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...snip... Two of the nuns -- Sister Charlotte Lange and Sister Connie Ruth Lupton -- remained in critical but stable condition last night; a third -- Sister Denise Mosier -- died at the crash site. ...snip... Saint Gertrude's website reported last night that Sister Charlotte "had some intestine removed and has some internal bleeding" and that Sister Connie "fractured her leg, ankle and wrist," had part of a thumb amputated and suffered internal injuries. Funeral arrangements were incomplete last night for Sister Denise.

The man suspected of drunken driving and killing a Catholic nun in Prince William County this weekend is an illegal immigrant who was awaiting deportation and who federal immigration authorities had released pending further proceedings, police said Monday. The man, Carlos Montano, a county resident, had been arrested by police twice before on drunk-driving charges, and on at least one of those occasions county police reported him to federal authorities. "We have determined that he is in the country illegally. He has been arrested by Prince William County Police in the past," said Officer Jonathan Perok, a police spokesman, who...

NEWPORT BEACH – A man involved in a fatal bicycle crash Thursday was detained at Central Mens Jail after police determined that he had been previously deported, police said. Jose Luis Huerta Mundo, 38, of Garden Grove, was detained on an immigration hold after police contacted Immigration and Custom Enforcement, said Newport Beach Police Sgt. Evan Sailor. Mundo is still in custody, records show.

SAN JUAN - A man wanted in connection with a murder in San Juan was finally arrested. San Juan police caught Pablo Marcos Guerrero after a tip he would be staying at his girlfriend's house in Rio Grande City. Police, U.S. Marshals, and the Starr County Sheriff's Department set up surveillance. They were able to take him into custody Thursday afternoon. Guerrero is the fourth person arrested in connection to the murder of 21-year-old Roberto Hinojosa. Police say he may have planned the murder. Hinojosa was shot to death during a home invasion in the 2100 block of Sunset Drive...

SIERRA VISTA — Few new details on the shooting death of a Cochise County rancher were revealed by a number of newly released sheriff’s office reports in which much information was blacked out with a marker. Robert Krentz was reported missing by relatives March 27 after they lost contact with him while he was out checking wells on his 35,000-acre property northeast of Douglas. His body was found that night by authorities searching the area. While the 56-page file that was released Tuesday contains very little new information, it does provide a timeline of events in the moments just prior...

HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF) - An illegal immigrant charged in the deaths of two teens could make a court appearance on Thursday.According to court documents, a status hearing is scheduled for Feliz Ortega Thursday morning.Ortega is charged with murder for the deaths of 16-year-old Leigh Anna Jimmerson and 19-year-old Tad Mattle.Police say Ortega caused the accident that killed the teens in April 2009.Officers say his blood alcohol level was three times the legal limit at the time.His trial is set to start June 21st.

CAPE MAY COURTHOUSE, N.J. (CBS 3) ― Vincent DeSario, 19, died after being beaten with a baseball bat in Wildwood, New Jersey. Alberto Martinez, 28, has been charged with murder after allegedly beating Vincent DeSario, 19, with a wooden baseball bat. According to information released in court, DeSario, of Edison, New Jersey, was in Wildwood on May 10 for a golf tournament.

Omaha police said have arrested three people in connection with the disappearance of an Omaha family. Vanderlei and Jaqueline Szczepanik, along with their 7-year-old son, Christopher, were last seen on Dec. 17. They were living in and working on a church at 16th and Center streets in south Omaha. Police said the three people, who did work for the family, have been accused of using the family's accounts. More than $4,000 was used for food and clothing items, police said. Jose C. Oliveria-Coutinho, 35, Elias Lourenco-Batista, 29, and Valdeir Gonclaves-Santos, 30, have bee charged with unlawful use of a financial...

May 20: Four police officers have been shot, and two have died after a traffic stop in Arkansas escalated. NBC's Jeff Rossen reports two suspects in the incident have also died. WEST MEMPHIS, Arkansas - Two West Memphis police officers were fatally shot during a traffic stop on Thursday, and two men suspected in the shooting were killed after a manhunt, according to media reports.

Arizona's newly passed immigration law took heat from President Barack Obama in late April at a campaign style event in Iowa when he said, "Now, suddenly, if you don't have your papers, and you took your kid out to get ice cream, you're going to get harassed." Either Mr. Obama completely misunderstood the Arizona immigration law that goes into effect in mid-August, or he was blatantly mis-leading the American public on what the law really entails. Unless, an individual is violating a law, for example around an ice-cream shop in Arizona, his or her legal status will not be questioned....

<p>A 17-year-old Mexican faces a maximum penalty of life in prison when he is sentenced for killing a Border Patrol agent who was shot eight times in the head, neck and torso in a remote mountainous area. Christian Daniel Castro Alvarez pleaded guilty in November to murdering a federal officer near Campo, about 60 miles east of San Diego. He told authorities that he and others were attempting to rob the agent, Robert Rosas.</p>

Had Noel Pumarejo given his wife's murderer a piece of his mind in court today, no one would have faulted him.Instead, speaking at a podium in an emotional Manhattan sentencing, Pumarejo gave the man who'd senselessly stabbed his beloved Sandra a bible and a piece of his soul."God is going to be with you," Pumarejo sobbed, his hand on a boxed bible and his eyes on David Andrango, 32, who slaughtered his wife over $10,000 in missing gold when they worked together at an Upper East Side boutique three years ago."Just read this bible, and come to him, and save...

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) -- An illegal immigrant was sentenced Monday to 60 years in prison for a crash that killed three people, including a 3-year-old boy inside a Colorado ice cream shop. Francis Hernandez, 26, of Guatemala was sentenced for the deaths of Marten Kudlis, Deborah Serecky and Patricia Guntharp.

Hannibal, MO — The families of two murder victims are angered by a purported deal in which alleged killer Manuel G. Cazares would accept a sentence of 30 years behind bars in exchange for pleading guilty. They plan to urge a judge Tuesday to set aside the plea and proceed with the trial that had been scheduled to start April 13. If a jury convicts Cazares, he could get as many as 90 years in prison. The 33-year-old illegal immigrant is charged with two counts of second-degree murder and one count of armed criminal action in the Feb. 28, 2009,...

Tom Tancredo calls for the dismissal of Janet Napolitano in light of the senseless killing of rancher Rob Krentz, on his own land, just 15 miles north of the Mexican border.

Robert Krentz, an Arizona rancher with ties to New Mexico, on Saturday was found shot on his ranch. Carol Capas, public information officer for the Cochise County Sheriff's Office, said there were no details available about the killing of Krentz, 58, on Sunday evening. She said Krentz's ranch is about 35 miles northeast of Douglas, Ariz. Caren Cowan, executive director of the New Mexico Cattle Growers' Association, said she grew up with Krentz's family in Arizona and counted Krentz as a member of the association. She said he joined in order to collaborate with New Mexico ranchers on issues such...

two men killed in a Southern California home last week were smuggling illegal immigrants and got into a fight over profits from their human cargo. Two other people were wounded. as many as 10 immigrants were being held in the house.

A bill empowering police to arrest illegal immigrants and charge them with trespassing for simply being in the state of Arizona, is likely just weeks away from becoming the toughest law of its kind anywhere in the country. Already passed by the state's Senate and currently being reconciled with a similar version in the House, the bill would essentially criminalize the presence of the 460,000 illegal immigrants living in the state. The bill's supporters say a local crackdown has become a necessity because the federal government has failed ...

Mark Potok and the SPLC Think YOU ARE A RACIST! Read The New Report "Hate And Slander For Profit" An Exclusive From Digger's Realm Border Rancher Rob Krentz And Dog Found Shot To Death After Aiding Illegal Alien By Digger The body of Rancher Rob Krentz and his dog were found shot to death on his ranch. Krentz, who always was good-natured and willing to help people, had called in that he had found an illegal alien at one of his watering holes and was assisting him. That was the last that was heard from him before his body was...

SUSPECTED drug cartel "hit teams" have murdered an American consular employee and her husband in a Mexican border city and killed the husband of another consular official in two separate attacks. The victims came under fire in separate locations while driving in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez on Saturday... "The attacks resulted in three fatalities - two American citizens and one Mexican citizen," After the slayings, the State Department announced that US diplomats working in consulates along Mexico's northern border had been authorised to send family members home because of security concerns.