'King Evil' held in US

JAMAICAN Omar Oneal Lewis, alias 'King Evil', who was being sought by the local police on a murder charge, was last week arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents in Miami, Florida, where he was also wanted.

Lewis is wanted by the Jamaican police for the June 2008 slaying of Richard Reid, who was stabbed at a nightclub in Montego Bay, St James.

The 33-year-old accused was arrested in the Lauderhill area of South Florida by ICE agents and Lauderhill police. He was wanted after absconding from the Orange County Sheriff's Office where he was charged with carrying a concealed weapon in February.

Michael Montaque, 25, was also arrested with Lewis.

Both men were deported to Jamaica, and will face federal criminal charges for illegally re-entering the United States.

Lewis was deported from the United States twice, in 2001 and 2006, when he settled in the hotbed community of Canterbury in St James.

If convicted, Lewis can be sentenced for up to two years in a US prison for the immigration breach, while Montaque, who was convicted of a felony and deported in January 2006, faces up to 10 years.

United States federal agents said they suspected Lewis had used at least six aliases in that country. He gave the police the name Kendell Joseph Smith when he was arrested for the concealed weapon.

In June 2005, Montaque was found to be in breach of US immigration laws while in the custody of the Broward County jail for a grand theft conviction. An immigration judge ordered him removed in September 2005.


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