Thread: Illegal immigrant pleads not guilty in fatal DUI crash

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Tuesday, 10/17/06

Illegal immigrant pleads not guilty in fatal DUI crash

By SHEILA BURKE
Staff Writer


A man accused of driving drunk and killing a Mt. Juliet couple while fleeing from police in June pleaded not guilty in Davidson County Criminal Court Tuesday.

Gustavo Reyes Garcia, 28, is charged with two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide, aggravated assault by reckless conduct, evading arrest and violation of the habitual offender law.
Reyes, an illegal immigrant, was arrested at least 14 times but never deported, before being accused in the deadly wreck that killed Sean and Donna Wilson.


Reyes case is among several serious incidents in recent years in which illegal immigrants have been arrested.

The rash of crimes by foreigners prompted Davidson County Sheriff Daron Hall earlier this year to apply for a federal program that would allow deputies to conduct immigration checks of all foreign-born people booked into the Metro jail.

Too little, too late for these people. I hope the remaining family of this couple sues local, state and federal agencies along whoever employed this illegal.

THESE DEATHS NOT HAVE TO HAPPEN.