Thread: MD: Man Involved Fatal Accident is Suspected Illegal Alien

Man Involved in Fatal Accident is Suspected Illegal Alien
Wednesday May 09, 2007 5:51am

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - According to court records, a man accused of drunken driving in a fatal accident in College Park was in the country illegally and had phony documents.

Police say 24-year-old Never Navarro-Montoya of Greenbelt was driving a friend's pickup truck without a license early Saturday when his vehicle collided with an SUV on University Boulevard. Charging documents say he was carrying a fake Social Security card and a green card purchased in Texas.

The accident killed a passenger in the SUV, 20-year-old University of Maryland sophomore Matthew Watson of Ellicott City. Navarro-Montoya is charged with DUI, leaving the scene of an accident and possession of false government identification.

http://www.newschannel8.net/news/storie ... 21497.html

OMG. Another one. WAKE UP AMERICA!

Driver in U.S. illegally, records say
Mexican accused of drunken driving in UM student's death

By Melissa Harris
sun reporter

May 9, 2007

A man accused of drunken driving in a crash that killed a University of Maryland sophomore was in the country illegally and carrying a fake Social Security card and a green card purchased in Texas, according to court records filed yesterday.

Never L. Navarro-Montoya was driving an acquaintance's blue Ford Ranger without a driver's license when he hit an oncoming Jeep Cherokee that was making a left turn from University Boulevard to Metzerott Road in College Park about 3:30 a.m. Saturday, killing 20-year-old Matthew Watson of Ellicott City, according to police.

It was unclear from police reports which driver had the right of way at the intersection.

Prince George's County police charged Narravo-Montoya, 24, of Greenbelt, with driving under the influence of alcohol, fleeing the scene of an accident and possession of false government identification, according to court records. Navarro-Montoya told police he was from Mexico.


Matthew Watson

Watson, who attended the College Park campus, was a front-seat passenger in the Jeep. He graduated in 2005 from Centennial High School, where he was a lineman on the football team and played saxophone in the band.

This was the second time in less than six months that an undocumented immigrant has been charged in a fatal accident involving a Howard County resident.

In November, Eduardo Raul Morales-Soriano, a Laurel landscaper from Mexico, was charged with vehicular homicide and drunken driving in a Thanksgiving night crash at Routes 175 and 108 that killed a Columbia Marine home on leave and his date from Montgomery County.

Morales-Soriano is awaiting trial in Howard County Circuit Court, after having registered a 0.32 blood-alcohol level on a Breathalyzer - four times the legal limit, court records say.

In the most recent crash, the charging documents state that a witness watched Navarro-Montoya jump out of the Ranger after the crash and flee on foot. About four hours later, passers-by found Navarro-Montoya lying on the grass off of University Boulevard about one-third of a mile from the scene and called police.

Cpl. S. Ainsworth of the Prince George's County police detected a strong odor of alcohol on Navarro-Montoya's breath and arrested him. Investigators were awaiting the results of a blood test taken at Washington Adventist Hospital, where Navarro-Montoya was treated for cuts to the left side of his head.

"He didn't have a driver's license from Maryland or any other state," said Cpl. Diane Richardson, a spokeswoman for the Prince George's County Police Department.

Police said two other occupants of the Jeep, which rolled over, were treated at a hospital for injuries not considered life-threatening. Police declined to release the Jeep driver's identity.

According to charging documents, Navarro-Montoya said of the Social Security and the permanent resident cards in his possession, "I bought them in Texas, I'm from Mexico."

Navarro-Montoya lived in an apartment on Springhill Lane. A man who answered the phone at Navarro-Montoya's address and identified himself as a relative declined to provide details about the man. It was unknown yesterday how long Navarro-Montoya has lived in the United States. He was being held at the Prince George's County Correctional Center on $750,000 bond, according to court records.

Friends and family said Watson was known for his one-liners and quick wit.

He would purposely park his car in the middle of the parking lot reserved for marching band practice. "That's so mischievous," his mother, Barbara Watson, said as one of her younger sons retold the story. "Of course, I'm sure they knew whose car it was because he was in the band. He loved to play in the jazz band. He loved music."

His friend, Alex Blatter, now a sophomore at Pennsylvania State University, said that in addition to stalling marching band practice, Watson once arrived at school wearing six or seven polo shirts - one on top another - as a parody of some of the preppier students at Centennial.

"A lot of kids would come wearing [two polo shirts] at our school," said Blatter, who knew Watson since fourth grade. "It was one of the funniest things I've ever seen."

His football coach, Jamie Wagner, said that he had heard that Watson had a smart sense of humor, but added that he never saw that side of him. He said Watson took football "very seriously," describing him as a model student-athlete and teammate.

"He kind of fit into every social group in the school," Wagner said. "He wasn't in one particular [clique]. He just fit in with everybody. As a football coach, it's important to have a person with that kind of character on your team because he can build bridges between different groups."

Watson's team lost every game during his senior year except the last one - the first time the team played at home under the lights.

As students stormed the field, Watson, a lineman, ripped out a piece of turf and later planted it in a terracotta pot that sits on the patio beside his family's pool. His parents plan to tend to the turf now, almost as a mini-memorial to their son, the oldest of five children.

Barbara Watson said that the team's victory in its last game was "an incredibly memorable moment" for her son.

"Being a lineman, it's not a glamorous position by any stretch of the imagination," the coach said. "He did the job, he did it well, and he did it quietly. He never complained about not getting the glory."

Barbara Watson said that she did not know where her son was headed on the night of his death but that she hoped to learn more information from friends at a memorial service from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Friday at the Roman Catholic Church of the Resurrection, 3175 Paulskirk Drive, Ellicott City.

Watson was a member of Theta Chi fraternity and a former Boy Scout and altar boy at the Church of the Resurrection.

Two scholarships are being established in Watson's name at Centennial High School - one for a football player to attend summer training camp and the other for a student who participates in music and sports to attend the University of Maryland.

In addition to his mother, he is survived by his father, Gavin Watson; three brothers, Mark, Stephen and Paul Watson; and a sister, Katharine Watson.

mattwatsonfund.org

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/ ... 1508.story

"I bought them in Texas, I'm from Mexico."

This makes me wonder how many others here "bought them" somewhere.

A man who answered the phone at Navarro-Montoya's address and identified himself as a relative declined to provide details about the man.

Could it be this "relative" has the same kind of documents and doesn't want any part of law enforcement?

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May 9, 2007 4:24 pm US/Eastern

Man In Fatal DUI Crash Identified As Illegal Alien

Peggy Lee
Reporting

(WJZ/AP) COLLEGE PARK, Md. According to court records, a man accused of drunken driving in a fatal accident in College Park was in the country illegally and had phony documents.

Peggy Lee talked to police who said 24-year-old Never Navarro-Montoya of Greenbelt was driving a friend's pickup truck without a license early Saturday when his vehicle collided with an SUV on University Boulevard.

Charging documents said he was carrying a fake Social Security card and a green card purchased in Texas.

The accident killed a passenger in the SUV, 20-year-old University of Maryland sophomore Matthew Watson of Ellicott City.

Navarro-Montoya fled the scene and was later found a short distance from the crash.

Navarro-Montoya was charged with DUI, leaving the scene of an accident and possession of false government identification.

Watson was a Centennial High School graduate, who friends said had a very close family.

"They're a very close knit family. They were very close to one another and involved in each others lives," said family friend Gina Maclean.

"This is an awful tragedy for anyone but when you hear of someone like Matt it breaks your heart because he was such a positive person," said Watson's old football coach at Centennial--Jamie Wagner. Wagner added that Watson was "truly one of those kids who was a role model for other students."

Watson became the second Howard County resident to be killed by an undocumented immigrant in the last six months.

Marine Corporal Brian Matthews was killed last November when Eduardo Raul Morales-Sorianof hit he and his girlfriend in their car.

Police later said Morales-Sorianof was drunk and in the country illegally.

Although Watson's death was caused by an illegal immigrant, many of his grieving friends said that

One of Watson's mourning friends said, "I know there will be a lot of debates and discussions about the other facets of this but our attention is on who Matt was."
http://wjz.com/topstories/local_story_129065519.html

What is really heartbreaking is that the drunken illegal cowards, that kill and destroy so many innocent Americans lives, ALWAYS LIVE run away and do it again.

Driver in fatal crash an illegal

By David C. Lipscomb
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
May 10, 2007

The man involved in a weekend vehicle accident that killed a University of Maryland student is an illegal alien from Mexico, according to Prince George's County Police Department charging documents.

Police said Never Leopoldo Navarro-Montoya, 24, of the 9100 block of Springhill Lane in Greenbelt, crashed his Ford Ranger pickup truck into a Jeep Cherokee at about 3 a.m. Saturday on University Boulevard in College Park, causing the SUV to roll over and kill student Matthew Watson, 20, of Ellicott City, Md.

Witnesses gave a description of the pickup driver, who fled the scene. Police several hours later found a man who matched that description lying in the grass along University Boulevard, a third of a mile away from the crash. The man, who had facial cuts consistent with the accident evidence, was identified as Mr. Navarro-Montoya.

Police said Mr. Navarro-Montoya produced a permanent resident card and a Social Security card bearing his name. He told a Prince George's County police officer that the documents were fake and purchased in Texas. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) confirmed that Mr. Navarro-Montoya was an illegal alien from Mexico, according to the charging documents.

Police said Mr. Navarro-Montoya was traveling west on University Boulevard when he hit the Jeep, which was turning left onto Metzerott Road.

Mr. Watson was a passenger in the Jeep. Two other passengers and the driver sustained injuries that were not life-threatening.

A spokeswoman at the Prince George's County Correctional Center, where Mr. Navarro-Montoya is being held, said he also is charged with one count each of driving while intoxicated and driving under the influence, and five counts of failure to stop.

Court documents state he also is charged with possession of false identification.

Mr. Navarro-Montoya is being held on $75,000 bail and is scheduled for a hearing July 31 at Maryland District Court in Hyattsville.

It is at the discretion of ICE whether to pursue a deportation hearing for Mr. Navarro-Montoya, officials said.