ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Washington, DC, officers arrested Jorge Armando Melendez-Gonzalez, 27, on Thursday, Oct. 24, in Fairfax, after county officials ignored an immigration detainer filed earlier this year, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Melendez-Gonzalez has a lengthy record that includes 10 arrests and 19 criminal offenses, federal officials said.
According to ICE his alleged offenses include:
- Three counts of malicious shooting;
- Unlawful wounding;
- Use of a firearm in the commission of a felony;
- Assault and battery;
- Assault on a family member;
- Grand larceny;
- Trespassing;
- Possession of false government identification;
- Public intoxication;
- Disturbing the peace;
- Making a false statement to police.
“Jorge Armando Melendez-Gonzalez is a career criminal with a propensity toward violence,” ICE ERO Washington, DC Field Office Director Russell Hott said…