18th Judicial District Attorney claims ICE ‘intervened’ in prosecution

The 18th Judicial District Attorney will likely not be able to prosecute a man facing robbery and kidnapping chargers after the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement took him into custody, the District Attorney’s Office said on Friday.

Yerbis Manuel Garcia-Quintero, 46, was set to appear in court on Thursday afternoon on two felony cases in the 18th Judicial District. He did not show up.

Garcia-Quintero was charged in one case with second-degree kidnapping, obstruction of telephone service and criminal mischief. His bond was set at $100,000 and he was able to bail out on a surety bond on Feb. 1, according to local authorities…

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