Butler County Sheriff Teams Up with ICE in West Chester, Undocumented Individuals Detained Following Domestic Abuse Report

In a routine bout of inter-agency cooperation, the Butler County Sheriff’s Office has teamed up with federal law enforcement to swoop in on a group of undocumented immigrants in West Chester, ushering at least a couple of them into the grip of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. These arrests stemmed from a domestic abuse complaint filed by a mother on behalf of her daughter, which cast a light on the suspect’s immigration status and led to a traffic stop revealing several more individuals potentially without proper papers.

The Sheriff’s Office, led by Sheriff Richard K. Jones, launched its investigation following the report of the mother, who remains anonymous, about her daughter’s abusive relationship. A post on the Butler County Sheriff’s Office’s Facebook page said the mother “reported that her adult daughter was in an abusive relationship and had recently been cut with a knife during a domestic incident.” Jones ordered the subsequent investigation, which led to the discovery of the suspect’s alleged undocumented status.

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