‘Unfathomable’: Police say undocumented immigrant killed Lancaster (updated)
Unfathomable’: Police say undocumented immigrant killed Lancaster man
BY ANDREW DYS AND HANNAH SMOOT
August 08, 2018 04:22 PM
Updated August 08, 2018 07:26 PM
LANCASTER
The family of a Lancaster man has voiced outrage that their loved one was killed by a driver who had a history of arrests and is in this country illegally.
Abel Borbonio-Olivio is charged with reckless homicide in Saturday’s death of Charles Byrdic.
Borbonio-Olivio had been arrested four times for not having a drivers license in the past 15 years, court records show.
Borbonio-Olivio, 42, who prosecutors say is from Mexico and in the country illegally, is now under a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer.
Prosecutors say Borbonio-Olivio has used several name spellings in police and court documents, and his name is spelled differently on court records and Saturday’s arrest warrant, records show.
Borbonio-Olivio had two prescription drugs in his system, had no driver’s license, was speeding more than 10 miles over the speed limit, and was looking at money in his wallet at the time of the crash Saturday, according to arrest warrants obtained by The Herald.
Borbonio-Olivio tried to flee the crash scene before police arrived, prosecutors said.
“It is unfathomable how something like this could happen,” said Josh Byrdic, one of Charles Byrdic’s children. “The driver never should have been driving. He was distracted. He had no license. And now we find out he is here illegally.”
Byrdic, 60, was in his yard around 9:30 a.m. when Borbonio-Olivio ran off the road and hit Byrdic, said Randy Newman, 6th Circuit solicitor.
Byrdic died at the scene. He was hit so hard that he was knocked out of his shoes and catapulted from the suspect’s SUV, Byrdic’s family said.
Borbonio-Olivio was denied bond Wednesday in court in Lancaster. Prosecutors argued he is a flight risk and could be deported by federal officials before being held accountable for Byrdic’s death.
Charles Byrdic’s widow, Donna, said she agrees with President Donald Trump’s stance for stricter immigrations law enforcement when suspects are not in the U.S. legally and then charged with crimes.
“There are laws in this country and he (Borbonio-Olivio) kept breaking them,” she said. “Now he has taken a life.”
It remains unclear why, in the previous cases, no law enforcement or court officials contacted ICE or Lancaster County prosecutors to check on Borbonio-Olivio’s immigration status.
Borbonio-Olivio was arrested in 2001 for having no beginner’s permit, no child restraint seat and speeding, court records show.
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Suspected illegal immigrant charged in Lancaster man’s death asked for bond hearing
BY ANDREW DYS
MARCH 14, 2019 11:16 AM,
UPDATED MARCH 14, 2019 11:16 AM
LANCASTER, SC
A suspected illegal immigrant charged in a Lancaster’s man death will remain jailed without bond until trial.
Abel Borbonio-Olivio is charged with reckless homicide in the August 2018 death of Charles Byrdic. Borbonio-Olivio had drugs in his system when he drove off the road and hit Byrdic, who was walking in his yard, prosecutors said.
Borbonio-Olivio had been arrested four times for not having a driver’s license in the past 15 years, court records show.
Borbonio-Olivio, 42, who prosecutors say is from Mexico and in the country illegally, has been jailed since August under a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer.
Borbonio-Olivio had asked for a bond hearing, but waived that hearing as court started Thursday. A trial or disposition in the case could happen within the next six months, said his lawyer, Dave Cook.
If Borbonio-Olivio had been released on a bond, he likely would have been deported, court officials said.
Cook said in court he hopes to have the case resolved without a trial.
“He doesn’t want the victim’s family to endure any more trauma,” Cook said of Borbonio-Olivio.
Borbonio-Olivio tried to flee the crash scene before police arrived, prosecutors said. Randy Newman, 6th Circuit solicitor, has said in previous hearings that Borbonio-Olivio would be a flight risk to his native Mexico if released.
Byrdic, 60, was in his yard around 9:30 a.m. Aug. 4 when Borbonio-Olivio ran off the road and hit Byrdic, police said.
Borbonio-Olivio was arrested in 2001 for having no beginner’s permit, no child restraint seat and speeding, court records show. In 2003, 2004 and May 2018, he was arrested for driving without a driver’s license, court records show. He was found guilty each time. In 2007, he was charged with speeding.
Borbonio-Olivio is being held at Lancaster County jail and remains under the ICE detainer.
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