Thread: PA: in wake of murder, ICE to focus on Bucks, Montco.

Witness: Murder victim’s last words were “Let me goâ€

Feds say they’ll crack down on illegal immigration in wake of recent murder
Posted in News on Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 at 2:37 pm by Crime reporter Ben Finley

Federal and local officials are stepping up their efforts to crack down on illegal immigrants in Bucks and Montgomery counties, officials announced today.The federal government will now check the immigration status of every new prison booked in county prison and the feds will be automatically notified when a non-U.S. citizen is booked into custody here or in Montgomery County, according to statement released by U.S. District Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia today.

The new efforts will be conducted by the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office.

Although it wasn’t mentioned in the release, an illegal immigrant living in Bensalem was charged last month with killing a Bensalem bartender by ramming him to death with a landscaping truck. The preliminary hearing for Jose Esteban Maldonado-Luzuriaga, who has been charged with vehicular homicide and other felony counts, is scheduled to occur this afternoon in district court in Bensalem.

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The Trentonian (trentonian.com), Serving Trenton, NJ

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Illegal alien held over to face murder charges in truck attack

Thursday, December 18, 2008 1:12 AM EST

By ARTEMIS COUGHLAN
Staff Writer

BENSALEM, Pa. — An illegal alien from South America was ordered to stand trial on murder charges yesterday after a witness told of diving away from the truck the suspect allegedly used to fatally smash the victim against a wall.

Bartender Carl Slayton Jr., choking up at times, testified at a preliminary hearing that Jose Esteban Maldonado-Luzuriaga revved his truck and sped at him and William Sullo III, who jumped in the wrong direction and was pinned to the exterior of a bar.

Slayton, older brother of Houston Texans running back Steve Slaton, said it happened seconds after he gave the suspect the finger thinking the immigrant wanted only to scare them the night of Nov. 29 outside the Salute Bar on Knights Road.

It happened, he said, after he told 35-year-old Maldonado to get of the bar because he was drunk and loudly arguing in Spanish with other Salute patrons.

Another bartender, Maureen Richardson, started refusing to serve Maldonado more beer about 90 minutes after he came in at 8:30 p.m. and drank the first of the five Coronas he later told the cops he had downed that night.

Slayton said Richardson just “wouldn’t serve him. He kept asking for a beer, and she just gave him water because he was drunk.â€

It's about time!

The owner of the landscaping truck he was driving should also be charged.