Posted on 10/04/2011 6:04:19 PM PDT by moonshinner_09
A Basalt man who faces a threat against his life in his home country of Guatemala pleaded guilty Monday to disorderly conduct in Pitkin County District Court in a deal that may allow him to get amnesty.
Esbilmer Geovanny Perez-Ruano, 28, was originally charged with felony criminal impersonation and traffic violations after a Colorado State Patrol trooper pulled him over June 20. The trooper wrote Perez-Ruano was driving by himself in an HOV lane. Perez-Ruano, who is in the country illegally, allegedly gave the trooper a fake name when he was pulled over on Highway 82.
Perez-Ruano, who has been in jail since his arrest, also has a hold from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, meaning a deportation hearing is likely in his near future.
As part of the plea deal, he pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct, a petty offense, which keeps him eligible to petition for amnesty given his violent environment in Guatemala.
Its an immigration-safe plea, said his attorney, Garth McCarty of Glenwood Springs.
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Basalt man?!? Did he look at Medusa’s face?
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