Posted on 02/15/2008 8:45:14 AM PST by bkwells
GULFPORT -- A man suspected of being in the country illegally when he was in a fatal crash will be tried for leaving the scene, but he won't be prosecuted for driving under the influence.
Results of a blood-alcohol test show Raymoundo Rojas Garcia was not intoxicated the morning his pickup collided with a motorcycle on U.S. 49 at O'Neal Road. The crash June 24, 2007, claimed the lives of Wayne Hughes, 45, and his wife, Michelle Hughes, 48. The couple lived in Saucier.
Prosecutors in the District Attorney's Office confirmed the test results after a Harrison County grand jury indicted Garcia on Jan. 14 on two counts of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. Gulfport police were prepared to charge Garcia with felony DUI if the test showed Garcia was driving impaired.
Garcia, 27, faces up to five years in prison on each count if convicted of leaving the scene. If charged with drunken driving in a fatal crash, he would have faced five to 25 years for each death.
Garcia remains in custody on $100,000 bond, but the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has a hold on him for possible violation of immigration laws.
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So they deport him and he returns through the revolving door six months later. Ees no problem gringo, I be back soon.
Being in this country illegally should be a FELONY.
That’s what my friend here in Memphis at DHS says. They deport them only to see them back in a couple months.
(sarcasm)
Just trying to make a better life for the family.
AGREE!
There is NO reason why they should not get in line and come here LEGALLY. ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION is a SECURITY RISK and endangers us all. How can they be serious about a war on terrorism when they let ANYONE come here ILLEGALLY?
We also don’t need immigration reform. We need to ENFORCE OUR EXISTING LAWS and MAKE THEM TOUGHER - not define them DOWN.
Who cares about the Hispanic vote? We shouldn’t be catering to CRIMINALS and ILLEGAL immigration is a CRIME. We don’t want people here that support breaking our laws. If to come here, you must come here LEGALLY, then others will expect other immigrants to come here LEGALLY too. That would end the pandering to ILLEGALS.
Send this to Juan McCain.
Bush better do something before 5000 snipers guard our border.
This foreign national illegal alien scumbag needs to fry, but I doubt he’ll even get the needle. The Mexican government has far too much influence here. If Bush had any cojones, he’d have banned Calderon from his just-comnpleted “visit”.
Garcia's connection to the crash drew criticism after it became public Gulfport police had arrested him the week before on a misdemeanor DUI. Police said Garcia didn't have a driver's license and they had no way of knowing whether he is in the country illegally. .. Garcia's attorney, Rufus Alldredge, said he isn't sure of Garcia's citizenship status. .. "He speaks no English," Alldredge said, "but that doesn't mean he was trying to run and hide from an accident."/snip
Police have testified an off-duty state trooper stopped and instructed Garcia and his family to stand by the roadside. Garcia, his wife and their toddler were found a short distance away on Plunkett Road, a narrow street near the intersection.
"He was standing there talking on a cell phone," Alldredge said. "Was he frightened? Was he trying to find out what to do? These are questions we'll be trying to answer. It wasn't like he was half a mile away. Right now, he just wants to be with his family."
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Do not want account 'Banned or Suspended'.
Just let your imagination run wild. Think Spanish Inquisition :-)
Important, but doesn’t it belong in the Activism sidebar
I knew this woman... may this illegal burn in hell along with all of his enablers!
LLS
another one - when will it stop?
& what happens if he’s found to be here illegally?
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