Thread: Illegal immigrant’s release ripped

Originally Posted by Mickey

Three years ago, Oswaldo Tlalmis-Perez, 27, of West Hazleton, was cited for harassment after he allegedly struck a woman in the face, giving her a bloody lip, during an argument at Sixth and Spruce streets, according to state police.

Sounds more like felony assault to me, not harrassment.

Felony assault requires great bodily injury. Bloody lip probably doesn't qualify.

Originally Posted by Esq

Originally Posted by Mickey

Three years ago, Oswaldo Tlalmis-Perez, 27, of West Hazleton, was cited for harassment after he allegedly struck a woman in the face, giving her a bloody lip, during an argument at Sixth and Spruce streets, according to state police.

Sounds more like felony assault to me, not harrassment.

Felony assault requires great bodily injury. Bloody lip probably doesn't qualify.

B.S, I fought for my life against a felony assault and all the woman beating
cop had was sore nuts. And hopefully a newfound attitude. A real man should not have to hit a girl. Theres other ways to deal with unruly females. And note to self.... Don't kick a cop in the nuts again.

$3,000 in cash and two food stamp cards... Sounds like a dope pusher.

Dixie

Originally Posted by Esq

Originally Posted by Mickey

Three years ago, Oswaldo Tlalmis-Perez, 27, of West Hazleton, was cited for harassment after he allegedly struck a woman in the face, giving her a bloody lip, during an argument at Sixth and Spruce streets, according to state police.

Sounds more like felony assault to me, not harrassment.

Felony assault requires great bodily injury. Bloody lip probably doesn't qualify.

Doesn't matter if it were a felony or misdemeanor - the dirt bag should have been deported three years ago. Being an illegal invader is in of itself a deportable offense.

Barletta comments on illegal immigrant's release


- Staff report)

Published: May 28, 2011



News of an arrest in a small Carbon County borough reached the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday.

U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, R-Hazleton, spoke about a recent incident in Beaver Meadows, in which an illegal immigrant was apprehended but later released at the request of federal officials, during the speech in Washington.

"The man had been in the United States for six years," Barletta said while at the podium on the House floor and addressing fellow representatives. "He had been arrested before. He had no job. He didn't know where he lived. And he had two public benefit Access cards."

Oswaldo Tlalmis-Perez, 30, who was stopped by Beaver Meadows police for speeding May 2, was in the country illegally and in possession of two state-issued food stamp cards bearing different names. He also had $3,000 in cash.

Borough police Chief Michael Morresi, who made the stop, contacted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, who after four hours ruled that it was not a priority case, and that Tlalmis-Perez should be released.

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Man in country illegally had two additional minor arrests


By KENT JACKSON (Staff Writer)

Published: June 17, 2011


Two more arrests, on minor charges, have been found on the record of a man who received widespread attention last month when federal authorities let him go even though he was in the country illegally.

In a decision scorned by a congressman and two state representatives, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement declined to detain 30-year-old Oswaldo Tlalmis-Perez after police in Beaver Meadows stopped him for speeding and found with Access cards in two names.

Tlalmis-Perez wasn't a priority, wasn't arrested by local police, wasn't a fugitive and didn't have a criminal record, an ICE spokesman said.

After Tlalmis-Perez was released, state Rep. Tarah Toohil, R-116, said she learned from a constituent that he had been arrested in 2008 in West Hazleton for allegedly slapping a woman during an argument.

Further research into the record of Tlalmis-Perez yielded two more arrests.

Hazleton police charged him with disorderly conduct and public drunkenness on March 27, 2008. In Butler Township, police charged Tlalmis-Perez with speeding and driving without a license on Sept. 21, 2008. Records of both arrests appear on dockets filed in district courts.

This May, Beaver Meadows Police Chief Michael Morresi clocked Tlalmis-Perez driving 56 mph in a 35-mph zone. Tlalmis-Perez possessed a Mexican identification card, $3,000 cash and two Access cards, which people with low incomes can obtain to collect food and medical benefits.

ICE determined that Tlalmis-Perez had been in the country illegally for six years, but declined to issue a detainer.

Afterwards, state Reps. Toohil and Doyle Heffley, R-122, challenged ICE to explain why Tlalmis-Perez had been released.

U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta decried ICE's decision from the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, where he said Tlalmis-Perez "had been arrested before. He had no job. He didn't know where he lived. And he had two public benefit Access cards."

Barletta, who once vowed to make Hazleton the toughest city in the United States for illegal immigrants, was mayor there when Tlalmis-Perez was arrested in 2008.

On Thursday, neither the Hazleton nor Butler police chief was able to confer with the officers who arrested Tlalmis-Perez and ask their recollections of the cases.

Hazleton Police Chief Robert Ferdinand said Tlalmis-Perez was issued non-traffic citations so there might not have been a reason to check his immigration status. Because the case only involved a non-traffic citation, no report or record of whether ICE had been contacted would have been made, Ferdinand said in an e-mail.

"Generally, we will check an arrestee's status with ICE if we have reason to believe at the time that the identification supplied is fraudulent or that the person is in the country illegally. Status checks cannot be done on everyone we encounter, and are not done solely on a subject's appearance," said Ferdinand, adding that ICE has been "cooperative and assisted the Hazleton Police Department on the many occasions in which we have dealt with them."

David Pavelko, the acting police chief in Butler, said only the arresting officer, who is on vacation, might recall what happened when he stopped Tlalmis-Perez for speeding and driving without a license.

Typically, Pavelko said, police would take fingerprints to determine the identify of anyone who lacked a driver's license or other identification "to determine if he is here legally or not and go through the proper channels to find out."

Tlalmis-Perez might have produced identification that indicated he was a legal resident, Pavelko said.

Last year, for example, a man stopped for driving under the influence showed a Pennsylvania license to Pavelko.

When Pavelko checked, he found the license was issued in the name of a missing person.

After investigating further, Pavelko learned that the suspect used false identification to obtain the driver's license, had a criminal record in his real name and was in the United States illegally.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation uses facial recognition technology to mitigate the risk of license fraud and identity theft, the department's Craig Yetter said.

"PennDOT on average prepares and sends approximately 50 cases each month to the Pennsylvania State Police for investigation based on probable matches found using facial recognition technology," Yetter said in an email.

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