NC: Illegal Immigrant Charged In Deadly East Charlotte Hit-

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Illegal Immigrant Charged In Deadly East Charlotte Hit-And-Run

POSTED: 5:45 am EDT April 23, 2007
UPDATED: 12:13 pm EDT April 23, 2007

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- An illegal immigrant faces multiple charges after police say he hit and killed a pedestrian in east Charlotte and then left the scene.

Luciano Melendres, 30, is charged with felony hit-and-run, driving while impaired, driving with a revoked license, driving without liability insurance and driving with fictitious tags.

Officers say Melendres hit and killed a man crossing Albemarle Road near Farm Pond Lane around 10:30 p.m. Sunday. They say he fled the scene in a green Ford Expedition, but police found him and the sport utility vehicle a short time later.

Authorities have not identified the victim.

Melendres has prior DWI charges. He was arrested in March 2006 for driving while impaired and driving without a license.

Melendres has his first court appearance Tuesday afternoon.

Geez....maybe if these illegals wouldn't spend so much money on booze, they could afford to support their families better :?

http://charlotte.com/115/story/95854.html

Posted on Mon, Apr. 23, 2007

First DWI, now fatal hit-and-run
STEVE LYTTLE
slyttle@charlotteobserver.com

A 30-year-old Charlotte man who was arrested last year for DWI is in jail this morning, charged with the fatal hit-and-run collision with a pedestrian Sunday night.

The collision happened about 9:45 p.m. on Albemarle Road near Farm Pond Lane, in east Charlotte. Police have charged Luciano Melendres with felony hit-and-run, driving while impaired, driving without liability insurance. And driving with fictitious tags. He is being held on $5,000 bail in a Mecklenburg County jail.

Police have not released the identity of the victim, whom they say was a black male.

This is the second bout with the law in a little more than a year for Melendres.

In March 2006, he was arrested for DWI and several other charges. Law enforcement records show that case had not been decided yet in court.

Its getting really bad out there isn't it, I have never seen so many people killed by drunk drivers, where is MADD.

MADD has suddenly (or maybe I didn't look for a while) become
PC. Look at their website. They've become all about education
& no consequences.

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Originally Posted by dem4labor

MADD has suddenly (or maybe I didn't look for a while) become
PC. Look at their website. They've become all about education
& no consequences.

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I'll have to check that out!!thanks

Maybe we should take a page from Madd....have activists sit in the court room when this scum comes to court let the judge know that we are watching and reporting

Tuesday, Apr 24, 2007
Posted on Tue, Apr. 24, 2007
Man charged with
DWI, hit-and-run
DÁNICA COTO
Luciano Melendres drove to a friend's house Sunday night minutes after he fatally struck a pedestrian, police said, then he denied involvement when questioned.
Authorities said they found Melendres there thanks to a witness who saw the accident. She followed the driver and alerted police to his location, said Charlotte-Mecklenburg detective Charlie Brown.

The victim, Dacus Lamont Sims, 32, was trying to cross the street near Albemarle Road and Farm Pond Lane, police said.

Police charged Melendres, 30, with DWI, felony hit-and-run, driving with a license revoked, not having insurance, and a registration violation.

It's the second time Melendres, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, has been charged with driving drunk. Last week, he was convicted of DWI stemming from an arrest in March 2006.

His six-month sentence was suspended and he received a 12-month probation, according to court records.

At the time of Melendres' arrest last year, the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office hadn't begun screening foreign-born detainees to determine their legal status, so Melendres was released from jail.

From April to November last year, more than 900 illegal immigrants were identified as part of the new screening program. The most common charge was DWI, with more than 190 counts. Traffic violations, with 176 counts, were a close second, according to the Sheriff's Office.

In recent years, there have been several high-profile fatal accidents involving Latino suspects accused of drunken driving. After one wreck in which a Mount Holly teacher died, U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick, R-N.C., introduced legislation that would mean automatic deportation for illegal immigrants charged with DWI.

It's unclear how long Melendres lived in the U.S., or whether he had any previous federal immigration charges.

Melendres, whom acquaintances described as quiet and friendly, had been living in an apartment complex off Yateswood Drive in east Charlotte for about a year.

He lived with at least four roommates, all of whom worked in construction, said Eric Smith, 21, whose family lives below Melendres' apartment.

Sims' family couldn't be reached for comment Monday, nor could Melendres' family or his roommates.

-- Researcher Marion Paynter contributed.

-- Dánica Coto: 704-358-5065.
http://charlotte.com/109/story/96835.html

If Mecklenberg had started 287g sooner, Mr. Sims would be alive today. :(

I guess it happens more than i relazie . I emailled bush about Leeanna and no reply back but that dont surpise me . We need someone in office that is going to close the broders down and get then all out of here. But i guess in a way it may be too late for all of that .

Hi Leeannas Aunt,

We've had several people join us recently who have lost loved one at the hands of illegal aliens.

Emailing Bush will do no good at all. It's a complete waste of time.

Get in touch with your state & federal representatives and demand they do something to protect Carolinians. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/GIS/Represe ... ts_Me.html
http://www.yourcongress.com/MemberSearch.asp

If you're not in Mecklenburg, Gaston or Alamance, contact your sheriff to let him know you want your county to participate in 287g.

I'm sorry Leeanna and her baby were killed. Their deaths could have been prevented if our lawmakers weren't so busy protecting illegals & their scumbag employers. :x

Why wasn't he charged with violating immigration laws as well :x

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w...S/CELE_103.gifLeeannasAunt,
So nice to have your with us, sometimes if you find a way to do something to fight back it help do the healing of a horriable loss, I hope ALIPAC and all of us will help do that for you, and am so sorry for your loss. And we need all the help we can get! :lol: