The stop, on July 21st at 11:13 a.m., took place in the 6600 block of North Ocean Boulevard. It’s what happened next that is either an act of compassion, an incident that will lead to scrutiny, or just a clerical issue that has yet to be resolved.
The men — who we are not naming — were taken into custody on immigration holds. Specifically: the state charge of entering Florida without authorization. Two were from Mexico, one from Honduras, and one from Nicaragua. They were each booked into the Palm Beach County Jail on a misdemeanor charge. Each man was declared “indigent” and assigned a public defender.
In each case, based on available records reviewed by BocaNewsNow.com, prosecutors declined to proceed. Each man was released. And in a rare move, booking photos were seemingly deleted…