DHS criticized the Manhattan District Attorney's Office for a plea agreement that would allow Nicol Alexandra Contreras-Suarez to serve six months in jail after pleading guilty in a case involving the rape of a 14-year-old. The statement says ICE had lodged a detainer and that New York City corrections officials agreed not to release Contreras-Suarez.
DHS said ICE asked New York authorities not to release Bairon Posada-Herandez, a Honduran national accused of pushing two men onto New York City subway tracks on March 8. The statement says one victim, an 83-year-old Air Force veteran, remained in critical condition and that Posada-Herandez had been deported four times before.
DHS said ICE arrested several people with prior convictions that included arson, burglary with assault, methamphetamine trafficking, burglary, and criminal conspiracy. The statement lists arrests involving individuals from Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, and New York as part of what it described as a public safety effort.
DHS said ICE officers made a series of arrests over Easter weekend involving people with prior convictions that included manslaughter, child sexual abuse offenses, assault, stalking, and drug trafficking. The statement highlights multiple cases from states including Florida, California, Texas, Washington, and New York.
DHS said ICE arrested several people with prior convictions that included arson, burglary with assault, methamphetamine trafficking, burglary, and criminal conspiracy. The statement lists arrests involving individuals from Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, and New York as part of what it described as a public safety effort.
DHS said Ramiro Antonio Gutierrez Garcia, an MS-13 member from El Salvador, was sentenced to 55 years in federal prison for his role in two murders in Queens. The statement says he helped plan one killing in 2018 and fatally shot another victim on a subway platform in 2019.
He's 24, pretended to be 16, and was already convicted of forgery and perjury.
DHS said ICE lodged a detainer against Tarsem Singh after Ohio authorities indicted him on charges including vehicular homicide, involuntary manslaughter, and reckless homicide. The statement says police allege he led officers on a 100 mph chase that ended in a crash killing his pregnant 17-year-old passenger and her unborn child.
DHS said ICE arrested several people with prior convictions that included arson, burglary with assault, methamphetamine trafficking, burglary, and criminal conspiracy. The statement lists arrests involving individuals from Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, and New York as part of what it described as a public safety effort.
DHS said ICE arrested Christopher Leon Bailey in Ridley Township, Pennsylvania, after he was charged in a road rage case that authorities say escalated from a knife attack to him running over the victim with a car. The statement says the charges were later increased to attempted murder after video footage was reviewed.