Suspected Illegal Immigrant Has Criminal History
Reported by: Abbie Alford
Email: aalford@fox23.com
Last Update: 10:36 pm



A suspected illegal immigrant accused of hitting and killing 74-year-old Beverly Duffield on her bike this week has prior arrests.

City of Tulsa records show 28-year-old Roberto Alvelais-Torres has been arrested at least twice before this week’s arrest.

FOX23 broke this story first at 6:00pm on FOX23.com.

FOX23’s Abbie Alford has been digging into this story and found this isn’t Torres’ first hit-and-run charge.

Municipal court records show in 2003, Tulsa Police arrested Torres for DUI/Alcohol, Hit & Run, Transporting Beer and No Driver’s License.

Records show a day later he bonded out of jail and after about eight months Torres stopped showing up for court.

Tulsa Police then issued a warrant for his arrest.

Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) will not confirm if he was deported at that time.

However, that wasn’t Torres’ last run in with Tulsa Police. Records show three years later officers arrested him again on that 2003 warrant. Records show The City of Tulsa Court found him guilty and no jail time but Torres paid a $745 fine.

So what happened between 2003 and today?

FOX23 is being told ICE did make contact with Torres both times. Officials say that would mean Torres-if he were deported or voluntarily left the U.S and returned to the country-he would be considered an aggravated felon.

Six years later after his first arrest in Tulsa, Torres faces the law again and this time he’s accused of killing an elderly woman with his car.

ICE says because of Homeland Security privacy issues it cannot release Torres’ history with ICE.

However, an e-mail from an ICE spokesperson shows since ICE now has a detainer on Torres, “that basically means that we believe he’s deportable.â€