Posted: 3:05 PM Aug 28, 2009

Scioto Sheriff Details Incident in Wheelersburg on Saturday, 3 to be Deported
Immigration officials are in the process of deporting three people in connection with an incident in Wheelersburg, Ohio last Saturday night.

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PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (WSAZ) -- Immigration officials are in the process of deporting three people in connection with an incident in Wheelersburg, Ohio last Saturday night.

It is an incident that has generated numerous phone call and e-mails of concern, according to the Scioto County Sheriff.


On Friday, Marty Donini sent out news release explaining what happened to ease some fears.

The Sheriff says that around 9:15 p.m. Saturday, his office received a call about an accident that occurred on State Rt. 522 and continued onto the parking lot of a business in Wheelersburg.

The caller stated that a group of males were following them and making threats at the time of the accident.

As the deputy pulled onto the parking lot ,two of the four males began to walk away from the vehicles.

The deputy ordered both men to stop and they did. As they were complying with the order, the officer heard a "clunk" sound.

In that area, the deputy found a loaded gun in a cubby hole near a pop machine. Inside one of the vehicles, officers found ammunition matching the ammunition in the gun.

Sheriff Donini says there was no evidence or witness statements that the weapon had been fired as indicated in the e-mails being circulated.

Donini also says the gun was not warm or hot to the touch, there were no bottles of alcohol pulled out of the vehicle, and the men were not employees of a Wheelersburg business as stated in the numerous e-mails being circulated.

Four people were arrested:
Samuel Diego, 18, charged with improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle
Alberto Martinez ,22, charged with improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle
Olan Mendoza, 26, charged with improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle
Sebastian Velasc, 24, charged with improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle and operating a vehicle under the influence.


On Tuesday, the US Immigration officials picked up Diego, Martinez, and Mendoza for deportation.

Sheriff Donini says the incident has been resolved to the fullest extent of the law.

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