2 Illegal Aliens Face Felony Charges In Knox County After Stealing More Than $18,000 Worth Of Merchandise From Ulta Beauty Stores While Others Face Charges Ranging From Attempted Murder To Aggravated Assault To Vandalism.
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Tennessee Conservative News Staff –
Two illegal aliens face felony charges in Knox County after stealing more than $18,000 worth of merchandise from Ulta Beauty stores.
According to the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, a neighboring jurisdiction notified the department around 3 pm on January 22 that the three suspects had been seen in an Ulta store in Oak Ridge. The trio was spotted leaving in a red car.
A Knox County officer located the car on Lovell Drive and followed it to 1-40, where a traffic stop was conducted. Officers then detained Yilianne Casero, Yoandys Diaz, and Sariel Maqueria.
A K-9 hit on the presence of narcotics in the vehicle; as officers searched, they found more almost $5000 worth of merchandise from the Oak Ridge Ulta store stuffed into trash bags, and another $1200 worth of product that had been stolen from another location that same day.
After investigating, police discovered a total of $18,443 worth of merchandise from Ulta, as well as additional products from Sephora.
Records show that Casero has a residence in Nashville. He had three outstanding warrants at the time that he was taken into custody. Diaz and Maqueria were on the run from justice in Florida and will be extradited.
All three are now charged with organized retail crime, theft of merchandise ($2000-$10000), and theft of merchandise ($1000-$2500) in Knox County.
Inmate records also show that Casero and Diaz are both now being held on ICE detainers.
Knox County police also arrested the following illegal aliens over the last few weeks:
23-year-old Niyonkuru David – intake date December 5
- David is a TDOC inmate who was arrested in 2023 for his suspected role in a 2021 murder. He is being held on charges of attempted first degree murder, employing a firearm during a dangerous felony, reckless endangerment, aggravated assault, possession with intent to sell a controlled substance, possession of a firearm during a dangerous felony, and evading arrest.
45-year-old Cesar Paz Zelaya – arrested December 19
- Zelaya is charged with aggravated sexual battery.
21-year-old Rober Adilson Gonzalez-Castillo – arrested December 24
- Gonzalez-Castillo is charged with domestic assault.
25-year-old Edguargaredo Montesinos Sanchez – arrested December 25
- Sanchez is charged with domestic assault and resisting stop/arrest/search.
21-year-old Jose Escalona-Arraez – arrested December 28
- Escalona-Arraez is charged with aggravated domestic assault and aggravated assault.
29-year-old Fabian F. Paredes Diaz – arrested January 9
- Diaz is charged with vandalism ($10,000-$60,000).
34-year-old Francisco Pascual Tomas – arrested January 24
- Tomas is charged with driving without a license.
44-year-old Eduin Roberto Betanco-Perez – arrested January 24
- Betanco-Perez is charged with possession of schedule II drugs (cocaine) and driving without a license.
36-year-old Refujio Jiminez – arrested January 26
- Jiminez is charged with criminal trespassing.
35-year-old Mariano Bin Choc – arrested January 27
- Choc is charged with DUI (first offense.
Inmate records show that all of these individuals currently have immigrant detainers and will remain in custody until released to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
An ICE hold most likely means they are in this country illegally.
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TN does not have any illegals, just ask the General Assembly looking for them in 2021.
Good! A few more of lucifer’s accursed dimmercrap’s darlings out of circulation. Unless dimmercrap “judges” cut them loose.