Thread: Man wanted for causing school bus crash arrested

Man wanted for causing school bus crash arrested
Thirteen children on board the bus were transported to Evansville hospitals.

Staff report
Originally published 11:17 a.m., September 12, 2007
Updated 11:17 a.m., September 12, 2007


Jose Luis Torres-Rodriguez

A man who police say walked away from a local hospital after causing a school bus accident is now in custody, officials announced today.

Authorities had been searching for Gabino A. Gonzalez since Oct. 24 of last year, when he was reportedly involved in an accident with a school bus at Shadewood and Sweetser Avenues.

He was admitted to the hospital for head trauma but was released and left the city, police said, leaving behind a slew of criminal charges.

Warrants were issued for operating a motor vehicle with serious injury, reckless driving, operating without receiving a license, no insurance and failure to yield at an intersection.

But Saturday - nearly 11 months after the crash - deputies with the Dubois County Sheriff's Office contacted Evansville Police to let them know Gonzalez - whose name later was determined to actually be Jose Luis Torres-Rodriguez - was in custody. He had been arrested on a traffic stop.

Torres-Rodriguez, 27, was booked into the Vanderburgh County Jail Tuesday.

According to a press release issued by Evansville Police Department today, Torres-Rodriguez has been deported once before.

The accident toppled the bus onto its side and totaled a truck Gonzalez was driving, but only minor injuries were reported. Thirteen children on board the bus were transported to Evansville hospitals.

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Let Me at Him!!

So he's officially a FELON now that he came back after being deported.

Another Name Change for Bus Accident Suspect
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Reported by: Web Producer

Wednesday, Sep 19, 2007 @07:35pm CST

Evansville police think they finally have the right name for the person charged in connection with a school bus accident last October... after three tries.

The person charged now is Avenamar Morales-Perez.
Before that, they thought they were charging a man named Jose Luis Torres-Rodriguez.. and before that it was Gabino Gonzalez.
They're all the same person, but prosecutors say he's been giving them a different name.

During the man's latest court appearance, his attorney says the Mexican Consulate has confirmed the name Avenamar Morales-Perez.
Authorities believe he may be an illegal alien.

http://tristatehomepage.com/content/fulltext/?cid=2747

Immigrants are asked simply to obey our laws
By ABBY SCHMUCKER
Advisory Editorial Board
Wednesday, October 3, 2007

"Illegal alien," "illegal immigrant" or "undocumented person." Any of these terms would have worked in the Sept. 19 article about Avenamar Morales-Perez and his having allegedly run into a school bus. But instead, the article simply stated he was "a resident of Mexico."

That sentence stuck out like a sore thumb, and when I learned a paragraph later that Morales-Perez previously had been deported, everything became crystal clear.

Illegal immigration is a red-hot issue in our country, and I believe that the fact that we are faced with it in the Tri-State warrants more coverage than this paper affords us.

Granted, while the majority of illegal immigrants are working and staying out of trouble, there is a sizable number of criminal illegal aliens in this country, and apparently a few in our midst.

These types of stories are becoming all too common. In cities throughout the country, people are being killed by criminal illegal immigrants.

In Phoenix, five of the last seven deaths were caused by illegal immigrants. Two top reasons illegal immigrants are arrested are for drug trafficking and for driving under the influence.

We have two Border Patrol agents in prison for shooting a drug smuggler in the behind. The smuggler got immunity for testifying against the two agents. Oh, and he tried to sue the Border Patrol for violating his civil rights.

Some of the laws on the books are being twisted and used against citizens serving our country. And other laws — for example, those fining companies that hire illegal workers and the one for building that fence — are not being enforced.

The problem of illegal immigration is complex. There are no easy answers. That was made clear when the recent immigration bill was thwarted because of the outcry from American citizens.

The majority of Americans welcome immigrants, as our own ancestors were immigrants.

Many Americans enjoy and appreciate the richness of different cultures.

Americans are compassionate. This paper published a report a couple of months ago that stated Americans give more money to charity than any other nation.

To quote Opinion page columnist Jay Ambrose, "It's not just because we have more. We also give more as a percentage of gross domestic product."

There are numerous organizations worldwide whose sole purpose is to feed, clothe and educate those who are less fortunate. Of course, American citizens want people to have opportunities to better themselves, but Americans also want them to obey the laws of our land, and that begins the moment they step on American soil.

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