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Illegal Immigrant Charged With Sex Assault Asks to be Deported to Avoid Punishment
Monday, January 22, 2007
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WOODSTOCK, Ill. — Not many illegal immigrants ask to be deported. But Jose Vallejo of Mexico did, rather than face a potential prison term of 30 years for sex assault here in the United States. And he nearly got his wish.
Prosecutors in Illinois say Vallejo, who is now a 17-year-old Mexican national, pinned his four-year-old female victim down on a bed then molested her on April 12, 2006. Even though Vallejo was only 16 at the time of the alleged crime, he is being charged as an adult because of the age of the victim. He faces three counts, including aggravated criminal sexual assault, one count of unlawful restraint.
Originally, bond was set by a state judge at $150,000 but Vallejo's family posted the cash. So, Vallejo was released by the state, but soon after, was taken into custody by federal agents for illegally entering the country three years ago.
Monday, January 22, 2007
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WOODSTOCK, Ill. — Not many illegal immigrants ask to be deported. But Jose Vallejo of Mexico did, rather than face a potential prison term of 30 years for sex assault here in the United States. And he nearly got his wish.
Prosecutors in Illinois say Vallejo, who is now a 17-year-old Mexican national, pinned his four-year-old female victim down on a bed then molested her on April 12, 2006. Even though Vallejo was only 16 at the time of the alleged crime, he is being charged as an adult because of the age of the victim. He faces three counts, including aggravated criminal sexual assault, one count of unlawful restraint.
Originally, bond was set by a state judge at $150,000 but Vallejo's family posted the cash. So, Vallejo was released by the state, but soon after, was taken into custody by federal agents for illegally entering the country three years ago.
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Illegal immigrant's felony rejected in Ala. wreck that killed 4
The Associated Press
January 22. 2007
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An illegal immigrant who ran a stop sign in a wreck that killed four people is awaiting deportation to Mexico after completing his 18-month sentence and winning a partial victory on appeal that angered relatives of the victims.
Illegal immigrant's felony rejected in Ala. wreck that killed 4
The Associated Press
January 22. 2007
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An illegal immigrant who ran a stop sign in a wreck that killed four people is awaiting deportation to Mexico after completing his 18-month sentence and winning a partial victory on appeal that angered relatives of the victims.
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals ruled the jury that convicted Rufo Martinez, 22, on a felony assault charge and four misdemeanor charges of criminally negligent homicide had returned inconsistent verdicts. The court upheld the misdemeanor charges but struck down the felony charge, instructing the trial judge to reduce the felony conviction to a misdemeanor.
"I'm furious," Jerelene Jackson, mother of one of the victims, told The Huntsville Times in a story Sunday. "They did this and nobody notified us."
The appeals court's ruling in December did not change the length of time Martinez had to serve. He was sentenced to 18 months on the felony and misdemeanor convictions stemming from the deadly wreck May 27, 2005.
Martinez's attorney, Ron Smith, said Monday his client, who is from Mexico, was released from state prison in October and delivered into the custody of federal immigration authorities for deportation. He's now in a federal holding facility in Louisiana. He was initially set for deportation as a foreign national convicted of an aggravated felony. Although he is no longer a convicted felon, Smith said the federal government can still deport Martinez because he's in the country illegally.
Martinez ran a stop sign at Research Park Boulevard and Plummer Road, slamming into another car.
Lisa Nadine Cartwright, 41; her daughter, Pamela Cartwright, 20; Pamela Cartwright's 18-month-old son, Samyrin; and Pamela Cartwright's friend Eria Jackson, 20, were killed.
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