Immigrants held on $500K bond

BY JANICE MORSE | JMORSE@ENQUIRER.COM


FAIRFIELD – Bond has been set at $500,000 each for 20 immigrants arrested last week on state charges during a federal immigration raid.

Municipal Judge Joyce Campbell set the high bond during separate hearings Tuesday for the suspects, who hail from Mexico, Peru and Guatemala and were charged with crimes such as identity theft and forgery.

The suspects were among 161 people arrested in a raid at Koch Foods last week.

Butler County Sheriff Rick Jones said two more local businesses remain under investigation for possible immigration violations.

Among the arrestees, 61 were released for “humanitarian reasons,â€