Police say TSU senior athlete killed by illegal immigrant driving drunk
Posted by: Random-American in All PostsYet another tragic event that didn’t have to happen if our politicians would do what it takes to fix the failures of border security and illegal immigration. (hat tip: MM)
I know, I know…just here to work…yadda, yadda…
Meanwhile, a young track star is dead at the hands of an illegal alien.
From The City Paper Online:
The latest fatal car crash allegedly committed at the hands of an illegal immigrant who was driving drunk has claimed the life of a Tennessee State University (TSU) senior member of the women’s track team, Metro Police said late Monday.
Joycelyn R. Gardiner, 22, was pronounced dead at Vanderbilt University Medical Center at 4 a.m. Saturday, one hour and 15 minutes after her Pontiac Grand Prix was struck by a Ford Expedition driven by Victor Javier Benitez, 24, of 365 Paragon Mills Road, Apt. A-5, police said.
…
Benitez received a head laceration and a broken rib, injuries he was treated for at Vanderbilt before being released into the custody of the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office.
He was later identified as an illegal immigrant from Mexico and ordered held without bond.
Police also said they took statements at the scene from witnesses attempting to aid the drivers who described Benitez as “very combative” and that he and his vehicle were emitting an “extreme odor of alcohol.”
…
At the same time, police were quick to point out that Benitez, whose physical identification was issued in Texas, was on two separate occasions convicted of a total of four criminal charges in Nashville.
He was arrested in February 2006 on three counts of car burglary and two counts of attempted theft. Two months later he was convicted of one count of car burglary and sentenced by General Sessions Judge Casey Moreland to one year of supervised probation.
On Nov. 5, 2006, Benitez was rearrested on charges of public intoxication, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. The following day he was convicted of all three charges and sentenced by General Sessions Judge William Higgins to seven days in jail.
This criminal illegal alien has been arrested on three counts of car burglary, two counts of attempted theft, public intoxication, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest….and never deported. And even if he had been, who’s to say he wouldn’t have snuck back in anyway? Does anyone not see a problem here??
My sincerest condolences to Ms. Gardiner’s friends and family.
Entries (RSS)