Thread: NC: Driver involved in fatal wreck also in U.S. illegally

Investigators will have three issues to sort through today -- whether alcohol was involved; Martinez's status in the United States; and whether the death was the result of a police chase.

And now I'm wondering if they police will be found guilty of causing this young woman's death, as well as that of her unborn child, and then be sent to prison. Maybe the illegal will be given immunity so he can testify against the police for violating his civil rights and then sue us, along with all the other illegals.

This just makes me sick.

Driver in fatal crash has been deported twice

And the hits just keep on coming!

Originally Posted by nittygritty

Why not 2 counts of murder, does the fetus not count on this one as it did in the Lacy Perterson case?

Some places you can charge like that. It's tied in with abortion rulings. My Grandson's 21 year old mother was shot and killed in a robbery by a drug user several years ago. The doctor told her that day she was pregnant. Some say a person didn't die that day. However, I still feel like I'm a grandchild short somehow.

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Posted on Fri, Feb. 16, 2007

Driver had 3 prior N.C. arrests

Man charged in wreck that killed pregnant woman was deported twice in '90s but not after arrests here

SHARIF DURHAMS
sdurhams@charlotteobserver.com

SALISBURY - An illegal immigrant who led police on a pursuit and was charged in a fatal Rowan County wreck last week had been arrested at least three times in North Carolina. But he was not deported after those arrests, authorities said Thursday.

The man, Carlos Alfonso Guillen Martinez, will be deported as soon as state officials release him, federal authorities said. If convicted, he would likely serve prison time before being deported.

It won't be the first time Guillen Martinez is thrown out of the country after committing a crime, investigators said:

• In 1997, he was deported from Los Angeles, Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Richard Rocha said Thursday. The charge: Assault with a deadly weapon, causing great bodily injury.

• In 1998, he was deported from Houston after trying to sneak back into the country, Rocha said.

His three N.C. arrests -- including two in which he was charged with driving while impaired -- have all been since 2002, authorities said. He used fake names after each N.C. arrest, officials said.

Guillen Martinez, 33, of El Salvador, appeared by video in a Rowan County court Thursday morning where he was charged with second-degree murder and driving while impaired. Guillen Martinez was being followed by a Kannapolis officer Feb. 6 when he crashed into a car driven by Leeanna Newman, 20, of Salisbury, killing Newman and her unborn baby.

"I imagine a lot of people are going to ask why we didn't keep him out" of the country, Rocha said. "Now we have programs in place that will stop these kind of criminals."

The Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office received training in 2006 to help them work with federal investigators to identify illegal immigrants in the county jail.

Three of the 10 U.S. law enforcement agencies that have gone through the training are in North Carolina, the most of any state, Rocha said.

ICE agents interviewed Guillen Martinez for the first time Wednesday, hours before they announced he was in the U.S. illegally.

He told the agents he paid a smuggler $1,500 in 2002 to sneak him across the U.S. border in El Paso, Texas, Rocha said.

Later that year, he was committing crimes in North Carolina, Rocha said. Authorities linked the crimes by matching fingerprints, Rocha said.

In November 2002, Guillen Martinez was arrested for driving while impaired in Alamance County, Rocha said. Records there list an arrest for an Inslito Pineda, who was released in early 2003.

Rowan County sheriffs deputies said they believe they held Guillen Martinez in the Rowan County Detention Center in January 2004 and that he gave jailers the same alias, Inslito Pineda. Pineda was charged with driving while license revoked, and was jailed and released.

Deputies said they also believe they held the same man in the county jail under the name David Ortiz in August 2004. Ortiz was arrested on charges of driving while impaired, assault on a law enforcement officer, driving while license revoked, resisting arrest, injury to personal property and giving fictitious information to an officer. Ortiz received a 19- to 23-month prison sentence when he was convicted in 2005, deputies said.

By that time, he had more than 200 days credit for serving time while awaiting his trial, Rocha said. He was released on probation last year.

"This is the third name we know of, and there may be more," Rowan County Sheriff George Wilhelm said.


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staff writer Kytja Weir contributed.

"I imagine a lot of people are going to ask why we didn't keep him out" of the country, Rocha said. "Now we have programs in place that will stop these kind of criminals."

How in the world can this woman make these statements knowing she's lying through her teeth. Anything for a buck.

Mr. Bonner, BP spokesman, said last night on Lou Dobbs that BP catches "one out of two or three" illegals trying to slither across the border.

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Illegal Immigrant Charged In Landis Crash Has Several Aliases, Criminal Record

POSTED: 12:24 pm EST February 15, 2007
UPDATED: 5:06 pm EST February 15, 2007

SALISBURY, N.C. -- An illegal immigrant accused of causing a deadly accident in Landis went before a Rowan County judge for the first time via video camera Thursday morning.

Carlos Alfonso Guillen Martinez, 33, could not be in the Salisbury courtroom because of the injuries he sustained in the crash. He had to be taken to the Rowan County jail on a stretcher because his broken legs are still healing.

Martinez faces second-degree murder and driving while impaired charges. Immigration officials also uncovered he had at least six aliases, including “David Ortiz,” and “Insolito Pineda,”, and has faced charges under each name. His criminal history includes more than a dozen charges.

In 2004 “David Ortis” was arrested by the Kannapolis Police Department for driving while impaired, assault on a law enforcement officer, driving while license revoked, resisting arrest, injury to personal property and fictitious information to an officer. He was sentenced to 19 to 23 months in the department of corrections and was out on probation at the time of the crash -- when he told officers his name was Rigo Guillen Martinez.

Authorities said he has lived in the Kannapolis area for at least seven years.

The El Salvador native has already been deported from the United States twice, and if convicted of the charges against him he will be deported again after serving his prison term.

Authorities say Martinez was speeding away from a Kannapolis police officer on Feb. 6 when he slammed head-on into 20-year-old Leeanna Newman's car on South Main Street in Landis.

Newman and her unborn child were killed. Her young daughter survived the crash.

Sheila Riddle, who owns a business near the scene of the crash, said she can’t believe Martinez has already been deported twice.

“It just stuns me that we can not actually do something about the situation,” she said. “It can’t be taken care of in a permanent way because he’s determined to be here. He keeps coming back.”

After his appearance in court Martinez was taken by Rowan County sheriff’s deputies to the medical unit at Raleigh’s Central Prison. He’ll stay there until his next court appearance.

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Officials: Driver in Landis wreck in country illegally

By Michael Knox
mknox@independenttribune.com
Friday, February 16, 2007

SALISBURY - A man charged in connection with a fatal Landis wreck is a citizen of El Salvador in the U.S. illegally and had been deported twice before the Feb. 6 wreck that killed Leeanna Newman, 20, and the baby she was pregnant with, officials said Thursday.

The man was charged with second-degree murder and driving while impaired as Rigo Verto Guillen Martinez, 33. But Sean Quick, a supervisory special agent with Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Charlotte branch, said the man is Carlos Alfonso Guillen Martinez. He said Martinez had been deported in 1997 and again in 1998.

And at Martinez’ first court appearance Thursday morning at the Rowan County Courthouse, Rowan County District Attorney Bill Kennerly said Martinez would also be charged with a probation violation.

That probation violation stems from a charge of assault on a law enforcement officer, but listed Martinez as David Zalasar Ortiz.

All together, Martinez has used six names, according to immigration records and Rowan County courthouse records.

Rowan County court records also show Martinez has faced charges of driving while impaired and driving with a revoked license while using the names Carols Guillen, Insolito Pineda and Insolito Pineda Hernandez. The charges dated back to August 2004.

Martinez on Thursday was transferred to Central Prison in Raleigh, which has a medical facility, because of injuries he sustained in the wreck, said Bill Kennerly, Rowan County district attorney. He will stay at Central Prison until he is well enough to return to the Rowan County Detention Center.

Martinez is being held on a $1 million bond. A probable cause hearing has been set for Feb. 28. Todd Paris was assigned as Martinez’s court-appointed attorney.

District Court Judge William C. Kluttz said that, depending on Martinez’s criminal record, if convicted Martinez could receive about 40 years for the charge of second-degree murder. Martinez could also receive a sentence of up to two years in prison if convicted of driving while impaired, Kluttz said.

Martinez could face another charge of second-degree murder depending on an investigation by police, Kennerly said.

“We’re investigating the medical circumstances of the death of the unborn child,” he said. “Once we have the medical records, which we’ve subpoenaed, we’ll know better.”

Kennerly declined to elaborate, but Landis Police Chief Reggie Faggart previously said if medical records show the baby, Bianca Cheyenne Newman, lived even for 15 seconds on her own, Martinez could be charged in connection with her death as well.

“That’s what we’ve got to find out: If the baby was born alive,” Kennerly said.

Quick said Martinez also could face federal charges of reentry after deportation. Quick was not sure of what the exact punishment the charge carries, but said some people in similar cases had been sentenced to up to seven years in prison.

Martinez will proceed through the North Carolina legal system and will only be deported after he has gone to trial, Quick said. If convicted, Martinez will serve his sentence before he is deported.

Martinez was charged after a wreck that occurred Feb. 6 on South Main Street in Landis about 5:15 p.m.

A Kannapolis police officer was following Martinez after a woman told the officer a driver had hit two vehicles in Kannapolis and kept driving.

Kannapolis Police Maj. Woody Chavis said the officer was not chasing the driver, but following him.

Police said Martinez was speeding more than 70 mph in a 35 mph zone when the Jeep he was driving struck a Saturn driven by Newman.

Newman and her unborn child died. Newman’s 1-year-old daughter, Mallory, also riding in the Saturn, was not seriously injured.

• Contact Michael Knox at mknox@independenttribune.com or 704-789-9144.

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Fri, Feb 16, 2007

Suspect has string of aliases, convictions
Officials say man accused in fatal wreck has been deported, served time in prison

By Shavonne Potts

Salisbury Post

Insolito Pineda

David Ortiz

Rigo Martinez

A man charged with murder in the death of a pregnant China Grove woman has been deported at least once and convicted and served prison time under several names.

Using various combinations of Rigo Verto Guillen-Martinez's known names, his birth date and other biographical information leads to at least six confirmed aliases and possibly half a dozen others in county and state court records.

Martinez, 33, of Kannapolis, was charged Wednesday with second-degree murder in the death of Leeanna Newman. Newman's unborn baby also died.

Rowan County Sheriff's officials say Martinez has gone by several names, including David Ortis and Insolito Pineda.

Martinez, in an orange jail jumpsuit, appeared Thursday before Rowan District Court Judge Bill Kluttz via video. Martinez was seated in a wheelchair as an interpreter sat beside him. Officials say he is from El Salvador, while other documents using his aliases' indicate he came from Mexico.

Martinez asked for a court-appointed attorney, and Kluttz appointed Salisbury attorney Todd Paris to represent him.

He remains under a $1 million bond.

Police in Landis, where the fatal accident occurred, have said they can find no records indicating where Martinez might have been working.

According to the Rowan County Sheriff's Office, Kannapolis Police arrested David Ortis in 2004, the same year that Insolito Pineda was also arrested. In both cases, he was charged with driving with a revoked license.

Here's a summary of Martinez's record with local and state authorities:

* In November 2002, Insolito Pineda pleaded guilty to driving while impaired and without an operator's license in Duplin County. He was convicted Nov. 14. He spent four months in prison and was released January 2003.

According to the N.C. Department of Correction, Pineda was born in Mexico on Nov. 9, 1973.

Rowan County court documents show a 33-year-old Insolito Pineda with the same date of birth charged with driving with a revoked license Jan. 16 and again on Jan. 28, 2005.

He was found guilty May 26, 2005.

* Rowan County court documents show on Aug. 27, 2004, David Salazar Ortiz, with an alias of Insolito Pineda, date of birth June 9, 1973, was charged with assault on a law enforcement officer. He was found guilty May 26, 2005, and given three years supervised probation.

The Department of Correction confirms Ortiz's conviction date and probation terms.

Rowan court documents show that David Ortiz, an alias of Insolito Pineda Hernandez, was charged Aug.

27, 2004, and found not guilty of providing fictitious information to an officer on Oct. 20, 2004. His date of birth is Nov. 9, 1973.

A David Salazar Ortiz, born June 9, 1973 was found guilty on May 26, 2005, of level one driving while impaired. He was charged August 27, 2004, court reports show.

Level one is the most serious level of punishment, with a minimum jail sentence of 30 days and a maximum of two years. Ortiz spent 12 months in prison.

* In August 2003 a Rigo Valentin Martinez, 25, date of birth July 27, 1981, was convicted in Forsyth County of level five driving while impaired, the least serious level of drunken driving, with a minimum time of imprisonment at 24 hours and a maximum of 60 days.

His sentence was suspended. Forsyth County Sheriff's Office records show Martinez used two other aliases, with the same July birthdate: Rigo Valentin and Rigo Lauriano.

Martinez was placed on probation and ordered to surrender his license. His Department of Correction records show Martinez was born in Mexico. His citizenship was not known.

* In February 2001, a Rigoberto Martinez, lasted as 27, was convicted in Montgomery County of hit and run. According to the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, Martinez was issued a citation and served 18 months of supervised probation. In October 2000, a N.C. Highway Patrol trooper stopped Martinez.

* In February 2002, Rigoberto Guillen, 27, date of birth Sept. 12, 1979, was convicted in Rowan County of misdemeanor breaking and entering, Department of Correction offender records show. He was sentenced Aug. 21, 2002, and released Jan. 14, 2003.

Local officials handed him over to federal immigration authorities. No photo is available to compare Guillen to any of the listed aliases. There is a conflict between Rowan County and state records about the time the suspect spent in jail.

(Local television stations quoted unnamed U.S. Customs officials as saying Martinez has been deported twice. Federal immigration officials did not return calls from the Salisbury Post Thursday.)

* Carlos Hernandez Guillen, 38, date of birth May 25, 1968, was convicted in January 1999, of level five driving while impaired.

Department of Correction records don't indicate where this conviction occurred. The record says a judge suspended the sentence and placed Guillen on probation. State documents say he was born in Mexico.

* David Carlos Salazar, 29, date of birth June 19, 1977, was convicted in Johnston County of misdemeanor breaking and entering.

Department of Correction records say he was born in Florida, though his ethnicity is listed as unknown.

Rowan County officials have identified one of the suspect's alias as David Salazar Ortiz. An official with the Johnston County Sheriff's Department did not return a phone call from a Post reporter.

Contact Shavonne Potts at 704-797-4253 or spotts@salisburypost.com.

Originally Posted by had_enuf

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Fri, Feb 16, 2007

Suspect has string of aliases, convictions
Officials say man accused in fatal wreck has been deported, served time in prison

By Shavonne Potts

Salisbury Post

Insolito Pineda

David Ortiz

Rigo Martinez

A man charged with murder in the death of a pregnant China Grove woman has been deported at least once and convicted and served prison time under several names.

Using various combinations of Rigo Verto Guillen-Martinez's known names, his birth date and other biographical information leads to at least six confirmed aliases and possibly half a dozen others in county and state court records.

Martinez, 33, of Kannapolis, was charged Wednesday with second-degree murder in the death of Leeanna Newman. Newman's unborn baby also died.

Rowan County Sheriff's officials say Martinez has gone by several names, including David Ortis and Insolito Pineda.

Martinez, in an orange jail jumpsuit, appeared Thursday before Rowan District Court Judge Bill Kluttz via video. Martinez was seated in a wheelchair as an interpreter sat beside him. Officials say he is from El Salvador, while other documents using his aliases' indicate he came from Mexico.

Martinez asked for a court-appointed attorney, and Kluttz appointed Salisbury attorney Todd Paris to represent him.

He remains under a $1 million bond.

Police in Landis, where the fatal accident occurred, have said they can find no records indicating where Martinez might have been working.

According to the Rowan County Sheriff's Office, Kannapolis Police arrested David Ortis in 2004, the same year that Insolito Pineda was also arrested. In both cases, he was charged with driving with a revoked license.

Here's a summary of Martinez's record with local and state authorities:

* In November 2002, Insolito Pineda pleaded guilty to driving while impaired and without an operator's license in Duplin County. He was convicted Nov. 14. He spent four months in prison and was released January 2003.

According to the N.C. Department of Correction, Pineda was born in Mexico on Nov. 9, 1973.

Rowan County court documents show a 33-year-old Insolito Pineda with the same date of birth charged with driving with a revoked license Jan. 16 and again on Jan. 28, 2005.

He was found guilty May 26, 2005.

* Rowan County court documents show on Aug. 27, 2004, David Salazar Ortiz, with an alias of Insolito Pineda, date of birth June 9, 1973, was charged with assault on a law enforcement officer. He was found guilty May 26, 2005, and given three years supervised probation.

The Department of Correction confirms Ortiz's conviction date and probation terms.

Rowan court documents show that David Ortiz, an alias of Insolito Pineda Hernandez, was charged Aug.

27, 2004, and found not guilty of providing fictitious information to an officer on Oct. 20, 2004. His date of birth is Nov. 9, 1973.

A David Salazar Ortiz, born June 9, 1973 was found guilty on May 26, 2005, of level one driving while impaired. He was charged August 27, 2004, court reports show.

Level one is the most serious level of punishment, with a minimum jail sentence of 30 days and a maximum of two years. Ortiz spent 12 months in prison.

* In August 2003 a Rigo Valentin Martinez, 25, date of birth July 27, 1981, was convicted in Forsyth County of level five driving while impaired, the least serious level of drunken driving, with a minimum time of imprisonment at 24 hours and a maximum of 60 days.

His sentence was suspended. Forsyth County Sheriff's Office records show Martinez used two other aliases, with the same July birthdate: Rigo Valentin and Rigo Lauriano.

Martinez was placed on probation and ordered to surrender his license. His Department of Correction records show Martinez was born in Mexico. His citizenship was not known.

* In February 2001, a Rigoberto Martinez, lasted as 27, was convicted in Montgomery County of hit and run. According to the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, Martinez was issued a citation and served 18 months of supervised probation. In October 2000, a N.C. Highway Patrol trooper stopped Martinez.

* In February 2002, Rigoberto Guillen, 27, date of birth Sept. 12, 1979, was convicted in Rowan County of misdemeanor breaking and entering, Department of Correction offender records show. He was sentenced Aug. 21, 2002, and released Jan. 14, 2003.

Local officials handed him over to federal immigration authorities. No photo is available to compare Guillen to any of the listed aliases. There is a conflict between Rowan County and state records about the time the suspect spent in jail.

(Local television stations quoted unnamed U.S. Customs officials as saying Martinez has been deported twice. Federal immigration officials did not return calls from the Salisbury Post Thursday.)

* Carlos Hernandez Guillen, 38, date of birth May 25, 1968, was convicted in January 1999, of level five driving while impaired.

Department of Correction records don't indicate where this conviction occurred. The record says a judge suspended the sentence and placed Guillen on probation. State documents say he was born in Mexico.

* David Carlos Salazar, 29, date of birth June 19, 1977, was convicted in Johnston County of misdemeanor breaking and entering.

Department of Correction records say he was born in Florida, though his ethnicity is listed as unknown.

Rowan County officials have identified one of the suspect's alias as David Salazar Ortiz. An official with the Johnston County Sheriff's Department did not return a phone call from a Post reporter.

Contact Shavonne Potts at 704-797-4253 or spotts@salisburypost.com.

CALL TEH DA THAT IS HANDLEING THE CASE HIS NAME IS BILL KENERLY 704-639-7512 AND PUSH FOR 2 COUNTS OF 2ND DEGREE MURDER CHARGES

Such a perfect example of passing the buck and people not doing their job. I'm sure that Congressman Grijalva and Isabel Garcia would still embrace this man for diversity's sake. I've sent articles like this to Grijalva and he just ignores them!