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    3 Dominican Alien Smugglers Plead Guilty to Smuggling 36

    Dominican Alien Smugglers Plead Guilty to Smuggling 36 Individuals

    (Friday, January 02, 2009)

    San Juan, Puerto Rico – Three Dominican nationals plead guilty recently to charges related to their participation in a foiled attempt to smuggle 36 illegal aliens on board a sailboat.

    The defendants Julian Jerónimo Calderón, Angel Miguel Tejeda-Melendez and Maikin Ernesto Tejeda-Perez admitted that they were the co-captains of a sailboat, and that they knowingly attempted to bring undocumented aliens from the Dominican Republic to the United States for their personal monetary profit.

    On October 22, 2008, a 37-foot white Benetau sailboat was intercepted one mile off the southern coast of the island by the Puerto Rico Police Department’s Marine Operations (FURA, for its Spanish acronym). Ramey Sector Border Patrol agents arrested the large group of illegal aliens, including the defendants, for biometric identification and processing.

    While in custody of the Ramey Station Border Patrol, each defendant stated that they were approached by an individual named “Tonyâ€
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    Arson, Murder Charges Filed in Death of Firefighter

    http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Fi ... In-NJ.html

    An arrest was made Friday afternoon, hours after a house fire led to the death of a firefighter who was struck by a fire truck.

    The police chief and mayor of Elizabeth, NJ, express their grief after a firefighter there was killed on the job.

    A firefighter responding to a fast moving fire was killed after getting struck by a firetruck in Elizabeth, N.J.

    Emilio Vasquez, 19, is charged with arson and murder for allegedly starting the fire. Vasquez, a homeless man from Guatemala, allegedly broke into the home and started the fire to stay warm, police said.
    Gary Stephens was among the firefighters responding to the house fire in Elizabeth, N.J. on Friday morning. A 28-year veteran of the force, he was helping direct the fire truck while it was backing up when he was struck, fire officials said. The driver of the truck took his eyes off Stephens to look at the fire.

    Witnesses said Stephens was pinned beneath the truck, and it took several other firefighters to free him. He was taken to a hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.

    The truck was moving at less than 5 mph when the truck hit the 57-year-old Stephens. The truck is equipped with a sensor that alerts the driver about objects while backing up, but it's unclear if noise from the nearby New Jersey Turnpike played a role, fire officials said.

    The fire broke out shortly after 2 a.m. in the abandoned side of a two-family house. A family of four was able to escape the fire unharmed from the adjacent home.

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