Bristol District Attorney Thomas Quinn III is ticked off at a Fall River choose who set a bail he says is “clearly too low” for a 28-year-old unlawful immigrant who allegedly tried to rip-off a Westport couple out of $6,000.
Assistant District Attorney Nicole Cheney pressed Judge Thomas Barrett to carry Hector Arias-Guzman, of Boston, in jail on $25,000 money bail throughout an arraignment earlier this week on tried larceny and conspiracy costs.
Arias-Guzman, nonetheless, has been free since he instantly posted a $4,000 money bail that Barrett set throughout the Tuesday courtroom look. Customs and Border Protection apprehended the defendant in January for coming into the United States illegally through the Del Rio space of Texas, based on Quinn’s workplace.
“The amount of cash bail set in this case is clearly too low,” Quinn stated in a launch yesterday. “The defendant entered the country illegally in January and while residing here in Massachusetts is alleged to have used deception and manipulation to steal thousands of dollars from a local couple. Given the defendant’s immigration status and lack of connection to the area, he is definitely a flight risk.”
The saga began when Arias-Guzman known as a Westport couple and fraudulently recognized himself as their son who wanted money for bond after being arrested following a motorized vehicle crash in Boston, based on a report from Westport police. If his “parents” didn’t ship the cash, he’d be instantly jailed, the report states.
The couple declined money cost requests of $10,000 and $25,000 from a person who Arias-Guzman placed on the cellphone recognized as a public defender. However, via negotiations, the couple agreed on $6,000, an quantity the caller claimed was wanted to put up bail, based on the report.
Westport Police Det. Sgt. Bryan McCarthy acknowledged the identify given as the general public defender, in addition to the cell quantity, from a earlier rip-off the week prior, when he spoke with the couple.
“(McCarthy) instructed the couple to return home and to call back if the fraudster called back with instructions for the money delivery,” the report states. “The fraudster did call back with instructions on how to package the cash and advised that a LYFT driver would be arriving to collect the money for delivery to Boston.”
That led McCarthy to assemble a surveillance staff, consisting of detectives from space departments, that adopted the LYFT driver to an tackle in Taunton.
Upon arrival, police noticed Arias-Guzman approaching the car to take possession of the bundle. McCarthy and different officers in plain garments chased Arias-Guzman down when the suspect observed their presence and tried to flee on foot, the report states.
“Our request for $25,000 cash bail was appropriate,” Quinn stated in his assertion. “This is another example of what is occurring throughout our state and the country. Victims often do not report these types of attempted scams to police. We all need to be very vigilant to the scam artists who are trying to rip off law-abiding citizens of their hard earned money.”
Source: www.bostonherald.com”