Kent County, Michigan, Sheriff Michelle LaJoye-Young is attempting to clarify her department’s policy on holding illegal immigrants for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after a murder allegedly committed by an illegal immigrant rocked the community last month.
The Republican sheriff sent multiple letters to the <a href="https://cis.org/Map-Sanctuary-Cities-Counties-and-States">Center for Immigration Studies</a> (CIS) last week, asking the think tank to remove Kent County from its list of “sanctuary” cities, counties, and states across the U.S. The letter — obtained by The Daily Wire — attempted to “clarify” the department’s “policy regarding ICE hold requests.”
The department’s effort comes days after a once-deported illegal immigrant was arrested and charged with the murder of 25-year-old Ruby Garcia. ICE <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/once-deported-illegal-immigrant-charged-with-murder-in-shooting-death-of-25-year-old-michigan-woman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> in a statement to The Daily Wire last week that Brandon Ortiz-Vite, also 25, was deported under the Trump administration in 2020 and then re-entered the U.S. unlawfully “at an unknown date.”
LaJoye-Young wrote in a letter to CIS, “1. As in any case, the individual may be held on a judicial warrant signed by a judge or magistrate; OR 2. The hold can be upon request by ICE, with review and approval by the Office of the Sheriff or Correctional Facility Captain.”
“An I-247 request, signed by an authorized immigration officer, and a I-200 administrative Warrant for Arrest of Alien signed by authorized immigration officer with the ‘Certificate of Service’ portion completed must be received for the inmate,” the letter added. “Departmental review confirms that the requisite authority to detain is in place.”
Following the letter, CIS said it would take Kent County off its “sanctuary” list, NBC affiliate WOODTV <a href="https://www.woodtv.com/news/kent-county/think-tank-says-it-will-take-kent-county-off-sanctuary-list/amp/">reported</a>.
The latest letter from LaJoye-Young appeared to be a shift in policy from just a few years ago when the sheriff said her department would no longer hold illegal immigrants without a judicial warrant. In January 2019 during the Trump administration, the Kent County Sheriff’s Department told ICE it would not abide by its detainer requests unless the agency obtained a warrant. In many jurisdictions, authorities will hold illegal immigrants upon a simple detainer request from ICE until federal agents arrive.
&#8220;My primary goal remains the preservation and enhancement of public safety, due process and the rule of law,&#8221; LaJoye-Young said in 2019, according to <a href="https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2019/01/18/kent-county-sheriff-immigrants-ice-jilmar-ramos-gomez-marine-citizen/2618711002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Detroit Free Press</a>. &#8220;For this reason, I notified ICE officials earlier today that the Kent County Sheriff will hold detainees for ICE only after ICE presents to our office an arrest warrant issued by a federal judge or magistrate — otherwise known as a judicial arrest warrant. This change is effective immediately.&#8221;
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Months later, then-President Donald Trump slammed Kent County, calling it a “sanctuary” for illegal immigrants. LaJoye-Young responded to Trump’s criticism, saying he was “dramatically misrepresenting&#8221; the sheriff department’s policy, MLive <a href="https://www.mlive.com/news/2019/12/president-trump-references-kent-county-while-bashing-sanctuary-cities-during-michigan-rally.html?outputType=amp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
In another letter LaJoye-Young sent to CIS last week, the sheriff, along with County Administrator/Controller Al Vanderberg, wrote, “Kent County is not and has never been a sanctuary county.”
“In 2019, the Kent County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) instituted a new policy requiring an arrest warrant issued by a federal judge or magistrate (judicial warrant) in order to hold detainees for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after the adjudication of local charges. After this policy change, ICE elected not to renew our contract,” the letter stated.
The department’s apparent shift back to respecting detainer requests from ICE after the 2019 policy also comes as Trump visits Grand Rapids, Michigan, for an event Tuesday afternoon where he is expected to discuss illegal immigration and address the murder of Garcia.
The Kent County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement to The Daily Wire that the county &#8220;is not and has never been a sanctuary county.&#8221;
The department added that the warrant requirements adopted in 2019 and then ICE subsequently terminating its contract with the county &#8220;resulted in an internal procedural change in January 2020&#8221; after the department conducted a review.
&#8220;The new procedures effective January 2020 state that KCSO will maintain custody of an ICE detainee that has no active local charges when a judicial warrant exists OR with the use of an ICE 247 and ICE 200 with the review of the [KCSO] Correctional Facility Captain or the Office of the Sheriff,&#8221; the Kent County Sheriff&#8217;s Office said. &#8220;The new procedures simply added stipulations related to the internal review to ensure all proper documentation exists to hold the detainee.&#8221;
Republicans in Michigan have <a href="https://gophouse.org/posts/rep-cavitt-calls-for-action-on-plan-to-prohibit-sanctuary-cities-in-michigan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proposed</a> legislation that would put an end to so-called sanctuary policies and prohibit municipalities from preventing local law enforcement&#8217;s cooperation with federal agencies on issues pertaining to illegal immigration. Republican Leader Matt Hall — who represents part of Kalamazoo County, which is just south of Kent County — told The Daily Wire that Kent County’s apparent policy shift on cooperating with ICE “moves in the right direction,” and he called on other “sanctuary jurisdictions” to follow suit.
“The Kent County sheriff’s newly described policy allowing cooperation with ICE administrative detainers moves in the right direction for the safety and security of local residents,” Hall said in a statement. “Other sanctuary jurisdictions in Michigan, such as Kalamazoo County, should reevaluate and remove their own misguided sanctuary policies that restrict cooperation with the officers who enforce our nation’s immigration laws.”
This article has been updated to include comment from the Kent County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.

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Michigan Sheriff Pushes Back Against ‘Sanctuary County’ Label After Illegal Immigrant Charged With Murder

Michigan Sheriff Pushes Back Against 'Sanctuary County' Label After Illegal Immigrant Charged With Murder

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tennessee">Tennessee</a> sheriff’s deputy who went missing Wednesday night after making his first arrest was found dead on Thursday, hours after his patrol car was recovered from the Tennessee River.
Deputy Robert “R.J.” Leonard texted his wife a single word – “arrest” – around 10:00 p.m. Wednesday evening, NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/missing-deputys-patrol-car-recovered-tennessee-river-body-rcna139038?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;_branch_match_id=1133745504221936325&amp;_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA8soKSkottLXz0tKzkstL9ZLLCjQy8nMy9YvNDULyMhLC0jxSAIAzYXpCyQAAAA%3D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Just before he texted her, he notified dispatchers that he had arrested someone and was taking them to the Meigs County Jail, District Attorney General Russell Johnson said at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&amp;v=412059911316808" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a press conference</a> Thursday morning.
About 12 minutes after Leonard contacted dispatchers about the arrest, he again reached out and said something that couldn’t be determined over the radio. Authorities, using analytics, said Leonard maybe have said “water.”
Leonard’s wife received his text message, but he never received her response.
Authorities used the wife’s Life360 location-sharing app data to help investigators find Leonard, after he failed to respond to a status check from dispatch.
On Thursday, Leonard’s patrol car was pulled from the Tennessee River near the Blythe Ferry boat ramp, Johnson said at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Local3News/videos/1180776166218380" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a press conference</a> Thursday afternoon. The patrol car was found upside down in the river, with a female body covered in mud in the back seat. The woman has not been identified, but is believed to be the person Leonard had arrested and was escorting to the county jail.
The trunk of the vehicle had been blown open due to the pressure, and the driver’s side window was rolled down. Leonard was not in the vehicle, but his body was found later, though it is unclear where his remains were found or what condition they were in. He has been taken to the Knoxville Regional Medical Examiner’s Office, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office <a href="https://twitter.com/hcsotn/status/1758312900442398784" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X Thursday night.
“We’re operating under the theory that it was an accident, he missed his turn, he wasn’t familiar, and he was doing other things that may have caused him to go into the water,” Johnson said at his afternoon press conference. “There’s some skid marks and some scratch marks, too. So, there’s some indication that he was on the brakes at least trying to stop.”
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Chief Deputy Brian Malone also spoke at the press conference, saying that Leonard had only been with the department for “a couple months.”
&#8220;It&#8217;s a hard time for us here. It&#8217;s something we never deal with here in Meigs County,” Malone said through tears. “Deputy Leonard had only been here for a couple months, but he&#8217;d become part of our family. At this time, I just ask that you pray for us.&#8221;

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A Deputy Went Missing After Making His First Arrest. His Patrol Car Was Found In A River.

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U.S.

A 28-year-old woman from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-migrant-caravan-forms-in-honduras-looking-to-make-the-deadly-journey-to-the-united-states" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Honduras</a> who illegally entered the U.S. attended a Louisiana high school for an entire academic year using fake documents to pose as a 17-year-old, the St. Charles Parish Sheriff said Wednesday.
In the fall of 2021, Martha Jessenia Gutierrez-Serrano came to the U.S. to live with her mother, Marta Elizeth Serrano-Alvarado, 46, who was residing in the country on an expired visa. Serrano-Alvarado allegedly used a fake passport and birth certificate to enroll Gutierrez-Serrano at Hahnville High School in Boutte, about 30 miles west of New Orleans, ABC News <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/28-year-woman-arrested-allegedly-enrolling-high-school/story?id=100067856">reported</a>.
“We were provided basically with a birth certificate from the country of Honduras which indicated that the student in question was 17 years old,” Sheriff Greg Champagne said. “The school system had done a preliminary investigation and they had determined — literally within a day and a half of receiving the tip — that, in fact, the student was overage and determined that it was quite likely that the birth certificate was counterfeit.”
The school district opened an internal investigation four days after the end of the school year upon receiving a tip that a 17-year-old female student might actually be in her mid-20s. Champagne said he saw a photograph of the 28-year-old woman taken by the U.S. government before she was released into the country and said: “She could very easily be taken for a young teenager.”
Gutierrez-Serrano attended the school for the entirety of the 2022-2023 school year to learn English, according to the sheriff.
&#8220;She was in school, she minded her own business, she did her schoolwork, she caused no trouble,&#8221; Champagne said. &#8220;She wanted to learn English.&#8221;
Gutierrez-Serrano and her mother were both arrested and charged with one count of injuring public records.
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&#8220;Unfortunately, whether it was her decision or her mother&#8217;s decision, it&#8217;s certainly bad judgment to submit a falsified document to the government,” the sheriff said.
The school district said in a <a href="https://www.wbir.com/article/news/nation-world/28-year-old-woman-posed-as-high-school-student/507-f1dd0633-f4d8-4443-ae21-7aa93320929c">statement</a> that it “will enhance processes to determine the authenticity of enrollment documents for current and future students as well as modify policy and procedures as warranted.”

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28-Year-Old Illegal Immigrant Arrested After Allegedly Posing As Teenager To Attend High School

High School

Louisiana

A Florida deputy was killed in the line of duty allegedly by an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/reps-gooden-jordan-demand-answers-on-federal-funding-of-illegal-immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">illegal immigrant</a>, Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-ron-desantis-officially-enters-2024-presidential-race" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a> (R-FL) said Friday. 
Sergeant Michael Kunovich, a 25-year veteran of the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office, died following an altercation with Vergilio Aguilar Mendez on the evening of May 19, <a href="https://twitter.com/SJSOPIO/status/1659944447113584642">according</a> to the sheriff’s office. Kunovich reportedly attempted to pat down the suspect for weapons when Mendez attempted to flee and a six-minute struggle ensued. After the suspect was finally disarmed and detained, Kunovich collapsed and was later pronounced dead at the hospital, authorities said. 
“Sergeant Michael Kunovich was killed in the line of duty by an illegal immigrant who took advantage of our open border. Our prayers go out to the Kunovich family and the entire [St. Johns County Sheriff&#8217;s Office] community during this time,” DeSantis said. “Joe Biden’s reckless immigration policies are deadly – it is no way to run a country.”
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Sergeant Michael Kunovich was killed in the line of duty by an illegal immigrant who took advantage of our open border. Our prayers go out to the Kunovich family and the entire <a href="https://twitter.com/SJSOPIO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SJSOPIO</a> community during this time.
Joe Biden’s reckless immigration policies are deadly – it is no…
&mdash; Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovRonDeSantis/status/1662122978014887938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2023</a></blockquote>
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While resisting arrest and fighting on the ground for six minutes and 19 seconds, the suspect allegedly attempted to grab the sergeant’s taser. After being handcuffed, authorities said that Mendez “armed himself with a pocket knife,” but deputies forcefully removed the weapon. 
Kunovich collapsed after the struggle, and St. Johns County Fire and Rescue and Flagler Health+ personnel performed life-saving measures on the deputy, but he died at the hospital. It remains unclear how exactly Kunovich died. 
Mendez has been charged with resisting with violence and felony murder. The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office said that Homeland Security Investigations was assisting in verifying the suspect’s identity and immigration status. 
As the border crisis worsens under President Joe Biden&#8217;s leadership, Americans are becoming <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mommy-theres-bad-guys-at-my-window-border-patrol-wife-describes-dangers-chaos-on-southern-border" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more concerned</a> about the threat Biden&#8217;s border policy poses to the country&#8217;s safety. Earlier this month, a man who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alleged-serial-killer-caught-in-california-is-illegal-alien-who-came-into-u-s-under-obama-report">allegedly murdered</a> two people and attempted to kill a third was arrested in California and identified as an illegal immigrant. In late February, Republican leaders <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-leaders-target-biden-admin-after-illegal-immigrant-allegedly-strangles-murders-young-autistic-woman">targeted</a> the Biden administration for the ongoing border crisis and the threats it poses to public safety, opening an investigation into the murder of a young autistic woman by an illegal immigrant in the MS-13 gang.
“Criminal aliens and gang members exploit the U.S. immigration system to harm Americans,” Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Tom McClintock (R-CA) wrote in letters to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra. “The Biden Administration’s border and immigration policies only increase the likelihood that those criminal aliens will successfully enter and remain in the U.S.”

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Illegal Immigrant Accused Of Killing Florida Deputy In Line Of Duty

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Florida

Ron DeSantis

Drivers in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/milwaukee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Milwaukee</a> area were feeling a little bit corny after 20 tons of the vegetable spilled onto an interstate highway Thursday night.
In a Twitter thread Thursday evening, the Milwaukee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office said that traffic had to be blocked on Interstate 41 southbound outside Milwaukee because a tractor-trailer overturned and spilled the vegetables onto the road. Crews had to block the highway even further in an effort to salvage the truck. Police are still investigating the cause of the accident.
&#8220;TRAFFIC ALERT: Please exercise caution in the area of S/B I-41 @ Florist Ave., where an overturned semi carrying 40,000 lbs of 🌽 is blocking lanes 2 and 3,&#8221; the <a href="https://twitter.com/MilwCoSheriff/status/1616267354366947328?s=20&amp;t=_E49dTZphDFCF0aRbZ_fjg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MCSO tweeted</a> around 9 p.m. local time. &#8220;The semi driver suffered just minor injuries. The circumstances of the crash/turnover are under investigation.&#8221;
The road had to be completely closed about an hour later. &#8220;UPDATE: The partial freeway closure at this rollover site is now a full freeway closure, as salvage efforts continue, with all southbound traffic diverted off of I-41 at Good Hope Road.&#8221;
The tweet included a photo of the crash site. The tractor-trailer lay on its side, with the truck on the shoulder and the trailer in a ditch off the road. The shipping container had slid off the trailer frame.
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UPDATE: The partial freeway closure at this rollover site is now a full freeway closure, as salvage efforts continue, with all southbound traffic diverted off of I-41 at Good Hope Road. <a href="https://t.co/WNRyicd0xO">pic.twitter.com/WNRyicd0xO</a>
— Milwaukee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office (@MilwCoSheriff) <a href="https://twitter.com/MilwCoSheriff/status/1616288623044997120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2023</a></blockquote>
Crews had to redirect traffic again shortly afterward. &#8220;UPDATE 2: Traffic is now being diverted off of S/B I-41 @ Appleton Ave,&#8221; MCSO <a href="https://twitter.com/MilwCoSheriff/status/1616289440263188480?s=20&amp;t=c4QmeugG3atH6zO_zv2-Vg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
According to local radio station <a href="https://wtmj.com/traffic/2023/01/20/40000-lbs-of-corn-flood-milwaukee-roadway-in-semi-rollover-crash/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WTMJ</a>, it took several hours for crews to remove the truck and clear the roadway. The truck was the only vehicle involved in the accident. The driver&#8217;s condition was unclear, and no details about the crash were available Friday.
I-41 is a major arterial highway that connects Milwaukee and Green Bay with the cities on the Fox River. It runs North-South, beginning just south of the Wisconsin-Illinois border and ending north of Green Bay.
Last month, another truck carrying <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tractor-trailer-spills-40000-pounds-of-meatballs-onto-virginia-highway" target="_blank" rel="noopener">20 tons of meatballs</a> overturned onto a highway in rural southern Virginia. Traffic was shut down for about four hours after the big rig jackknifed, spilling more than 40,000 pounds of frozen meatballs onto I-95 South. Police charged the driver of the rig with a traffic violation.
According to Norfolk-based news station WAVY, the tractor-trailer ran off the road and struck a guardrail when the driver overcorrected. The vehicle jackknifed, causing the trailer to break away. Another big rig traveling in the same direction could not avoid the trailer and collided with it, spilling the frozen meatballs onto the highway. Officials said that it took more than two hours for rescue crews to free the driver of the second rig from the cab of the truck. The driver was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital with only minor injuries. The driver of the meatball truck was not reported injured; he was charged by police with failing to obey a highway marking.
In August of last year, two tractor-trailers overturned on opposite ends of the country, spilling other staples of Italian cuisine onto highways in California and Texas. First, a tractor-trailer carrying more than <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chain-of-car-crashes-caused-by-300000-tomatoes-rolling-onto-california-highway" target="_blank" rel="noopener">300,000 tomatoes</a> collided with another vehicle and plowed into a center divider, spilling the fruit onto the opposing lanes of traffic, which caused a chain reaction of crashes.
Then, another big rig overturned on a highway in Tennessee outside Memphis, spilling gallons of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alfredo-sauce-spill-in-tennessee-follows-california-tomato-crash" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alfredo sauce</a> and creating a huge mess for drivers and work crews.

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Tractor-Trailer Spills 20 Tons Of Corn Onto Wisconsin Highway

Tractor Trailer Spills 20 Tons Of Corn Onto Wisconsin Highway

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Food

Milwaukee

Wisconsin

Video shows an inmate wriggling his way out of a Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s Department cruiser on Saturday before being quickly detained again.
The failed escape happened just before 5 p.m. in the Newhall area of the 5 Freeway, authorities said, per local media reports.
Authorities said the man kicked out the vehicle&#8217;s window. That&#8217;s when footage captured by a nearby driver showed the man was handcuffed when he plopped onto the highway.
A deputy quickly hopped out of the vehicle and secured the prisoner, as seen in the video <a href="https://abc7.com/caught-on-video-inmate-tries-to-escape-5-freeway-newhall/12637110/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">aired by L.A.&#8217;s</a> ABC News affiliate.
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Though not shown in the clip, a report from <a href="https://ktla.com/news/local-news/inmate-attempts-to-escape-during-transport-in-los-angeles-county/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">KTLA</a> said a good Samaritan stopped and helped restrain the inmate.
The attempted getaway happened as the prisoner was being transported from the North County Correctional Facility to a hospital for injury treatment, <a href="https://ktla.com/news/local-news/inmate-attempts-to-escape-during-transport-in-los-angeles-county/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">KTLA</a> reported.
It was not clear what prompted the trip to the hospital in the first place.
Once the prisoner was placed back in the vehicle, he was transported to the hospital, per KTLA.
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SEE IT: Prisoner Flops Out Of Sheriff’s Cruiser Onto Highway In Botched Getaway

SEE IT: Prisoner Flops Out Of Sheriff's Cruiser Onto Highway In Botched Getaway

California

Law Enforcement

Los Angeles County

A police chief in Florida has <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/05/us/tampa-police-chief-mary-oconnor-resigns/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resigned</a> after showing her badge and requesting to be let go from a traffic stop, according to Tampa authorities. 
Tampa Mayor Jane Castor “has requested and received the resignation of Police Chief Mary O&#8217;Connor, following the completion of an Internal Affairs investigation into a recent traffic stop involving O’Connor,” <a href="https://www.tampa.gov/news/mayor-jane-castor-accepts-resignation-tpd-chief-mary-o-connor-111406" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to a statement from the mayor&#8217;s office issued on Monday. 
“It is unacceptable for any public employee, and especially the city&#8217;s top law enforcement leader, to ask for special treatment because of their position. Public trust in Tampa&#8217;s police department is paramount to our success as a city and community,” Castor said.
O’Connor was the passenger in a golf cart driven by her husband, a former Tampa police officer who is retired. The golf cart had no license plate displayed, and a Pinellas County Sheriff&#8217;s deputy pulled the couple over. In body cam footage, O&#8217;Connor showed deputy Larry Jacoby her badge, and he said she looked familiar.
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“I’m hoping that you’ll just let us go tonight,” she said before apologizing and giving the deputy her card.
“If you ever need anything, call me. Serious,” O’Connor <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/05/us/tampa-police-chief-mary-oconnor-resigns/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
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In 1995, O’Connor was fired from the police department after she was <a href="https://www.wfla.com/8-on-your-side/1995-arrest-of-tampas-new-police-chief-expunged-by-court/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a> in a separate traffic stop for battery on a law enforcement officer. The following year, however, she was put back on the force and “reinstated as a police officer,” serving for a year as a “probationary employee.” Mayor Castor alluded to the previous incident in her statement about the resignation. 
“This is especially disappointing because I gave Mary O’Connor a second chance, as I believe in second chances for people. Which is one of the reasons that the disappointment today runs so deep. I had high hope for Chief O’Connor, as she was off to such a strong start by reducing violent gun crime, proactively engaging with our community and focusing on officer wellness. But these accomplishments pale in comparison to the priority I place on integrity,” Castor noted. 
In her resignation <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pKpoM8XJpbP1vuRhrHpaxwbTt73ywXAA/view" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a>, O’Connor <a href="https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/tampa-police-chief-mary-oconnor-resigns/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, “I would never want my personal mistake to stand in the way of the progress I have made in mending relationships between the police department and the community, so for that reason, I am resigning.”
After the most recent incident, Castor <a href="https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/courts-law/2022-12-05/tampa-police-chief-oconnor-resigns-after-probe-into-golf-card-traffic-stop" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> that O’Connor had used “poor judgment” and could be disciplined. In a statement, O’Connor reportedly said she “expressed great remorse” and noted that “no one is above the law.&#8221; She said she “personally called the Pinellas County Sheriff offering to pay for any potential citation.&#8221;

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Tampa Police Chief Resigns After Showing Badge At Traffic Stop

Mary O'Connor Tampa Police Chief Resigns After Showing Badge At Traffic Stop

The 22-year-old driver who crashed into 25 Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s recruits last week denied authorities&#8217; claims that investigators had enough evidence to prove the incident was a deliberate act.
Nicholas Gutierrez was held on suspicion of attempted murder of a peace officer on a $2 million bond for driving his Honda CR-V into 25 cadets about 20 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles on Nov. 16. around 6:30 a.m. during a training exercise with about 75 recruits from the Sheriff&#8217;s Department and several local police agencies.
The horrific crash left more than a dozen cadets injured and at least five in critical condition.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said they later provisionally released Gutierrez because the initial complaint was not enough to hold him in custody.
In an interview with <a href="https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/driver-crash-law-encforcement-la-county-sheriff-whittier/3038595/">NBC</a>, Guiterrez refuted claims made by Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who said investigators had enough evidence to conclude that the crash was intentional.
&#8220;I didn&#8217;t intentionally do it,&#8221; Gutierrez said, adding that he fell asleep on his way to work.
Gutierrez said he fell asleep at the wheel and woke up to the sound of recruits banging on the windows.
&#8220;I wish it never happened,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I feel bad it happened.&#8221;
In the interview, Gutierrez had injuries to his face that were suffered at the scene, which he claimed were sustained when the sheriff&#8217;s &#8220;dragged&#8221; him out of the car when he woke up from the impact.
The sheriff&#8217;s department declined to comment or elaborate.
The recruits were part of a 22-week program with the Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s S.T.A.R.S. Explorer Training Academy in South Whittier, California. At the time of the crash, the cadets ran in four rows while drill instructors and two black-and-white radio cars accompanied them.
According to Villanueva, seven recruits remain in the hospital, with two in critical condition and multiple leg fractures. He said authorities&#8217; biggest concern is one of the recruits is on life support and suffering from serious brain bleeding and swelling.
&#8220;They have a long road to recovery happen to them, and we&#8217;re just hoping and praying that they can pull through,&#8221; he told News Nation.
Villanueva said five recruits are still under observation, and the remaining 20 have been released to their families.
The suspect&#8217;s lawyer, Alexandra Kazarian, told <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-11-21/driver-asleep-in-crash-that-hurt-sheriffs-recruits-lawyer-says">The Los Angeles Times</a>, Guiterrez fell asleep at the wheel while on his way to work, calling it a &#8220;tragic accident.&#8221;
Kazarian also denied the preliminary investigation from Villanueva, saying there is no evidence suggesting it was intentional.
&#8220;I have no idea why the sheriff said that,&#8221; Kazarian said.
Gutierrez&#8217;s attorney issued a statement Friday to NBC saying Gutierrez comes from a law enforcement family. According to the Los Angeles Times, his father is a retired corrections officer. His uncles work in the Los Angeles Police Department, the California Highway Patrol, and the Sheriff&#8217;s Department.
&#8220;Nicholas comes from a proud law enforcement family, and the injuries to these recruits is beyond heartbreaking,&#8221; attorney Alexandra Kazarian said. &#8220;The Gutierrez family appreciates the Sheriff&#8217;s Department taking the time to conduct a full and complete investigation. As many have asked, we want to emphasize that Nicholas was on his way to work and had no drugs or alcohol in his system at the time of this tragic accident.&#8221;
Kazarian said Gutierrez &#8220;harbors absolutely no animosity toward law enforcement,&#8221; adding claims that her client was a disgruntled academy recruit or had any association with being a recruit were incorrect.

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Driver Who Crashed Into 25 L.A. Sheriff Recruits Claims He Fell Asleep At Wheel

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva conceded Tuesday to former Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna, who comes with a long list of Democratic establishment <a href="https://www.lunaforsheriff.com/endorsements" target="_blank" rel="noopener">endorsements</a>.
Villanueva formally admitted defeat during a press conference at the Hall of Justice near downtown L.A. after the latest election results from the <a href="https://results.lavote.gov/#year=2022&amp;election=4300" target="_blank" rel="noopener">county registrar&#8217;s office</a> showed with more than 1.2 million ballots counted, his opponent won with just over 60% of the vote from county residents.
&#8220;I want to wish the incoming sheriff well,&#8221; Villanueva said during a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuiUkQyywQc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news conference</a>. &#8220;The safety of the community depends on him succeeding. The welfare of every single person in the department depends on him succeeding.&#8221;
Villanueva spent the greater portion of his press conference unraveling false narratives created about his administration by the political establishment and legacy media outlets, which failed to accurately report or clear up propaganda spread about the sheriff&#8217;s department.
The sheriff also blamed his loss over the media&#8217;s coverage of so-called deputy gangs, or &#8220;cliques,&#8221; within the law enforcement department that allegedly encouraged violence against residents, jail inmates, and even fellow deputies who challenged them. Villanueva has repeatedly denied allegations of having any ties with the groups.
&#8220;All of this, the whole thing on the deputy gangs, was literally a campaign strategy,&#8221; Villanueva said. &#8220;My four years in office, I can tell you this all four years, we achieved something very important because if you treat the county government like it is — a corrupt criminal enterprise — we pushed back and opened the window into the corruption of the county.&#8221;
Los Angeles County supervisors and Villanueva clashed on several issues during his term, who backed efforts to defund the department.
During the pandemic, Villanueva refused to comply with vaccine mandates, exposed the homeless industrial complex, and other allegations of corruption and fraud rotting within the board of supervisors.
Villanueva again slammed the media for the lack of accountability on the local government.
&#8220;We need you to be the voice of democracy that will survive,&#8221; Villanueva said. &#8220;You can&#8217;t survive if all you do is parrot the political narrative of the establishment — that is a democracy in decline.&#8221;
Los Angeles residents also approved with 70% voting in favor of ballot Measure A, which gives the county&#8217;s Board of Supervisors the power to fire a sitting sheriff.
The new measure puts the incoming sheriff at the mercy of the board.
Luna, who headed the Long Beach police for seven years before retiring last year and a former Republican turned Democrat in 2020, thanked Los Angeles County voters for his victory and offered &#8220;best wishes&#8221; to his opponent in a statement.
&#8220;I&#8217;m deeply honored and humbled that you have elected me as your next sheriff,&#8221; Luna wrote. &#8220;With your vote, you have entrusted me with a clear mandate to bring new leadership and accountability to the Sheriff&#8217;s Department,&#8221; which is the nation&#8217;s largest sheriff&#8217;s department, with nearly 10,000 sworn deputies.
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However, Villanueva claimed Luna has called his administration &#8220;chaos and dysfunctional,&#8221; filled with &#8220;scandals&#8221; run by &#8220;a rogue sheriff.&#8221;
Luna ran his campaign on promises to reform and modernize the sheriff&#8217;s departments and jails while claiming to reduce crime, address homelessness, and restore so-called public trust in the County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.
According to <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-11-15/luna-wins-la-county-sheriff-election-over-villanueva" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Los Angeles Times</a>, Jeff Katzenberg, a co-founder of DreamWorks and a longtime Democratic donor, contributed at least half a million dollars to a campaign committee supporting Luna.
Villanueva denounced &#8220;the arrogance of the select few — the billionaire crowd, in particular — who may know how to make movies, but they don&#8217;t know how to run law enforcement organizations,&#8221; adding that such crowds are willing to wipe out the leadership to better suit their ideology.
&#8220;The Democratic Party is now married to the progressive movement in L.A.,&#8221; Villanueva said. &#8220;And how that plays out on a national level — I don&#8217;t know. But here locally, I can say it is a very anti-Latino coalition — it is anti-law enforcement.&#8221;

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva concedes to former Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Concedes Re-Election Race; Slams Local Media, Political Establishment

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Polk County, Florida, Sheriff <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/florida-sheriff-on-active-shooters-shoot-them-so-much-that-you-can-read-the-local-newspaper-through-them/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Grady Judd</a> offered some straightforward advice to residents whose homes or businesses were looted in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian: &#8220;You take your gun and you shoot him, you shoot him so that he looks like grated cheese.&#8221;
Sheriff Judd imparted that wisdom during a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/weather/florida-sheriff-pushes-hurricane-ian-victims-shoot-looters-look-grated-cheese?intcmp=tw_fnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Friday appearance</a> on &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends,&#8221; where he noted that a number of bad actors had jumped at the chance to capitalize on the chaos after the storm and steal from homes and businesses that had already been devastated by the high winds and dangerous flooding.
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“People have a right to be safe in their homes…I highly recommend, if a looter enters your home, you grab your gun and you shoot him, you shoot him so he looks like grated cheese.” –<a href="https://twitter.com/PolkCoSheriff?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PolkCoSheriff</a> Grady Judd <a href="https://t.co/UXDdsuqpF8">pic.twitter.com/UXDdsuqpF8</a>
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&#8220;Well, I can tell you that I was down there with my colleague, Sheriff Marceno, this weekend. And it&#8217;s total devastation, and people have a right to be safe in their homes,&#8221; <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/we-are-going-to-shoot-you-graveyard-dead-florida-sheriff-lays-the-hammer-down-on-potential-school-shooters/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Judd</a> explained. &#8220;They have a right for their property to be safe even when part of their home may be torn away. And these looters, that&#8217;s unacceptable. Absolutely unacceptable.&#8221;
&#8220;I would highly suggest that if a looter breaks into your home, comes into your home while you&#8217;re there to steal stuff, that you take your gun and you shoot him, you shoot him so that he looks like grated cheese,&#8221; Judd continued, adding, &#8220;Because you know what? That&#8217;s one looter that won&#8217;t break into anyone else&#8217;s home and take advantage of them when they&#8217;re the most vulnerable and the most weak.&#8221;
Judd&#8217;s comments echo the sentiment voiced earlier by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R), who reminded those who might be thinking about looting their neighbors&#8217; homes and businesses that the Sunshine State is a stand-your-ground state.
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&#8220;We want to make sure we&#8217;re maintaining law and order,&#8221; DeSantis said, noting that law enforcement was keeping a particularly close eye on the areas of the state that had been hardest hit.
&#8220;Don&#8217;t even think about looting, don&#8217;t even think about taking advantage of people in this vulnerable situation,&#8221; he said, promising state support in addition to local law enforcement efforts and warning residents that looters could even be taking boats out to the more remote island homes. &#8220;I can tell you, in the state of Florida, you never know what may be lurking behind somebody&#8217;s home. And I would not want to chance that if I were you, given that we&#8217;re a 2nd Amendment state.&#8221;

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Florida Sheriff Offers Advice To Looting Victims: ‘You Shoot Him So That He Looks Like Grated Cheese’

Florida Sheriff Grady Judd Offers Advice To Looting Victims

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Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva is calling for California&#8217;s attorney general to investigate how a pair of county officials were tipped off about warrants to search their homes on Wednesday.
The sheriff <a href="https://twitter.com/BillFOXLA/status/1570168119598915584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1570168119598915584%7Ctwgr%5Edca12a2426ba89c88f632a63c3c8db18d38070d2%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fus%2Fla-sheriff-calls-state-ag-investigate-2-county-officials-being-tipped-off-about-search-warrants">said</a> that Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl and Los Angeles County Civilian Oversight Commissioner Patti Giggans were both illegally tipped off that there were search warrants for their homes.
The warrants are related to a public corruption investigation.
Kuehl held a press conference outside her Santa Monica home after sheriff&#8217;s deputies went inside to execute the search warrant, calling the probe a &#8220;bogus non-investigation.&#8221;
She revealed to the media that she had been told about the warrant the previous night by L.A. County Inspector General Max Huntsman as well as an unnamed county attorney.
Villanueva called for an investigation in a <a href="https://twitter.com/BillFOXLA/status/1570168119598915584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1570168119598915584%7Ctwgr%5Edca12a2426ba89c88f632a63c3c8db18d38070d2%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fus%2Fla-sheriff-calls-state-ag-investigate-2-county-officials-being-tipped-off-about-search-warrants">letter</a> to Attorney General Rob Bonta (D), accusing the county officials who tipped off Kuehl of &#8220;illegally alerting them.&#8221;
&#8220;The illegal acts committed by Mr. Huntsman and County Counsel have potentially comprised the integrity of this criminal investigation including, but not limited to, the concealment or destruction of evidence,&#8221; Villanueva wrote in his letter.
The sheriff asked the attorney general to open an investigation into potential felony violations &#8220;regarding interference into a criminal investigation&#8221; and alert the sheriff&#8217;s office when it had done so.
Villanueva <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/la-sheriff-calls-state-ag-investigate-2-county-officials-being-tipped-off-about-search-warrants">remarked</a> to Fox News that the situation is &#8220;alarming and sad.&#8221;
Kuehl, 81, has been a strong proponent of stringent COVID restrictions over the last year.
In July, she <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11052087/LA-County-Supervisor-dismisses-critics-renewed-school-mask-mandates-snowflake-weepies.html">referred</a> to those who oppose mask mandates as &#8220;snowflake weepies&#8221; during a Board of Supervisors meeting.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t hear them writing me about shoes, which are actually more oppressive to your feet than wearing a mask on your face, but we do that really for health or the requirement to wear a shirt when you enter a restaurant,&#8221; Kuehl said.
In 2020, Kuehl <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/health/la-county-supervisor-visited-restaurant-after-voting-for-outdoor-dining-ban-report">sparked outrage</a> when she was spotted dining outdoors just hours after voting to ban outdoor dining in Los Angeles County.
She had described outdoor dining as &#8220;a most dangerous situation&#8221; during a public meeting that day. Later in the day, she was seen dining at an Italian restaurant in Santa Monica.
Villanueva also noted that when detectives arrived at Giggins&#8217; home, Giggins answered the door with her attorney.
&#8220;It was obvious both were already aware of the search warrant and were waiting for detectives to arrive,&#8221; the sheriff wrote.
&#8220;I do not have to explain the alleged criminal, administrative and ethical laws which were broken by Mr. Huntsman and the currently unidentified person(s) employed by County Counsel,&#8221; Villanueva wrote.
&#8220;We are confident phone records will soon reveal any text messages received by Ms. Kuehl and Ms. Giggins, which illegally alerted them to the search warrant, as well as the intent behind their actions,&#8221; he added.
The public corruption investigation <a href="https://abc7.com/los-angeles-county-supervisor-sheila-kuehl-search-warrant-la-investigations-lasd/12229235/">reportedly</a> involves allegations of a conflict of interest in awarding a contract for a Metro sexual harassment hotline. Giggans runs the nonprofit Peace Over Violence, which ran the hotline. She and Kuehl are close friends.
&#8220;Everybody&#8217;s going to say, &#8216;Well she must&#8217;ve done something or they wouldn&#8217;t have come to her house. No,&#8221; Kuehl <a href="https://abc7.com/los-angeles-county-supervisor-sheila-kuehl-search-warrant-la-investigations-lasd/12229235/">said</a> during her impromptu press conference outside her home as deputies searched inside.
&#8220;This is all about a contract, which I had nothing to do with, and there&#8217;s no ongoing investigation. The sheriff should have better control of his department,&#8221; she said.

The 44th Annual Peace Over Violence Humanitarian Awards

LA County Officials Under Investigation Tipped Off To Home Searches, Sheriff Demands Investigation

LA Sheriff Calls For Investigation Into County Officials Being Tipped Off To Searches Of Their Homes

Alex Villanueva

Corruption

Investigation

In a letter addressed to President Biden, the Arizona Sheriff’s Association slammed the Biden administration for its dilatory attitude regarding illegal immigration and expressed their lack of confidence in CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus.
The letter cited the fact that curbing the number of illegal immigrants and illicit drugs crossing the border had been a priority for law enforcement for decades.
“Unfortunately, the current administration and Commissioner Magnus do not appear to share the priority and the effects are being felt in Arizona and across the country,” the letter charged.
Turning to the drug problem exacerbated by the porous nature of current border enforcement, the letter stated, “Massive amounts of highly lethal drugs are being moved across the border and peddled to our children. Fentanyl is a near ubiquitous ingredient in illegal drugs being distributed today and is causing the deaths of countless individuals and destroying families at a rapid pace.”
After noting that violent crime is rising throughout the country, the letter segued to Magnus and the Biden administration, writing, “Since Commissioner Magnus was appointed nearly nine months ago, we have continued to see an influx of illegal immigrants and illicit drugs cross our Southern border.  What we have not seen is an increased partnership from the federal government including CBP to assist local law enforcement in preventing this activity.”
“Border security is one of the core missions of the CBP and we feel that the effort being put towards addressing this mission is woefully inadequate,” the letter stated.
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JUST IN: Arizona’s Sheriffs issue a vote of no confidence in <a href="https://twitter.com/CBP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CBP</a> Commissioner Chris Magnus saying he’s not fit to lead U.S. Customs and Border Protection due to the increase in illegal immigration and illicit drugs coming across the border: <a href="https://t.co/OHdNeRulyb">pic.twitter.com/OHdNeRulyb</a>
&mdash; Ali Bradley (@AliBradleyTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/AliBradleyTV/status/1569436961945034753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 12, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Over the summer, Governor Doug Ducey (R-AZ) joined Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) to send busloads of illegal immigrants to Washington D.C. In June, Ducey signed legislation into law that would spend a record $564 million to help to secure the border between Arizona and Mexico. He stated, “Inaction by President Joe Biden has led to the worst border crisis in over 20 years,” adding in a <a href="https://azgovernor.gov/sites/default/files/border_security_signing_letter_2022.pdf">letter</a> to Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, “Arizona will not sit idly by as the Biden administration fails to do its job and safeguard our state and nation from the clear and present danger of an unsecure border.”
“We’ve taken numerous steps to help resolve the chaos, including deploying the Arizona National Guard, signing legislation to address human smuggling and transporting migrants on a voluntary basis to Washington, D.C. Ultimately, however, securing our border is the responsibility of the federal government,” he added.

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‘Woefully Inadequate’: Arizona Sheriffs Condemn Biden Administration And CBP On Immigration

Arizona Sheriffs Condemn Biden Administration And CBP On Immigration

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