Mexican invader found guilty

Orangeburg (SC) Times and Democrat
Abdi Reynosa-Bravo, 26, of Mexico and Orangeburg, pleaded in federal court to being an alien who knowingly and illegally entered the United States and eluded examination and inspection by immigration officers, according to U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles. — U.S. District Judge Margaret B. Seymour of Columbia accepted the plea and will impose sentence after she has reviewed the presentence report, which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office. — Evidence presented at the change of plea hearing established that on Feb. 24, Reynosa-Bravo was arrested at a residence on Halford Lane in Orangeburg County and charged with trafficking marijuana in state court… Read More

El Salvadoran threatened to kill Long Branch detective

Asbury Park (NJ) Press
Long Branch, NJ — An El Salvadoran national, who police say was highly intoxicated, threatened to kill an off-duty police detective summoned from a dining table to help an employee being harassed by the drunken man. — An intoxicated Edgar Rolando-Santo Velasquez, 28, of South Fifth Avenue in the city, told Spanish-speaking Detective Michael Verdadeiro in Spanish, “I kill police in my country. I got a knife and I am going to kill you,” according to Lt. Frank Rizzuto. — An off-duty Verdadeiro was sitting at a table inside the Por Do Sol restaurant on Broadway in the city and… Read More

Man who allegedly tried to fly to US using fake papers indicted

Saipan Tribune — Garapan, MP
An indictment was filed Thursday in federal court against a Chinese national who was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents last week as he tried to check-in for an outbound flight to Los Angeles, California, via Narita, Japan, using allegedly fake documents. — Dongjun Li, 38, was indicted for immigration fraud and false statement or entry. — According to the indictment filed by assistant U.S. attorney Beverly R. McCallum in the U.S. District Court for the NMI, Li used a forged U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service Form I-512 on July 15, 2011, as evidence of authorized stay or employment in the U.S. It was dated May 20, 2011… Read More