Thread: Man (illegal) charged with killing three at after-hours club

Good to see you again Jenny. Glad we could help a little with the benefit and we hope and pray that justice is served well in this case.

W

Originally Posted by ALIPAC

Good to see you again Jenny. Glad we could help a little with the benefit and we hope and pray that justice is served well in this case.

W

Thanks. Unfortunately I couldn't even attend the benefit, as I was just due to have the baby (who we named after Steve), but I'm sure everyone appreciated the contribution.

http://www.wjactv.com/news/7882344/detail.html

Padilla Requests Change Of Venue

POSTED: 1:26 pm EST March 10, 2006

The Blair County public defender has requested that Miguel Padilla's homicide case be moved out the county.

Padilla is accused of killing three people outside of an Altoona nightclub.

Public Defender Donald Speice said the case has had more media attention than any other he has seen in the county in 30 years. Because of this, he said he does not believe Padilla will get a fair trial there.

Speice cited three billboards placed around Altoona shortly after the murders showing the victims' pictures.

Judge Hiram Carpenter is expected to make a decision next week.

Stay with Channel 6 News for continuing coverage.

http://www.altoonamirror.com/articles.asp?ID=15481

Lawyers spar over trial jury

By Phil Ray

HOLLIDAYSBURG - Both sides in the homicide case of Miguel Padilla argued Friday over a request to select a jury from outside Blair County.

Public Defender Donald E. Speice said in 30 years of defense work in Blair County, he never saw a case that aroused such public furor.
Padilla's status as an illegal alien is mentioned repeatedly in the news media, he said, and billboards have been placed on county highways in memory of the three shooting victims.

For details, please see Page A1 in the March 11 edition of the Altoona Mirror.


Section: NEWS Post Date:Saturday, March 11, 2006

Years ago, you could tell who the Mexican migrant workers were because they made it a point to stay out of trouble to keep from getting deported. How times have changed.

http://www.wjactv.com/news/8210809/detail.html

New Details In Padilla Murder Case

POSTED: 1:33 pm EST March 23, 2006
UPDATED: 1:35 pm EST March 23, 2006

HOLLIDAYSBURG -- There is a new development in the triple murder case against illegal immigrant Miguel Padilla in Blair County.

Thursday’s Altoona Mirror reports, police now have a search warrant to collect blood samples from Padilla's friend, Travis Shumaker. Shumaker was with Padilla the night three men were shot to death outside a veteran's club in Altoona last summer. Police want to know whose DNA is on the murder weapon.

Shumaker has not been charged in the case. Padilla is awaiting trial.

Originally Posted by JuniusJnr

Years ago, you could tell who the Mexican migrant workers were because they made it a point to stay out of trouble to keep from getting deported. How times have changed.

What an understatement! I remember those times too!

They seem fearless now and why not! Over and over they get away with a slap on the wrist or simply disappear back into Mexico only to resurface later and when finally apprehended the list of crimes under their belt is long! .. like the creep who killed Scott Gardener in NC. Several DWI's already on his record!

Mopohead, I guess they stayed quiet and orderly all those years so that they wouldn't be noticed until their were literally millions of them. I think that the Aztlan theory has basis because of that very fact. Now that they feel there are enough of them, they can rear that ugly head.

http://www.altoonamirror.com/articles.a ... cleID=1490

Thursday, May 11, 2006 — Time: 12:56:12 AM EST

Out-of-county jury to hear Padilla case


By Phil Ray, pray@altoonamirror.com

HOLLIDAYSBURG — A jury from outside Blair County will hear the case against the man accused of killing three Altoona residents.

Miguel Padilla, 26, of Gallitzin will be tried in Blair by a jury from a county selected by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

Judge Hiram A. Carpenter’s decision represents a compromise after Public Defender Donald E. Speice requested a new trial location because of pretrial publicity and strong feelings surrounding the case.

Padilla, an illegal alien, is charged with the Aug. 28 killing of the owner of the United Veterans Association building on Union Avenue, Alfred J. Mignogna Jr.; club employee Fredrick Rickabaugh Sr.; and patron Stephen M. Heiss. Police say the shootings followed an argument where URA officials refused to admit Padilla and two friends.

District Attorney Richard Consiglio adamantly opposed moving the trial. He called it “unconscionable” to force victims’ family to travel to another part of the state.

“It’s better than losing the whole argument,” Speice said. “I think they better be prepared with very, very good security, and they better be prepared to go to great extent to sequester the jurors.”

Carpenter is not a stranger to out-of-county juries.

He presided over a major drug trial several years ago in which the jurors were selected from another county, and he was the judge in the William Wright death-penalty case in 2000 with an outside jury.

Carpenter also picked a jury for the William D. Thompson death-penalty case last year in Cumberland County, but circumstances arose that led to

a continuance of the trial. Thompson has yet to be tried.

Jurors brought to Blair from another county normally are housed in a local motel and kept together for the duration of the trial.

The Padilla case is expected to take about two weeks, not including jury selection, which is expected to begin Aug. 21.

On June 12, Carpenter will hear a challenge to the death penalty filed by defense attorney Ed Blanarik of State College.

AltoidSteph & jennyc,

I am so sorry for all of those who have been the victims of crime by illegals. This includes the families, loved ones and friends. It's more than just wrong...it's not necessary...and that makes it worse. They shouldn't be here to hurt us.

Oh yes, Jenny, welcome.

Although, I managed to not get shot, since you're new, here's my story...
so you know you're not alone. http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-25749-.html
pg.2
We're all here to back you both and anyone you know in the same situation, give them our link www.alipac.us. We'd be honored to listen.

As for a lawsuit...how about Judicial Watch? Anybody know if they might help?