Brown-Waite Asks For Probe Of Crime-Spree Investigation
Brown-Waite Asks For Probe Of Crime-Spree Investigation
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U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, R-Brooksville, is a member of the Homeland Security Committee.
By JOSH POLTILOVE | The Tampa Tribune
Published: August 25, 2008
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Rigoberto Martinez
TAMPA - In the wake of multiple rapes, including the attacks of two Apollo Beach restaurant workers, U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite has called for a federal investigation of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.
Rigoberto Moron Martinez was jailed in Hillsborough County and released Aug. 6.
Last week, he was charged with several sex crimes. He is believed to be an illegal immigrant, according to law enforcement.
Brown-Waite said she wants a review of the interactions between local law enforcement and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.
"Rep. Brown-Waite's demand for a federal investigation will focus on the interactions (or lack thereof) between Hillsborough County law enforcement and ICE surrounding the arrests and releases of alleged serial rapist and illegal immigrant Rigoberto Moron Martinez …," according to a Brown-Waite news release.
Brown-Waite said illegal immigrants who commit crimes should be removed from the United States.
She states that several Florida women's lives "have been permanently scarred by these brutal rapes; events that could have been avoided if Hillsborough County had followed the law, reported this illegal immigrant to federal authorities and held him for trial and deportation. It is clear to me that we need a federal investigation of the events surrounding the arrest and release of this man, and if warranted, new leadership at the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office."
The sheriff's office responded with the following comment: "Congresswoman Brown-Waite may have been better served getting answers to her questions before attempting to gain political traction at the expense of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. While she awaits our response, perhaps this elected official can ask herself where she failed as a member of Congress to secure our borders and enact meaningful legislation on immigration issues."
Deputies don't have access to federal immigration records and have no way of verifying someone's immigration status, sheriff's spokesman J.D. Callaway said. However, deputies send lists of foreign-born inmates to immigration officials on a daily basis, he said.
Investigators said Thursday that Martinez, 20, is responsible in the Aug. 15 attack at The Docks restaurant in Apollo Beach, as well as two attacks in July in Hillsborough County and an Aug. 3 sexual attack at a St. Petersburg restaurant.
Jose Walle, 13, of Wimauma, and Vicente Reyes-Carbajal, 20, of Ruskin, also were involved in some of the incidents, investigators said.
Before Martinez was charged with committing sex crimes, investigators with St. Petersburg's special investigative unit - who have jurisdiction statewide - decided to put Martinez under surveillance. Soon after, detectives arrested Martinez on a warrant accusing him of violating a domestic violence restraining order.
One reason for the Aug. 5 arrest was to obtain a DNA sample from Martinez to compare to DNA evidence collected after the St. Petersburg rape, St. Petersburg Police Department spokesman Bill Proffitt said.
After Martinez was released from jail, he attacked the two Apollo Beach women, investigators say.
"Unfortunately for the lives of the women raped by this illegal immigrant ringleader and his two accomplices, it appears that some area law enforcement officials may not have had the proper training and tools to work with ICE and federal officials," Brown-Waite wrote. "Hopefully, a federal investigation will identify the areas where Hillsborough County, St. Petersburg and ICE dropped the ball with identifying and deporting this man, and we can all work together to find ways to ensure that it won't happen again."
Brown-Waite, R-Brooksville, is seeking re-election to Florida's 5th Congressional District, which includes all of Hernando, Citrus and Sumter counties and parts of Pasco, Polk, Lake, Levy and Marion counties.
She is a member of the Homeland Security Committee and has worked with local sheriffs to make sure they have training and resources to help identify illegal immigrants, according to the release.
Reporter Josh Poltilove can be reached at jpoltilove@tampatrib.com or (813) 259-7691.
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Typical illegal criminal pig!
Put the SOB in jail with the general population so he can feel what it is like to be raped!
My heart goes out to the poor women he brutalized....I pray that the women sue the politicans, and all the people and/or organizations that made it possible for the illegal to be in our country....they are also culpable for the criminal actions of this illegal rapist pig .
Re: Typical illegal criminal pig!
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Originally Posted by ELE
Put the SOB in jail with the general population so he can feel what it is like to be raped!
My heart goes out to the poor women he brutalized....I pray that the women sue the politicans, and all the people and/or organizations that made it possible for the illegal to be in our country....they are also culpable for the criminal actions of this illegal rapist pig .
Yes, why is it the criminal illegals sue us, the victims, and get away with it?
EVERYONE hurt by illegal immigration NEEDS to start sueing, to get attention to these crimes!
