A man from Mexico received a five-year prison sentence after he set his apartment building on fire and assaulted a federal officer while trying to avoid deportation in Gwinnett County.
Armando Carrillo-Diaz, 45, pleaded guilty in January to assaulting a federal officer, arson and illegally reentering the United States. U.S. District Judge Mark H. Cohen sentenced him on June 11 to five years in prison followed by one year of supervised release.
What We Know: According to court information, deportation officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement tried to arrest Carrillo-Diaz on April 26, 2023, in his apartment complex parking lot. He nearly struck one officer as he fled in a pickup truck…