Arrested looters in Lee County were in US illegally, says sheriff: 'Not tolerating it'
By: YahooNews
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Officials in Lee County, Florida, are warning that not all post-Hurricane Ian looters may get off as lucky as the jailed accused scavengers arrested earlier this week — some of whom are in the U.S. illegally.
Omar Mejia Ortiz, 33, and Valerie Celeste Salcedo Mena, 26, were arrested, along with 20-year-olds Brandon Mauricio Araya and Steve Eduardo Sanchez Araya. Lee County sheriff's deputies arrested all four on charges of burglary of an unoccupied structure during a state of emergency, according to online jail records.
Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno held a press conference Tuesday in which he addressed the spike in looting and illegal scavenging in the aftermath of the historic hurricane.
"As far as looting — we have law and order in Lee County. We have law and order in our great state of Florida, and we always will," said Marceno. "Right now, we have four cases of looting, and I'm proud to say they're behind bars where they belong. Our residents are going to be safe."
Marceno announced that three of the four looters are illegally in the U.S., saying, "All three of these subjects are here illegally in this country — Robert Mena, Brandon Araya, Stephen Araya — all arrested for stealing bottles on Fort Myers Beach during the hurricane. They were located and arrested. And I'm going to tell I'm not tolerating it again."
Florida sheriff's deputies arrested the four suspected burglars who allegedly looted in the wake of Hurricane Ian while many impacted Floridians struggle to recover from the Category 4 storm.
Marceno warned the public not all looters will get away with their lives.
"I'm not playing. We're not playing. We have law and order and great residents will be safe and secure. We've had arrests on these incidents," Marceno continued. "You might walk in. You'll be carried out."
Ortiz was also charged with petit larceny, while the other three suspects were charged with grand larceny.
It is unclear exactly when and where the burglaries took place.
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Looks like the narrative pushed by some about illegals is false.
They tried to smear DeSantis for laying down the law.
Naturally it failed. But that won't stop them.
Joyless Reid stupidly accused DeSantis of being a racist and segregationist for arresting anyone who looted. It appears that she approves of stealing, especially in the aftermath of a disastrous hurricane.
That the mindset of the Democrats. Why wouldn't the clueless lemmings follow suit.
The race lady has accused just about everyone of "racism."
What else is new?
The "oppressed" must be allowed to loot.
Well is is coming up on Christmas and they want to get their shopping done early before all the good stuff gets taken.
They were just looking for a better life. They didn't want to work for it though just take it from others.
That's exactly what Kamala's (and others') "equity" is. Equal outcome without working for it.
There were two more looters arrested and are also illegal aliens.
Left wing politicians and their complicit media have now been harping about how DeSantis and Rubio voted "nay" when it came to aid for Hurricane Sandy. What they deliberately omit is the reason they voted "nay". Most of the Sandy Relief Bill was filled with PORK and very little for actual Sandy hurricane relief funding. Example - millions of taxpayer USD for Alaska fisheries. Did Sandy affect Alaska? No.
Wasn't the total of the bill something like $50 billion but only $1.5 Billion was for hurricane relief with the rest was earmarked for Democrat bullshit?
I don't recall the exact numbers, but I do remember that both DeSantis and Rubio voted for trimmed down relief bills when the obscene pork was removed. The Left omits those facts, too.
Absolutely, democrats hate bills that don't make them rich first...
OK, I found it. This article includes official US government sources and monetary itemizations.
This is hilarious
What the fuck does new cars for the DEA and "construction for the National Park Service and Fish and Game have to do with Hurricane Relief? I'd have loved to hear the justification for ANY of this.
The sad thing is, when it comes to a relief package for Hurricane Ian, we can expect some of the same shit from the idiots with a (D) next to their name.
At least Martha's Vineyard is safe. That's what's really important. As long as what happens in Florida stays in Florida then these sorts of inconvenient events are really rather unimportant. But, then, NIMBY rules have been followed all along with illegal immigration.
Maybe they weren't really persecuted in their homeland. It could be they're simply assholes.
I don't think there is any maybe a out it.
From what the CBP has said for many years, approximately 95+ percent of illegal aliens claiming asylum don't qualify under our asylum laws.
Wait... what?
Stealing what? From where?
"It is unclear exactly when and where the burglaries took place."
Uh oh. That's usually code to prevent the appearance of a gross overreach.