Man in line at Jack in the Box robbed, beaten
By Francesco MoralesTribune
Mesa police arrested a man this weekend after he beat up a Jack in the Box customer and ran out the door with the victim's wallet. According to a police narrative, the assailant then hid in a small transient shack near the restaurant, where he changed clothes and hid the wallet inside a mattress.Police said the assailant, Jesus Alvarez-Martinez, then commandeered a bicycle and attempted to flee the scene. Police said Alvarez-Martinez first identified himself as Jesse Martinez, and court records list him as an illegal immigrant with a history of arrests.Martinez, 25, told police he was angry at the victim for driving too close to the sidewalk along Southern Avenue, and he followed the victim to the restaurant about 4 p.m. Saturday to confront him "at the right moment."The victim, who was not identified in court records, sustained redness and swelling on the right side of his head and forehead. The victim called police after seeing Martinez flee the scene on a bicycle, Mesa justice court records state.Police obtained a surveillance video from the Jack in the Box location that showed Martinez taking the wallet before beating the victim with his fists and knees, the records state.A records check showed a warrant from the U.S. Marshal's Office for Martinez on suspicion of illegal entry into the country.Martinez's prior arrests were on suspicion of probation violation, vehicle theft and a flight after a felony.Police found the wallet and all its contents, excluding $23 taken from it, inside the shack. The $23 was hidden in Martinez's socks, police said.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
NC Drunk illegal kills 2 in Guilford County
Illegal Alien Charged in Death of Two Motorists
Last Edited: Monday, 24 Sep 2007, 5:02 PM EDT
Created: Monday, 24 Sep 2007, 5:02 PM EDT
By ANGELA RODRIGUEZFOX8 News
GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) – State police said the man charged with crashing into two parked cars on Interstate 40/85 Sunday morning is an illegal alien. Investigators said Jose Balderas has yet to produce a photo ID, and will not be released from jail until he provides one. Balderas reportedly told investigators he has been living in Washington, D.C. for the past seven months.Troopers said Balderas crashed his pickup into two cars along the westbound lanes of I-40/85 between Rock Creek and Mount Hope Church roads, near the retaining wall. The first car, a Honda Civic had broken down. A man driving a Dodge Neon had stopped to help. The drivers of both cars were reportedly in the Neon, calling for help, when the pickup driven by Balderas slammed into the Neon. The impact pushed the second car into the Civic, causing an explosion that engulfed all three vehicles. Both people in the second car were killed. Their names have not yet been released. "They were sitting there waiting for a tow truck to arrive and this gentleman comes along not abiding by the law and causes an accident of this magnitude," said Trooper K. Kutzer, NC Highway Patrol.Witnesses told investigators the man driving pickup was speeding, and driving erratically. Balderas is charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter, driving while impaired and underage drinking.
Last Edited: Monday, 24 Sep 2007, 5:02 PM EDT
Created: Monday, 24 Sep 2007, 5:02 PM EDT
By ANGELA RODRIGUEZFOX8 News
GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) – State police said the man charged with crashing into two parked cars on Interstate 40/85 Sunday morning is an illegal alien. Investigators said Jose Balderas has yet to produce a photo ID, and will not be released from jail until he provides one. Balderas reportedly told investigators he has been living in Washington, D.C. for the past seven months.Troopers said Balderas crashed his pickup into two cars along the westbound lanes of I-40/85 between Rock Creek and Mount Hope Church roads, near the retaining wall. The first car, a Honda Civic had broken down. A man driving a Dodge Neon had stopped to help. The drivers of both cars were reportedly in the Neon, calling for help, when the pickup driven by Balderas slammed into the Neon. The impact pushed the second car into the Civic, causing an explosion that engulfed all three vehicles. Both people in the second car were killed. Their names have not yet been released. "They were sitting there waiting for a tow truck to arrive and this gentleman comes along not abiding by the law and causes an accident of this magnitude," said Trooper K. Kutzer, NC Highway Patrol.Witnesses told investigators the man driving pickup was speeding, and driving erratically. Balderas is charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter, driving while impaired and underage drinking.
Friday, September 21, 2007
AZ Illegal Stabs Girlfriend 17x (in December) CAUGHT!
Man Arrested, Accused Of Stabbing Girlfriend 17 Times
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- A man accused of stabbing of his girlfriend 17 times in North Carolina on Christmas Day has been arrested in Flagstaff, according to U.S. Marshals.
Juan Carlos Ramirez faces a first-degree murder and two attempted murder charges in Greensboro.
After stabbing his girlfriend, April Caldwell, to death, Ramirez then tried to stab her two roommates as they attempted to intervene, according to the U.S. Marshals office.
Caldwell had broken up with Ramirez weeks before, but the arrangement apparently wasn't working for Ramirez, federal investigators said.
After Caldwell left her parent's house, police said Ramirez followed her to an apartment she shared with two men. Ramirez asked Caldwell's two roommates to leave so he could talk to April alone, according to investigators. The men and April agreed, but only for a few minutes, police said.
The men told authorities by the time they came back Ramirez had stabbed Caldwell several times, and the man turned on them as they tried to help. Everyone ran outside the apartment, the men away from Ramirez, Ramirez after the men, and the woman staggered to the ground.
On July 28, America's Most Wanted featured Ramirez on their program and within a week, police said they were closing in on Ramirez.
Authorities got a tip that Ramirez was in Union City, N.J., just over the bridge from Manhattan. An America's Most Wanted producer went along with Greensboro police detectives and members of the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force as they hunted for Ramirez. They said they found his hide-out, but missed him by just a few days.
The investigation continued another couple months, leading investigators to Flagstaff. It was discovered that Ramirez had assumed a new identity as Miguel Sosa.
Under this name, Ramirez was working and living his life in hiding, U.S. Marshals said. He was residing in a town home with several other Hispanic men.
Surveillance confirmed that Ramirez was in fact living there, leading U.S. Marshal and Immigration and Customs Enforcement task force members to raid the home early Thursday morning. Ramirez and five illegal immigrants were arrested during the raid, police said.
"This case was made one of our highest priorities because of the violent nature of the crime alleged to be committed by Ramirez," said Case Deputy U.S. Marshal Bill Noble.
"Violent fugitives such as Ramirez are given the highest priority by the Marshals Service because of the potential to harm other innocent citizens while they remain at large," Noble said.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- A man accused of stabbing of his girlfriend 17 times in North Carolina on Christmas Day has been arrested in Flagstaff, according to U.S. Marshals.
Juan Carlos Ramirez faces a first-degree murder and two attempted murder charges in Greensboro.
After stabbing his girlfriend, April Caldwell, to death, Ramirez then tried to stab her two roommates as they attempted to intervene, according to the U.S. Marshals office.
Caldwell had broken up with Ramirez weeks before, but the arrangement apparently wasn't working for Ramirez, federal investigators said.
After Caldwell left her parent's house, police said Ramirez followed her to an apartment she shared with two men. Ramirez asked Caldwell's two roommates to leave so he could talk to April alone, according to investigators. The men and April agreed, but only for a few minutes, police said.
The men told authorities by the time they came back Ramirez had stabbed Caldwell several times, and the man turned on them as they tried to help. Everyone ran outside the apartment, the men away from Ramirez, Ramirez after the men, and the woman staggered to the ground.
On July 28, America's Most Wanted featured Ramirez on their program and within a week, police said they were closing in on Ramirez.
Authorities got a tip that Ramirez was in Union City, N.J., just over the bridge from Manhattan. An America's Most Wanted producer went along with Greensboro police detectives and members of the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force as they hunted for Ramirez. They said they found his hide-out, but missed him by just a few days.
The investigation continued another couple months, leading investigators to Flagstaff. It was discovered that Ramirez had assumed a new identity as Miguel Sosa.
Under this name, Ramirez was working and living his life in hiding, U.S. Marshals said. He was residing in a town home with several other Hispanic men.
Surveillance confirmed that Ramirez was in fact living there, leading U.S. Marshal and Immigration and Customs Enforcement task force members to raid the home early Thursday morning. Ramirez and five illegal immigrants were arrested during the raid, police said.
"This case was made one of our highest priorities because of the violent nature of the crime alleged to be committed by Ramirez," said Case Deputy U.S. Marshal Bill Noble.
"Violent fugitives such as Ramirez are given the highest priority by the Marshals Service because of the potential to harm other innocent citizens while they remain at large," Noble said.
AZ Illegal murders Cop
After deportation, shooter was caught, freed again
Judi Villa, Michael Kiefer, Carol Sowers and Michael Clancy
The Arizona RepublicSept. 20, 2007 12:00 AM
Erik Jovani Martinez should have been in prison and not jaywalking the day he gunned down Phoenix police Officer Nick Erfle. But despite a lengthy criminal history and a deportation, Martinez remained free, even after he was arrested again in the Valley just two months after he had been forced to leave the country in 2006. Scottsdale police say they didn't know Martinez, 22, was an illegal immigrant or that he had been deported when they arrested him in May 2006 for grabbing his girlfriend's arm twice during a quarrel.
Martinez was deported in March 2006 after a felony conviction for theft.Had Scottsdale police known, Martinez should have been jailed and should have faced federal charges for returning to the country illegally. A conviction would have earned him up to 20 years in prison.Instead, he posted $300 bail and was released.On Wednesday, one day after Martinez gunned down Erfle on a central Phoenix street, the officer's death reignited the ongoing immigration debate.Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon called on Washington officials to "secure the border and secure it now" before another officer pays the ultimate price."This individual that took our officer's life is a perfect example, a poster child, of our failed Washington policy for securing our borders," Gordon said.But others say Martinez shouldn't necessarily be a flashpoint in the acrimonious debate over where immigration policy and law enforcement should intersect.Martinez was brought to the United States as an infant and lived his whole life here. Clearly, he also was a career criminal, racking up a dozen arrests before he turned 18 and continuing to have brushes with the law afterward.Even law-enforcement officials said they were hesitant to say Erfle's murder could be blamed on immigration issues."It's a big, complex issue," said Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who has been in the national forefront when it comes to pursuing undocumented immigrants.Still, Arpaio admitted, "You can't catch 'em all. We have a lot of violence out there, whether you're legal or illegal."
A troubled youth Martinez has an extensive juvenile record that includes assaults and auto thefts. He was a documented gang member who admitted in court papers that he drank and smoked marijuana and crack cocaine. His first arrest, in July 1999, came after his parents reported him as incorrigible. Martinez spent most of his teens on probation. Arrests for truancy led to more serious things: underage drinking, several threats and assault and stealing a vehicle. Martinez was serving time in juvenile detention for auto theft when he turned 18 and had to be released, according to court records.Just months later, he was in trouble again, arrested for auto theft. He served time in a Maricopa County jail, then violated his probation and eventually wound up in prison in January 2006. Two months later, Martinez was deported. Typically, illegal immigrants convicted of a felony must serve all or part of their sentence before being deported.
Sneaking back Martinez apparently sneaked back across the border almost immediately. Scottsdale police arrested him on May 15, 2006, after an officer saw him quarreling with his girlfriend. Scottsdale police spokeswoman Shawn Sanders couldn't say whether officers had contacted immigration officials after the arrest. She would say only that information about Martinez's deportation was "not available to us at that time."A spokesman with Immigration and Customs Enforcement said he didn't believe Scottsdale police had contacted the agency, but he couldn't say that unequivocally.A judge ordered Martinez into a domestic-violence counseling program, but he "didn't comply" and an arrest warrant was issued, Sanders said.By the time Erfle was killed, Phoenix police were trying to find Martinez for hitting his girlfriend and threatening her with a shotgun in June 2006. Phoenix police obtained a warrant for his arrest in January and were trying to locate him. The link between undocumented immigrants and crime is difficult to quantify. On Wednesday, about 18 percent of the 10,108 inmates in Maricopa County jails had immigration holds, sheriff's Capt. Paul Chagolla said. An estimated 10 percent of Arizona's population is Mexican nationals. It's difficult to say whether that's a reflection of illegal immigrants committing a disproportionate amount of crimes or if it reflects Arpaio's crackdown on those who enter the United States illegally. The percentage of the jail population with immigration holds has doubled since Arpaio began his crackdown.Still, crime certainly has morphed into a hot-button issue in the immigration debate. Phoenix police were reluctant to address the issue before Erfle is laid to rest, but officials acknowledged that they could not draw a link between immigration policy and the officer's murder. "It's random," Lt. Benny Piña said.
"I don't think there's a correlation there."Before Erfle, the last Phoenix police officer killed by an undocumented immigrant was Marc Atkinson, who was ambushed and shot to death in 1999. Since then, five Phoenix police officers, including Erfle, have been shot to death in the line of duty."I think the officers are committed to doing their job regardless of whether the person's in the country illegally or not," Police Chief Jack Harris said. Police Sgt. Andy Hill recalled that when Phoenix police Officer George Cortez Jr. was shot to death in July while answering a call about a bad check, the questions revolved around whether officers should travel alone or in pairs. Cortez did not have a partner."It's the job," Hill said. "It's you putting human beings in circumstances, and that human being is subject to all the dangers that are out there."We arrest people like that every single day who don't say they're going to kill a police officer."
Judi Villa, Michael Kiefer, Carol Sowers and Michael Clancy
The Arizona RepublicSept. 20, 2007 12:00 AM
Erik Jovani Martinez should have been in prison and not jaywalking the day he gunned down Phoenix police Officer Nick Erfle. But despite a lengthy criminal history and a deportation, Martinez remained free, even after he was arrested again in the Valley just two months after he had been forced to leave the country in 2006. Scottsdale police say they didn't know Martinez, 22, was an illegal immigrant or that he had been deported when they arrested him in May 2006 for grabbing his girlfriend's arm twice during a quarrel.
Martinez was deported in March 2006 after a felony conviction for theft.Had Scottsdale police known, Martinez should have been jailed and should have faced federal charges for returning to the country illegally. A conviction would have earned him up to 20 years in prison.Instead, he posted $300 bail and was released.On Wednesday, one day after Martinez gunned down Erfle on a central Phoenix street, the officer's death reignited the ongoing immigration debate.Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon called on Washington officials to "secure the border and secure it now" before another officer pays the ultimate price."This individual that took our officer's life is a perfect example, a poster child, of our failed Washington policy for securing our borders," Gordon said.But others say Martinez shouldn't necessarily be a flashpoint in the acrimonious debate over where immigration policy and law enforcement should intersect.Martinez was brought to the United States as an infant and lived his whole life here. Clearly, he also was a career criminal, racking up a dozen arrests before he turned 18 and continuing to have brushes with the law afterward.Even law-enforcement officials said they were hesitant to say Erfle's murder could be blamed on immigration issues."It's a big, complex issue," said Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who has been in the national forefront when it comes to pursuing undocumented immigrants.Still, Arpaio admitted, "You can't catch 'em all. We have a lot of violence out there, whether you're legal or illegal."
A troubled youth Martinez has an extensive juvenile record that includes assaults and auto thefts. He was a documented gang member who admitted in court papers that he drank and smoked marijuana and crack cocaine. His first arrest, in July 1999, came after his parents reported him as incorrigible. Martinez spent most of his teens on probation. Arrests for truancy led to more serious things: underage drinking, several threats and assault and stealing a vehicle. Martinez was serving time in juvenile detention for auto theft when he turned 18 and had to be released, according to court records.Just months later, he was in trouble again, arrested for auto theft. He served time in a Maricopa County jail, then violated his probation and eventually wound up in prison in January 2006. Two months later, Martinez was deported. Typically, illegal immigrants convicted of a felony must serve all or part of their sentence before being deported.
Sneaking back Martinez apparently sneaked back across the border almost immediately. Scottsdale police arrested him on May 15, 2006, after an officer saw him quarreling with his girlfriend. Scottsdale police spokeswoman Shawn Sanders couldn't say whether officers had contacted immigration officials after the arrest. She would say only that information about Martinez's deportation was "not available to us at that time."A spokesman with Immigration and Customs Enforcement said he didn't believe Scottsdale police had contacted the agency, but he couldn't say that unequivocally.A judge ordered Martinez into a domestic-violence counseling program, but he "didn't comply" and an arrest warrant was issued, Sanders said.By the time Erfle was killed, Phoenix police were trying to find Martinez for hitting his girlfriend and threatening her with a shotgun in June 2006. Phoenix police obtained a warrant for his arrest in January and were trying to locate him. The link between undocumented immigrants and crime is difficult to quantify. On Wednesday, about 18 percent of the 10,108 inmates in Maricopa County jails had immigration holds, sheriff's Capt. Paul Chagolla said. An estimated 10 percent of Arizona's population is Mexican nationals. It's difficult to say whether that's a reflection of illegal immigrants committing a disproportionate amount of crimes or if it reflects Arpaio's crackdown on those who enter the United States illegally. The percentage of the jail population with immigration holds has doubled since Arpaio began his crackdown.Still, crime certainly has morphed into a hot-button issue in the immigration debate. Phoenix police were reluctant to address the issue before Erfle is laid to rest, but officials acknowledged that they could not draw a link between immigration policy and the officer's murder. "It's random," Lt. Benny Piña said.
"I don't think there's a correlation there."Before Erfle, the last Phoenix police officer killed by an undocumented immigrant was Marc Atkinson, who was ambushed and shot to death in 1999. Since then, five Phoenix police officers, including Erfle, have been shot to death in the line of duty."I think the officers are committed to doing their job regardless of whether the person's in the country illegally or not," Police Chief Jack Harris said. Police Sgt. Andy Hill recalled that when Phoenix police Officer George Cortez Jr. was shot to death in July while answering a call about a bad check, the questions revolved around whether officers should travel alone or in pairs. Cortez did not have a partner."It's the job," Hill said. "It's you putting human beings in circumstances, and that human being is subject to all the dangers that are out there."We arrest people like that every single day who don't say they're going to kill a police officer."
Thursday, September 20, 2007
St. Louis- Illegal driving wrecklessly
Driver in restaurant crash caused earlier accident, records show By Patrick M. O'Connell ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Thursday, Sep. 20 2007 Clayton — The illegal immigrant whose SUV ran into diners outside a Clayton eatery this week had been involved in a crash in St. Louis less than two months ago.City police records indicate that the driver, Sergio Lopez, 23, caused a collision July 26 on South Kingshighway near Southwest Avenue while driving the same SUV.Eleanor Sanford, 80, said Wednesday that an SUV had turned in front of her from a gas station parking lot, hitting her car and sending it spinning. She was shaken but not seriously hurt.The driver sped off, Sanford said, and police tracked him through a license plate that fell off. "He just hit us and took off," she said.She said she did not connect her wreck with Tuesday's high-profile Clayton incident until reporters called her about it Wednesday."I don't see how this man was allowed to drive," Sanford said. Lopez was cited in her case for driving with no driver's license, improper license plates, no insurance and failing to yield to an emergency vehicle.The report does not indicate any police awareness that Lopez was in the United States improperly.On Tuesday, Lopez told Clayton police he was temporarily blinded by a bright light as he attempted to make a left turn from westbound Maryland Avenue onto southbound Central Avenue. Officials said he did not explain whether it was a sun reflection or something else.His Ford Expedition crashed into the sunken eating area of Il Vicino, pinning two people beneath it and injuring a third. Ann Stockton, 62, and James Travaglini, 63, were treated at a hospital and released. Travaglini's wife, Kathryn Travaglini, 54, remained hospitalized Tuesday afternoon with broken ribs and an injured foot, said her father, Jim Lansmon.Clayton Police Chief Thomas Byrne said Lopez had been trying to find a job in Clayton and did not appear to have been under the influence of alcohol or speeding. Clayton officers cited Lopez for driving with no license and no proof of insurance and for making an improper turn.Lopez, who officials said is from Mexico, is being held at the St. Louis County Justice Center in Clayton on a federal detainer issued by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He lives in an apartment near Tower Grove Park in St. Louis. No one answered the door or phone there Wednesday. Lopez owns the SUV, Byrne said. It is registered in Illinois. Officials said Lopez had a post office box in Collinsville, but there was no explanation why.
Friday, September 14, 2007
Los Gatos mom of 4 hit by drunk illegal
Suspect in Los Gatos crash had blood alcohol level twice the legal limit
By Connie SkipitaresMercury NewsSan Jose Mercury News
Article Launched:09/14/2007 06:21:50 PM PDT
The San Jose man charged with critically injuring a Los Gatos Little League mom while allegedly driving drunk last Sunday had a blood alcohol level twice the legal limit when he slammed into her, crushing her legs and nearly killing her.
Lucio Rodriguez, 27, had a blood alcohol level of .16 when his blood was drawn about an hour and a half after the 5:30 p.m. crash at a parking lot next to Baggerly Field in Los Gatos, according to authorities.
Cole, 44, a mother of four, was taking one of her son's bikes out of the back of her SUV when Rodriguez's Chevy Blazer swerved off Blossom Hill Road and ran into her. He then took off.
Officers stopped him a short time later about four miles from the crash scene. Rodriguez was unable to stand on his own when officers asked him to get out of his car, according to a police report. They said he smelled strongly of alcohol, his eyes were glassy and he slurred his speech. They also said that prior to stopping him Rodriguez was weaving through traffic and driving erratically.
According to the police report, Rodriguez joined a friend between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. at a 76 gas station not far from the crash site and the two drank beers behind the station. The friend is an employee at the station. The friend told police that Rodriguez left the station about 5 p.m.
Rodriguez, who worked at the Lark Avenue Car Wash and at Una Mas restaurant in Los Gatos as a cook, called the eatery to say he was feeling sick and would not make it to work. He said he'd been drinking and was not physically able to go to work, the report said.
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman said Friday that Rodriguez has been living in the U.S. illegally. Rodriguez had been convicted of drunken driving in March for an incident stemming back to January. He was sentenced to 10 days in jail and ordered to pay about $1,600 in fines. The sentence is consistent with a first-time offense.
Saturday, Sara Cole is facing her fourth surgery of many on her critically injured left leg. Both of her legs were crushed when Rodriguez crashed into her and doctors say she still may lose her left leg. The crash occurred during a Little League game. Sara Cole's sons, their baseball buddies and parents rushed to help her as she collapsed.
Bill Cole, her ex-husband and spokesman for the family, said she is "in really good spirits" and is desperately fighting to regain use of her legs.
By Connie SkipitaresMercury NewsSan Jose Mercury News
Article Launched:09/14/2007 06:21:50 PM PDT
The San Jose man charged with critically injuring a Los Gatos Little League mom while allegedly driving drunk last Sunday had a blood alcohol level twice the legal limit when he slammed into her, crushing her legs and nearly killing her.
Lucio Rodriguez, 27, had a blood alcohol level of .16 when his blood was drawn about an hour and a half after the 5:30 p.m. crash at a parking lot next to Baggerly Field in Los Gatos, according to authorities.
Cole, 44, a mother of four, was taking one of her son's bikes out of the back of her SUV when Rodriguez's Chevy Blazer swerved off Blossom Hill Road and ran into her. He then took off.
Officers stopped him a short time later about four miles from the crash scene. Rodriguez was unable to stand on his own when officers asked him to get out of his car, according to a police report. They said he smelled strongly of alcohol, his eyes were glassy and he slurred his speech. They also said that prior to stopping him Rodriguez was weaving through traffic and driving erratically.
According to the police report, Rodriguez joined a friend between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. at a 76 gas station not far from the crash site and the two drank beers behind the station. The friend is an employee at the station. The friend told police that Rodriguez left the station about 5 p.m.
Rodriguez, who worked at the Lark Avenue Car Wash and at Una Mas restaurant in Los Gatos as a cook, called the eatery to say he was feeling sick and would not make it to work. He said he'd been drinking and was not physically able to go to work, the report said.
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman said Friday that Rodriguez has been living in the U.S. illegally. Rodriguez had been convicted of drunken driving in March for an incident stemming back to January. He was sentenced to 10 days in jail and ordered to pay about $1,600 in fines. The sentence is consistent with a first-time offense.
Saturday, Sara Cole is facing her fourth surgery of many on her critically injured left leg. Both of her legs were crushed when Rodriguez crashed into her and doctors say she still may lose her left leg. The crash occurred during a Little League game. Sara Cole's sons, their baseball buddies and parents rushed to help her as she collapsed.
Bill Cole, her ex-husband and spokesman for the family, said she is "in really good spirits" and is desperately fighting to regain use of her legs.
Article by Tom Tancredo
Protect America's children
September 14, 2007 By Tom Tancredo - The law enforcement policies of New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine and Newark Mayor Corey Booker — who have ordered the police officers under their authority not to inquire as to the immigration status of the violent criminals they arrest, let alone initiate deportation proceedings — are infuriating, but not unprecedented. As outraged as Newark, New Jersey, and the entire country are over the schoolyard executions of Terrance Aeriel, Dashon Harvey and Iofemi Hightower, we cannot deny that we have seen this kind of thing before. There is, after all, a long and bloody tradition in this country of state and local political obstruction of federal law enforcement that pre-dates the Newark massacre. Mr. Corzine and Mr. Booker should take note: their predecessors in this dangerous game have not come out well in the history books. On Sept. 4, 1957, three years after the Supreme Court's landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to surround Little Rock's Central High School to block nine black students from entering the school. It ultimately took a federal injunction, a police escort and paratroopers from the 101st Airborne to force Mr. Faubus to back down and get the three boys and six girls safely enrolled in the school. On Sept. 20, 1962, James Meredith, a 19-year-old black student, tried to enroll at the University of Mississippi, but he was denied access to the school by Mississippi Gov. Ross Barnett. Ultimately, President John F. Kennedy had to send in federal marshals to ensure Mr. Meredith's entry and protect him during the ensuing campus violence. The following fall, Alabama Gov. George Wallace made his infamous "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door" to prevent two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from enrolling in the University of Alabama. Miss Malone and Mr. Hood were only allowed into the school when Mr. Wallace was confronted by federal marshals, the U.S. Deputy Attorney General and a federalized Alabama National Guard. Finally, in March, 1965, Dallas County, Alabama Sheriff Jim Clark ordered his police force to use tear gas, billy clubs and bull whips to deny black marchers their right to petition Mr. Wallace to protect black's voting rights. On and on the embarrassing story of state and local opposition to Civil Rights reads. Because of a combination of personal racial animosity and cynical political grand-standing, these villains of history neglected their sworn duties at a cost of violence or the threat of violence. Democrats and the open-border crowd risk following in their footsteps by subverting the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act passed by Congress and signed by President Clinton. Such are the wages of cowardly political correctness. Which brings us back to Mr. Corzine, Mr. Booker and the Newark slayings. Jose Carranza, the man charged with the three execution-style murders, is a career violent criminal, who was only on the streets because he was out on bail for sexually abusing a 5-year old. But of course, Carranza was a criminal before he was ever charged with rape or murder. He's an illegal alien, drawn to this community because of Mr. Booker's policy of declaring Newark a "Sanctuary City," in which illegal immigrants will never be identified or prosecuted — that is, in which federal laws will not be enforced. Just as Orval Faubus and Jim Clark tried to create "Sanctuary Cities" for racial separatists, so Mr. Booker — with the support of Mr. Corzine — have created safe havens for foreign criminals. Mr. Booker and Mr. Corzine are, respectively, the chief law enforcement officers of the city of Newark and the state of New Jersey. Their cynical policy of immigration non-enforcement — whether motivated by compassion, ideology, or crass political calculation—– represents indirect complicity in the crimes committed by illegal immigrants in their jurisdictions. If Carranza is convicted, the families of his victims should file massive civil rights lawsuits against the Faubuses and Wallaces of their era. Finally, it's worth remembering that the Civil Rights crises above were all quelled by firm presidential leadership. Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy — like George Washington and Ulysses Grant before them — used military troops to enforce federal law and restore justice in recalcitrant communities. 40 years later, the parents of Terrance Aeriel, Dashon Harvey, and Iofemi Hightower might well be wondering why President Bush failed to protect their children. Rep. Tom Tancredo represents Colorado's 6th district. He is the founder and former chairman of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus.
September 14, 2007 By Tom Tancredo - The law enforcement policies of New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine and Newark Mayor Corey Booker — who have ordered the police officers under their authority not to inquire as to the immigration status of the violent criminals they arrest, let alone initiate deportation proceedings — are infuriating, but not unprecedented. As outraged as Newark, New Jersey, and the entire country are over the schoolyard executions of Terrance Aeriel, Dashon Harvey and Iofemi Hightower, we cannot deny that we have seen this kind of thing before. There is, after all, a long and bloody tradition in this country of state and local political obstruction of federal law enforcement that pre-dates the Newark massacre. Mr. Corzine and Mr. Booker should take note: their predecessors in this dangerous game have not come out well in the history books. On Sept. 4, 1957, three years after the Supreme Court's landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to surround Little Rock's Central High School to block nine black students from entering the school. It ultimately took a federal injunction, a police escort and paratroopers from the 101st Airborne to force Mr. Faubus to back down and get the three boys and six girls safely enrolled in the school. On Sept. 20, 1962, James Meredith, a 19-year-old black student, tried to enroll at the University of Mississippi, but he was denied access to the school by Mississippi Gov. Ross Barnett. Ultimately, President John F. Kennedy had to send in federal marshals to ensure Mr. Meredith's entry and protect him during the ensuing campus violence. The following fall, Alabama Gov. George Wallace made his infamous "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door" to prevent two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from enrolling in the University of Alabama. Miss Malone and Mr. Hood were only allowed into the school when Mr. Wallace was confronted by federal marshals, the U.S. Deputy Attorney General and a federalized Alabama National Guard. Finally, in March, 1965, Dallas County, Alabama Sheriff Jim Clark ordered his police force to use tear gas, billy clubs and bull whips to deny black marchers their right to petition Mr. Wallace to protect black's voting rights. On and on the embarrassing story of state and local opposition to Civil Rights reads. Because of a combination of personal racial animosity and cynical political grand-standing, these villains of history neglected their sworn duties at a cost of violence or the threat of violence. Democrats and the open-border crowd risk following in their footsteps by subverting the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act passed by Congress and signed by President Clinton. Such are the wages of cowardly political correctness. Which brings us back to Mr. Corzine, Mr. Booker and the Newark slayings. Jose Carranza, the man charged with the three execution-style murders, is a career violent criminal, who was only on the streets because he was out on bail for sexually abusing a 5-year old. But of course, Carranza was a criminal before he was ever charged with rape or murder. He's an illegal alien, drawn to this community because of Mr. Booker's policy of declaring Newark a "Sanctuary City," in which illegal immigrants will never be identified or prosecuted — that is, in which federal laws will not be enforced. Just as Orval Faubus and Jim Clark tried to create "Sanctuary Cities" for racial separatists, so Mr. Booker — with the support of Mr. Corzine — have created safe havens for foreign criminals. Mr. Booker and Mr. Corzine are, respectively, the chief law enforcement officers of the city of Newark and the state of New Jersey. Their cynical policy of immigration non-enforcement — whether motivated by compassion, ideology, or crass political calculation—– represents indirect complicity in the crimes committed by illegal immigrants in their jurisdictions. If Carranza is convicted, the families of his victims should file massive civil rights lawsuits against the Faubuses and Wallaces of their era. Finally, it's worth remembering that the Civil Rights crises above were all quelled by firm presidential leadership. Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy — like George Washington and Ulysses Grant before them — used military troops to enforce federal law and restore justice in recalcitrant communities. 40 years later, the parents of Terrance Aeriel, Dashon Harvey, and Iofemi Hightower might well be wondering why President Bush failed to protect their children. Rep. Tom Tancredo represents Colorado's 6th district. He is the founder and former chairman of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus.
Thursday, September 06, 2007
VA Twice deported illegal kills
Man, 51, choked to death
By ELISA A. GLUSHEFSKI
eglushefski@manassasjm.com
Thursday, September 6, 2007
A twice-deported Salvadoran immigrant was charged with strangling an acquaintance during a fight Sunday, Prince William County police said Wednesday.
Christian Molina, also known as Jose Maximino Flores-Perales, 30, of 9011 Whispering Pine Court, Manassas, was charged with the murder of 51-year-old Ronald Dean Hollingsworth.
The two men were at a mutual friend's house at 10625 Dumfries Road - a rundown house near a gas station by Old Dominion Speedway. The two had been drinking when they began to fight, Hernandez said. Molina then strangled Hollingsworth, police said.
A third man, whose name was not released, was also at the house and called 911 when he realized Hollingsworth was not moving, police said. Around 5:20 p.m., police responded to the call of an unconscious man and Hollingsworth was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Hollingsworth apparently lived in an abandoned, boarded-up shack near the house where his body was found, police said.
No one answered the door at the house on Dumfries Road on Wednesday evening.
Police arrested Molina after the Medical Examiner's autopsy revealed that Hollingsworth's injures were consistent with strangulation, Hernandez said.
After fingerprinting Molina, police learned that he was deported in 2003 and 2005 because of his illegal status and for criminal activity, Hernandez said.
Molina is being held without bond pending an Oct. 16 court date. Police have obtained an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer for Molina.
By ELISA A. GLUSHEFSKI
eglushefski@manassasjm.com
Thursday, September 6, 2007
A twice-deported Salvadoran immigrant was charged with strangling an acquaintance during a fight Sunday, Prince William County police said Wednesday.
Christian Molina, also known as Jose Maximino Flores-Perales, 30, of 9011 Whispering Pine Court, Manassas, was charged with the murder of 51-year-old Ronald Dean Hollingsworth.
The two men were at a mutual friend's house at 10625 Dumfries Road - a rundown house near a gas station by Old Dominion Speedway. The two had been drinking when they began to fight, Hernandez said. Molina then strangled Hollingsworth, police said.
A third man, whose name was not released, was also at the house and called 911 when he realized Hollingsworth was not moving, police said. Around 5:20 p.m., police responded to the call of an unconscious man and Hollingsworth was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Hollingsworth apparently lived in an abandoned, boarded-up shack near the house where his body was found, police said.
No one answered the door at the house on Dumfries Road on Wednesday evening.
Police arrested Molina after the Medical Examiner's autopsy revealed that Hollingsworth's injures were consistent with strangulation, Hernandez said.
After fingerprinting Molina, police learned that he was deported in 2003 and 2005 because of his illegal status and for criminal activity, Hernandez said.
Molina is being held without bond pending an Oct. 16 court date. Police have obtained an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer for Molina.
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
NJ Illegal gangbanger murderer
Prosecutor: Murder suspect an illegal alien
By CAROL COMEGNOCourier-Post StaffMOUNT HOLLY
A man accused of fatally shooting a Burlington City man and wounding his former girlfriend over the weekend is an illegal alien and a street gang member, a prosecutor told a judge Tuesday.
The suspect, Jesus Avila, 22, of Kinsley Road in Pemberton Township, remained in the Burlington County Jail Tuesday after a Superior Court judge reaffirmed his $1 million bail.
Deputy first assistant county prosecutor James Ronca said Avila was not only an undocumented alien from Mexico but was out on bail on a minor charge when the shootings occurred Saturday.
Avila is charged with killing Gilbert Parra, 19, of Burlington City and wounding a 17-year-old girl, identified as Avila's former girlfriend, in the ankle.
Ronca said the shootings followed an argument over the girl that began on the telephone and continued after Avila drove to the house on the 400 block of Washington Street with three friends. The prosecutor said Parra was found lying outside the house while the girl was inside the home when she was shot.
"Jail personnel said they saw tattoos identifying him (Avila) as a member of a street gang, but I want to emphasize this murder was not gang-related," Ronca told Superior Court Judge Patricia LeBon.
Ronca did not identify the gang.
He also said a number of eyewitnesses who knew the defendant can place him at the scene of the crime, adding to other evidence in what the prosecutor considers a strong case against him.
Speaking through a court interpreter, Avila asked for a court-appointed lawyer to represent him but made no other comment and kept his head down during his court appearance via closed circuit television from the jail. He is charged with murder, aggravated assault and illegal possession of a firearm.
Parra's family members began to cry during the proceeding and were cautioned by a sheriff's officer not to disrupt the court proceedings. They made no comment afterward.
Ronca said Avila was charged previously with a creating a false public alarm and was free on $5,000 bail that had been set July 11 by Superior Court Judge James Morley. However, Ronca had no details of the earlier arrest.
LeBon granted Ronca's request to keep bail high after he said Avila was a flight risk mainly because of his illegal status in the U.S. and the earlier arrest.
By CAROL COMEGNOCourier-Post StaffMOUNT HOLLY
A man accused of fatally shooting a Burlington City man and wounding his former girlfriend over the weekend is an illegal alien and a street gang member, a prosecutor told a judge Tuesday.
The suspect, Jesus Avila, 22, of Kinsley Road in Pemberton Township, remained in the Burlington County Jail Tuesday after a Superior Court judge reaffirmed his $1 million bail.
Deputy first assistant county prosecutor James Ronca said Avila was not only an undocumented alien from Mexico but was out on bail on a minor charge when the shootings occurred Saturday.
Avila is charged with killing Gilbert Parra, 19, of Burlington City and wounding a 17-year-old girl, identified as Avila's former girlfriend, in the ankle.
Ronca said the shootings followed an argument over the girl that began on the telephone and continued after Avila drove to the house on the 400 block of Washington Street with three friends. The prosecutor said Parra was found lying outside the house while the girl was inside the home when she was shot.
"Jail personnel said they saw tattoos identifying him (Avila) as a member of a street gang, but I want to emphasize this murder was not gang-related," Ronca told Superior Court Judge Patricia LeBon.
Ronca did not identify the gang.
He also said a number of eyewitnesses who knew the defendant can place him at the scene of the crime, adding to other evidence in what the prosecutor considers a strong case against him.
Speaking through a court interpreter, Avila asked for a court-appointed lawyer to represent him but made no other comment and kept his head down during his court appearance via closed circuit television from the jail. He is charged with murder, aggravated assault and illegal possession of a firearm.
Parra's family members began to cry during the proceeding and were cautioned by a sheriff's officer not to disrupt the court proceedings. They made no comment afterward.
Ronca said Avila was charged previously with a creating a false public alarm and was free on $5,000 bail that had been set July 11 by Superior Court Judge James Morley. However, Ronca had no details of the earlier arrest.
LeBon granted Ronca's request to keep bail high after he said Avila was a flight risk mainly because of his illegal status in the U.S. and the earlier arrest.
Illegal teen gets away with murder of newborn
Murder charges to be dropped against teen accused of killing her newborn
Fernando del Valle (Valley Morning Star)
September 4, 2007 - 8:44PMRAYMONDVILLE — A judge Tuesday said he will dismiss a case against an 18-year-old woman charged in the capital murder of her newborn baby, because Willacy County District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra failed to present evidence in a hearing. Justice of the Peace Juan Silva said he will dismiss the case against Wendy Gill after Guerra, who did not appear for the hearing, wrote a letter requesting the charges be dropped. “I had no choice,” Silva said after the hearing to determine whether there was evidence to arrest Gill. “I wasn’t too happy about it.” Guerra said after the proceedings that the law did not require him to appear for the hearing, because he was not presenting evidence. “The state will not introduce evidence at this time. Therefore, the state is hereby requesting the charges against Wendy Monserrat Gill be dismissed,” Guerra wrote in the letter. The case will be presented to a grand jury that will determine whether there is evidence to indict Gill, the letter says. Gill remained in the county jail Tuesday afternoon, where she has been held in lieu of $1 million bond on charges that she murdered her infant on June 3. Investigators said Gill wrapped the baby in towels after giving birth to him in the bathroom of the family’s Lyford home. Guerra’s request for dismissal of the charges shocked Sheriff Larry Spence, whose deputies investigated the case, leading to Gill’s confession that she smothered the infant to hide her pregnancy. In that confession, she said her mother had threatened to kick her out of the house if she became pregnant a second time. Gill has an 18-month-old daughter. “I’m baffled,” Spence said. “Putting (Gill) on the street right now is probably not in the best interest of the case or in her best interest.” Silva said he warned defense attorney Annette Hinojosa that Gill, a Mexican citizen, could flee the country. The justice of the peace had previously refused requests by Guerra to dismiss the charges against Gill and to reduce her bail to $5,000 so she could be released on bond for psychiatric evaluation at a state hospital. “They did not want to be responsible for a capital murder suspect,” Guerra said of the hospital. However, the dismissal of the murder charge would allow Gill to get that evaluation, he said. The district attorney said he feared for Gill’s welfare after jail officials put her on a suicide watch last month. Gill is now “doing fine” in jail, Spence said. Guerra said the psychiatric evaluation issue wasn’t the only factor in his decision to request the charges be dismissed. He also said he hadn’t had time to adequately review the case after receiving it about two weeks ago. The state attorney general’s office was handling the case until Guerra asked its three prosecutors to leave his office last month, Spence said. Guerra also said he could not present the case to a grand jury Friday after foreman Tommy Rains asked state District Judge Migdalia Lopez to meet with jurors without Guerra in the courtroom.
Fernando del Valle (Valley Morning Star)
September 4, 2007 - 8:44PMRAYMONDVILLE — A judge Tuesday said he will dismiss a case against an 18-year-old woman charged in the capital murder of her newborn baby, because Willacy County District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra failed to present evidence in a hearing. Justice of the Peace Juan Silva said he will dismiss the case against Wendy Gill after Guerra, who did not appear for the hearing, wrote a letter requesting the charges be dropped. “I had no choice,” Silva said after the hearing to determine whether there was evidence to arrest Gill. “I wasn’t too happy about it.” Guerra said after the proceedings that the law did not require him to appear for the hearing, because he was not presenting evidence. “The state will not introduce evidence at this time. Therefore, the state is hereby requesting the charges against Wendy Monserrat Gill be dismissed,” Guerra wrote in the letter. The case will be presented to a grand jury that will determine whether there is evidence to indict Gill, the letter says. Gill remained in the county jail Tuesday afternoon, where she has been held in lieu of $1 million bond on charges that she murdered her infant on June 3. Investigators said Gill wrapped the baby in towels after giving birth to him in the bathroom of the family’s Lyford home. Guerra’s request for dismissal of the charges shocked Sheriff Larry Spence, whose deputies investigated the case, leading to Gill’s confession that she smothered the infant to hide her pregnancy. In that confession, she said her mother had threatened to kick her out of the house if she became pregnant a second time. Gill has an 18-month-old daughter. “I’m baffled,” Spence said. “Putting (Gill) on the street right now is probably not in the best interest of the case or in her best interest.” Silva said he warned defense attorney Annette Hinojosa that Gill, a Mexican citizen, could flee the country. The justice of the peace had previously refused requests by Guerra to dismiss the charges against Gill and to reduce her bail to $5,000 so she could be released on bond for psychiatric evaluation at a state hospital. “They did not want to be responsible for a capital murder suspect,” Guerra said of the hospital. However, the dismissal of the murder charge would allow Gill to get that evaluation, he said. The district attorney said he feared for Gill’s welfare after jail officials put her on a suicide watch last month. Gill is now “doing fine” in jail, Spence said. Guerra said the psychiatric evaluation issue wasn’t the only factor in his decision to request the charges be dismissed. He also said he hadn’t had time to adequately review the case after receiving it about two weeks ago. The state attorney general’s office was handling the case until Guerra asked its three prosecutors to leave his office last month, Spence said. Guerra also said he could not present the case to a grand jury Friday after foreman Tommy Rains asked state District Judge Migdalia Lopez to meet with jurors without Guerra in the courtroom.
TX Another attempted kidnapping
Men are suspects in 3 kidnap attempts
By DEANNA BOYDStar-Telegram staff writer
FORT WORTH -- The man repeated his demand over and over: "Come with me now."
But Naomi Ayala, 22, wasn't about to budge.
The former Texas Christian University student had just pulled into the driveway of her Arlington Heights home about 2:30 a.m. Saturday after a night in downtown Fort Worth with her cousin when two men -- one armed with what may have been a straight-edged razor -- tried to kidnap her, police say.
With her boyfriend's help, she got away.
But police don't believe it was the men's last attempt -- or their first -- to kidnap a woman.
Two men jailed after another woman's attempted kidnapping 30 minutes later near the TCU campus are also suspects in Ayala's attack and that of a 22-year-old woman Aug. 19.
"It was crime of opportunities," said major case Sgt. J.D. Moore. "They were out to kidnap a woman, but they didn't plan it out very well."
Jose Alberto Chavollo, 19, and Victor Garcia, 23, remained in Mansfield Jail on Tuesday. Chavollo faces charges of aggravated kidnapping, evading arrest and possession of a controlled substance and was being held with bail set at $31,000. Garcia faces a charge of aggravated kidnapping and was being held with bail set at $100,000.
Police say both men are believed to be illegal immigrants and also face immigration holds.
Here's a recap of the attempted kidnappings:
First attack
The 22-year-old victim told police that she was getting out of her car in the parking lot of an apartment complex in the 3000 block of McPherson Avenue about 3 a.m. Aug 19 when she was approached by three men. The woman told investigators that she bit one man's hand as he tried to cover her mouth and kicked the face of one of the two others as they tried to grab her legs.
The woman told police that the men fled in a black sport utility vehicle, possibly a Chevrolet Tahoe. Moore said police are still trying to determine the identity of the third man.
Second attack
Ayala said she believes that she never noticed the black Tahoe trailing or parking outside her house off Montgomery Street in Arlington Heights as she returned home about 2:30 a.m. Saturday because its lights were off. But she couldn't miss the glint of what appeared to be a knife or straight-edge razor in the stranger's left hand as she opened her driver's side door to hear the man's order her to come with him.
"I knew my boyfriend Chris [Crawford] was inside so I just started screaming 'Chris!'" Ayala said Tuesday. "Every time I yelled Chris' name, he came closer to my neck with the knife."
Crawford, 26, emerged from the house to see the man attacking Ayala while a second man apparently stood guard at the passenger door. The two men fled toward their Tahoe, which was parked in the street.
"Chris went to the passenger door, opened it and grabbed one of them by their lapel and tried to pull him out," Ayala said. "By the time he was doing that, the other guy was stomping on the gas. He couldn't get a good enough grip to get him out of the car before they drove off."
Ayala, who has a knack for remembering numbers, focused on the Tahoe's license plate, which she gave to police.
"Chris is kind of the hero," Ayala said. "He saved the day."
Third attack
About 30 minutes after Ayala's attack, a 21-year-old woman was walking ahead of a group of friends in the TCU area when she was confronted by two men in the parking lot of Little Caesars pizza in the 3100 block of Greene Avenue. The men demanded money.
When the woman told the two men she did not have any money, one of the men grabbed her cellphone and pushed her against a railing, according to Garcia's arrest warrant affidavit.
As the woman kicked and swung her arms, the men grabbed her and dragged her toward their Chevrolet Tahoe.
Fearing for her life, the she fell backward on the pavement, where one of the men then struck her in the head twice with a metal flashlight.
A friend, walking up on the attack, ran to help, and the two suspects fled in the Tahoe. The friend also got the Tahoe's license plate number -- the same as reported by Ayala.
The girl was treated at Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital for her injuries.
"They were getting more violent as they progressed," Moore said. "I think they would have eventually done worse."
About 45 minutes later, officer T. Shelton saw the Tahoe headed west on West Vickery Boulevard. Chavollo was arrested after a short vehicle and foot pursuit.
Inside the Tahoe's glove box, police found a flashlight with blood on it, said Lt. Dean Sullivan, a police spokesman.
Police said Garcia escaped but was arrested that night in the 6800 block of Chickering Road.
By DEANNA BOYDStar-Telegram staff writer
FORT WORTH -- The man repeated his demand over and over: "Come with me now."
But Naomi Ayala, 22, wasn't about to budge.
The former Texas Christian University student had just pulled into the driveway of her Arlington Heights home about 2:30 a.m. Saturday after a night in downtown Fort Worth with her cousin when two men -- one armed with what may have been a straight-edged razor -- tried to kidnap her, police say.
With her boyfriend's help, she got away.
But police don't believe it was the men's last attempt -- or their first -- to kidnap a woman.
Two men jailed after another woman's attempted kidnapping 30 minutes later near the TCU campus are also suspects in Ayala's attack and that of a 22-year-old woman Aug. 19.
"It was crime of opportunities," said major case Sgt. J.D. Moore. "They were out to kidnap a woman, but they didn't plan it out very well."
Jose Alberto Chavollo, 19, and Victor Garcia, 23, remained in Mansfield Jail on Tuesday. Chavollo faces charges of aggravated kidnapping, evading arrest and possession of a controlled substance and was being held with bail set at $31,000. Garcia faces a charge of aggravated kidnapping and was being held with bail set at $100,000.
Police say both men are believed to be illegal immigrants and also face immigration holds.
Here's a recap of the attempted kidnappings:
First attack
The 22-year-old victim told police that she was getting out of her car in the parking lot of an apartment complex in the 3000 block of McPherson Avenue about 3 a.m. Aug 19 when she was approached by three men. The woman told investigators that she bit one man's hand as he tried to cover her mouth and kicked the face of one of the two others as they tried to grab her legs.
The woman told police that the men fled in a black sport utility vehicle, possibly a Chevrolet Tahoe. Moore said police are still trying to determine the identity of the third man.
Second attack
Ayala said she believes that she never noticed the black Tahoe trailing or parking outside her house off Montgomery Street in Arlington Heights as she returned home about 2:30 a.m. Saturday because its lights were off. But she couldn't miss the glint of what appeared to be a knife or straight-edge razor in the stranger's left hand as she opened her driver's side door to hear the man's order her to come with him.
"I knew my boyfriend Chris [Crawford] was inside so I just started screaming 'Chris!'" Ayala said Tuesday. "Every time I yelled Chris' name, he came closer to my neck with the knife."
Crawford, 26, emerged from the house to see the man attacking Ayala while a second man apparently stood guard at the passenger door. The two men fled toward their Tahoe, which was parked in the street.
"Chris went to the passenger door, opened it and grabbed one of them by their lapel and tried to pull him out," Ayala said. "By the time he was doing that, the other guy was stomping on the gas. He couldn't get a good enough grip to get him out of the car before they drove off."
Ayala, who has a knack for remembering numbers, focused on the Tahoe's license plate, which she gave to police.
"Chris is kind of the hero," Ayala said. "He saved the day."
Third attack
About 30 minutes after Ayala's attack, a 21-year-old woman was walking ahead of a group of friends in the TCU area when she was confronted by two men in the parking lot of Little Caesars pizza in the 3100 block of Greene Avenue. The men demanded money.
When the woman told the two men she did not have any money, one of the men grabbed her cellphone and pushed her against a railing, according to Garcia's arrest warrant affidavit.
As the woman kicked and swung her arms, the men grabbed her and dragged her toward their Chevrolet Tahoe.
Fearing for her life, the she fell backward on the pavement, where one of the men then struck her in the head twice with a metal flashlight.
A friend, walking up on the attack, ran to help, and the two suspects fled in the Tahoe. The friend also got the Tahoe's license plate number -- the same as reported by Ayala.
The girl was treated at Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital for her injuries.
"They were getting more violent as they progressed," Moore said. "I think they would have eventually done worse."
About 45 minutes later, officer T. Shelton saw the Tahoe headed west on West Vickery Boulevard. Chavollo was arrested after a short vehicle and foot pursuit.
Inside the Tahoe's glove box, police found a flashlight with blood on it, said Lt. Dean Sullivan, a police spokesman.
Police said Garcia escaped but was arrested that night in the 6800 block of Chickering Road.
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
LA - 14 year old raped by illegal
An illegal immigrant was arrested in Bossier City over the weekend after being pulled over during a traffic stop.Victor Hugo Valdivias, 18, of Monroe, faces a variety of charges including carnal knowledge of a juvenile, said Bossier sheriff spokesman Ed Baswell. Deputies stopped Valdivias Sunday morning, near the intersection of state Highway 527 and Willis Road. He didn’t speak English, didn’t have a driver’s license and had a 14-year-old female in the vehicle. The female told deputies she had sneaked out of her house in Monroe to meet Valdivias, who took her to a motel in Bossier City and had sexual intercourse with her, Baswell said. Valdivias had no identification and is believed to be a citizen of Mexico, having entered the United States illegally.He was booked into the Bossier Maximum Security Facility on charges of carnal knowledge of a juvenile, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, operating a vehicle without lawful presence in the United States, switched tags and resisting an officer, Baswell said. His bond is set at $53,600.
Lousy timing prevents another anchor baby (ha ha ha!)
Nace bebé en la fila de autos hacia El Paso (Baby born in the line of cars heading into El Paso)
Una mujer de 26 años de edad dio a luz a una niña la mañana de ayer mientras hacía fila a bordo de un vehículo para cruzar a El Paso por el puente internacional Córdova-Américas (Libre), informó el Departamento de Rescate Municipal.
A 26 year old woman gave birth to a girl yesterday morning while waiting to cross into the USA.
--- Whew!! That was close! We just missed out on another lifelong welfare family --- I guess there will be a next time -- in another 9 months or so.
Obviously this woman wasn't coming over to do any hard work she waited too long in her pregnancy to head over.
Most Mexican women know better -- they come over at least a couple weeks before the due date. (1 image)
Una mujer de 26 años de edad dio a luz a una niña la mañana de ayer mientras hacía fila a bordo de un vehículo para cruzar a El Paso por el puente internacional Córdova-Américas (Libre), informó el Departamento de Rescate Municipal.
A 26 year old woman gave birth to a girl yesterday morning while waiting to cross into the USA.
--- Whew!! That was close! We just missed out on another lifelong welfare family --- I guess there will be a next time -- in another 9 months or so.
Obviously this woman wasn't coming over to do any hard work she waited too long in her pregnancy to head over.
Most Mexican women know better -- they come over at least a couple weeks before the due date. (1 image)
WI - Illegal messes with 8 year old boy
Illegal immigrant arrested for alleged sexual contact with boy, 8
Sheboygan Press staff September 2, 2007
A 41-year-old illegal immigrant was arrested Saturday for allegedly having sexual contact with an 8-year-old boy at a home on the city's south side, Sheboygan police said.
The incident was reported by the boy's mother about 3:45 a.m., soon after the assault is believed to have taken place, said Detective Matt Walsh.
The man, who police will ask prosecutors to charge with first-degree sexual assault, is the third illegal immigrant arrested for a felony offense in recent weeks.
Few details on the nature of the assault were available Saturday, but Walsh said police believe it is a one-time occurrence. He said the boy's mother suspected something had happened and called police after confirming it with her son.
The man was a friend of the boy's family and is believed to have been living in Sheboygan about six months, Walsh said.
In other recent cases, illegal immigrant Eddie Carbajal-Lile, 27, has been charged with causing a fatal crash that killed a Port Washington teen on Aug. 14, and 17-year-old Martin L. Gamez — whose immigration status is being questioned by federal authorities — was charged Friday with sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl on Aug. 16.
Another illegal immigrant, Mauro Cisneros, 33, was arrested Aug. 20 for a traffic violation and police discovered he was a twice-deported felon with previous arrests for drug dealing, kidnapping, burglary and robbery.
Sheboygan Press staff September 2, 2007
A 41-year-old illegal immigrant was arrested Saturday for allegedly having sexual contact with an 8-year-old boy at a home on the city's south side, Sheboygan police said.
The incident was reported by the boy's mother about 3:45 a.m., soon after the assault is believed to have taken place, said Detective Matt Walsh.
The man, who police will ask prosecutors to charge with first-degree sexual assault, is the third illegal immigrant arrested for a felony offense in recent weeks.
Few details on the nature of the assault were available Saturday, but Walsh said police believe it is a one-time occurrence. He said the boy's mother suspected something had happened and called police after confirming it with her son.
The man was a friend of the boy's family and is believed to have been living in Sheboygan about six months, Walsh said.
In other recent cases, illegal immigrant Eddie Carbajal-Lile, 27, has been charged with causing a fatal crash that killed a Port Washington teen on Aug. 14, and 17-year-old Martin L. Gamez — whose immigration status is being questioned by federal authorities — was charged Friday with sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl on Aug. 16.
Another illegal immigrant, Mauro Cisneros, 33, was arrested Aug. 20 for a traffic violation and police discovered he was a twice-deported felon with previous arrests for drug dealing, kidnapping, burglary and robbery.
Sunday, September 02, 2007
FL -Illegal murders transgender
A man whom friends say identified and lived as a woman was shot and killed outside a restaurant that police say was illegally operating as a nightclub. Police are not investigating the murder as a hate crime. Oscar Mosqueda, 34, was shot in the head early July 29 in the parking lot of Pasta Amore, a local restaurant hosting “Disco Garibaldi,” one of four club nights held at the restaurant. Mosqueda died at Halifax Hospital several hours later. Villazano told police that following an argument with Mosqueda outside the club, he fired a handgun two times in the air before pointing it at Mosqueda and firing once more, hitting the victim on the right side of his head. Villazano, who has two outstanding warrants for failing to appear in court on charges of driving without a valid license, also told police he is in the U.S. illegally. He has been charged with second-degree murder and is being held without bail.According to news reports, police arriving on the scene thought Mosqueda was a woman because he was wearing high heels and a mini-skirt the night of the shooting. Equality Florida spokesman Brian Winfield said the victim’s friends told him that Mosqueda identified as Thalia and was transitioning to become a woman. “The majority of the females who attend the club are transgender,” he said. “What seems clear was that this was a hateful attack on a member of the trans community, a group that is already victims of various forms of discrimination across the board. We will continue to gather information from the community and work to ensure this case is properly investigated and that appropriate charges are brought,” said Winfield. “We will not allow yet another brutal murder apparently spurred by bigotry to go ignored. We think this is an opportunity to focus on the fact that transgender people are not included in Florida’s hate crimes statute. This is proof positive for adding gender identity and expression to Florida’s hate crimes statute.” Two men have been charged in connection with the killing. According to police reports, Mosqueda was shot by Cesar Villazano, 18, who told police he wasn’t gay and was very upset because the victim grabbed his penis in the club and embarrassed him.
3 illegals behaving badly to be deported
PITTSBURGH Two Honduran men who had apparently been living in North Carolina attacked a Mexican man at a campground in Pennsylvania over the weekend, prompting police to arrest all three men because they were in the country illegally.Carlos Reyes-Suazo, 31, stabbed Jose Vazquez-Andreas, 23, in the temple at Buckaloons Campground on Sunday after a second man, Efrain Hernandez-Rivera, 31, harassed the victim over his ethnicity and also tried to stab him, state police said.Vazquez-Andreas, who also had been living in North Carolina, was treated at Warren General Hospital for a severe cut and released.An investigation showed the men were in the United States illegally. State troopers contacted immigration authorities, who said they would begin deportation proceedings.
DFW - Illegal rapes neighbor
The Dallas Fort Worth Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team needs help catching a suspect who has just made it to their most wanted list.Police said Sergio Morales raped and beat one of his neighbors, a woman who lived in the same northeast Dallas apartment complex on Ferguson Road.According to reports, Morales was angry the woman did not respond to his advances. On Aug. 11 he allegedly forced his way into her apartment to beat and rape her."He struck her several times in the face and on the body. He even used an object to strike her," said DFW FAST's Det. Kurt Hibbets.Morales is in the country illegally. He has family in Dallas, Austin and Mexico.Anyone with information about Morales is encouraged to call police and leave a voice mail message at 214-807-0014. Tipsters can leave a message and do not have to leave their name.
Saturday, September 01, 2007
Victorville - Illegal uncle rapes 3 year old
3-year-old raped by uncle, officials say
KATHERINE ROSENBERG
August 30, 2007 - 11:14PMVICTORVILLE — A 3-year-old girl was found abused and bleeding Thursday night, and officials have arrested her uncle, an illegal alien, for child molestation. Salvador Luna, 29, who was previously deported, was arrested on suspicion of sexual abuse of a child and was taken to the Victorville sheriff’s station where he underwent a physical examination, said Detective Ryan Collins. The victim was originally admitted to Victor Valley Community Hospital around 7 p.m. after her mother found the girl bleeding inside their home on Rockrose Street, said Detective Sgt. Bob Hughes. “Her injuries were significant enough that she had to be admitted,” Hughes said. Around 6:30 p.m. the mother, father, the 3-year-old and her siblings were watching television in the parent’s room, a few doors down from where Luna was staying, Hughes said. The girl went to Luna’s room for a piece of candy, and when she returned, a sibling took the candy from her, authorities explained. The girl again went into Luna’s room, hoping to replace the stolen sweets. “She is in the uncle’s room for a while this time, long enough for mom to wonder where she was,” Hughes said. “When mom found the child she could see that she was visibly upset. Mom picks her up and when she put her down, now there’s blood all over mom’s shirt.” The woman took the child to a neighboring home where the resident was a nurse to have the girl checked out. The nurse immediately dialed 911 and advised the family to stay away from the home until authorities arrived, said Karen Hunt, spokeswoman for the Victorville station. Officials arrived at the home and had Luna in custody in under five minutes, Hughes said. Luna had apparently changed clothes by the time officials arrived, so the home was closed off and searched for physical evidence, Hughes said. In 2000, Luna was arrested in Ventura County on suspicion of annoying or molesting a child and sexual assault, said Detective John Wickum. It is unknown whether Luna was convicted, but the family said he was deported shortly after, officials confirmed. “His criminal history drops off in 2001,and he re-surfaces again in 2006 with a DUI arrest in Victorville,” Wickum said. Additional information came in that there could be as many as four other family members who have been past victims, but that remained under investigation on Friday, officials said. Results of medical examinations on both the victim and Luna are still outstanding, but authorities believe they might shed additional light on the case. “This is like the smoking gun of molestation cases. There are so many reports and investigations where it can take months to get to the bottom of things. It’s rare to catch something in progress and be able to respond and arrest the suspect immediately,” Wickum said. Anyone who may have information about Luna is asked to contact the Detective Bureau at the Victorville station at 241-2911. Luna is being held at the Victor Valley Jail on $250,000 bail, officials said.
KATHERINE ROSENBERG
August 30, 2007 - 11:14PMVICTORVILLE — A 3-year-old girl was found abused and bleeding Thursday night, and officials have arrested her uncle, an illegal alien, for child molestation. Salvador Luna, 29, who was previously deported, was arrested on suspicion of sexual abuse of a child and was taken to the Victorville sheriff’s station where he underwent a physical examination, said Detective Ryan Collins. The victim was originally admitted to Victor Valley Community Hospital around 7 p.m. after her mother found the girl bleeding inside their home on Rockrose Street, said Detective Sgt. Bob Hughes. “Her injuries were significant enough that she had to be admitted,” Hughes said. Around 6:30 p.m. the mother, father, the 3-year-old and her siblings were watching television in the parent’s room, a few doors down from where Luna was staying, Hughes said. The girl went to Luna’s room for a piece of candy, and when she returned, a sibling took the candy from her, authorities explained. The girl again went into Luna’s room, hoping to replace the stolen sweets. “She is in the uncle’s room for a while this time, long enough for mom to wonder where she was,” Hughes said. “When mom found the child she could see that she was visibly upset. Mom picks her up and when she put her down, now there’s blood all over mom’s shirt.” The woman took the child to a neighboring home where the resident was a nurse to have the girl checked out. The nurse immediately dialed 911 and advised the family to stay away from the home until authorities arrived, said Karen Hunt, spokeswoman for the Victorville station. Officials arrived at the home and had Luna in custody in under five minutes, Hughes said. Luna had apparently changed clothes by the time officials arrived, so the home was closed off and searched for physical evidence, Hughes said. In 2000, Luna was arrested in Ventura County on suspicion of annoying or molesting a child and sexual assault, said Detective John Wickum. It is unknown whether Luna was convicted, but the family said he was deported shortly after, officials confirmed. “His criminal history drops off in 2001,and he re-surfaces again in 2006 with a DUI arrest in Victorville,” Wickum said. Additional information came in that there could be as many as four other family members who have been past victims, but that remained under investigation on Friday, officials said. Results of medical examinations on both the victim and Luna are still outstanding, but authorities believe they might shed additional light on the case. “This is like the smoking gun of molestation cases. There are so many reports and investigations where it can take months to get to the bottom of things. It’s rare to catch something in progress and be able to respond and arrest the suspect immediately,” Wickum said. Anyone who may have information about Luna is asked to contact the Detective Bureau at the Victorville station at 241-2911. Luna is being held at the Victor Valley Jail on $250,000 bail, officials said.
Phoenix - Attempted Rape at Fry's
A man in the country illegally is arrested for attempted sexual assault
Javier Ramos has admitted his involvment in the incident and that he is an illegal alien.
Friday, August 31, 2007
On Thursday August 30 at about 5:20 pm a 13 year old girl was shopping at Fry's at 74th Avenue and Cactus with her father. As she was coming out of the ladies' room in the store Javier Ramos has admitted to police he forced his way in to the ladies' room, grabbed the girl and forced her to the floor. Several people heard her screams and when they opened the door the suspect ran out being followed by several of the witnesses. One of the witnesses caught up to Ramos as he tried to enter his car, a scuffle ensued, and Ramos escaped after assaulting the man by kicking him in the stomach. Ramos continued on foot and remained within the perimeter we had set up. He attempted to evade officers by approaching homes in the area asking for work, but a citizen who recognized him from the incident grabbed Ramos and held him until police officers arrived.
Ramos was booked for kidnapping, attempted sexual misconduct with a minor, aggravated assault on a minor, and for an outstanding warrant on the driving on suspended.
Ramos also admitted to police he is in the country illegally.
Javier Ramos has admitted his involvment in the incident and that he is an illegal alien.
Friday, August 31, 2007
On Thursday August 30 at about 5:20 pm a 13 year old girl was shopping at Fry's at 74th Avenue and Cactus with her father. As she was coming out of the ladies' room in the store Javier Ramos has admitted to police he forced his way in to the ladies' room, grabbed the girl and forced her to the floor. Several people heard her screams and when they opened the door the suspect ran out being followed by several of the witnesses. One of the witnesses caught up to Ramos as he tried to enter his car, a scuffle ensued, and Ramos escaped after assaulting the man by kicking him in the stomach. Ramos continued on foot and remained within the perimeter we had set up. He attempted to evade officers by approaching homes in the area asking for work, but a citizen who recognized him from the incident grabbed Ramos and held him until police officers arrived.
Ramos was booked for kidnapping, attempted sexual misconduct with a minor, aggravated assault on a minor, and for an outstanding warrant on the driving on suspended.
Ramos also admitted to police he is in the country illegally.
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