Seward County Sheriff arrests 14 illegal immigrants
By the Lincoln Journal Star
Sunday, Apr 27, 2008 - 07:35:04 pm CDT

Seward County Sheriff deputies arrested 14 illegal immigrants Friday night and Saturday morning during a routine traffic stop on Interstate 80.

Sheriff Joe Yocum said a deputy pulled over a van and discovered its passengers were illegal immigrants. A deputy notified U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and escorted the van to the sheriff’s office.

When the van was a block from the department, Yocum said, it stopped and the driver and passengers fled.

The sheriff’s office called Seward Police and Nebraska State Patrol for assistance, and located all of the missing by Saturday morning. Yocum said the sheriff’s office turned the suspects over to immigration officials.

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