Thread: GA-DA loses his man

Published: December 08, 2009 08:58 pm
DA loses his man
Mark Millican

The long arm of federal law has reached into the Whitfield County court system and taken a man accused of vehicular homicide away from being prosecuted here.

Ismael Lopez-Rodriguez, 36, formerly of 119 Gay St. in Dalton, was charged in August by the Georgia State Patrol with vehicular homicide in the death of Chatsworth motorcyclist Audie Burnette on the South Bypass. He was also charged with failure to yield, driving on an expired license, failure to register a vehicle within 30 days of moving to Georgia and failure to get a Georgia driver’s license within 30 days of moving to the state.

A week after the wreck, Lopez-Rodriguez was charged by the Dalton Police Department with identity theft, first degree forgery and making false statements. He was determined then to be in the country illegally, according to officials with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), who placed a hold on him at the Whitfield County Jail. ICE came to get their man on Wednesday, leaving the district attorney’s office without a case.

“I’ve been contemplating a way to get him back, but ICE will probably deport him before we can prosecute,â€

If this criminal has been grabbed by ICE for deportation, it saves us jailing, feeding, and giving him care which can be very expensive. And these criminals don't need any more generosity from the land they invaded.
I prefer to have my tax dollars go to closing the borders so that these jerks don't get back in. Perhaps it would be cheaper if we pay Mexico and other countries to incarcerate those who have committed crimes in this country.

I'm for deporting these people instead of jailing them, which is why it's so important we secure that border not only to stop the flow but to stop the back-flow as well. Perhaps our politicians need a plumbing class before they're sworn into office.

Judy wrote:

Perhaps our politicians need a plumbing class before they're sworn into office.