Thread: FL: Illegal alien task force arrests nine in Okaloosa

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Illegal alien task force arrests nine in Okaloosa
Andrew Gant
Tuesday February 12th, 2008


Nine people were arrested Tuesday at restaurants in Okaloosa County as lawmen searched for illegal aliens.

The arrests included one restaurant owner who ran from a task force.

Most of the charges fell on Los Rancheros on Eglin Parkway in Fort Walton Beach, where seven employees were charged with criminal use of identification information, according to a Sheriff’s Office press release.

A 17-year-old who was visiting a friend at Los Rancheros also was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear in court. The juvenile was charged with providing a false name, the release stated.

At the Panda China Buffet on Miracle Strip Parkway, co-owner Shuy Liang Dong was arrested after he ran from sheriff’s deputies and tried to hide in a shed, according to the release.

Dong, of Coral Drive in Fort Walton Beach, is charged with burglary to an unoccupied structure and resisting arrest without violence.

In Crestview, lawmen are still investigating JB’s Chinese Buffet on South Ferdon Boulevard.

A 14-officer task force comprised of sheriff’s deputies from Okaloosa and Santa Rosa counties and Fort Walton Beach police executed the raids.

All three restaurants are under stop-work orders from the Worker’s Compensation Compliance office. The foreign-born suspects will be reported to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said Okaloosa sheriff’s spokeswoman Michele Nicholson.

Daily News Staff Writer Andrew Gant can be reached at 863-1111, Ext. 1432.

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ARRESTED:

1. Guadalupe Gutierrez-Vallerio, 23, of Tooke Street, Fort Walton Beach — server at Los Rancheros

2. Maria Del Carmen Sanchez, 24, of Temple Avenue, Fort Walton Beach — cook at Los Rancheros

3. Oscar Fernando Salazar Chama, 34, of Forrest Street, Fort Walton Beach — bus boy at Los Rancheros

4. Tania Padilla, 23, of Tooke St, Fort Walton Beach — waitress at Los Rancheros

5. Jorge Ramos, 30, of Bradford Street, Fort Walton Beach — waiter at Los Rancheros

6. Olegario Seis Pintor, 32, of Rose Marie Lane, Fort Walton Beach — waiter at Los Rancheros

7. Luis Alberto Lopez, 25, of Rose Marie Lane, Fort Walton Beach — waiter at Los Rancheros

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Great News!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!

Only 999,991 IA's left to arrest in Fl.

I do not work for ICE but just from my own research,I could lead them to over 100 in one day just around here.

It's about time that ICE starts doing their job...for every raid, the word gets out in the IA community, employers in the area take note and perhaps letting people go that are IA's, IA families in the area start having second thoughts about staying and may pack up and go. There is usually a collateral voluntary repatriation. This is a good thing.

It's up to Americans to 1) not hire IA's, 2) don't hire contractors unless they attest to hiring only legally authorized workers and use E-verify, 3) don't patronize businesses known to use IA workers, and 4) report suspected IA's, their employers or suspicious immigration activities directly to ICE.