the Camaro was heading south on Sashabaw Road and hit D'Anna from behind.
D'Anna was driving a 2007 Suzuki motorcycle and became pinned under the car.
The Camaro continued heading south after the collision, dragging D'Anna several feet, according to witnesses.
Oakland County Sheriff 's deputies say Pineda got out of the Camaro and tried to run away, but a witness stopped him.
Oakland County Sheriff 's Lt. James Ahearn told the court Pineda admitted to drinking seven beers before getting behind the wheel of the Camaro and was driving too fast to slow down.
Ahearn also told the court Pineda gave them several false identities. Oakland County Assistant Prosecutor Kelly Chard said Pineda has two bench warrants out of that district court dating back to 2001, stemming from traffic violations.
Pineda has also never applied for a driver's license, and there were at least 16 witnesses who saw him hit D'Anna, Chard said.
"I think the only way to protect society is to deny bond," she told the court.
Defense attorney Arthur Greenstone asked for leniency on the bond, saying Pineda and his family are heartbroken over what happened.
Pineda didn't mean to hurt anyone, but only wanted to run from the scene because of his illegal resident status, Greenstone told the court.
He has also been employed for the last five years as a cook at a Clarkston restaurant, Greenstone said. Members of D'Anna's family left the courtroom as Greenstone continued to ask for leniency on setting his bond.
"His 1-year-old son and his wife are here. É It appears this is a one-time incident, and it is awful, but there is no history of substance abuse or violence," Greenstone told the court. "If you scratch this catastrophe, you will find someone who has been a productive member of this community."
Ramon Felix Pineda stood mute in 52-2 District Court before Judge Kelley Kostin, who denied bond based on the severity of the charges and his status as an illegal resident of the United States. "I don't find any comfort the bond would give Mr. Pineda the conviction to show in court," Kostin said.
Pineda is alleged to have been illegally living in the United States for the last 10 years under false identities, including a cousin who lives in Mexico. He is being charged with seconddegree murder, operating while intoxicated causing death, leaving the scene of an accident causing death and driving with a suspended license.
Second-degree murder carries a maximum of life in prison, while operating while intoxicated causing death is a 15-year felony.
Officials with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have also been informed of Pineda's illegal citizen status.
The 25-year-old is accused of being behind the wheel of the 1992 Chevrolet Camaro that hit off-duty Officer Vincent Owen D'Anna about 8 p.m. Sunday on Sashabaw Road, just past Clarkston Road.
According to witness statements, the Camaro was heading south on Sashabaw Road and hit D'Anna from behind.
D'Anna was driving a 2007 Suzuki motorcycle and became pinned under the car.
The Camaro continued heading south after the collision, dragging D'Anna several feet, according to witnesses.
Oakland County Sheriff 's deputies say Pineda got out of the Camaro and tried to run away, but a witness stopped him.
Oakland County Sheriff 's Lt. James Ahearn told the court Pineda admitted to drinking seven beers before getting behind the wheel of the Camaro and was driving too fast to slow down.
Ahearn also told the court Pineda gave them several false identities. Oakland County Assistant Prosecutor Kelly Chard said Pineda has two bench warrants out of that district court dating back to 2001, stemming from traffic violations.
Pineda has also never applied for a driver's license, and there were at least 16 witnesses who saw him hit D'Anna, Chard said.
"I think the only way to protect society is to deny bond," she told the court.
Defense attorney Arthur Greenstone asked for leniency on the bond, saying Pineda and his family are heartbroken over what happened.
Pineda didn't mean to hurt anyone, but only wanted to run from the scene because of his illegal resident status, Greenstone told the court.
He has also been employed for the last five years as a cook at a Clarkston restaurant, Greenstone said. Members of D'Anna's family left the courtroom as Greenstone continued to ask for leniency on setting his bond.
"His 1-year-old son and his wife are here. É It appears this is a one-time incident, and it is awful, but there is no history of substance abuse or violence," Greenstone told the court. "If you scratch this catastrophe, you will find someone who has been a productive member of this community."
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Attempted kidnapping in Tx
Attempted Kidnapping
Aug 27, 2007 08:40 PM PDT
reported by Ray Pedraza
A 5 year old McAllen girl is safe tonight after being kidnapped early this morning, through a bedroom window.
Luckily, the girl's mom caught Jorge Alberto Escobar in the act. Family members tackled Escobar and he was arrested by police down the street.
The girl was not harmed.
The kidnapping happened shortly after midnight on the 600 block of Kennedy Avenue, in south McAllen.
Family members were unavailable for comment. But, neigbors say they are relieved that the intruder has been arrested.
"Oh. well yeah. We don't need any pervert, around here," said Jerry Harris. "And that's pretty brazen to go into someone's window and grab ahold of them like that."
Turns out Escobar is someone the family knows. Escobar is an illegal immigrant who was living in an adjoining room and who worked with the victim's father.
He's charged with aggravated kidnapping and his bond is set at half a million dollars.
The case remains under investigation
Aug 27, 2007 08:40 PM PDT
reported by Ray Pedraza
A 5 year old McAllen girl is safe tonight after being kidnapped early this morning, through a bedroom window.
Luckily, the girl's mom caught Jorge Alberto Escobar in the act. Family members tackled Escobar and he was arrested by police down the street.
The girl was not harmed.
The kidnapping happened shortly after midnight on the 600 block of Kennedy Avenue, in south McAllen.
Family members were unavailable for comment. But, neigbors say they are relieved that the intruder has been arrested.
"Oh. well yeah. We don't need any pervert, around here," said Jerry Harris. "And that's pretty brazen to go into someone's window and grab ahold of them like that."
Turns out Escobar is someone the family knows. Escobar is an illegal immigrant who was living in an adjoining room and who worked with the victim's father.
He's charged with aggravated kidnapping and his bond is set at half a million dollars.
The case remains under investigation
April rape in Syracuse by illegal
Syracuse Police Searching for Man Accused of Raping 11-Year-Old GirlApril 9, 2007
Samantha Hayes Reporting
Syracuse police say they have enough evidence to charge Benito Martinez with first-degree rape, but they have to find him. The suspect has been missing since the incident happened early Saturday morning.
Police say he was renting a room in a house where other families were living, including the 11-year-old victim. Police say the 11-year-old girl and the suspect did not know each other, aside from the fact they lived under the same roof. Twenty-two-year-old Benito Martinez was renting a room in the house and carpooled to various construction jobs with others also renting there.
Police were called to the home early Saturday morning around 1:45. "He apparently went into the 11-year-old's room and sexually assaulted her. I don't know at which point it was interrupted, but it was interrupted by someone who mentioned they would call the cops, and he left the house," says Lt. Tracy Jensen of the Syracuse Police Department. Martinez has not returned since.
Police say he is in the country illegally. He has been living in Syracuse for the last six months. They are concerned he may try to escape charges in Mexico. Jensen says the family of the victim reported the crime right away and have been helpful to police.
Charges include first-degree felony rape of a child, first-degree felony sodomy of a child and first-degree felony aggravated sexual assault of a child. Bond is set for $200,000.
Martinez, who works in the construction field, is described as 5 feet 6 inches to 5 feet 8 inches tall, with brown eyes and black hair.
Samantha Hayes Reporting
Syracuse police say they have enough evidence to charge Benito Martinez with first-degree rape, but they have to find him. The suspect has been missing since the incident happened early Saturday morning.
Police say he was renting a room in a house where other families were living, including the 11-year-old victim. Police say the 11-year-old girl and the suspect did not know each other, aside from the fact they lived under the same roof. Twenty-two-year-old Benito Martinez was renting a room in the house and carpooled to various construction jobs with others also renting there.
Police were called to the home early Saturday morning around 1:45. "He apparently went into the 11-year-old's room and sexually assaulted her. I don't know at which point it was interrupted, but it was interrupted by someone who mentioned they would call the cops, and he left the house," says Lt. Tracy Jensen of the Syracuse Police Department. Martinez has not returned since.
Police say he is in the country illegally. He has been living in Syracuse for the last six months. They are concerned he may try to escape charges in Mexico. Jensen says the family of the victim reported the crime right away and have been helpful to police.
Charges include first-degree felony rape of a child, first-degree felony sodomy of a child and first-degree felony aggravated sexual assault of a child. Bond is set for $200,000.
Martinez, who works in the construction field, is described as 5 feet 6 inches to 5 feet 8 inches tall, with brown eyes and black hair.
July rape of minor
Man accused of rape hours after he left jail
Associated PressOriginally published 12:49 p.m., July 4, 2007Updated 12:49 p.m., July 4, 2007
COLUMBIA, Tenn. - Maury County deputies and federal agents are looking for a man who is accused of raping a 15-year-old girl only hours after being released from jail.
Juan Villa, 24, has been in the Maury County Jail 11 times since 2001 on charges of assault, public intoxication, driving without a license and contempt of court.
He was released from jail on $1,000 bail on Friday at about 9:45 p.m. and is suspected of raping the 15-year-old shortly after midnight. During the investigation, a 13-year-old girl also told deputies she was raped by Villa, Sheriff Enoch George said.
Detective Jerry Williams said Villa knew the 15-year-old but the two were not close.
Villa is suspected of being in the country illegally and George said the department had contacted Immigration and Customs Enforcement about him before he was released from jail but the federal agents said they would deal with him later.
"It is very frustrating," George said.
While searching for Villa at a mobile home park on Tuesday, authorities rounded up at least 13 people they believe are illegal immigrants.
The sheriff's department has detained about 80 illegal immigrants since May, including 25 in a single day. The arrests have prompted some immigrant rights group to accuse the department of racial profiling.
George defended the actions, saying the immigrants who were detained were encountered during criminal investigations.
"If they are here and they are trying to support their family, they are still here illegally," he said. "They are still here violating the law."
The sheriff said he will continue to work with federal immigration agents, but he also wants to enroll in a federal program that trains deputies to determine whether arrestees are illegally in the country.
Associated PressOriginally published 12:49 p.m., July 4, 2007Updated 12:49 p.m., July 4, 2007
COLUMBIA, Tenn. - Maury County deputies and federal agents are looking for a man who is accused of raping a 15-year-old girl only hours after being released from jail.
Juan Villa, 24, has been in the Maury County Jail 11 times since 2001 on charges of assault, public intoxication, driving without a license and contempt of court.
He was released from jail on $1,000 bail on Friday at about 9:45 p.m. and is suspected of raping the 15-year-old shortly after midnight. During the investigation, a 13-year-old girl also told deputies she was raped by Villa, Sheriff Enoch George said.
Detective Jerry Williams said Villa knew the 15-year-old but the two were not close.
Villa is suspected of being in the country illegally and George said the department had contacted Immigration and Customs Enforcement about him before he was released from jail but the federal agents said they would deal with him later.
"It is very frustrating," George said.
While searching for Villa at a mobile home park on Tuesday, authorities rounded up at least 13 people they believe are illegal immigrants.
The sheriff's department has detained about 80 illegal immigrants since May, including 25 in a single day. The arrests have prompted some immigrant rights group to accuse the department of racial profiling.
George defended the actions, saying the immigrants who were detained were encountered during criminal investigations.
"If they are here and they are trying to support their family, they are still here illegally," he said. "They are still here violating the law."
The sheriff said he will continue to work with federal immigration agents, but he also wants to enroll in a federal program that trains deputies to determine whether arrestees are illegally in the country.
Illegal juvie rapist
Cottage School teen charged with rape is undocumented Guatemalan
By SHAWN COHENTHE JOURNAL NEWS(Original Publication: July 6, 2007) MOUNT PLEASANT -
A 15-year-old Pleasantville Cottage School resident charged with raping an 18-year-old female resident is a Guatemalan native with no known family ties in the United States who was found wandering the streets of New York City, police said.
"He is apparently in this country with no documentation, no family, no nothing as far as we are able to determine at this time," Mount Pleasant Lt. Brian Fanelli said.
Luis Flores was arraigned today on a felony charge of first-degree rape. Police say he came up behind the 18-year-old victim as she was walking up the campus driveway and threatened to set her on fire with a lit cigarette lighter unless she went with him into the woods. She did and police say Flores forcibly raped her there and then let her go.
Fanelli said Flores has been in trouble with police before but would not elaborate.
"We've definitely dealt with him on the campus several times since 2006," Fanelli said.
After being found walking the streets, Flores entered the court system and wound up at the residential treatment center for troubled children, Fanelli said. Police are working with Immigration Customs Enforcement, he said, to try to confirm his identity and age.
Jane Barowitz, spokeswoman for the Jewish Child Care Association, which oversees the Pleasantville Cottage School, declined to comment this afternoon on the investigation other than to say "we are distressed about this alleged assault, we have notified the police and are cooperating fully in the investigation. Our primary concern is the safety of the children, staff and community."
The alleged rape occurred between 7:30 and 8 p.m Thursday and was reported to police around 8:30 p.m. by a staff member of the campus' Edenwald Center. The victim was treated and released from Westchester Medical Center.
Flores was brought in late last night for questioning and formally arrested and charged at 3 a.m. today, police said. He was remanded to the Woodfield Cottage Detention Center, part of the Westchester County complex in Valhalla.
The assault was the latest in a string of sex crimes involving residents of two local residential treatment centers.
In March, a 12-year-old boy was accused of sexually assaulting another 12-year-old boy at the Pleasantville Cottage School. At the time, police had complained that officials there failed to notify the department of the incident. Instead, Mount Pleasant police were tipped off nearly four hours later by the Child Advocacy Center in Valhalla after the boy was taken to the Westchester Medical Center.
That incident came less than two weeks after officials at Hawthorne Cedar Knolls, another treatment center nearby, waited more than two hours to report an alleged gang-rape there. Three teenagers there were accused of beating and raping a 13-year-old girl after dragging her into a vacant building on that campus.
By SHAWN COHENTHE JOURNAL NEWS(Original Publication: July 6, 2007) MOUNT PLEASANT -
A 15-year-old Pleasantville Cottage School resident charged with raping an 18-year-old female resident is a Guatemalan native with no known family ties in the United States who was found wandering the streets of New York City, police said.
"He is apparently in this country with no documentation, no family, no nothing as far as we are able to determine at this time," Mount Pleasant Lt. Brian Fanelli said.
Luis Flores was arraigned today on a felony charge of first-degree rape. Police say he came up behind the 18-year-old victim as she was walking up the campus driveway and threatened to set her on fire with a lit cigarette lighter unless she went with him into the woods. She did and police say Flores forcibly raped her there and then let her go.
Fanelli said Flores has been in trouble with police before but would not elaborate.
"We've definitely dealt with him on the campus several times since 2006," Fanelli said.
After being found walking the streets, Flores entered the court system and wound up at the residential treatment center for troubled children, Fanelli said. Police are working with Immigration Customs Enforcement, he said, to try to confirm his identity and age.
Jane Barowitz, spokeswoman for the Jewish Child Care Association, which oversees the Pleasantville Cottage School, declined to comment this afternoon on the investigation other than to say "we are distressed about this alleged assault, we have notified the police and are cooperating fully in the investigation. Our primary concern is the safety of the children, staff and community."
The alleged rape occurred between 7:30 and 8 p.m Thursday and was reported to police around 8:30 p.m. by a staff member of the campus' Edenwald Center. The victim was treated and released from Westchester Medical Center.
Flores was brought in late last night for questioning and formally arrested and charged at 3 a.m. today, police said. He was remanded to the Woodfield Cottage Detention Center, part of the Westchester County complex in Valhalla.
The assault was the latest in a string of sex crimes involving residents of two local residential treatment centers.
In March, a 12-year-old boy was accused of sexually assaulting another 12-year-old boy at the Pleasantville Cottage School. At the time, police had complained that officials there failed to notify the department of the incident. Instead, Mount Pleasant police were tipped off nearly four hours later by the Child Advocacy Center in Valhalla after the boy was taken to the Westchester Medical Center.
That incident came less than two weeks after officials at Hawthorne Cedar Knolls, another treatment center nearby, waited more than two hours to report an alleged gang-rape there. Three teenagers there were accused of beating and raping a 13-year-old girl after dragging her into a vacant building on that campus.
Monday, August 27, 2007
Illegal murderer not good samaritan
Police: Men planned S.J. slaying
UNSEALED DOCUMENTS SAY PAIR CONFESSED
By Sean WebbyMercury NewsSan Jose Mercury News
Article Launched:08/25/2007 01:34:38 AM PDT
Still covered in blood, the homeless man told police a heroic story of how he had tried to save a woman as she was being attacked. Julio Jovel had called 911 on a woman's dropped cell phone as she was being assaulted and even tried to carry her away to safety.
But Jovel was no good Samaritan. He was, according to prosecutors and police, a killer responsible for one of the city's most vicious violent crimes in years.
Soon after he was arrested, Jovel and another transient confessed in gruesome detail to San Jose detectives to raping and stabbing to death a 46-year-old woman last month, according to court documents unsealed Friday.
Jovel, 30, and Luis Alvarado, 18, - who were in the country illegally but had no serious criminal records - are facing a potential death sentence for their alleged homicidal attack on San Jose resident Sany San. No trial date has yet been set.
Their attorneys could not be reached for comment.
The details of the high-profile homicide came out Friday, weeks after prosecutors sealed a key filing in the case and defense attorneys argued all but the most basic documents in the case should be kept secret.
Acting on a suit filed by the Mercury News, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Jean High Wetenkamp ruled earlier this week that the documents ought to be public, rejecting arguments that they might endanger the defendants' right to a fair trial.
"More than anything, it's a release that we know the truth," said San's cousin, Darrarith Kim, of San Jose. "It concludes. It gives us an answer."
However disturbing the details of his cousin's death may be, Kim said he'd prefer to know than not.
"I want to know the truth," he said.
But Darrarith Kim's view diverges from that of his sister, Ratana Kim, who objected to efforts by the Mercury News to unseal charging documents that detail the crime.
In an e-mail to the Mercury News this week, Ratana Kim said the Mercury News is "no longer alleviating the pain of this destruction in our lives, but rather contributing to this nightmare."
Inconsistent story
Police first learned of the killing from one of the suspects, according to court documents written by San Jose homicide detective Brian Ferrante.
Jovel called 911 to say that a woman was being attacked on Story Road, according to the documents.
Three men had just dragged her into the bushes, he told police.
Jovel said he tried to help her, picking her up before being chased away by "the suspect."
Jovel told police that he made his way back to her body, picked up her cell phone and called police.
Detectives suspected Jovel was lying almost right away, according to the documents.
For one thing, San seemed to have been dead for longer than the 17 minutes that elapsed between the 911 call and when police found her.
Detectives also discovered that several other calls had been made on San's cell phone. The first call was made around 5:18 a.m. - more than an hour before Jovel called police, according to the documents.
A homeowner who said she allowed Jovel to sleep in her garage later confirmed Jovel had called her around that time.
Alleged confession
When being interviewed by detective Thomas Morales, Jovel waived his Miranda rights to be silent or have a lawyer present. He told Morales that he had gone to that area to catch a No. 77 bus. Morales confronted Jovel with his inconsistencies and pointed out that the 77 bus does not run that early in the morning.
Jovel, the documents say, then confessed.
A day later, police caught Alvarado and he also confessed.
Their story is as cold-blooded as it is horrific.
The two men had planned the attack the night before as they smoked methamphetamine in a homeless encampment, according to the documents.
"He stated that Lorenzo (Alvarado) said he wanted to rape a woman, kill her and give her soul to the devil," Ferrante wrote of an interview with Jovel.
Early that morning they spotted San and began walking with her along Story Road trying to talk with her. Then they stabbed her in the stomach. She dropped her purse and cell phone and ran. The men followed, snapping up her purse and cell phone as they chased her, and stabbed her again.
They chased her into the bushes along the side of the road. And there, they raped and stabbed her over and over, according to the documents.
Jovel allegedly told police the attack lasted about 30 minutes.
He said he went back to the homeless encampment and told a man there what he had done.
That man later told police that Jovel had wakened him that morning to show him his bloody hands. He had just killed a woman, he told the man, according to the documents.
Alvarado said afterward that he dumped his bloody T-shirt in a dumpster behind a tire store, then went to a nearby home where he washed the blood off his shoes with a garden hose.
UNSEALED DOCUMENTS SAY PAIR CONFESSED
By Sean WebbyMercury NewsSan Jose Mercury News
Article Launched:08/25/2007 01:34:38 AM PDT
Still covered in blood, the homeless man told police a heroic story of how he had tried to save a woman as she was being attacked. Julio Jovel had called 911 on a woman's dropped cell phone as she was being assaulted and even tried to carry her away to safety.
But Jovel was no good Samaritan. He was, according to prosecutors and police, a killer responsible for one of the city's most vicious violent crimes in years.
Soon after he was arrested, Jovel and another transient confessed in gruesome detail to San Jose detectives to raping and stabbing to death a 46-year-old woman last month, according to court documents unsealed Friday.
Jovel, 30, and Luis Alvarado, 18, - who were in the country illegally but had no serious criminal records - are facing a potential death sentence for their alleged homicidal attack on San Jose resident Sany San. No trial date has yet been set.
Their attorneys could not be reached for comment.
The details of the high-profile homicide came out Friday, weeks after prosecutors sealed a key filing in the case and defense attorneys argued all but the most basic documents in the case should be kept secret.
Acting on a suit filed by the Mercury News, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Jean High Wetenkamp ruled earlier this week that the documents ought to be public, rejecting arguments that they might endanger the defendants' right to a fair trial.
"More than anything, it's a release that we know the truth," said San's cousin, Darrarith Kim, of San Jose. "It concludes. It gives us an answer."
However disturbing the details of his cousin's death may be, Kim said he'd prefer to know than not.
"I want to know the truth," he said.
But Darrarith Kim's view diverges from that of his sister, Ratana Kim, who objected to efforts by the Mercury News to unseal charging documents that detail the crime.
In an e-mail to the Mercury News this week, Ratana Kim said the Mercury News is "no longer alleviating the pain of this destruction in our lives, but rather contributing to this nightmare."
Inconsistent story
Police first learned of the killing from one of the suspects, according to court documents written by San Jose homicide detective Brian Ferrante.
Jovel called 911 to say that a woman was being attacked on Story Road, according to the documents.
Three men had just dragged her into the bushes, he told police.
Jovel said he tried to help her, picking her up before being chased away by "the suspect."
Jovel told police that he made his way back to her body, picked up her cell phone and called police.
Detectives suspected Jovel was lying almost right away, according to the documents.
For one thing, San seemed to have been dead for longer than the 17 minutes that elapsed between the 911 call and when police found her.
Detectives also discovered that several other calls had been made on San's cell phone. The first call was made around 5:18 a.m. - more than an hour before Jovel called police, according to the documents.
A homeowner who said she allowed Jovel to sleep in her garage later confirmed Jovel had called her around that time.
Alleged confession
When being interviewed by detective Thomas Morales, Jovel waived his Miranda rights to be silent or have a lawyer present. He told Morales that he had gone to that area to catch a No. 77 bus. Morales confronted Jovel with his inconsistencies and pointed out that the 77 bus does not run that early in the morning.
Jovel, the documents say, then confessed.
A day later, police caught Alvarado and he also confessed.
Their story is as cold-blooded as it is horrific.
The two men had planned the attack the night before as they smoked methamphetamine in a homeless encampment, according to the documents.
"He stated that Lorenzo (Alvarado) said he wanted to rape a woman, kill her and give her soul to the devil," Ferrante wrote of an interview with Jovel.
Early that morning they spotted San and began walking with her along Story Road trying to talk with her. Then they stabbed her in the stomach. She dropped her purse and cell phone and ran. The men followed, snapping up her purse and cell phone as they chased her, and stabbed her again.
They chased her into the bushes along the side of the road. And there, they raped and stabbed her over and over, according to the documents.
Jovel allegedly told police the attack lasted about 30 minutes.
He said he went back to the homeless encampment and told a man there what he had done.
That man later told police that Jovel had wakened him that morning to show him his bloody hands. He had just killed a woman, he told the man, according to the documents.
Alvarado said afterward that he dumped his bloody T-shirt in a dumpster behind a tire store, then went to a nearby home where he washed the blood off his shoes with a garden hose.
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Toddler kicked to death by illegal
Illegal Immigrant Charged In Child’s Death
KOTV - 8/22/2007 8:16 PM - Updated 8/23/2007 6:16 AM
Charges are filed in the kicking death of a Coweta toddler. Michael Hernandez was in a Wagoner County district court Wednesday, facing first degree murder charges. He's accused of kicking his girlfriend's 2-year-old son to death. A judge denied Hernandez bond, but the victim's family is concerned his immigration status could change that, because he’s here illegally from Mexico. The News On 6’s Ashli Sims reports the victim's grandmother says she's worried he might be sent back to Mexico before justice can be served.
Kelynn Byrd's grandmother says burying her 2-year-old grandson was the hardest thing she ever had to do.
"He is, he's very beautiful and he was so sweet," said Kelynn’s grandmother Michelle Ebel.
The toddler's life was cut short when he died from blunt chest and abdominal trauma. Police say his mother's boyfriend, Michael Hernandez, was the only one home at the time of the boy's injury. And they say Hernandez confessed to repeatedly kicking Kelynn in the chest.
"Whatever kind of anger that can lead up to someone doing that to a 2-and-a-half-year-old boy is just beyond me," said Ebel.
Hernandez is charged with first degree murder and is now behind bars in the Wagoner County jail. The judge in the case contacted the Mexican consulate, because Hernandez is a Mexican citizen, here illegally. Kelynn's family is afraid that Hernandez could be sent back to Mexico before the American legal system can run its course.
A spokesperson from the Wagoner County district attorney's office told The News On 6 they would fight any extradition or deportation. He says they plan on proceeding to a conviction, and if Hernandez is convicted they intend for him to serve his sentence in Oklahoma.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, confirms that illegal immigrants would go through the same criminal justice process as anyone else. ICE says they do flag illegal immigrants in state custody, so if they're eligible for bond, they're released into ICE custody instead of back into the community. ICE also added if Hernandez was tried and convicted for the murder of Kelynn Byrd he would serve his sentence first, and then be deported back to Mexico.
Michael Hernandez will be back in court next month for a preliminary hearing.
KOTV - 8/22/2007 8:16 PM - Updated 8/23/2007 6:16 AM
Charges are filed in the kicking death of a Coweta toddler. Michael Hernandez was in a Wagoner County district court Wednesday, facing first degree murder charges. He's accused of kicking his girlfriend's 2-year-old son to death. A judge denied Hernandez bond, but the victim's family is concerned his immigration status could change that, because he’s here illegally from Mexico. The News On 6’s Ashli Sims reports the victim's grandmother says she's worried he might be sent back to Mexico before justice can be served.
Kelynn Byrd's grandmother says burying her 2-year-old grandson was the hardest thing she ever had to do.
"He is, he's very beautiful and he was so sweet," said Kelynn’s grandmother Michelle Ebel.
The toddler's life was cut short when he died from blunt chest and abdominal trauma. Police say his mother's boyfriend, Michael Hernandez, was the only one home at the time of the boy's injury. And they say Hernandez confessed to repeatedly kicking Kelynn in the chest.
"Whatever kind of anger that can lead up to someone doing that to a 2-and-a-half-year-old boy is just beyond me," said Ebel.
Hernandez is charged with first degree murder and is now behind bars in the Wagoner County jail. The judge in the case contacted the Mexican consulate, because Hernandez is a Mexican citizen, here illegally. Kelynn's family is afraid that Hernandez could be sent back to Mexico before the American legal system can run its course.
A spokesperson from the Wagoner County district attorney's office told The News On 6 they would fight any extradition or deportation. He says they plan on proceeding to a conviction, and if Hernandez is convicted they intend for him to serve his sentence in Oklahoma.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, confirms that illegal immigrants would go through the same criminal justice process as anyone else. ICE says they do flag illegal immigrants in state custody, so if they're eligible for bond, they're released into ICE custody instead of back into the community. ICE also added if Hernandez was tried and convicted for the murder of Kelynn Byrd he would serve his sentence first, and then be deported back to Mexico.
Michael Hernandez will be back in court next month for a preliminary hearing.
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Another grandma killed trying to stop grafitti
A Hesperia resident is the second Southland victim in two weeks to be killed in a confrontation over tagging. By Jonathan Abrams, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer August 25, 2007 A 65-year-old Hesperia woman was shot and killed Thursday evening after she and family members confronted taggers spray-painting graffiti on their apartment wall and trash cans. Authorities arrested the alleged triggerman, Ricardo Real, 19, of Hesperia, Friday afternoon on suspicion of murder and were searching for at least three other suspects, said San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Jodi Miller. The shooting comes two weeks after a 57-year-old Pico Rivera woman was gunned down after she tried to stop taggers from spray-painting graffiti in her neighborhood, a slaying that outraged surrounding communities. Law enforcement authorities across Southern California say they are seeing an increase in violence related to tagging associated with street gangs. Seutatia Tausili of Hesperia was shot about 8:30 p.m. Thursday after she and other family members approached several people spray-painting their apartment complex on First Avenue. An argument turned into a fight, Miller said. "All we wanted to know is why they were doing it," said Vasa Ptnesapele, Tausili's grandson, who said he was among the family members who approached the taggers. "My grandmother was letting them know we were going to call the police. A couple of them started mouthing off to our grandmother. They wanted to fight and it turned into self- defense. Next thing we know, we hear six shots." Vaovasa Penu, another of Tausili's grandsons, was shot in the leg during the incident. He was treated and released from Arrowhead Regional Medical Center. Tausili, who suffered a single gunshot wound to the chest, died about an hour later at Desert Valley Hospital in Victorville, Miller said. "She was always there," Ptnesapele said. "She was everything a person could ask for. She took care of us. "She was the heart of the family." Ptnesapele said the taggers had recently moved into the area from Los Angeles and lived on the other side of the apartment complex. "Tagging is an issue almost everywhere," Miller said. "You can drive down the street and see multiple taggings in most areas. In this particular area, there has been tagging before." San Bernardino County has witnessed a sharp uptick in graffiti over the last decade, especially in the high desert, as its population and the number of street gang members has grown. Miller said that because the incident occurred in the early evening, people were around to confront the taggers. "A lot of times, it happens at night when most people are sleeping," she said. "This was going on when people were awake and able to go out and approach them." San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department homicide investigators arrested Real after he was located by a multi-agency high desert gang task force, which used the graffiti to help identify gang members associated with the incident. "Homicide detectives had been out there all night," Miller said. "Through the investigation, they were able to determine Real as the likely triggerman and arrest him." Two weeks ago in Pico Rivera, Maria Hicks was on her way home when she was killed after confronting taggers in her neighborhood. Four suspected gang members were charged with murder in that case.
Another illegal rapes child
Woman, Son Hold Man Accused Of Raping Girl
Mother Interrupted Assault In Child's Bedroom, Police Say
POSTED: 1:23 pm EDT August 24, 2007
UPDATED: 6:20 pm EDT August 24, 2007
INDIANAPOLIS -- Police said a woman interrupted a 19-year-old man's rape of her 5-year-old daughter and, with the help of her son, held him in her home until officers arrived early Friday morning.
According to police, Jesus Valenzuela (pictured) entered the home, located in the 6000 block of Sunwood Drive on the city's northwest side, and raped the girl in her bedroom.
The girl's mother told police that she awoke at about 4:30 a.m. and found the home's patio door open. When she went to check on her children, she found Valenzuela raping the 5-year-old, police said.
Police said the woman pulled Valenzuela off her daughter and yelled for help from her 13-year-old daughter, who was asleep in the same bedroom, and her 18-year-old son, who also was asleep in the home.
The 13-year-old called 911, and the son arrived to help his mother, police said.
"Of course, the suspect is trying to get away. The 18-year-old son arrives, and they're able to subdue (Valenzuela) and hold him there for the police to come and get," Indianapolis police Sgt. Matt Mount said.
Police said Valenzuela refused to answer investigators' questions, 6News' Jack Rinehart reported. They said he is a Mexican national who may be in the U.S. illegally.
Authorities said they found property that belonged to the children in Valenzuela's pockets.
Police said that in the home, they found items that they believe Valenzuela dropped after stealing them from a vehicle down the street.
He was being held Friday on felony charges of child molestation and burglary, police said.
Mother Interrupted Assault In Child's Bedroom, Police Say
POSTED: 1:23 pm EDT August 24, 2007
UPDATED: 6:20 pm EDT August 24, 2007
INDIANAPOLIS -- Police said a woman interrupted a 19-year-old man's rape of her 5-year-old daughter and, with the help of her son, held him in her home until officers arrived early Friday morning.
According to police, Jesus Valenzuela (pictured) entered the home, located in the 6000 block of Sunwood Drive on the city's northwest side, and raped the girl in her bedroom.
The girl's mother told police that she awoke at about 4:30 a.m. and found the home's patio door open. When she went to check on her children, she found Valenzuela raping the 5-year-old, police said.
Police said the woman pulled Valenzuela off her daughter and yelled for help from her 13-year-old daughter, who was asleep in the same bedroom, and her 18-year-old son, who also was asleep in the home.
The 13-year-old called 911, and the son arrived to help his mother, police said.
"Of course, the suspect is trying to get away. The 18-year-old son arrives, and they're able to subdue (Valenzuela) and hold him there for the police to come and get," Indianapolis police Sgt. Matt Mount said.
Police said Valenzuela refused to answer investigators' questions, 6News' Jack Rinehart reported. They said he is a Mexican national who may be in the U.S. illegally.
Authorities said they found property that belonged to the children in Valenzuela's pockets.
Police said that in the home, they found items that they believe Valenzuela dropped after stealing them from a vehicle down the street.
He was being held Friday on felony charges of child molestation and burglary, police said.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Another Drunk Illegal Murderer
Family's death puts new focus on those here illegallySuspect in fatal fiery wreck had been through the courts before
By SUSAN CARROLL Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle
Felinda Williams couldn't make herself go to court on a recent morning, couldn't bring herself to look at the man accused of driving drunk and killing her daughter, her son-in-law and her 2-year-old grandson.
She knows few details of the Aug. 11 crash in Houston that killed the newlyweds and the little boy nicknamed "Peanut Butter." She does know that her daughter didn't die on impact. The young woman, according to reports, felt the flames and begged helpless bystanders to pull her free.
The grieving woman knows two things about Juan Felix Salinas, the man charged in connection with their deaths: She knows his name, and she knows he was in the U.S. illegally, out on bail after an earlier arrest.
"He's been through the courts and the jail before, and nobody caught it," Williams said. "If they'd caught it, he would have been in jail or deported, and then he wouldn't have been out there on the streets, and my babies would still be alive."
The deaths of Tenisha and S.J. Williams and Xavier Brown have once again focused attention on a controversial topic for law enforcement in Harris County and across the country — how to deal with illegal immigrants accused of crimes.
Police and sheriff's departments have struggled to balance outreach to victims and witnesses in immigrant communities with efforts to crack down on career criminals in the country illegally.
Arrested in MarchIn the past year, Harris County Sheriff's Office and Houston Police Department officials said they have increased their cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. But despite recent efforts, not all illegal immigrants who come into contact with law enforcement in Houston are referred to immigration authorities, which has frustrated some victims' advocates and proponents of stricter immigration controls.
Salinas, 41, was arrested in Jacinto City after allegedly shaking his wife violently on March 31. He escaped the attention of immigration officials by posting a "non-arrest" bond at the Harris County Jail, which some victim advocates have called a loophole for illegal immigrants.
Spurred by officer's deathFor years, HPD officials resisted pressure to ask suspects about their immigration status, arguing it would jeopardize their ability to get witnesses and victims in immigrant communities to come forward, for fear of deportation. The killing of HPD officer Rodney Johnson in September brought national attention to the policy, as details emerged about the suspected killer, Juan Quintero. The illegal immigrant, who is accused of shooting Johnson in the head during a traffic stop, was convicted of molesting a minor in 1998 and driving while intoxicated in 1995. He was deported in 1999.
After Johnson's death, HPD started referring cases to ICE, said Victor Senties, an HPD spokesman. But not everyone identified at a jail as an illegal immigrant is referred to immigration officials, according to the HPD fact sheet on the new policy. Under the guidelines, only people who are arrested and found to have outstanding immigration warrants or are previously deported felons would be referred to ICE. Gabe Ortiz, an HPD spokesman, added that "ICE does have full access to the jail facilities."
From Oct. 10, when the policy took effect, through July 31, HPD has referred 144 cases to ICE officials, according to HPD statistics.
Cases referred to ICEOfficials with the Harris County Sheriff's Office ask each inmate during the intake process about nationality and citizenship, said Sgt. D.M. Mackey.
More than 4,606 inmates admitted to being illegal immigrants and had their cases referred to ICE from August 2006 through August 2007, Mackey said. In the previous 18 months, the sheriff's office had identified 1,940 illegal immigrants in the jail.
Andy Kahan, director of the Mayor's Crime Victim's Office, questioned why local authorities don't refer all cases involving suspected illegal immigrants to ICE.
"We can't expect ICE and federal officials to act if we don't give them all of the information to act on," he said. "If we don't give them the tools to make a decision, we reap what we sow."
Distorted perception?Alison Parker, a senior researcher with Human Rights Watch, cautioned that the media attention surrounding high-profile crimes involving immigrants can sometimes distort public perception. Parker recently completed a study of immigrants convicted of crimes and deported under a 1996 immigration law.
"There are a lot of stories in the media that leave the public with the impression that there are lots of undocumented immigrants committing lots of very serious violent crimes, and those things occur, certainly, but they are overly represented in the press, and the reality is that there are lots of undocumented in the United States who don't commit crimes," Parker said.
Salinas, 41, from Nuevo Leon, Mexico, escaped the attention of immigration officials after being charged with assault and public intoxication in two separate incidents earlier this year.
On March 31, Salinas' wife called 911 and reported that he shook her "violently" during an argument.
He was charged in Harris County with family assault and paid a $1,500 "non-arrest" bond. They are issued only on cases in which a warrant has been issued and a bond has been set, a Houston bail bondsman said. Paying the "non-arrest" bond allows a suspect to avoid going to jail, but is typically reserved for minor offenses.
'A sticky issue'Jacinto City Police Chief J.M. Ayala said his police department does not ask suspects about immigration status. "It's kind of a sticky issue," he said, and can lead to accusations of profiling.
Immigration officials have placed a hold on Salinas, so he won't be released without notice. He now faces three counts of intoxicated manslaughter, in addition to the earlier assault and public intoxication charges.
On Friday morning, Felinda Williams lit a candle in front of her daughter's high school portrait, where Tenisha smiled softly, her neck ringed with pearls. She was her only daughter, the middle child, 26 years old.
Tenisha and S.J. had just married at a little chapel not far from Williams' house on Melbourne. They caught that 7-7-07 craze, she said, and it was special, because it was S.J.'s birthday.
The baby, "Peanut Butter," would have turned 3 this past Monday. They were going to go to Sea World.
"She had everything that she wanted," Williams said. "She had a good husband who she loved, and who loved her, and he loved the baby. Everything was going good. She was just at a high point. The lottery couldn't get no better."
Williams said she's not yet ready to see Salinas.
"Once the trial starts, every time they have him in there, I'll be there, too," she said. "This man turned my world upside down, inside out."
By SUSAN CARROLL Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle
Felinda Williams couldn't make herself go to court on a recent morning, couldn't bring herself to look at the man accused of driving drunk and killing her daughter, her son-in-law and her 2-year-old grandson.
She knows few details of the Aug. 11 crash in Houston that killed the newlyweds and the little boy nicknamed "Peanut Butter." She does know that her daughter didn't die on impact. The young woman, according to reports, felt the flames and begged helpless bystanders to pull her free.
The grieving woman knows two things about Juan Felix Salinas, the man charged in connection with their deaths: She knows his name, and she knows he was in the U.S. illegally, out on bail after an earlier arrest.
"He's been through the courts and the jail before, and nobody caught it," Williams said. "If they'd caught it, he would have been in jail or deported, and then he wouldn't have been out there on the streets, and my babies would still be alive."
The deaths of Tenisha and S.J. Williams and Xavier Brown have once again focused attention on a controversial topic for law enforcement in Harris County and across the country — how to deal with illegal immigrants accused of crimes.
Police and sheriff's departments have struggled to balance outreach to victims and witnesses in immigrant communities with efforts to crack down on career criminals in the country illegally.
Arrested in MarchIn the past year, Harris County Sheriff's Office and Houston Police Department officials said they have increased their cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. But despite recent efforts, not all illegal immigrants who come into contact with law enforcement in Houston are referred to immigration authorities, which has frustrated some victims' advocates and proponents of stricter immigration controls.
Salinas, 41, was arrested in Jacinto City after allegedly shaking his wife violently on March 31. He escaped the attention of immigration officials by posting a "non-arrest" bond at the Harris County Jail, which some victim advocates have called a loophole for illegal immigrants.
Spurred by officer's deathFor years, HPD officials resisted pressure to ask suspects about their immigration status, arguing it would jeopardize their ability to get witnesses and victims in immigrant communities to come forward, for fear of deportation. The killing of HPD officer Rodney Johnson in September brought national attention to the policy, as details emerged about the suspected killer, Juan Quintero. The illegal immigrant, who is accused of shooting Johnson in the head during a traffic stop, was convicted of molesting a minor in 1998 and driving while intoxicated in 1995. He was deported in 1999.
After Johnson's death, HPD started referring cases to ICE, said Victor Senties, an HPD spokesman. But not everyone identified at a jail as an illegal immigrant is referred to immigration officials, according to the HPD fact sheet on the new policy. Under the guidelines, only people who are arrested and found to have outstanding immigration warrants or are previously deported felons would be referred to ICE. Gabe Ortiz, an HPD spokesman, added that "ICE does have full access to the jail facilities."
From Oct. 10, when the policy took effect, through July 31, HPD has referred 144 cases to ICE officials, according to HPD statistics.
Cases referred to ICEOfficials with the Harris County Sheriff's Office ask each inmate during the intake process about nationality and citizenship, said Sgt. D.M. Mackey.
More than 4,606 inmates admitted to being illegal immigrants and had their cases referred to ICE from August 2006 through August 2007, Mackey said. In the previous 18 months, the sheriff's office had identified 1,940 illegal immigrants in the jail.
Andy Kahan, director of the Mayor's Crime Victim's Office, questioned why local authorities don't refer all cases involving suspected illegal immigrants to ICE.
"We can't expect ICE and federal officials to act if we don't give them all of the information to act on," he said. "If we don't give them the tools to make a decision, we reap what we sow."
Distorted perception?Alison Parker, a senior researcher with Human Rights Watch, cautioned that the media attention surrounding high-profile crimes involving immigrants can sometimes distort public perception. Parker recently completed a study of immigrants convicted of crimes and deported under a 1996 immigration law.
"There are a lot of stories in the media that leave the public with the impression that there are lots of undocumented immigrants committing lots of very serious violent crimes, and those things occur, certainly, but they are overly represented in the press, and the reality is that there are lots of undocumented in the United States who don't commit crimes," Parker said.
Salinas, 41, from Nuevo Leon, Mexico, escaped the attention of immigration officials after being charged with assault and public intoxication in two separate incidents earlier this year.
On March 31, Salinas' wife called 911 and reported that he shook her "violently" during an argument.
He was charged in Harris County with family assault and paid a $1,500 "non-arrest" bond. They are issued only on cases in which a warrant has been issued and a bond has been set, a Houston bail bondsman said. Paying the "non-arrest" bond allows a suspect to avoid going to jail, but is typically reserved for minor offenses.
'A sticky issue'Jacinto City Police Chief J.M. Ayala said his police department does not ask suspects about immigration status. "It's kind of a sticky issue," he said, and can lead to accusations of profiling.
Immigration officials have placed a hold on Salinas, so he won't be released without notice. He now faces three counts of intoxicated manslaughter, in addition to the earlier assault and public intoxication charges.
On Friday morning, Felinda Williams lit a candle in front of her daughter's high school portrait, where Tenisha smiled softly, her neck ringed with pearls. She was her only daughter, the middle child, 26 years old.
Tenisha and S.J. had just married at a little chapel not far from Williams' house on Melbourne. They caught that 7-7-07 craze, she said, and it was special, because it was S.J.'s birthday.
The baby, "Peanut Butter," would have turned 3 this past Monday. They were going to go to Sea World.
"She had everything that she wanted," Williams said. "She had a good husband who she loved, and who loved her, and he loved the baby. Everything was going good. She was just at a high point. The lottery couldn't get no better."
Williams said she's not yet ready to see Salinas.
"Once the trial starts, every time they have him in there, I'll be there, too," she said. "This man turned my world upside down, inside out."
Serial illegal rapist in Charlotte
Serial Rape Suspect Back in Mecklenburg County Custody
New information also tonight on this illegal immigrant believed to be a serial rapist in Charlotte.Jose Rivera is now back in custody in Mecklenburg County.He was being held in Georgia by immigration officials for the past month.Police think he raped three women in Dilworth over the past several years.
New information also tonight on this illegal immigrant believed to be a serial rapist in Charlotte.Jose Rivera is now back in custody in Mecklenburg County.He was being held in Georgia by immigration officials for the past month.Police think he raped three women in Dilworth over the past several years.
Rapist illegal sentenced
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Rapist Sentenced To 20 Years
By DAN UHLINGER
The Hartford Courant
1:40 PM EDT, August 22, 2007
In a highly emotional court hearing today, a wheelchair-bound elderly woman from East Hartford, breathing from a portable oxygen tank, confronted her attacker at his sentencing on rape and other charges.Alejandro Cuyxum, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala, pleaded for forgiveness before he was sentenced in Hartford Superior Court to 20 years in prison for beating and raping the 73-year-old woman in July 2005.Clasping her oxygen tube and staring at Cuyxum, the woman, who has lost the use of one arm, listened as Cuyxum, 26, said they were brother and sister in God's eyes.Cuyxum said he was truly sorry and was taking responsibility for his actions.The woman did not react.Comforted by her family members, the woman gave a statement to the court that told how Cuyxum had robbed her of everything important in life."This man has taken from my life much that was meaningful and provided enjoyment and satisfaction.The woman, who lived with her pet dog in an apartment on Main Street, has had to move into an assisted living center. As a result of the attack, she has lost the daily companionship of her dog, Peaches, and her close friends."I want him to be accountable," she said.
Rapist Sentenced To 20 Years
By DAN UHLINGER
The Hartford Courant
1:40 PM EDT, August 22, 2007
In a highly emotional court hearing today, a wheelchair-bound elderly woman from East Hartford, breathing from a portable oxygen tank, confronted her attacker at his sentencing on rape and other charges.Alejandro Cuyxum, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala, pleaded for forgiveness before he was sentenced in Hartford Superior Court to 20 years in prison for beating and raping the 73-year-old woman in July 2005.Clasping her oxygen tube and staring at Cuyxum, the woman, who has lost the use of one arm, listened as Cuyxum, 26, said they were brother and sister in God's eyes.Cuyxum said he was truly sorry and was taking responsibility for his actions.The woman did not react.Comforted by her family members, the woman gave a statement to the court that told how Cuyxum had robbed her of everything important in life."This man has taken from my life much that was meaningful and provided enjoyment and satisfaction.The woman, who lived with her pet dog in an apartment on Main Street, has had to move into an assisted living center. As a result of the attack, she has lost the daily companionship of her dog, Peaches, and her close friends."I want him to be accountable," she said.
Monday, August 20, 2007
Kidnapping illegal
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Man Charged With Kidnapping, Trying To Sexually Assault Young Girls in Gaston County
POSTED: 6:16 pm EDT August 20, 2007
UPDATED: 6:35 pm EDT August 20, 2007
GASTONIA, N.C. -- Police in Gaston County say an illegal immigrant kidnapped and tried to sexually assault two little girls Saturday.
They say Ramon Zamora-Solano, 41, told the girls to come into his apartment in Gastonia. The 6- and 5-year-old girls were playing outside at a birthday party on Duhart Avenue. Police say the girls said no, and Zamora-Solano hit them and dragged them into the apartment by their hair before locking the door.
The girls’ parents went looking for them, and found them in the apartment. They say Zamora-Solano’s pants were open, and one of the girls' dresses was pulled up. The girls’ fathers attacked Ramon Zamora Solano, leaving him bruised.
Zamora-Solano told a judge Monday he wanted to explain his side of the story. But the judge told him to talk to his lawyer first.
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Man Charged With Kidnapping, Trying To Sexually Assault Young Girls in Gaston County
POSTED: 6:16 pm EDT August 20, 2007
UPDATED: 6:35 pm EDT August 20, 2007
GASTONIA, N.C. -- Police in Gaston County say an illegal immigrant kidnapped and tried to sexually assault two little girls Saturday.
They say Ramon Zamora-Solano, 41, told the girls to come into his apartment in Gastonia. The 6- and 5-year-old girls were playing outside at a birthday party on Duhart Avenue. Police say the girls said no, and Zamora-Solano hit them and dragged them into the apartment by their hair before locking the door.
The girls’ parents went looking for them, and found them in the apartment. They say Zamora-Solano’s pants were open, and one of the girls' dresses was pulled up. The girls’ fathers attacked Ramon Zamora Solano, leaving him bruised.
Zamora-Solano told a judge Monday he wanted to explain his side of the story. But the judge told him to talk to his lawyer first.
Naked illegals
1 Dead, 2 Naked in Illegal Immigrant Break-Ins
August 18th, 2007 @ 9:47pm
by KPHO.com
EL MIRAGE, Ariz. -- A normally quiet Phoenix-area neighborhood stirred to life Saturday as Maricopa County sheriff's deputies on the trail of undocumented immigrants discovered a body, several break-ins and two people in the nude all related to a tip on the controversial illegal immigrant hotline.
Deputies said they were doing surveillance in the area of 129th Avenue and Cherry Hills Drive in El Mirage when they got the call of someone trying to steal a car.
That turned into suspects hiding in bushes at a high school and then word of suspected drop house with a dead man inside.
"We have three people hiding out in a high school, a dead body and we have illegals all in this beautiful neighborhood," said neighbor Evelyn Matthews.
Matthews said she was prepared for the shock of what she heard and saw as the drama unfolded.
"I was in there watching the Cardinals game when all of the sudden I heard this boom," Matthews said.
When Matthews walked outside, she said she found a sheriff's SWAT team surrounding two homes in her normally quiet neighborhood.
"Supposedly someone from next door in a drop house broke into two houses down the street and they're hiding in them," Matthews said.
Jimmy Wren waited to hear if undocumented immigrants were still hiding out in his daughter's home while she was in Tucson.
We just put an alarm system in Friday," Wren said. "They broke into her house a week ago Friday."
Wren said a purse, a camera, a frozen chicken and some other little trinkets were stolen.
SWAT officers entered Wren's home first and then sent a robot and police dog into the two-story house next door, sheriff's deputies said.
Deputies said they had been tipped off they might find a man's body in the garage and two more people upstairs.
"They found a dead body that was beaten and shot and two others hiding with no clothes on," said Sheriff Joe Arpaio at the scene.
Deputies took four people into custody.
Arpaio credited the arrests to someone calling his undocumented migrant hotline to report the activity in the neighborhood.
"Why don't they come out here and see what illegal immigration does to a neighborhood," Arpaio said to critics of the hotline.
MSCO launched the controversial hotline in late July as a means to get tips about illegal immigration.
The victim is believed to be an undocumented immigrant, according to sheriff's investigators. Deputies said they are trying to unravel how the man died.
August 18th, 2007 @ 9:47pm
by KPHO.com
EL MIRAGE, Ariz. -- A normally quiet Phoenix-area neighborhood stirred to life Saturday as Maricopa County sheriff's deputies on the trail of undocumented immigrants discovered a body, several break-ins and two people in the nude all related to a tip on the controversial illegal immigrant hotline.
Deputies said they were doing surveillance in the area of 129th Avenue and Cherry Hills Drive in El Mirage when they got the call of someone trying to steal a car.
That turned into suspects hiding in bushes at a high school and then word of suspected drop house with a dead man inside.
"We have three people hiding out in a high school, a dead body and we have illegals all in this beautiful neighborhood," said neighbor Evelyn Matthews.
Matthews said she was prepared for the shock of what she heard and saw as the drama unfolded.
"I was in there watching the Cardinals game when all of the sudden I heard this boom," Matthews said.
When Matthews walked outside, she said she found a sheriff's SWAT team surrounding two homes in her normally quiet neighborhood.
"Supposedly someone from next door in a drop house broke into two houses down the street and they're hiding in them," Matthews said.
Jimmy Wren waited to hear if undocumented immigrants were still hiding out in his daughter's home while she was in Tucson.
We just put an alarm system in Friday," Wren said. "They broke into her house a week ago Friday."
Wren said a purse, a camera, a frozen chicken and some other little trinkets were stolen.
SWAT officers entered Wren's home first and then sent a robot and police dog into the two-story house next door, sheriff's deputies said.
Deputies said they had been tipped off they might find a man's body in the garage and two more people upstairs.
"They found a dead body that was beaten and shot and two others hiding with no clothes on," said Sheriff Joe Arpaio at the scene.
Deputies took four people into custody.
Arpaio credited the arrests to someone calling his undocumented migrant hotline to report the activity in the neighborhood.
"Why don't they come out here and see what illegal immigration does to a neighborhood," Arpaio said to critics of the hotline.
MSCO launched the controversial hotline in late July as a means to get tips about illegal immigration.
The victim is believed to be an undocumented immigrant, according to sheriff's investigators. Deputies said they are trying to unravel how the man died.
Elvira Deported! Woo Hoo!!!!
Immigration Activist Deported to Mexico
Aug 20 08:45 AM US/EasternBy PETER PRENGAMANAssociated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) - An illegal immigrant who took refuge in a Chicago church for a year to avoid being separated from her U.S.-born son has been deported to Mexico, the church's pastor said.
Elvira Arellano became an activist and a national symbol for illegal immigrant parents as she defied her deportation order and spoke out from her religious sanctuary. She held a news conference last week to announce that she would finally leave the church to try to lobby U.S. lawmakers for change.
She had just spoken at rally Los Angeles rally when she was arrested Sunday outside Our Lady Queen of Angels church and deported, said the Rev. Walter Coleman, pastor of Adalberto United Methodist Church in Chicago, where Arellano had been living.
"She has been deported. She is free and in Tijuana," said Coleman, who said he spoke to her on the phone. "She is in good spirits. She is ready to continue the struggle against the separation of families from the other side of the border."
Her 8-year-old son, Saul, is now living with Coleman's family. During a news conference in Los Angeles after Arellano's arrest, the boy hid behind the pastor's wife and wiped away tears.
Arellano had said on Saturday that she was not afraid of being taken into custody by immigration agents.
"From the time I took sanctuary, the possibility has existed that they arrest me in the place and time they want," she said in Spanish. "I only have two choices. I either go to my country, Mexico, or stay and keep fighting. I decided to stay and fight."
Arellano, 32, arrived in Washington state illegally in 1997. She was deported to Mexico shortly afterward, but returned and moved to Illinois in 2000, taking a job cleaning planes at O'Hare International Airport.
She was arrested in 2002 at O'Hare and convicted of working under a false Social Security number. She was to surrender to authorities last August but instead sought refuge at the church on Aug. 15, 2006.
She had not left the church property until she decided to travel by car to Los Angeles, Coleman said.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed her Sunday arrest. Spokeswoman Gail Montenegro said the agency would have further details on the deportation later Monday.
Arellano is staying with a friend in Tijuana, Coleman said. He said she had brought to light her struggle, and for that, "she has won a victory."
"She'll be organizing on the Mexican side of the border while we're organizing in the (United) States," Coleman said Monday. "She'll be talking to organizations throughout Mexico and congressmen in Mexico City."
Coleman said he and other activists will continue Arellano's original plan to go to Washington, D.C., and take part in a prayer meeting and rally for immigration reform at the Capitol on Sept. 12.
Immigration activists promised protests and vigils to support Arellano.
"We are sad, but at the same time we are angry," said Javier Rodriguez, a Chicago immigration activist who worked with Arellano. "How dare they arrest this woman?"
Anti-illegal immigrant groups said the arrest was long overdue.
"Just because the woman has gone public and made an issue of the fact that she is defying law doesn't mean the government doesn't have to do its job," said Ira Mehlman of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which favors limits on immigration.
Arellano has repeatedly called for a stop to immigration raids that break up families with some members who are in the U.S. legally and others illegally. She has said her son would be deprived of his rights as a U.S. citizen if he had to go to Mexico simply because she did.
Emma Lozano, Coleman's wife and head of immigration rights group Centro Sin Fronteras in Chicago, said she was Saul's legal guardian.
"He's taking it better than we thought he would," Lozano said.
While being arrested, Arellano spoke briefly with her son before submitting to authorities, Lozano said.
"She calmed him down, hugged him and gave him a blessing," Lozano said.
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Associated Press writers Sophia Tareen and Michael Tarm in Chicago and Raquel Maria Dillon in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
Aug 20 08:45 AM US/EasternBy PETER PRENGAMANAssociated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) - An illegal immigrant who took refuge in a Chicago church for a year to avoid being separated from her U.S.-born son has been deported to Mexico, the church's pastor said.
Elvira Arellano became an activist and a national symbol for illegal immigrant parents as she defied her deportation order and spoke out from her religious sanctuary. She held a news conference last week to announce that she would finally leave the church to try to lobby U.S. lawmakers for change.
She had just spoken at rally Los Angeles rally when she was arrested Sunday outside Our Lady Queen of Angels church and deported, said the Rev. Walter Coleman, pastor of Adalberto United Methodist Church in Chicago, where Arellano had been living.
"She has been deported. She is free and in Tijuana," said Coleman, who said he spoke to her on the phone. "She is in good spirits. She is ready to continue the struggle against the separation of families from the other side of the border."
Her 8-year-old son, Saul, is now living with Coleman's family. During a news conference in Los Angeles after Arellano's arrest, the boy hid behind the pastor's wife and wiped away tears.
Arellano had said on Saturday that she was not afraid of being taken into custody by immigration agents.
"From the time I took sanctuary, the possibility has existed that they arrest me in the place and time they want," she said in Spanish. "I only have two choices. I either go to my country, Mexico, or stay and keep fighting. I decided to stay and fight."
Arellano, 32, arrived in Washington state illegally in 1997. She was deported to Mexico shortly afterward, but returned and moved to Illinois in 2000, taking a job cleaning planes at O'Hare International Airport.
She was arrested in 2002 at O'Hare and convicted of working under a false Social Security number. She was to surrender to authorities last August but instead sought refuge at the church on Aug. 15, 2006.
She had not left the church property until she decided to travel by car to Los Angeles, Coleman said.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed her Sunday arrest. Spokeswoman Gail Montenegro said the agency would have further details on the deportation later Monday.
Arellano is staying with a friend in Tijuana, Coleman said. He said she had brought to light her struggle, and for that, "she has won a victory."
"She'll be organizing on the Mexican side of the border while we're organizing in the (United) States," Coleman said Monday. "She'll be talking to organizations throughout Mexico and congressmen in Mexico City."
Coleman said he and other activists will continue Arellano's original plan to go to Washington, D.C., and take part in a prayer meeting and rally for immigration reform at the Capitol on Sept. 12.
Immigration activists promised protests and vigils to support Arellano.
"We are sad, but at the same time we are angry," said Javier Rodriguez, a Chicago immigration activist who worked with Arellano. "How dare they arrest this woman?"
Anti-illegal immigrant groups said the arrest was long overdue.
"Just because the woman has gone public and made an issue of the fact that she is defying law doesn't mean the government doesn't have to do its job," said Ira Mehlman of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which favors limits on immigration.
Arellano has repeatedly called for a stop to immigration raids that break up families with some members who are in the U.S. legally and others illegally. She has said her son would be deprived of his rights as a U.S. citizen if he had to go to Mexico simply because she did.
Emma Lozano, Coleman's wife and head of immigration rights group Centro Sin Fronteras in Chicago, said she was Saul's legal guardian.
"He's taking it better than we thought he would," Lozano said.
While being arrested, Arellano spoke briefly with her son before submitting to authorities, Lozano said.
"She calmed him down, hugged him and gave him a blessing," Lozano said.
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Associated Press writers Sophia Tareen and Michael Tarm in Chicago and Raquel Maria Dillon in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Scum Illegal kills for red.
Mistaken for gang member, youth died over a red cap
By MATTHIAS GAFNI/Times-Herald staff writerVallejo Times Herald
Article Launched:08/18/2007 07:11:37 AM PDT
Jose Romo was heading downtown to get his hair cut Sunday afternoon with friends.
The city's 11th homicide victim of 2007 would never make the appointment.
His car, with the 19-year-old Vallejoan riding shotgun, hit the intersection of Tennessee and Marin streets at the wrong time. One of his fellow passengers made the fatal mistake of wearing a red baseball hat in a neighborhood where Norte os and Sure os are fighting over turf, police said.
Unfortunately, as Romo's car drove through the intersection, a car with Sure o gang members, wearing their customary blue clothing, also passed through, Detective Mat Mustard said Friday. After a brief "hostile exchange," police said, the gang members followed Romo and his friends, who are not gang-affiliated and have no criminal records, to Carolina and Marin streets.
Shots rang out.
A gang member fired on Romo's vehicle numerous times with an undisclosed firearm, striking the young man in the head. That same gang member, an illegal alien from Mexico, had been deported last year after being arrested for a felony involving a hand gun.
After the shooting, Romo's friends frantically drove off, pulling over at an Italian restaurant near the Vallejo police station because they spotted an ambulance in the parking lot. Romo later died at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek.
"These people have never been contacted by the police. They have no history of gang association. They were all working class people," Mustard said of Romo and his friends. "It's just a senseless act of violence."
Police quickly arrested the suspected driver of the Sure o car, Jenny Melicia Dizon, 24, of Vallejo. She's been charged with one count of murder and three counts of attempted murder involving the other passengers in Romo's car. Her arraignment Wednesday was postponed and she is scheduled back in Solano County Superior Court on Monday.
Police are searching for the alleged shooter, Israel Rivera Balderas, 20, of Vallejo, who had a no-bail bench warrant filed Tuesday. He is charged with the same counts, along with gun enhancements. Both Dizon and Balderas' charges include gang enhancements.
Police believe there were more people in Dizon's car and are investigating, Mustard said.
"Some people make poor decisions, and (Balderas) may have believed that these people were gang members and acted on what his belief was," Mustard said. "Unfortunately, for the victim and victim's family, he was misidentified."
Balderas has a checkered past. In June 2005, he plead no contest to one count of felony second-degree robbery and received probation, with a gang stipulation, according to court records. In January 2006, his probation was revoked after he was charged as being a felon in possession of a firearm and carrying a concealed weapon, records show. Instead of serving a two-year prison sentence, he was deported to Mexico, Mustard said.
Police aren't sure where Balderas is now. "Whether he will or won't go back to Mexico, we don't know," Mustard said.
Sunday's shooting is the latest evidence of an increase in Vallejo gang activity, particularly among Hispanics, Mustard said. "For a portion of time we didn't have enough gang members to track. There's no doubt we have enough now," the detective said.
Six blocks away from Romo's shooting, at Sutter and Virginia streets, is a gang graffiti tag with the phrases "BBH," "X3" and "P.WEE" in blue spray paint, the Sure o color.
"BBH" stands for Brown Brother Hood, a Sure o-based Vallejo gang, Mustard said. "X3" is a version of the number "13," which is associated with that gang. "P.WEE" most likely refers to the suspected shooter Balderas, who goes by the nickname "Pee Wee," Mustard said.
Red spray paint from Norte os competes for space along the concrete wall.
"They are fighting over turf and marking over turf," Mustard said.
It's not the first Sure o-Norte o gang murder in Vallejo.
In December 2006, Ivan Valdez, a 20-year-old Sure o gang member, was found gunned down in an abandoned lot in the 300 block of Illinois Street, Mustard said. That homicide is unsolved.
In April 2005, Eric Soto, a Sure o gang member, was shot and killed on the 300 block of El Dorado Street, police said. Frank Capenhurst, 19, and Eric Gentry, 18, both Vallejo Norte o gang members, are charged with the homicide and scheduled to go to trial in September, police said.
All three homicides occurred in a roughly 10-block stretch along Sonoma Boulevard in downtown Vallejo.
Earlier this year, a group of juvenile Sure o gang members performed take-over robberies at various businesses, including a Denny's restaurant, Mustard said.
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Homicide Suspect
Police are searching for Israel Rivera Balderas, 20, who allegedly shot and killed Jose Romo on Sunday.
Balderas, known as "Pee Wee," has several distinguishing tattoos. He has one dot next to his left eye and three dots next to his right eye, standing for the number "13," which has ties to the Sure o gang. He also has a tattoo on the right side of his neck reading: "1Sure o3."
The reputed Sure o gang member is 5-foot-6 and about 150 pounds. He has short hair and a mustache.
Anyone with information on Balderas' whereabouts or the homicide can contact Vallejo Detective Mat Mustard at 648-4514.
By MATTHIAS GAFNI/Times-Herald staff writerVallejo Times Herald
Article Launched:08/18/2007 07:11:37 AM PDT
Jose Romo was heading downtown to get his hair cut Sunday afternoon with friends.
The city's 11th homicide victim of 2007 would never make the appointment.
His car, with the 19-year-old Vallejoan riding shotgun, hit the intersection of Tennessee and Marin streets at the wrong time. One of his fellow passengers made the fatal mistake of wearing a red baseball hat in a neighborhood where Norte os and Sure os are fighting over turf, police said.
Unfortunately, as Romo's car drove through the intersection, a car with Sure o gang members, wearing their customary blue clothing, also passed through, Detective Mat Mustard said Friday. After a brief "hostile exchange," police said, the gang members followed Romo and his friends, who are not gang-affiliated and have no criminal records, to Carolina and Marin streets.
Shots rang out.
A gang member fired on Romo's vehicle numerous times with an undisclosed firearm, striking the young man in the head. That same gang member, an illegal alien from Mexico, had been deported last year after being arrested for a felony involving a hand gun.
After the shooting, Romo's friends frantically drove off, pulling over at an Italian restaurant near the Vallejo police station because they spotted an ambulance in the parking lot. Romo later died at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek.
"These people have never been contacted by the police. They have no history of gang association. They were all working class people," Mustard said of Romo and his friends. "It's just a senseless act of violence."
Police quickly arrested the suspected driver of the Sure o car, Jenny Melicia Dizon, 24, of Vallejo. She's been charged with one count of murder and three counts of attempted murder involving the other passengers in Romo's car. Her arraignment Wednesday was postponed and she is scheduled back in Solano County Superior Court on Monday.
Police are searching for the alleged shooter, Israel Rivera Balderas, 20, of Vallejo, who had a no-bail bench warrant filed Tuesday. He is charged with the same counts, along with gun enhancements. Both Dizon and Balderas' charges include gang enhancements.
Police believe there were more people in Dizon's car and are investigating, Mustard said.
"Some people make poor decisions, and (Balderas) may have believed that these people were gang members and acted on what his belief was," Mustard said. "Unfortunately, for the victim and victim's family, he was misidentified."
Balderas has a checkered past. In June 2005, he plead no contest to one count of felony second-degree robbery and received probation, with a gang stipulation, according to court records. In January 2006, his probation was revoked after he was charged as being a felon in possession of a firearm and carrying a concealed weapon, records show. Instead of serving a two-year prison sentence, he was deported to Mexico, Mustard said.
Police aren't sure where Balderas is now. "Whether he will or won't go back to Mexico, we don't know," Mustard said.
Sunday's shooting is the latest evidence of an increase in Vallejo gang activity, particularly among Hispanics, Mustard said. "For a portion of time we didn't have enough gang members to track. There's no doubt we have enough now," the detective said.
Six blocks away from Romo's shooting, at Sutter and Virginia streets, is a gang graffiti tag with the phrases "BBH," "X3" and "P.WEE" in blue spray paint, the Sure o color.
"BBH" stands for Brown Brother Hood, a Sure o-based Vallejo gang, Mustard said. "X3" is a version of the number "13," which is associated with that gang. "P.WEE" most likely refers to the suspected shooter Balderas, who goes by the nickname "Pee Wee," Mustard said.
Red spray paint from Norte os competes for space along the concrete wall.
"They are fighting over turf and marking over turf," Mustard said.
It's not the first Sure o-Norte o gang murder in Vallejo.
In December 2006, Ivan Valdez, a 20-year-old Sure o gang member, was found gunned down in an abandoned lot in the 300 block of Illinois Street, Mustard said. That homicide is unsolved.
In April 2005, Eric Soto, a Sure o gang member, was shot and killed on the 300 block of El Dorado Street, police said. Frank Capenhurst, 19, and Eric Gentry, 18, both Vallejo Norte o gang members, are charged with the homicide and scheduled to go to trial in September, police said.
All three homicides occurred in a roughly 10-block stretch along Sonoma Boulevard in downtown Vallejo.
Earlier this year, a group of juvenile Sure o gang members performed take-over robberies at various businesses, including a Denny's restaurant, Mustard said.
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Homicide Suspect
Police are searching for Israel Rivera Balderas, 20, who allegedly shot and killed Jose Romo on Sunday.
Balderas, known as "Pee Wee," has several distinguishing tattoos. He has one dot next to his left eye and three dots next to his right eye, standing for the number "13," which has ties to the Sure o gang. He also has a tattoo on the right side of his neck reading: "1Sure o3."
The reputed Sure o gang member is 5-foot-6 and about 150 pounds. He has short hair and a mustache.
Anyone with information on Balderas' whereabouts or the homicide can contact Vallejo Detective Mat Mustard at 648-4514.
Friday, August 17, 2007
Illegal murders by golf club
Man dies afterneighbor assaultshim with golf club
By Sarah CormierC & G Staff Writer
MOUNT CLEMENS — Steve Tocco, a 44-year-old Mount Clemens man, is now dead after his 22-year-old neighbor attacked him with a golf club.
The dispute occurred during the evening hours of Aug. 14 when the men got into a dispute over an undetermined matter related to the suspect’s dog, said Macomb County Sheriff Mark Hackel. Both lived in an apartment complex located on Comet Street in Mount Clemens.
According to Hackel, after the argument, the suspect, Alberto Barajas-Enriquez, left his apartment, removed a golf club from his truck, entered Tocco’s home without permission, and struck him several times.
Tocco placed a 911 call at 6:50 p.m. that day, explaining what had occurred.
“The victim called us and said that he had been struck by his neighbor and said that he had a head injury,” Hackel said.
Tocco was immediately taken to Mount Clemens Regional Hospital.
Barajas-Enriquez was immediately arrested and charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm and home invasion. Bond was set at $20,000, but there was also an immigration hold on Barajas-Enriquez, so he remained in jail.
However, on the afternoon of Aug. 17, the Sheriff’s Office received a call from the hospital revealing that Tocco had died due to blunt-force trauma to the head.
Barajas-Enriquez, who is expected to be arraigned by Aug. 20 at the earliest, has now been charged with second-degree murder.
By Sarah CormierC & G Staff Writer
MOUNT CLEMENS — Steve Tocco, a 44-year-old Mount Clemens man, is now dead after his 22-year-old neighbor attacked him with a golf club.
The dispute occurred during the evening hours of Aug. 14 when the men got into a dispute over an undetermined matter related to the suspect’s dog, said Macomb County Sheriff Mark Hackel. Both lived in an apartment complex located on Comet Street in Mount Clemens.
According to Hackel, after the argument, the suspect, Alberto Barajas-Enriquez, left his apartment, removed a golf club from his truck, entered Tocco’s home without permission, and struck him several times.
Tocco placed a 911 call at 6:50 p.m. that day, explaining what had occurred.
“The victim called us and said that he had been struck by his neighbor and said that he had a head injury,” Hackel said.
Tocco was immediately taken to Mount Clemens Regional Hospital.
Barajas-Enriquez was immediately arrested and charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm and home invasion. Bond was set at $20,000, but there was also an immigration hold on Barajas-Enriquez, so he remained in jail.
However, on the afternoon of Aug. 17, the Sheriff’s Office received a call from the hospital revealing that Tocco had died due to blunt-force trauma to the head.
Barajas-Enriquez, who is expected to be arraigned by Aug. 20 at the earliest, has now been charged with second-degree murder.
One more drunk illegal murderer
Identity of fugitive confirmed
Driver who fled fatal-crash scene has drunken-driving conviction
By LAWRENCE SUSSMANlsussman@journalsentinel.com
Posted: Aug. 17, 2007
The man accused of running a stop sign and causing a crash this week that killed a 17-year-old Port Washington boy is an illegal immigrant who was convicted in Wisconsin in December of first-offense drunken driving, authorities confirmed Friday.
A criminal complaint charging Eddie Carbajal-Lile with hit and run resulting in death also indicates that he consumed five or six beers before the crash Tuesday that killed Paul Watry.
Prosecutors would have needed evidence such as a blood test showing he was intoxicated at the time of the crash to charge Carbajal-Lile with homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle, Sheboygan County District Attorney Joe DeCecco said Friday.
Carbajal-Lile is believed to have left the accident scene on foot before sheriff's deputies arrived, and he remained at large Friday.
Hit and run resulting in death is a felony that carries a possible 25-year prison sentence.
An arrest warrant has been issued for Carbajal-Lile, 27. The Sheboygan County Sheriff's Department says he may be en route to Mexico. The U.S. Border Patrol has been alerted regarding his status as a fugitive. Carbajal-Lile's last known address is in Fredonia.
He uses a number of aliases, including: Eddie Carbajal; Eddie Lile; Eddie Carbajal-Farvies; Negro Carbajal; Negro Carbajal-Lile; and Negro Lile.
The crash happened about 8:40 p.m. Tuesday at Highway 32 and Highway V in the Town of Lima.
Witnesses told sheriff's deputies that a Nissan Sentra traveling east on Highway V failed to stop at a stop sign and struck a Chevrolet Cavalier traveling south on Highway 32. The Cavalier sustained extensive passenger-side damage, where Watry was seated. Watry died Thursday at Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa.
Another passenger in the car in which Watry was riding, Jillian Fitzmaurice, 18, of Oostburg, was treated at Froedtert Hospital and released. The driver, Scot Mueller, 18, of Port Washington, was treated at St. Nicholas Hospital in Sheboygan and released.
Investigators say Carbajal-Lile was driving the Sentra.
According to the criminal complaint, witnesses at the crash scene suggested that Carbajal-Lile lie down and wait for medical help to arrive. He instead retrieved a cell phone from the car he was driving and walked away east on Highway V.
The criminal complaint quotes Gabriel Anzures, who described himself as a friend of Carbajal-Lile's, as saying he had been drinking with Carbajal-Lile at a tavern in the Town of Sheboygan prior to the crash.
Anzures also told investigators that he received two telephone calls from Carbajal-Lile after the crash. In the first call, Anzures said Carbajal-Lile told him that he had hit something with the car he was driving, a 1997 Nissan Sentra.
Online court records indicate that a man using one of Carbajal-Lile's suspected aliases, as well as his date of birth and address, was convicted in January 2004 of having open intoxicants while a passenger in a motor vehicle.
The records also indicate that in August 2004, a man using one of Carbajal-Lile's suspected aliases as well as his date of birth and address was convicted of having open intoxicants while a passenger in a motor vehicle.
People with information about Carbajal-Lile's whereabouts are asked to call their local law enforcement agency.
Driver who fled fatal-crash scene has drunken-driving conviction
By LAWRENCE SUSSMANlsussman@journalsentinel.com
Posted: Aug. 17, 2007
The man accused of running a stop sign and causing a crash this week that killed a 17-year-old Port Washington boy is an illegal immigrant who was convicted in Wisconsin in December of first-offense drunken driving, authorities confirmed Friday.
A criminal complaint charging Eddie Carbajal-Lile with hit and run resulting in death also indicates that he consumed five or six beers before the crash Tuesday that killed Paul Watry.
Prosecutors would have needed evidence such as a blood test showing he was intoxicated at the time of the crash to charge Carbajal-Lile with homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle, Sheboygan County District Attorney Joe DeCecco said Friday.
Carbajal-Lile is believed to have left the accident scene on foot before sheriff's deputies arrived, and he remained at large Friday.
Hit and run resulting in death is a felony that carries a possible 25-year prison sentence.
An arrest warrant has been issued for Carbajal-Lile, 27. The Sheboygan County Sheriff's Department says he may be en route to Mexico. The U.S. Border Patrol has been alerted regarding his status as a fugitive. Carbajal-Lile's last known address is in Fredonia.
He uses a number of aliases, including: Eddie Carbajal; Eddie Lile; Eddie Carbajal-Farvies; Negro Carbajal; Negro Carbajal-Lile; and Negro Lile.
The crash happened about 8:40 p.m. Tuesday at Highway 32 and Highway V in the Town of Lima.
Witnesses told sheriff's deputies that a Nissan Sentra traveling east on Highway V failed to stop at a stop sign and struck a Chevrolet Cavalier traveling south on Highway 32. The Cavalier sustained extensive passenger-side damage, where Watry was seated. Watry died Thursday at Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa.
Another passenger in the car in which Watry was riding, Jillian Fitzmaurice, 18, of Oostburg, was treated at Froedtert Hospital and released. The driver, Scot Mueller, 18, of Port Washington, was treated at St. Nicholas Hospital in Sheboygan and released.
Investigators say Carbajal-Lile was driving the Sentra.
According to the criminal complaint, witnesses at the crash scene suggested that Carbajal-Lile lie down and wait for medical help to arrive. He instead retrieved a cell phone from the car he was driving and walked away east on Highway V.
The criminal complaint quotes Gabriel Anzures, who described himself as a friend of Carbajal-Lile's, as saying he had been drinking with Carbajal-Lile at a tavern in the Town of Sheboygan prior to the crash.
Anzures also told investigators that he received two telephone calls from Carbajal-Lile after the crash. In the first call, Anzures said Carbajal-Lile told him that he had hit something with the car he was driving, a 1997 Nissan Sentra.
Online court records indicate that a man using one of Carbajal-Lile's suspected aliases, as well as his date of birth and address, was convicted in January 2004 of having open intoxicants while a passenger in a motor vehicle.
The records also indicate that in August 2004, a man using one of Carbajal-Lile's suspected aliases as well as his date of birth and address was convicted of having open intoxicants while a passenger in a motor vehicle.
People with information about Carbajal-Lile's whereabouts are asked to call their local law enforcement agency.
Drunk illegal ruins man's life
Judge: 'You shattered his life'
BY ALFONSO A. CASTILLO
alfonso.castillo@newsday.com
8:04 PM EDT, August 16, 2007
Alejandro Xuya-Sian did more than shred the skin on his victim's body -- he shredded his victim's dignity, making him feel "too embarrassed" by his appearance to face the drunken driver who nearly dragged him to his death, a judge said as he sentenced Xuya-Sian to 3 1/3 to 10 years in prison."You didn't just injure him physically. You shattered his life," Suffolk County Judge James Hudson told Xuya-Sian before he imposed his sentence. Hudson said Xuya-Sian treated his victim with less regard than he should "an injured animal."Xuya-Sian, 27, pleaded guilty last month to vehicular assault, driving while intoxicated, leaving the scene of an accident and other charges.Suffolk prosecutors said Xuya-Sian struck Anselmo Chin-Sabam, 21, with his 2002 GMC Envoy in the parking lot of a Riverhead bar in April. Chin-Sabam became lodged in the front left wheel of the SUV, and had his skin shredded as Xuya-Sian drove three-quarters of a mile before realizing he was there.Assistant District Attorney Thalia Stavrides said Xuya-Sian "stopped the car, got out and undoubtedly dislodged him from the car," then kept driving, crashing into a tree about two miles away. Stavrides said Xuya-Sian was arrested with blood-alcohol level of .08 percent, right at the legal limit.Chin-Sabam suffered first-degree burns on more than 40 percent of his body, multiple fractures and had some parts of his body torn to the muscle, Stavrides said. He is still recovering and was in no condition to be in court Thursday, she said.Given the opportunity to make a statement before receiving his sentence, Xuya-Sian began speaking when his Legal Aid attorney, Bryan Browns, interrupted him. Browns took him to the side, and then said his client would remain silent.Browns said Xuya-Sian, an illegal immigrant, had two children and a wife in his native Guatemala and had been working a $450-a week job to help support them."He regrets and he takes full responsibility for what happened," Browns said in court. "I think his time in prison is going to allow him to reflect and get on with his life."Hudson said he would recommend that Xuya-Sian be deported after completing his sentence -- a sentence that Hudson said was "too lenient" because of limitations of law."[The sentence] is not enough to give consolation to your victim that this is how such a violation of his body was punished," Hudson said.
BY ALFONSO A. CASTILLO
alfonso.castillo@newsday.com
8:04 PM EDT, August 16, 2007
Alejandro Xuya-Sian did more than shred the skin on his victim's body -- he shredded his victim's dignity, making him feel "too embarrassed" by his appearance to face the drunken driver who nearly dragged him to his death, a judge said as he sentenced Xuya-Sian to 3 1/3 to 10 years in prison."You didn't just injure him physically. You shattered his life," Suffolk County Judge James Hudson told Xuya-Sian before he imposed his sentence. Hudson said Xuya-Sian treated his victim with less regard than he should "an injured animal."Xuya-Sian, 27, pleaded guilty last month to vehicular assault, driving while intoxicated, leaving the scene of an accident and other charges.Suffolk prosecutors said Xuya-Sian struck Anselmo Chin-Sabam, 21, with his 2002 GMC Envoy in the parking lot of a Riverhead bar in April. Chin-Sabam became lodged in the front left wheel of the SUV, and had his skin shredded as Xuya-Sian drove three-quarters of a mile before realizing he was there.Assistant District Attorney Thalia Stavrides said Xuya-Sian "stopped the car, got out and undoubtedly dislodged him from the car," then kept driving, crashing into a tree about two miles away. Stavrides said Xuya-Sian was arrested with blood-alcohol level of .08 percent, right at the legal limit.Chin-Sabam suffered first-degree burns on more than 40 percent of his body, multiple fractures and had some parts of his body torn to the muscle, Stavrides said. He is still recovering and was in no condition to be in court Thursday, she said.Given the opportunity to make a statement before receiving his sentence, Xuya-Sian began speaking when his Legal Aid attorney, Bryan Browns, interrupted him. Browns took him to the side, and then said his client would remain silent.Browns said Xuya-Sian, an illegal immigrant, had two children and a wife in his native Guatemala and had been working a $450-a week job to help support them."He regrets and he takes full responsibility for what happened," Browns said in court. "I think his time in prison is going to allow him to reflect and get on with his life."Hudson said he would recommend that Xuya-Sian be deported after completing his sentence -- a sentence that Hudson said was "too lenient" because of limitations of law."[The sentence] is not enough to give consolation to your victim that this is how such a violation of his body was punished," Hudson said.
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Another hit and run
Second Victim Dies in Burtonsville Hit and Run
Burtonsvile, Md. - UPDATED - Tuesday August 14, 2007 5:46 pm
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Montgomery County police say the driver of a van who plowed into a group of road workers Monday, killing two of them, and then fled the scene has surrendered to police.Prince George's County police say 31-year-old Manuel De Jesus Gonzalez-Geronimo of Hyattsville contacted them about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday. Prince George's County Police turned Gonzalez-Geronimo over to Montgomery County Police. Gonzalez-Geronimo reportedly told court officials he is an illegal immigrant and does not have a driver's license.Gonzalez-Geronimo has been charged with failure to immediately return and remain at the scene of a collision involving death, failure to immediately stop a vehicle at the scene of a collision involving bodily injury, and driving without a license. He is currently being held on $150,000 bond at the Montgomery County Detention Center. Investigators believe Gonzalez-Geronimo was driving the van that plowed into five workers Monday afternoon on Route 29 in Burtonsville, near the Howard County line.
The workers were taking a break when the white van careened into another vehicle and then struck them.Thirty-year-old Martin Ruffin of Baltimore died on the scene. Thirty-seven-year-old James Cronin of Glen Burnie was flown to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore where he died Tuesday afternoon.Twenty-eight-year-old Hugo Perez, 35-year-old Jose Padillo, and 30-year-old Rafael Ramos, were transported to nearby hospitals with non-life threatening injuries.
Burtonsvile, Md. - UPDATED - Tuesday August 14, 2007 5:46 pm
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Montgomery County police say the driver of a van who plowed into a group of road workers Monday, killing two of them, and then fled the scene has surrendered to police.Prince George's County police say 31-year-old Manuel De Jesus Gonzalez-Geronimo of Hyattsville contacted them about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday. Prince George's County Police turned Gonzalez-Geronimo over to Montgomery County Police. Gonzalez-Geronimo reportedly told court officials he is an illegal immigrant and does not have a driver's license.Gonzalez-Geronimo has been charged with failure to immediately return and remain at the scene of a collision involving death, failure to immediately stop a vehicle at the scene of a collision involving bodily injury, and driving without a license. He is currently being held on $150,000 bond at the Montgomery County Detention Center. Investigators believe Gonzalez-Geronimo was driving the van that plowed into five workers Monday afternoon on Route 29 in Burtonsville, near the Howard County line.
The workers were taking a break when the white van careened into another vehicle and then struck them.Thirty-year-old Martin Ruffin of Baltimore died on the scene. Thirty-seven-year-old James Cronin of Glen Burnie was flown to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore where he died Tuesday afternoon.Twenty-eight-year-old Hugo Perez, 35-year-old Jose Padillo, and 30-year-old Rafael Ramos, were transported to nearby hospitals with non-life threatening injuries.
Sunday, August 12, 2007
scum illegal kills college kids
Suspect Pleads Not Guilty in New Jersey Students' Execution-Style Deaths
Friday , August 10, 2007
By Heather Scroope
NEWARK, N.J. — A Peruvian national in the U.S. illegally and who was previously charged with raping a 5-year-old girl pleaded not guilty Friday in the execution-style slayings of three young college students, a day after he surrendered to the Newark mayor.
Jose Carranza, 28, aka Jose La Chira, entered his plea before Essex County Superior Court Judge Michael Casale. A second suspect, a 15-year-old boy, has been held pending a detention hearing, and authorities said more arrests were "imminent."
Carranza, of Peru, was being held on $1 million bail. He turned himself in to Newark Mayor Cory Booker after his fingerprints were lifted from a bottle in connection with the shootings of four college students on Saturday. Three were killed but a fourth survived and was hospitalized after the shootings in a Newark schoolyard.
FOX News has learned Carranza, who has a fake Social Security number, had been arrested on charges of raping a 5-year-old girl and then threatening the child and her parents. In that case he faced a 31-count indictment.
In another, he was arrested on assault charges stemming from a bar fight.
Immigration officials apparently were aware of Carranza's illegal status since his prior arrests, according to Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura.
Relatives of the victims embraced each other as they entered to watch the hearing.
Carranza's attorney, Felix Montalvo, called Booker on Thursday to arrange his surrender.
“He said, ‘Mr. Mayor, we’d like him to be turned in directly to you,’” Booker said Montalvo, who also is a close friend, told him.
On Wednesday night, police arrested the 15-year-old boy who along with Carranza is accused of murder, attempted murder, robbery, weapons offenses and conspiracy to commit the crime of robbery, Essex County Prosecutor Paula Dow said. Authorities were seeking to have the minor tried as an adult.
Dow said she doesn't believe there is any familial relationship between the two in custody.
The teen, who is Hispanic, is an American citizen with a Newark address, Booker said.
“I don’t think words can describe the level of emotion I feel,” he said of the crimes.
“We will confirm that there are others we are looking for," he said, adding, "I am confident all the suspects in this investigation will be apprehended."
Carranza's attorney, Montalvo, led him by the hand during his surrender.
“He simply came forward," Booker said. "He said nothing. We put him in handcuffs."
The sole survivor of Saturday night's shootings, 19-year-old Natasha Aeriel, provided information from her hospital bed after being shot in the head.
Aeriel was with her brother, Terrance Aeriel, 18; Dashon Harvey, 20; and Iofemi Hightower, 20, who were forced to kneel against a wall and were shot execution-style outside a Newark school.
The students had been planning to attend Delaware State University.
Friday , August 10, 2007
By Heather Scroope
NEWARK, N.J. — A Peruvian national in the U.S. illegally and who was previously charged with raping a 5-year-old girl pleaded not guilty Friday in the execution-style slayings of three young college students, a day after he surrendered to the Newark mayor.
Jose Carranza, 28, aka Jose La Chira, entered his plea before Essex County Superior Court Judge Michael Casale. A second suspect, a 15-year-old boy, has been held pending a detention hearing, and authorities said more arrests were "imminent."
Carranza, of Peru, was being held on $1 million bail. He turned himself in to Newark Mayor Cory Booker after his fingerprints were lifted from a bottle in connection with the shootings of four college students on Saturday. Three were killed but a fourth survived and was hospitalized after the shootings in a Newark schoolyard.
FOX News has learned Carranza, who has a fake Social Security number, had been arrested on charges of raping a 5-year-old girl and then threatening the child and her parents. In that case he faced a 31-count indictment.
In another, he was arrested on assault charges stemming from a bar fight.
Immigration officials apparently were aware of Carranza's illegal status since his prior arrests, according to Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura.
Relatives of the victims embraced each other as they entered to watch the hearing.
Carranza's attorney, Felix Montalvo, called Booker on Thursday to arrange his surrender.
“He said, ‘Mr. Mayor, we’d like him to be turned in directly to you,’” Booker said Montalvo, who also is a close friend, told him.
On Wednesday night, police arrested the 15-year-old boy who along with Carranza is accused of murder, attempted murder, robbery, weapons offenses and conspiracy to commit the crime of robbery, Essex County Prosecutor Paula Dow said. Authorities were seeking to have the minor tried as an adult.
Dow said she doesn't believe there is any familial relationship between the two in custody.
The teen, who is Hispanic, is an American citizen with a Newark address, Booker said.
“I don’t think words can describe the level of emotion I feel,” he said of the crimes.
“We will confirm that there are others we are looking for," he said, adding, "I am confident all the suspects in this investigation will be apprehended."
Carranza's attorney, Montalvo, led him by the hand during his surrender.
“He simply came forward," Booker said. "He said nothing. We put him in handcuffs."
The sole survivor of Saturday night's shootings, 19-year-old Natasha Aeriel, provided information from her hospital bed after being shot in the head.
Aeriel was with her brother, Terrance Aeriel, 18; Dashon Harvey, 20; and Iofemi Hightower, 20, who were forced to kneel against a wall and were shot execution-style outside a Newark school.
The students had been planning to attend Delaware State University.
Milk slay monster arrested
'MILK SLAY MONSTER' ARRESTED
By LARRY CELONA and ERIKA MARTINEZ
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August 9, 2007 -- An illegal Mexican immigrant and gang member wanted in the stabbing death of a Brooklyn dad killed on his way home from a milk run on his wedding anniversary was cornered yesterday in a Pennsylvania hideout, authorities said.
Mejia Cinto, 19, was nabbed at 3 a.m. in West Hazleton in the Poconos.
"His traveling companions, individuals that are known to him, concealed his identity, his whereabouts," said Pennsylvania State Trooper James Surmick.
The teen waived extradition and faces murder and weapon charges in the coldblooded slaying of Anthony Senisi, 44, last Saturday night in Brighton Beach. Senisi's dad and NYPD brother were told of the arrest at the victim's wake last night, and were "grateful," a source said.
According to a law-enforcement source, Senisi's murder was unprovoked.
"He [Cinto] came across the victim, who looked at him, and the suspect just stabbed him," the source said.
By LARRY CELONA and ERIKA MARTINEZ
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August 9, 2007 -- An illegal Mexican immigrant and gang member wanted in the stabbing death of a Brooklyn dad killed on his way home from a milk run on his wedding anniversary was cornered yesterday in a Pennsylvania hideout, authorities said.
Mejia Cinto, 19, was nabbed at 3 a.m. in West Hazleton in the Poconos.
"His traveling companions, individuals that are known to him, concealed his identity, his whereabouts," said Pennsylvania State Trooper James Surmick.
The teen waived extradition and faces murder and weapon charges in the coldblooded slaying of Anthony Senisi, 44, last Saturday night in Brighton Beach. Senisi's dad and NYPD brother were told of the arrest at the victim's wake last night, and were "grateful," a source said.
According to a law-enforcement source, Senisi's murder was unprovoked.
"He [Cinto] came across the victim, who looked at him, and the suspect just stabbed him," the source said.
Crazed illegal with meat cleaver
Search on for cleaver suspect
Sunday, August 12, 2007
By Randall Clarkrclark@sjnewsco.com
CARNEYS POINT TWP. The suspect in an attempted murder who assaulted a man with a meat cleaver here remains on the loose, while police continue to reach out to the Latino community in an attempt to apprehend their fugitive.
Isaias Reynosa Perez a.k.a. "Challo," 26, allegedly attacked Rony Solares, 27, after an altercation at a farm labor camp at 1111 Courses Landing Road. Both are said to be migrant workers from Mexico. Police were dispatched at approximately 6:03 a.m. on Aug. 4 for a reported stabbing.
According to officials, Solares faced life-threatening injuries after being cut on the top of his head and on the sides of his neck with a meat cleaver. He was transported to Christiana Hospital where he underwent surgery to close his wounds, which included the surgical reattachment of parts of both ears. He has since been released.
Perez initially posed as a witness to the incident and allegedly provided false information to authorities in reference to the crime when he was questioned. According to police, he has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault, attempted murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, unlawful possession of a weapon, providing false information to implicate another and hindering apprehension. According to authorities, Perez is considered dangerous.
As a result of the investigation Joel Gonzalez, 39, of U.S. Route 40 in Carneys Point, was charged with providing false documents and hindering apprehension. He was lodged in the Salem County Correctional Facility in lieu of $5,000 bail. Police believe he was not involved in the assault on Solares and that Perez acted alone.
"We are working collectively with federal authorities and members of the Latino community in Southern New Jersey in an attempt to locate Perez," said Salem County Chief of Detectives Ralph Padilla.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Perez is urged to contact the Carneys Point Township Police at 299-1212 or the Salem County Prosecutor's Office Tip Line at 935-8119.
Sunday, August 12, 2007
By Randall Clarkrclark@sjnewsco.com
CARNEYS POINT TWP. The suspect in an attempted murder who assaulted a man with a meat cleaver here remains on the loose, while police continue to reach out to the Latino community in an attempt to apprehend their fugitive.
Isaias Reynosa Perez a.k.a. "Challo," 26, allegedly attacked Rony Solares, 27, after an altercation at a farm labor camp at 1111 Courses Landing Road. Both are said to be migrant workers from Mexico. Police were dispatched at approximately 6:03 a.m. on Aug. 4 for a reported stabbing.
According to officials, Solares faced life-threatening injuries after being cut on the top of his head and on the sides of his neck with a meat cleaver. He was transported to Christiana Hospital where he underwent surgery to close his wounds, which included the surgical reattachment of parts of both ears. He has since been released.
Perez initially posed as a witness to the incident and allegedly provided false information to authorities in reference to the crime when he was questioned. According to police, he has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault, attempted murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, unlawful possession of a weapon, providing false information to implicate another and hindering apprehension. According to authorities, Perez is considered dangerous.
As a result of the investigation Joel Gonzalez, 39, of U.S. Route 40 in Carneys Point, was charged with providing false documents and hindering apprehension. He was lodged in the Salem County Correctional Facility in lieu of $5,000 bail. Police believe he was not involved in the assault on Solares and that Perez acted alone.
"We are working collectively with federal authorities and members of the Latino community in Southern New Jersey in an attempt to locate Perez," said Salem County Chief of Detectives Ralph Padilla.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Perez is urged to contact the Carneys Point Township Police at 299-1212 or the Salem County Prosecutor's Office Tip Line at 935-8119.
Teen murdered by illegals
More illegal scum who shouldn't have been here.
Suspects in Kaufman teen's death entered U.S. illegally
12:52 PM CDT on Friday, August 10, 2007
Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. – Two cousins accused of killing a Texas teenager during her visit to Oregon acknowledged entering the country illegally from Mexico, a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement official said.
One of the men, Alejandro Rivera Gamboa, 24, went unnoticed by immigration officials even though he was arrested four times on drunken driving charges since 2000, The Oregonian newspaper reported.
He and 23-year-old Gilberto Arellano Gamboa were arrested this week in the death of 15-year-old Dani Countryman of Kaufman, Texas, whose body was found late last month in an apartment southeast of Portland.
Oregon law prohibits local police from actively searching out illegal immigrants, but the rules change when foreigners land in jail. If local authorities find reason to believe the person is deportable, they may notify Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
At the same time, immigration officials search local jails and flag inmates who may be in the country illegally.
"We can't cover every jail in the United States," said Lorie Dankers, an immigration spokeswoman, noting that her agency also relies on local law enforcement officials to notify the immigration agency when they get inmates with questionable residency status.
In Rivera Gamboa's case, immigration officials have no record of contact after arrests, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, in 2000, 2003, and twice in 2006.
After their arrests in the murder case, the cousins told a federal immigration officer they have been in the United States illegally for about six months, Dankers said. According to state records, Rivera Gamboa obtained an Oregon identification card in April 2006.
In Clackamas County, where hundreds of jail inmates are released early each month because of overcrowding, illegal immigrants could be booked and released before immigration authorities ever get a chance to speak with them. It is unclear how much time Rivera Gamboa spent in the Clackamas County Jail, but a misdemeanor charge of drunken driving likely wouldn't have kept him there long.
Lt. Mike Alexander, Clackamas County jail operations manager, said local law enforcement officials are also limited in how much they can pursue federal immigration questions.
"If (inmates) choose not to tell us, we don't have any protocols that allow us to go forward," Alexander said.
Suspects in Kaufman teen's death entered U.S. illegally
12:52 PM CDT on Friday, August 10, 2007
Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. – Two cousins accused of killing a Texas teenager during her visit to Oregon acknowledged entering the country illegally from Mexico, a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement official said.
One of the men, Alejandro Rivera Gamboa, 24, went unnoticed by immigration officials even though he was arrested four times on drunken driving charges since 2000, The Oregonian newspaper reported.
He and 23-year-old Gilberto Arellano Gamboa were arrested this week in the death of 15-year-old Dani Countryman of Kaufman, Texas, whose body was found late last month in an apartment southeast of Portland.
Oregon law prohibits local police from actively searching out illegal immigrants, but the rules change when foreigners land in jail. If local authorities find reason to believe the person is deportable, they may notify Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
At the same time, immigration officials search local jails and flag inmates who may be in the country illegally.
"We can't cover every jail in the United States," said Lorie Dankers, an immigration spokeswoman, noting that her agency also relies on local law enforcement officials to notify the immigration agency when they get inmates with questionable residency status.
In Rivera Gamboa's case, immigration officials have no record of contact after arrests, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, in 2000, 2003, and twice in 2006.
After their arrests in the murder case, the cousins told a federal immigration officer they have been in the United States illegally for about six months, Dankers said. According to state records, Rivera Gamboa obtained an Oregon identification card in April 2006.
In Clackamas County, where hundreds of jail inmates are released early each month because of overcrowding, illegal immigrants could be booked and released before immigration authorities ever get a chance to speak with them. It is unclear how much time Rivera Gamboa spent in the Clackamas County Jail, but a misdemeanor charge of drunken driving likely wouldn't have kept him there long.
Lt. Mike Alexander, Clackamas County jail operations manager, said local law enforcement officials are also limited in how much they can pursue federal immigration questions.
"If (inmates) choose not to tell us, we don't have any protocols that allow us to go forward," Alexander said.
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