A Polk County man was under arrest for shooting three passing cars with an automatic rifle.
Haines City police caught the man standing along Bates Road and US-17/92 with the high-powered gun Saturday. Officers said one woman was shot in the leg and another victim was hit by shattered glass.
The suspect was booked in the Polk County jail as "John Doe" because he gave police three different names.
A by 14-year-old girl from Mexico was smuggled into the United States and forced into prostitutionthree illegal immigrants suspected of running a prostitution ring in North and South Carolina, according to court documents.
A federal detention hearing was held Tuesday for two men suspected of holding or transporting illegal immigrants for prostitution. The alleged ringleader, Guadalupe Reyes-Rivera, was being sought on similar charges, according to a sworn statement from Craig Hannah, a special agent with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Bail was denied for Jesus Perez-Laguna, but the local US attorney's office refused to say where he was being held. A spokeswoman would not discuss any details about the case.
Ciro Bustos-Rosales, 35, was being held Wednesday at the Richland County Detention Center on charges of prostitution, pimping and soliciting, according to the jail's website.
Perez-Laguna arranged for the 14-year-old to be smuggled into the country under the guise of getting restaurant work, according to Hannah's statement. The girl was taken to Charlotte, NC, several locations in South Carolina, and later Columbia, where she was forced "to perform acts of prostitution and turn over the proceeds," according to the statement.
A 19-year-old girl and 31-year-old woman also were involved in the prostitution ring, according to Hannah.
The South Carolina U.S. Attorney's Office announced the indictment Tuesday of three Mexican nationals who they say were importing women from Mexico to South Carolina for prostitution.
According to the indictment, Jesus Perez-Laguna, Guadalupe "Mama Martina" Reyes-Rivera and Ciro Bustos-Rosales brought women into the state for use in a commercial sex operation, at least one as young as 14 years old.
Perez-Laguna, Reyes-Rivera and Bustos-Rosales also are accused of harboring illegal immigrants.
Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Wan J. Kim said, "Too often sex traffickers prey on young women who are brought into the United States illegally, thousands of miles from home, and unaware of the U.S. legal system or their rights to be free from this form of involuntary servitude."
If convicted of sex trafficking and related crimes, Perez-Laguna, Reyes-Rivera and Bustos-Rosales face a sentence of up to life in prison and a combined fine of more than $1 million.
Since 2001, the Justice Department has charged more than 430 with human trafficking and secured convictions for 316 defendants.
Two of the illegal aliens below
The prostitution mobile homes
The neighbor of the prostitution mobile homes (and probably the best customer) who claims he "ain't knew nuffins bout wut wuz goin on up der." But nows dat ah do know, aye probably haz ah lot moe monee frum now on. Ah Huh.
Video here, not about the problem Americans face with illegal aliens and the crimes they commit, but about the poor, poor Mexicans and how we need to protect them. Typical news media dumbing down and reflecting away from the real problem - Typical Propaganda - Video Link
On top of his license revocation, Rodriguez was sentenced to clean-up the memorial to his adult victim and her unborn child. What a travesty of justice here. The judge should be banished from the bench forever and the invader should be banished from this earth forever. Complete injustice, a very disgusting and sickening case.
Rodriguez Pleads Guilty to DWI Charge
A Leland man suspected of being under the influence of alcohol when he hit and killed a woman five years ago has been convicted of driving while impaired.
Efrain Rodriguez pleaded guilty to a DWI charge in a New Hanover County courtroom on Monday.
Rodriguez has a history of driving drunk.
He has been arrested twice before on DWI charges. In 2003, he hit and killed a pregnant woman then drove away.
Police suspect he was drunk but couldn't prove it since they didn't find him until the next day.
Rodriguez served less than a year for the hit and run.
The victim's father says he wants Rodriguez behind bars for life.
Rodriguez will lose his license for a year.
As part of his guilty plea, he will have to serve community service by cleaning up the memorial of the woman he killed.
Victim, her murderer was sentenced to a year of license revocation and to clean-up her memorial, she, was sentenced to death.
The passive father, he tried to the best of his ability to seek justice for his daughter's killer, but the cards were stacked against him. He was insulted, abused and intimidated at the court house and in the end, his worst fears were realized, justice escaped him, his daughter and his unborn grandchild.
The invader, comes in to a country in which he doesn't belong. Kills a citizen of that country and walks away as if nothing happened. Some claim there is a conspiracy against the White inhabitants of America, to those I say, this case strengthens your argument even further. They can kill a member of our race, even an innocent young woman with child and it's like "nothing happened." Yet, we kill a member of theirs and it's like the world stopped. Well, stops with the exception of the printing presses and the talking heads on TV, they never forget. Once again I'm left with few words but those few words need to be said . . . what a lowdown, dirty shame! Wake-up folks, before it's too l-a-t-e.
Mexicans turn violent on group protesting Bush's NAU plan - Mex's say it's "racist" to protest against White genocide - many cops hurt yet no arrests were made
What were supposed to be two separate protests by two opposing groups turned violent when the one group grew confrontational and threw balloons and beer bottles at its opposition on Saturday.
Some 200 people gathered to protest against what they claim is President Bush's support of a North American union which, the protesters claim, would eliminate U.S. sovereignty.
"Not every illegal immigrant is a criminal - we understand that, but we are allowing people into this nation who are doing us harm," said Jonnie Crivello, a protester.
The protesters gathered at the Seattle Center and marched down Third Avenue to the Federal Building. While rallied there, they were bombed with beer cans and balloons by counter-protesters who were holding their own rally, prompting police to intervene.
About 50 counter-protesters were present, claiming shutting down the border is a racist act.
"We say no human being is illegal and everybody - just by working here - automatically has the right to live here," said Jorge Torres, a counter-protester.
Police said many of their officers were hurt during the protests. No arrests were made.
Metro police are searching for the aunt of a baby who died.
Police said Marisol Alvarado will be charged with murder. Alvarado promised the mother she'd take care of the child.
But, police said the aunt caused serious injuries, which led to the baby's death less than two months later.
In early June, a Davidson County Sheriff's deputy sat outside a delivery room at Nashville General Hospital.
The deputy waited as 32-year-old jail inmate Ana Granados gave birth to Mario Plafex.
Granados had to go back to jail, so she gave Mario to her sister-in-law Marisol Alvarado.
"The police department immediately began trying to get to the bottom of what occurred," said Don Aaron, a Metro police spokesman
Aaron said the department received a call from doctors when Alvarado took Mario to Southern Hills Hospital on July 16. The child's injuries -- broken bones and a head injury - caused doctors to transfer the baby to Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt the same day.
Police said Alvarado admitted to hurting the baby.
"She threw him up into the air in a prone position and let him land back onto the crib. This was done more than once," Aaron said.
Alvarado also told police she shook the baby several times to stop him from crying.
Police officers wanted to charge her with aggravated child abuse and neglect, but when they got to the apartment Alvarado had taken her own three children and left. Mario died in the hospital two weeks later.
Police said with the mother watching, doctors pulled the plug on Mario on July 30. Afterwards, the Medical Examiners Office conducted an autopsy. The doctors said the baby had broken ribs, a broken left foot and a severe head injury.
Police said when they find Alvarado not only will she face abuse charges but also the charge of murder.
"This is a person who is now, we believe, fleeing the police department, fleeing law enforcement. We think that she knows she's wanted," Aaron said.
Police believe Alvarado is still in Nashville.
They think she's trying to blend in with the Latino and Hispanic community. Alvarado's three children are supposed to be with their grandfather, while police investigate these allegations.
If anyone sees Alvarado, they should call Crime Stoppers. That number is 74-Crime.
If the information leads to her arrest, the caller could earn up to $1,000
Drops kid, goes to jail, leaves her baby with it's aunt
Aunt beats and tortures the kid to death now, she's on the run
