In a detention motion filed Friday in U. S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, the government asked that Osman Nehemias Hernandez-Flores, 49, La Russell, be held without bond while awaiting trial for being in the country illegally.
The motion notes that Hernandez-Flores has been deported at least three times and has racked up four DWI convictions, as well as a felony conviction for forgery.
In this regard, the defendant is a citizen of Mexico, not lawfully present in the United States. Further, the defendant has a track record of refusal to conform his conduct to what United States’ laws require, as shown by his entering and re-entering the United States without permission, as well as his multiple prior convictions for driving under the influence, as well as forgery, and his recent arrest for forgery and aggravated identity theft.
On December 21, 2006, the defendant was first deported from Houston, Texas, United States to his country of origin of Guatemala.
On December 9, 2009, the defendant was again deported from the United States, from New Orleans, Louisiana, to his native country of Guatemala.
Most recently, on May 11, 2016, the defendant was deported for a third time from the United States, from Alexandria, Louisiana, and returned to his country of origin, Guatemala.
Regarding the danger this defendant poses to the community, after illegally re-entering the United States, the Government notes the following from the defendant’s criminal history:
a. January 20, 2002, the defendant was convicted for Driving Under the Influence, in Jasper County, Missouri.
b. January 31, 2003, the defendant was convicted again for Driving Under the Influence, in Jasper County, Missouri, his second such conviction within approximately one year.
c. December 25, 2006, the defendant was convicted for a third time for Driving Under the Influence, again Jasper County, Missouri.
d. October 5, 2008, the defendant was convicted for Resisting Law Enforcement, in Carthage, Missouri.
e. August 8, 2009, the defendant received his fourth conviction for Driving Under the Influence, in Carthage, Missouri.
f. February 17, 2016, the defendant was convicted for the felony offense of Forgery, in Jasper County, Missouri.
g. Finally, on October 22, 2024, when found illegally in the United States for at least the fourth occasion, the defendant was arrested for the felony offenses of forgery and aggravated identity theft. This criminal matter is still pending.
Finally, the evidence of the defendant’s guilt is overwhelming, as he was found within the United States, in the custody of the Jasper County, Missouri, jail after having been deported on at least three prior occasions, and then illegally re-entering the United States after being convicted of the serious felony criminal offense for Forgery.
Originally appeared on The Turner Report
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