Thread: Family, officials angry accused Norwich killer wasn't deported

We need to all try hard to let the whole nation know the name Casey Chadwick! We probably cant do it unless a billionaire like Donald Trump takes on the case, but we can try our best.

It appears most of the news reports about this have all been confined to Connecticut except for the CBS report.

This story is a prime example of how the Obama administration is dumping thousands of illegal alien felons out of US jails right back in among the unsuspecting American citizenry!

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i hope you guys read this: This is really our last chance to stop the invasion. I'm glad you are handing the political decision making agenda very well. But there is also the Realm of Law, and the Realm of Culture. Conservatives need to deal with the last two MUCH better.

In my city the collapse now happening could not even be foreseen. The city government is allowing huge apartment complexes and new zoning for big multi family condos, packing the renters AND secular liberal voters in like mad. And the illegal alien construction crews are everywhere. And we are not even officially in economic recovery. And true, the older generation that is here illegally could be deported, but their US citizens children cannot be----the only hope would have been if their parents were deported and the children were young. If the children are fifteen or up, they would just park them with relatives and let them wait to be old enough to work. And the dreamer kids, not here legally, will probably whine and cry until they get their way, even though legally they should be deported.

But, importantly---once our "new" (progressive) city is built, then these workers will be clamoring for something else to do, even if the economy goes back into recession. It will get nasty and ugly. I've seen it before. The city, populated now with a new herd of progressive voters and a small army of "underprivileged" workers, will look for some outlandish projects to be done----at the taxpayers expense. Anyone considered to be a person of color will be given favorable treatment and have lots of affirmative action types of programs. The black market economy will flourish, the immigrants will have formed under the table businesses and then try to hire illegal aliens to keep their costs down.

This whole cycle could be repeated ad infinitum.

We had a voter approved measure to ban drivers licenses for illegals, but they are still everywhere anyway. I'm not saying to disband the political process, it's just that a LOT more needs to be done in other areas. And then the leaders of these organizations just seem to assume they are doing everything that could possibly be done and don't want to hear suggestions. Kind of like ALIPAC readers, too, many times.

POSTED 12:38 PM, JANUARY 21, 2016, BY ASSOCIATED PRESS, UPDATED AT 12:46PM, JANUARY 21, 2016

NORWICH — Federal officials have started investigating the failed deportation of a Haitian national charged with killing a Norwich woman shortly after his release from prison.

Officials said Thursday that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security opened an investigation into how Immigration and Customs Enforcement has handled the case of Jean Jacques.

Fox 61 reported this summer that federal authorities failed to deport Jacques at least three times since 2002. Jacques spent 17 years behind bars on a 1997 attempted murder conviction.

He was released in January and is now awaiting trial for allegedly fatally stabbing 25-year-old Casey Chadwick of Norwich in June.

State leaders have said they followed protocol in reporting Jacques’ immigration status.

http://fox61.com/2016/01/21/federal-...ortation-case/

Posted Jan. 21, 2016 at 10:04 AM
Updated at 5:17 PM

NORWICH — Weeks after a request by Connecticut’s legislative delegation, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general opened an investigation Thursday into the failure of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to deport accused killer Jean Jacques, officials told The Bulletin.

In a joint statement from U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, and U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, lawmakers ratcheted up their criticism of the agency that failed three times since 2002 to send Jacques back to his native country of Haiti.

“It is unacceptable that ICE failed to remove a convicted attempted murder subject to a final deportation order – a measure that would have saved the life of Casey Chadwick,” lawmakers said in the statement. “We hope that this independent inquiry will finally uncover the facts surrounding this tragedy, enabling reforms necessary to ensure that this never happens again."

In November, the delegation called on the Department of Homeland Security to investigate why Jacques was not deported to Haiti despite having an immigration detainer on his file.

Jacques is being on $1 million bail since his June arrest in connection with the killing of 25-year-old Norwich resident Casey Chadwick.

On Dec. 3, Blumenthal questioned ICE chief Sarah Saldana at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing — where she pledged to cooperate with the investigation and said other countries refuse to work with the United States on deportation issues.

“I have become frustrated and outraged by the slow walking and stone walling from ICE, and that's why an investigation is so important,” Blumenthal said Thursday. “There may be withholding of information, and I will absolutely drill down and demand full disclosure if there is any indication this inquiry is less than fully complete.”

Blumenthal said he plans to reach out directly to Wendy Hartling, Chadwick’s mother.

Jacques, 41, spent 17 years in prison for attempted murder in Norwich before his January 2015 release. Six months later, police and prosecutors say he stabbed Chadwick to death in her Spaulding Street apartment and left her body inside a closet.

Norwich Police Chief Louis J. Fusaro Sr. said he agreed with opening a federal investigation.

“From Day 1 he should have been gone. I mean, it’s ridiculous,” he said. “We should not have another victim. Casey Chadwick should not be dead, period. She shouldn't be dead.”

On Jan. 12, New London Superior Court Judge Hillary B. Strackbein found enough probable cause existed to move forward with a criminal trial against Jacques.

In July, The Bulletin reported federal officials failed to deport Jacques at least three times stretching back more than a decade. Since the newspaper’s reporting, lawmakers have pushed the federal Department of Homeland Security for answers and have met personally with ICE officials. In July, Courtney sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry asking for details about Jacques’ case.

In Norwich Thursday, Courtney backed the need for a full investigation into ICE’s actions, but stopped short of accusing the agency of malfeasance.

“I’m not going to really speculate on motive or intent, I just feel this case obviously deserves the fullest investigation because it really goes to the heart of the credibility of our immigration system," he said. “This case really deserves the IG’s involvement, because it's emblematic of a system that has to work.”

Blumenthal said if Jacques is convicted and given a lengthy prison sentence, the need for an inquiry still exists.

“He should be convicted and sentenced appropriately to the toughest possible sentence under the law, but his punishment will not prevent other similar tragedies unless there are changes in the system and the institution,” Blumenthal said. “Punishing him in no way excuses a failure to deport him.”


http://www.norwichbulletin.com/artic...NEWS/160129907

February 18, 2016

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General has reluctantly agreed to “investigate” how the agency could possibly fail to deport an illegal immigrant with a serious criminal record at least three times, allowing him to murder a young woman in Connecticut. Pressure from the state’s congressional delegation landed the probe on the busy watchdog’s lengthy list of “ongoing projects” so interested parties shouldn’t hold their breath for answers.

Before delving into the details of this gruesome case, it’s important to mention that Connecticut has long protected illegal immigrants with sanctuary policies and even offers them special drivers’ licenses, known as Drive Only. The state also gives illegal aliens discounted tuition at public colleges and universities and authorities work hard to restrict the feds from deporting illegal immigrants. In fact, despite President Obama’s amnesty and open-borders policies, Connecticut is always a step ahead when it comes to protecting illegal immigrants and granting them rights. Undoubtedly, this attracts a large population of undocumented aliens like the murderer in this case.

Nevertheless, DHS has a duty to remove dangerous foreigners who pose a threat regardless of local policies shielding the perpetrators. In this case the outrageous negligence on the part of federal immigration authorities permitted a Haitian national (Jean Jacques) to brutally stab a woman in her apartment, leaving her body inside a closet. The heinous crime occurred last summer and sketchy information of how the government repeatedly dropped the ball has slowly been uncovered by local media outlets that, not surprisingly, have encountered strong resistance in obtaining substantial details. This led Connecticut’s two U.S. Senators and a congressman—all Democrats—to hound the DHS IG into investigating the matter. The watchdog recently added the case to its long docket, perhaps to appease the incensed lawmakers, media and local citizens.

Here’s what we already know from local media reports in Norwich, the city of about 40,000 residents where the murder occurred; the DHS agency responsible for deporting illegal immigrants, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), failed to remove Jacques at least three times dating back to 2002. As if this weren’t atrocious enough, Jacques spent 17 years in prison for attempted murder before authorities released him—instead of deporting him—in January of 2015, the Norwich Bulletin reports. Six months later the 41-year-old illegal alien convict stabbed 25-year-old Casey Chadwick to death. Police said Chadwick died of sharp forced injuries to the head and neck. Jacques is being held on a $1 million bond.

Unfortunately, this is not an isolated case. In the last few years illegal immigrants with lengthy criminal histories have been allowed to remain in the U.S. despite being repeat offenders. Judicial Watch has investigated several of the cases and obtained public records from the government. For instance, back in 2008 JW launched a California public records request with the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department to obtain he arrest and booking information on Edwin Ramos, an illegal alien from El Salvador who murdered three innocent American citizens. Ramos was a member of a renowned violent street gang and had been convicted of two felonies as a juvenile (a gang-related assault on a bus passenger and the attempted robbery of a pregnant woman) yet he was allowed to remain in the country.

Judicial Watch also investigated the 2010 case of a drunken illegal alien who killed a nun in Virginia and sued DHS to obtain records. The Bolivian national, Carlos Montano, had a criminal history but federal authorities released him on his own recognizance after two previous arrests. JW’s probe determined that Monatno had a revoked license and had previously been arrested on drunk-driving charges when his car crossed a median and slammed into a vehicle carrying three nuns. The two survivors were critically injured. Local police said they had turned Montano over to ICE after at least one of his arrests, but he never got deported.

Well known for supporting illegal immigrant rights, the Connecticut lawmakers are only demanding answers because Chadwick’s murder occurred in their backyard. In fact, both senators helped block a bill last year that would have stripped federal policing grants from sanctuary cities and states like Connecticut. Now they’re getting the runaround from ICE which has responded to their “repeated inquiries” in an “incomplete and unsatisfactory” manner, according to a joint announcement. The lawmakers also blast ICE, stating that it is “unacceptable” that the agency failed to remove the Haitian illegal alien considering his criminal record. Perhaps if states like Connecticut didn’t offer illegal immigrants sanctuary this case and many others like it nationwide wouldn’t exist.

http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/20...urdered-woman/

Any logical person that doesn't consider the Obama administration complicit in these murders is out of their mind!

Posted Mar. 5, 2016 at 8:12 PM
Adam Benson


Jury selection will begin Monday in New London Superior Court in the murder trial of Haitian national Jean Jacques, who is accused of killingly Casey Chadwick, of Norwich, in June. The trial is set to start on March 29. File Photo

NORWICH — The murder case of a Haitian national whose immigration status has led to policy discussions in Washington is set to enter the courtroom.

Nine months after his arrest in connection with the June 15 stabbing death of 25-year-old Casey Chadwick, Jean Jacques, 41, is preparing for a trial that could put him behind bars for 60 years, if convicted.

Jury selection in the case begins Monday in New London Superior Court. Jacques’ attorney, Sebastian DeSantis, said given the high level of publicity surrounding his client, he may request a change of venue.
The trial is set to start on March 29.

He also said Jacques maintains his innocence in Chadwick’s death, which led him to reject a February plea bargain that would have sent him to prison for 45 years.

“It’s something that he always said from the beginning, that he’s innocent of these charges and has no intention of pleading guilty to anything,” DeSantis said.

DeSantis said his client remains in good health and is prepared for the trial. He wouldn’t say whether Jacques would testify on his behalf.

“I’m just looking for a jury that can be fair and depending on how it goes, I may consider filing a change of venue if a lot of jurors have been impacted by the publicity,” he said. “He’s fine and in good physical and mental condition to go to trial.”

DeSantis is awaiting a ruling from Superior Court Judge Barbara Riley Jungbloed on three motions he filed.

He’s asked for the “jailhouse snitch” testimony of Tywan Jenkins, who shared a jail cell with Jacques for two weeks, to be dismissed, along with a statement Jacques gave to Norwich Police Det. Anthony Gomes on June 25.

At a probable cause hearing, Jenkins said Jacques confessed to him that he killed Chadwick. But the motion claims Jenkins was working for police at the time, and Jacques should have been given the right to have a lawyer present during those discussions and in his interview with Gomes

DeSantis alleges Jacques’ June 15 arrest on drug possession charges was a “ruse” in order to violate his parole and trigger a search of his apartment without seeking a warrant.

“I’m going back over everything with my investigators and doing my own investigation,” DeSantis said.
Parallel to the criminal proceedings against Jacques is a policy-driven discussion over America’s laws regarding illegal immigrants.

Jacques, who spent 17 years in prison after being convicted of attempted murder, remained in the country despite U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement having three opportunities to deport him since 2002.

Wendy Hartling, Chadwick’s mother, has attended most of Jacques’ court appearances. Each time, she wears a customized sweatshirt with her daughter’s name on the back.

Hartling has petitioned lawmakers for answers to why Jacques wasn’t deported in January 2015, when he was released from prison. But she said she’s putting politics aside because the trial is ready to begin.

“The trial has to come first,” Hartling, 56, said.

In July, The Bulletin reported that federal officials failed to deport Jacques at least three times stretching back to 2002. Since the newspaper’s reporting, lawmakers have pushed the federal Department of Homeland Security for answers and have met personally with ICE officials.

On Feb. 13, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General added a review of ICE’s handling of Jacques’ immigration status as one of its 124 ongoing projects.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., met with ICE Director Sarah Saldana on Feb. 11, about two months after questioning her publicly about Jacques at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.

Blumenthal said he came away from the conversation “perplexed,” because she offered new information about the case even though he had demanded a full accounting months earlier.

“My staff and I have held repeated meetings with ICE, and the story has changed as repeatedly as our meetings,” he said last month.

In November, the delegation called on the Department of Homeland Security to investigate why Jacques was not deported to Haiti despite having an immigration detainer on his file.

Hartling, who won’t be at court on Monday, said she’s focused on growing out her hair so she’ll resemble Chadwick by the time the jury delivers a verdict.

“That’s the part of this trial I’m looking forward to is the end, when I can say something to him. I’ve been thinking about it a lot,” she said. “Basically what I want to say is, ‘look what you’ve done to this family.’”