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Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Yahoo
Woman arrested by ICE in Sugarcreek Twp. had felony related to entering USA
Feb. 13—A woman who was arrested in Greene County by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in January had a previous felony conviction related to entering the United States illegally, court records show. Melania Franco Rios, a citizen of Mexico, had previously been removed from the United States in 2022, per an affidavit filed in the Southern District Court of Ohio by a special agent with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations. Rios and a man were arrested Jan. 26 in Greene County and taken into custody by ICE. They were originally pulled over by Sugarcreek Twp. police for a fictitious license plate, police records show. Franco Rios pleaded guilty in October 2022 to a felony of using a false birth certificate to enter the United States, according to the court affidavit. That June, Franco Rios presented an Alabama birth certificate belonging to her sister, telling Texas border agents that she was traveling to the United States to work. Rios was sentenced to 81 days in prison, but was instead returned to Mexico in late October 2022. Records obtained by the Dayton Daily News show that Sugarcreek Twp. police conducted a traffic stop on Wilmington Pike around 10:15 a.m. on Jan. 26 on a red Ford F150, as the license plate on the truck belonged to a different car. Police said they interacted with the male driver, who didn't speak English, and who supplied a Mexico Identification Card and the title of the vehicle. The female passenger, later identified as Franco Rios, translated for police and said she did not have a driver's license. The driver was found to have a visa that had expired in June 2023, and therefore "was currently in the United States illegally," police documents say, adding that ICE agents were then called. According to the Homeland Security court affidavit, the group that responded included Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Deportation Officers (DOs). Using a mobile fingerprinting device, the officers scanned Franco Rios, ran the prints against an immigration database, and identified her and her previous offense. The affidavit says ERO officers assumed custody of Franco Rios. Court documents say there is probable cause for her to be charged with violating Title 8 of U.S. Code, Section 1326a-b, regarding "reentry of previously removed alien with prior felony conviction," according to the court affidavit. This development comes as President Donald Trump has promised to increase "expedited removal" of certain immigrants. Trump's border czar, Thomas Homan, has said recently that the administration's priority is removing violent criminals, but that other people in the United States illegally could be caught in the process.
Yahoo
29-01-2025
- Yahoo
Driver, passenger detained by ICE after traffic stop in Greene County
Two people were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents after a traffic stop in Sugarcreek Township on Sunday. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] The Sugarcreek Township Police Department released the incident report to News Center 7 on Wednesday. TRENDING STORIES: Airline company corporate headquarters leaving Dayton after 40 years Teacher on leave after accusations of inappropriate contact with students Do you recognize him? AG Yost looking to identify body found in December An officer stopped a 2025 Honda CRV driving along Wilmington Pike at approximately 10:15 a.m. for alleged fictitious plates. The incident report indicates that the driver didn't speak English, but the passenger translated for him. The driver gave the officer a Mexico Identification Card and the title of the vehicle. According to the incident report, the title showed the previous owner and had a notarization date of Dec. 9. The passenger told officers that she didn't have current identification or a driver's license. ICE agents responded to the traffic stop after they learned the driver's identity. The report indicates that ICE agents told Sugarcreek police that the driver had a Visa that expired in June 2023, according to the report. The driver and passenger were detained by ICE agents for questioning. Their identities were not immediately available. Sugarcreek Township police did not charge or cite the driver and passenger. This case remains under investigation by ICE. As previously reported by News Center 7, Sugarcreek Township Police Department Chief Michael Brown said this was not a coordinated effort between police and ICE. 'The impression (is) that Sugarcreek Township police are, were, working in a coordinated effort between ICE and Sugarcreek police. That simply is not the case… Once the traffic stop was made, ICE was contacted for assistance with determining the identity of the occupants,' Sugarcreek Township Police Chief Michael Brown said. News Center 7 will continue to follow this story. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Yahoo
29-01-2025
- Yahoo
Sugarcreek Twp. police called ICE after traffic stop revealed man's expired visa
Jan. 29—A man and a woman who were arrested in Greene County and taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were originally pulled over for a fictitious license plate, police records show. Records obtained by the Dayton Daily News show that Sugarcreek Twp. police conducted a traffic stop on Wilmington Pike around 10:15 a.m. Sunday on a red Ford F150, as the license plate on the truck belonged to a different car. Police said they spoke to the male driver, who didn't speak English, and who supplied a Mexico Identification Card and the title of the vehicle. The female passenger, who translated for police, said she did not have a driver's license. The driver was found to have a visa that had expired in June 2023, and therefore "was currently in the United States illegally," police documents say, adding that ICE agents were then called. ICE has both individuals in custody. Police have not identified the two individuals, as neither had been charged. Multiple reports on social media Sunday described the traffic stop on Wilmington Pike just south of I-675, near Miami Valley Hospital South. Photos posted from the incident showed Sugarcreek Twp. police officers and plainclothes law enforcement wearing tactical vests escorting one person to a police vehicle, and putting chain-type shackles on another. The stop occurred the same day that ICE issued a statement saying it would be conducting "enhanced targeted operations" in Chicago on Sunday, as part of President Donald Trump's efforts to reverse Biden administration immigration policies and to deport millions of non-citizens. Under Trump, ICE is pursuing "expedited removal" of certain immigrants. ICE posted on social media Sunday that its agents had made 956 arrests nationwide, a number that is only expected to climb, Trump "border czar" Tom Homan told ABC's "This Week," on Sunday.
