A woman arrested by Portage County deputies March 10 following an all-night manhunt has been deported, according to a jail official in Mahoning County, where she was being held.
Jorge Gonzalez Alvarado, 31, and Ana Maria Contreras Jimenez, 33, did not possess a valid drivers license when Portage County deputies pulled over their vehicle on Interstate 76 on March 9 for having expired tags, the sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post. The pair fled on foot, prompting deputies to chase them through the night, with the help of an Ohio State Highway Patrol helicopter.
The Portage County Sheriff’s Office arrested Contreras Jimenez on March 10, and booked her into the Portage County jail on a second-degree misdemeanor charge of obstructing official business. Deputies held her on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, suspecting her to be in the country illegally…