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Koch Foods raid criminal cases refiled in municipal court

20 of 161 illegal immigrants arrested charged with violating state identity theft, forgery laws.

 By Lauren Pack

Staff Writer

Friday, August 31, 2007

FAIRFIELD - Twenty of 161 people arrested earlier this week in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid were not arraigned as scheduled Thursday on state charges because the cases were moved from a county court.

The cases of the 12 men and eight women facing charges of forgery and taking the identity of another have been refiled in Fairfield Municipal Court, said Butler County Prosecutor Robin Piper.

The 20 charged may be arraigned Tuesday morning, according to a Fairfield court official. However, Piper said his office many present the cases to a grand jury for consideration.

ICE agents transported the 161 alleged illegal immigrants arrested in the Tuesday raid at Koch Foods in Fairfield to West Chester Twp., which is were Butler County Sheriff's deputies first came into contact with the 20 workers also suspected of committing state criminal offenses.

"They made a conscious decision to file charges in (Butler County) Area III Court because our first contact with these people was in West Chester," said sheriff's Chief Deputy Anthony Dwyer.

Detectives later determined much of the evidence was being collected through Fairfield tax documents and decided Fairfield Municipal Court was the appropriate venue.

"It is not unusual to have multiple possible locations for prosecution," Dwyer said.

ICE spokesman Greg Palmore said the 20 people facing criminal charges would go through the state court system before deportation proceedings.

Those facing state criminal charges are:

Juan Manuel Alvarado of Guatemala, Forgery, Hold for ICE

Orial Luna Alvarez of Mexico, Forgery - Utter, possess, taking the identity of another

Jesus Becceril-Lara of Mexico, Forgery, Hold for ICE

Hugo Yenen Calle-Rojas of Peru, Forgery, Taking the identity of another

Blanka Maribel Casasola-Herbeth of Guatemala, Taking the identity of another, Hold for ICE

Rosario Castillo-Vargas of Mexico, Taking the identity of another, Hold for ICE

Aura Yolanda Cazun-Castellanos of Guatemala, Forgery, taking the identity of another

Lucia Judith Cruz-Sanchez of Mexico, Forgery - utter, possess, taking the identity of another

Leonel Frunco-Zetina of Mexico, Forgery, Hold for ICE

Alvaro Pena Garcia of Mexico, Forgery- utter, posses, Hold for ICE

Margurita Gonzalez of Mexico, Forgery - utter, possess, taking the identity of another

Jose Ruben Hernandez-Castro of Mexico, Forgery - utter, possess, taking the identity of another

Leonel Hernandez-Ramirez of Guatemala, Taking the identity of another, Forgery

Maribel Montalvo of Mexico, Forgery, Hold for ICE

Nohemi Quinonez-Arecas of Guatemala, Forgery, Taking the identity

Eliseo Ramos-Velasquez of Mexico, Forgery, Taking the identity

Kidmarx Rangel of Mexico, Forgery - Copy not Genuine, taking the identity of another

Maurillo Rendon-Lara of Mexico, Forgery - utter, posses, Forgery - utter possess

Rosaura Vargas-Hernandez of Mexico, Forgery- utter, posses, Hold for ICE

Salvador Vargas-Vargas of Mexico, Forgery- utter, posses, Hold for ICE.

Contact this reporter at (513) 705-2841 or lpack@coxohio.com.