Thread: Employer of illegal who killed cop, has been charged!

http://www.click2houston.com/news/15013129/detail.html


HOUSTON -- The owner of a company that hired an illegal immigrant who has been charged with capital murder in connection with a police officer's death has been arrested and charged with harboring an illegal alien, KPRC Local 2 reported Wednesday.

United States Attorney Don DeGabrielle said Robert Lane Camp, owner of Camp Landscaping in Deer Park, encouraged Juan Leonardo Quintero-Perez to unlawfully enter the country by hiring him.

"This prosecution demonstrates the consequences a U.S. citizen faces when he or she decides to harbor or assist an undocumented alien to enter the United States and to employ that alien unlawfully," DeGabrielle said

Quintero-Perez has been accused of fatally shooting Houston Police Officer Rodney Johnson in September 2006. Johnson stopped Quintero-Perez in one of Camp's vehicles and placed him under arrest after he did not provide a driver's license, investigators said. He was handcuffed and placed in Johnson's patrol car.

Detectives said Quintero-Perez shot Johnson from the back seat of the patrol car with a gun he had hidden on his body.

"Many illegal aliens, especially aliens with criminal convictions, are desperate to avoid being detected and apprehended," said Robert Ruitt, special agent in charge of the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Office of Investigations in Houston. "These people also tend to take desperate actions and the results are often tragic."

Court documents showed Quintero-Perez was charged with indecency with a child in 1998 and identified Camp as his employer. Camp posted his bond after his arrest. He was convicted and deported in 1999.

Camp has been accused of helping Quintero-Perez re-enter the United States illegally in 1999 and giving him a job and residence to lease.

Quintero-Perez is currently in state custody awaiting trial. He faces the death penalty if convicted.

Good. It is about time.

This is way over due.

Maybe it's just me, but this sound tremendous!!

This may be just what we have been waiting for.

So this is local government charging this person - that's just great and I hope we see more and more of this.

Oh, How I wish this could be broadcast hourly on the mainstream press. The employers need to get frightened. They need to be shown they will have to take responsibility for their actions.

Of course, I'd like to see him charged with complicity or something that shows he contributed to the death of this police officer.

This is GREAT!!!

Victims/victim families throughout the country should be INSISTING on the same!!!

Houston businessman arrested for harboring an accused killer of a police officer

ICE investigation shows that the employer hired the illegal alien before and after he was deported

HOUSTON - A local businessman, who employed an illegal alien charged with capital murder in connection with the 2006 shooting death of Houston Police Department Officer Rodney Johnson, was arrested Wednesday and charged with harboring an illegal alien here. This case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Houston Police Department.

Robert Lane Camp, 47, who owns Camp Landscaping in Deer Park, Texas, was charged by criminal complaint with encouraging Juan Leonardo Quintero-Perez, the accused killer of Officer Johnson, to unlawfully enter the United States and with harboring Quintero-Perez.

The complaint was filed in federal court Monday, following an investigation by ICE special agents and the Houston Police Department. Camp surrendered to federal authorities at the U. S. Marshals Service where he was arrested. His initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen William Smith is set for 2 p.m. Wednesday.

According to court documents, Quintero-Perez was charged in 1998 with indecency with a child, a state felony offense. Quintero-Perez identified Camp as his employer at the time. Camp posted a $10,000 bond for Quintero-Perez, and he was released. Quintero-Perez was convicted and sentenced to probation for the state charges. Afterwards, immigration officers deported Quintero-Perez. However, he illegally re-entered the country in 1999. Camp is accused by a federal criminal complaint of aiding Quintero-Perez to illegally return to the country in 1999, and providing Quintero with a job and a residence to lease upon Quintero-Perez' illegal return.

The criminal complaint against Camp alleges that in September 2006 Officer Johnson stopped Quintero-Perez, who was driving one of Camp's work vehicles. Officer Johnson arrested Quintero-Perez for failing to provide a driver's license. The officer handcuffed Quintero-Perez and placed him in his patrol car. State prosecutors have alleged that Quintero-Perez shot Johnson from the back seat of the patrol car with a gun he had hidden on his person. Officer Johnson died of his injuries. Quintero-Perez, who is charged with Officer Johnson's capital murder, remains in state custody pending trial. He faces the death penalty if convicted.

"Officer Rodney Johnson's terrible murder illustrates that hiring and harboring illegal aliens is not a victimless crime," said Robert Rutt, special agent in charge of the ICE Office of Investigations in Houston. "Many illegal aliens, especially aliens with criminal convictions, are desperate to avoid being detected and apprehended. These people also tend to take desperate actions, and the results are often tragic."

Each of the two federal felony offenses alleged in the complaint carry a statutory maximum punishment of five years in prison, and a $250,000 fine upon conviction.


http://www.ice.gov/pi/news/newsreleases ... ouston.htm

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What has happened to al of the other employers that harbor illegals that have committed violent crimes?


I think if an illegal commits a crime against anyone in the US we should sue for $$ damages and deportation immediately. Then go after their employer/ We need to form a legal aid advocacy group.

And who says illegal immigration isn't a 'victimless crime'???

http://www.odmp.org/reflections.php?oid=18510

You are right boots. This may be just the first step.

Right now, I think attorneys are afraid their careers may be destroyed if they go after some employee for this - but much more of this and they may start seeing the dollar signs - and - we can hope.

Duplicate. Thanks jimpasz.

Please refer to this thread instead: http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-97678.html