SAN DIEGO, Calif. — A homeless, undocumented immigrant with three children was released on supervised own recognizance after failing to appear at three court hearings, only to have his release rescinded because of his immigration status. The San Diego District Attorney’s Office under Summer Stephan had him extradited on his way back from Mexico as he turned himself in to Border Patrol out of guilt. Judge Euketa Oliver ruled in favor of the prosecution and raised bail to $150,000, sending the accused back to jail.
The accused was charged with felony theft by violence. A junior deputy district attorney from the San Diego District Attorney’s Office described the alleged crime as working with co-defendants “when they forced entry into the victim’s hotel room, assaulted the victim, and stole his laptop and cell phones, causing great bodily injury onto the victim.”
While the prosecutor argued that the accused had only missed his one felony readiness court date on Sept. 8, 2025, she still requested that he remain in custody because of the severe and violent nature of the crime.…