Thread: Illegal immigration, drug trafficking on rise along I-80

Sunday, Jun. 22, 2008
Illegal immigration, drug trafficking on rise along I-80
Pete Bosak
Motorists traveling Interstate 80 would likely be stunned if they knew how much criminal activity was riding along the highway with them.

CDT file photo/Craig Houtz

In 2007, Rockview state police arrested 109 illegal immigrants on I-80 in Centre County. Already this year, state police at Rockview have nabbed 157 illegal immigrants on the highway.

A.M.BRIEFING
Crime & courts page
Illegal immigrants and drug runners with fistfuls of cash and packages of narcotics travel the highway, police say.

And state police troopers based at Rockview are doing something about it.

Armed with training through a fairly new patrol initiative, Safe Highway Initiative Through Effective Law Enforcement Detection, or SHIELD, state police at Rockview already have set a number of records for arrests and the number of illegal immigrants taken into custody on I-80.

In 2007, Rockview state police arrested 109 illegal immigrants on I-80 in Centre County, according to state police Trooper David McGarvey, public information officer for Troop G based in Hollidaysburg.

Already this year, state police at Rockview have nabbed 157 illegal immigrants on the highway, he said.

While the state police do not keep formal statistics on SHIELD-related arrests and seizures, Sgt. Wayne Kline, who works with the SHIELD program based in Harrisburg, said Rockview’s arrests have noticeably jumped in the past year.

“It is definitely evident the numbers have increased for Rockview in that Milesburg area,â€

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Is there some reason why most posted articles lack the name of the publication? The heading for each should include that information, plus, if it is not clear, the name of the state and city that the story is about.

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