Thread: VA: Illegal immigrant who killed nun in accident was release

Illegal immigrant who killed nun in accident was released by feds
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
4:23 p.m., Monday, August 2, 2010

The man suspected of drunken driving and killing a Catholic nun in Prince William County this weekend is an illegal immigrant who was awaiting deportation and who federal immigration authorities had released pending further proceedings, police said Monday.

The man, Carlos Montano, a county resident, had been arrested by police twice before on drunk-driving charges, and on at least one of those occasions county police reported him to federal authorities.

"We have determined that he is in the country illegally. He has been arrested by Prince William County Police in the past," said Officer Jonathan Perok, a police spokesman, who said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was notified at the time of one of those arrests.

Officer Perock said Montano was in deportation proceedings at the time of this weekend's killing, but was out on his own recognizance.

A call to ICE was not immediately returned, but the incident raises questions about the agency's policy of only detaining some illegal immigrants awaiting deportation, while releasing others.

The latest ICE statistics show the agency is actually detaining fewer people now on an average daily basis than they did in 2009.

The Sunday morning crash killed Sister Denise Mosier and injured two other nuns as they were driving to a retreat at the Benedictine Monastery in Bristow, Va. The two injured nuns were in critical but stable condition, according to St. Gertrude High School in Richmond, run by the Benedictine Sisters of Virginia.

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The man suspected of drunken driving and killing a Catholic nun in Prince William County this weekend is an illegal immigrant who was awaiting deportation and who federal immigration authorities had released pending further proceedings, police said Monday.

The man, Carlos Montano, a county resident, had been arrested by police twice before on drunk-driving charges, and on at least one of those occasions county police reported him to federal authorities.

This is from the Virginia DMV. It seems that Illegals aren't held to the same rules as U.S. citizens. The rules say a third offense becomes a class 6 felony with mandatory jail time. The court let a 2 time offender out

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Conviction for DUI first offense
 Mandatory, minimum $250 fine
 Driver’s license revocation for one year

Conviction for DUI second offense

 Mandatory, minimum $500 fine
 Driver’s license revocation for three years
 Possible jail term up to one year

Conviction for DUI second offense within ten
years of prior offense carries the following
additional penalty
 Mandatory, minimum ten-day jail term
Conviction for DUI second offense within five
years of prior offense carries the following
additional penalty
 Mandatory, minimum 20-day jail term

Three DUI convictions within a ten-year period
 Mandatory, indefinite driver’s license
revocation
 If your driving privilege is revoked for a first
or second DUI offense conviction and you
receive another DUI, the license revocation
period will run consecutively with the existing
revocation period.

Conviction for DUI third offense
 Mandatory, minimum $1,000 fine
 Mandatory indefinite driver’s license
revocation
 Prosecution as a Class 6 felony

Conviction for DUI third offense within five years
carries the following additional penalty

 Mandatory, minimum six-month jail term
Conviction for DUI third offense within ten years
carries the following additional penalty
 Mandatory, minimum 90-day jail term
 Permanent forfeiture of your vehicle (if you
are the sole owner)

Conviction for DUI fourth or subsequent offense
 Mandatory, minimum one-year jail term

BAC of 0.15% and not higher than 0.20% at the
time of arrest
 First offense carries a mandatory, minimum
five-day jail term in addition to all other
penalties

 Second offense within ten years carries a
mandatory, minimum ten-day jail term in
addition to all other penalties

BAC of 0.20% or higher at the time of arrest
 First offense carries a mandatory, minimum
ten-day jail term in addition to all other
penalties

 Second offense within ten years carries a
mandatory, minimum 20-day jail term in
addition to all other penalties

A third conviction within ten years for driving on a
license suspended because of a DUI-related offense
is a class 6 felony and carries a mandatory term of
one to five years or a fine of $2,500 or both.

Any DUI offense will be reported to the Central
Criminal Records Exchange by law enforcement at
the time of your arrest. In other words, you could
end up with a criminal record because of a DUI
arrest.

If you are under age 21, you cannot purchase,
possess or consume alcohol. If law enforcement
stops you for illegal consumption of alcohol, you are
subject to administrative license suspension (ALS). If
you are convicted of driving after illegally consuming
alcohol and your BAC was at least 0.02 percent and
less than 0.08 percent, you can be fined up to $500,
have your driver’s license suspended for six months,
and face a possible jail term.
Regardless of age, if driving on a DUI suspended or
restricted license, you may be charged with DUI if
you drive with a BAC of 0.02 percent or higher.
Persons under age 21 who drive while under the
influence of drugs or with a blood alcohol content of
0.08 percent or higher are subject to the same penalties
as persons age 21 or older
http://www.dmv.state.va.us/webdoc/pdf/dmv168.pdf

Newmexican, once again a case where illegal aliens are exempt from our laws. I've been crying this cause for years. Even when they do serve time, they get a shorter sentence in order to deport them quicker that only results in their next illegal re-entrey.

The Feds are only focused on "violent criminals"... If you run a few people over while your drunk It's ok. After all,he Is just here In the United States to do the jobs that AMERICANS won't do.... One AMERICAN CITIZEN killed by an Illegal Is too many. We have to vote every left wing political hack out of office In 2010,and vote people In that take our laws and our sovereignty seriously....