Immigrants arrested using aliases

By ANNIE TASKER
Bucks County Courier Times

Two men detained by immigration officials after run-ins with local police are citizens of Guatemala using aliases, a government spokesman said.

Aroldo Lemus, the 25-year-old Hatboro man cited on public drunkenness charges after walking out of the Upper Moreland police station while still intoxicated last Friday is actually Alraldo Ramos-Avelar, said Harold Ort, with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.

A 21-year-old cited on the same charge after allegations he was visibly drunk and staggering down the street in Horsham Monday told police his name was Juan Gonzalez-Perez. Ort said his legal name is Juan Guzman Perachu-Guachiac.

They weren't the only ones who found themselves in immigration's path in the past week, according to new reports. A Mexican citizen deported twice from the U.S. was jailed Friday and placed on an ICE detainer after Upper Moreland police pulled him over for suspected drunken driving. Ramos-Avelar was his passenger.

Being placed in ICE custody means the agency will serve the person with a notice to appear in immigration court, Ort said. A judge will inform them of their rights and determine whether they can stay in the country.

Ort said authorities generally find out someone is in the U.S. illegally after running photos and fingerprints through a national law enforcement database to confirm their identities. He did not know why information for the Guatemalan citizens was in the system. Spokesmen for local departments said if the men had criminal histories, they weren't aware of them.

Perachu-Guachiac, who gave no fixed address, came to the attention of local police Monday afternoon when he and a Doylestown man were seen walking down the street by the main gates at the Willow Grove Naval Air Station in Horsham. A police report said the two were “staggering along the roadway,â€