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Police charge six in ID ring bust

By ELISA A. GLUSHEFSKI
eglushefski@potomacnews.com
Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Prince William County police charged six Manassas-area men and a woman last week in connection with an ID forgery ring being operated out of two locations in the county, police said.

After a month of investigating, police shut down the local operation, seizing among other things a revolver, more than $8,000 in U.S. currency and equipment used for making IDs.

County police, working with the Fairfax County police/Joint Terrorism Task Force and the Northern Virginia Gang Task Force, arrested the following:

Jose Raul Gutierrez-Martinez, 28; Mario Gutierrez-Martinez, 24; Jose Antonio Gutierrez-Martinez; Ricardo Gutierrez-Martinez, 31; Armando Gutierrez-Martinez, 37; Gabriel Espiricion, 27; and Patricia Gordillo, 27, of no fixed address.

Each was charged with forgery of public documents and is being held without bond on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer, said Sharon Richardson, police spokeswoman. Their court dates are scheduled for July 11.

Police say the men moved between two addresses in the county, running the operation out of a shared trailer at 7800 Tayloe Drive, No. 3, in the Lake Jackson area and at a house at 12704 Dumfries Road near Manassas.

Jose Luis Gutierrez-Martinez, who also lives at the two addresses, was not charged but is being held without bond on an ICE detainer, according to police.

A total of 21 state charges were placed on seven of the suspects for forgery of public documents, Richardson said.

The investigation continues.

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This is the second time within the last six months that this type of crime has been committed in Northern Virginia (for that matter, within the same county). The first time, I tried to get a status on whether or not an immigration hold had been processed. The words I got from the Adult Detention Center (ADC) was...well...not very nice and full of four letter words. Since then, I know that my county (Prince William County) was supposed to have trained 12 deputies in the federal paperwork, etc to handle deportation cases. I saw this on the local county channel and witnessed in a Board of Supervisors session. The only thing I am unable to do now is find out whether that training has concluded. No one is talking about it at present.

If the above was done, the case spoken about in the news article should be able to articulate whether these (obviously) illegal folks are being processed. If anyone knows the proper questions to ask, or can lead me in the right direction, I could use the advice or guidance.