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The man charged with killing Kenosha County Sheriff’s Deputy Frank Fabiano Jr. was in this country illegally and had previous contact with law enforcement, but none of the various law enforcement agencies either knew he was illegal or contacted immigration enforcement officials until his most recent arrest.

Kenosha County District Attorney Robert Zapf said the Department of Corrections provided the information that Ezeiquiel Lopez, 44, of Kenosha was an illegal immigrant. Lopez was under DOC supervision while he was on probation for 2005 and 2006 battery and domestic violence offenses in Kenosha County.

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The probation was revoked in March 2006, after he was convicted on another battery charge. He received nine months in jail for his revoked probation. The second battery conviction earned him two years probation, consecutive to the other sentence.

Zapf said there’s no indication his office or Kenosha County law enforcement agencies were aware of Lopez’s illegal status.

Informing immigration enforcement officials of potential illegal immigrants after conviction hasn’t been a priority for Kenosha County prosecutors, who put that responsibility on Department of Corrections officials.