Posted on 08/26/2007 7:14:22 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
General Sessions Court Judge Bob Moon said the man charged with setting a fire in a downtown hotel is "an unwelcome undesirable" illegal alien.
Judge Moon told Bario Gomez, "Undesirables like you are not welcome in this country. You are a Latino terrorist who entered this country illegally and soon plotted significant personal injury and damage to the people and businesses in our community."
Authorities said Gomez is an illegal alien with no proof of identification. Officials also said he gave police a false name.
The INS placed a hold on Gomez, 20, after charges of aggravated arson and aggravated vandalism were filed against him.
Judge Moon told him, "It is undesirables like you who create many unjustifiable problems and prejudices upon the good people who enter this country legally in chasing a dream for a better life for themselves and their families.
"Mr. Gomez, you nor any other citizen from a foreign land has a right to enter this country; you simply have a privilege to enter this country through the proper legal channels.
"You are a domestic terrorist who is an imminent threat to the safety of our people and their property. You are also a supreme flight risk from justice. It is with duty, comfort and ease that I increase your bond significantly in an appropriate amount to insure your appearance in further proceedings and to insure the safety of this community."
The bond was raised from $30,000 to $1 million. The previous bond was set by Magistrate James Purple, which Judge Moon described as "another ludicrously low bond."
According to Arson Investigator James Whitmire, Gomez checked into the hotel with his girlfriend. Testimony by Whitmire and management officials indicated that Gomez placed a toaster filled with matches in a microwave oven in his room intending a massive "delayed burn."
Proof also showed that multiple towels were stuffed into the toilet in order to retard the water supply. The hotel manager testified that the towels were stuffed so deeply that the pipes had to be disassembled to remove them. She also stated that the room was severely damaged and vandalized.
Capt. Whitmire testified that "hundreds of people were evacuated, including children."
He said, "If the fire had established itself many families and children would have most likely lost their lives or been severely injured. Being on the fourth floor, the fire would have been difficult to contain."
Looks like a fine, upstanding, undocumented citizen to me.
(supreme sarcasm)
I would hope so, need somebody down there besides that pantie waste Ramsey.
LOL Ron Ramsey is the Lt Gov because he is the Leader of the TN Senate...They elect him...
Actually I think our 3rd District US Congressman Zach Wamp wants to be Gov...
no kidding
The FR index reads "US Agents accused of aiding Islamist scheme". It quotes the Washington Post of the 15th August last. Well down in the article, it states that the DEA mentioned in 2005, that some Middle Eastern terrorists are fluent in three languages. They are entering the Americas, and are adopting the identity of Hispanics. It was said in a laconic, off hand way.
Food for thought.
Thank you Judge Moon. You are a the real American. Thank you for keeping us safe.
I know Nana, and I personally know Ramsey and I know that he let the illegals have drivers license for years in Tennessee, and they drive their uninsured cars all over the country.
It’s happening all over the country, Nana.
This illegal is a psycho, and 1 million bail
is appropriate.
Is that a burn mark on his forehead?
"Mr. Gomez, you nor any other citizen from a foreign land has a right to enter this country; you simply have a privilege to enter this country through the proper legal channels.Awesome!!"You are a domestic terrorist who is an imminent threat to the safety of our people and their property. You are also a supreme flight risk from justice. It is with duty, comfort and ease that I increase your bond significantly in an appropriate amount to insure your appearance in further proceedings and to insure the safety of this community."
The bond was raised from $30,000 to $1 million.
“I would have charged him with attempted murder too.”
So would I.
What he deserves is to be filleted with a Ginsu, sharpened to an edge that would allow paper thin slices. Then, dabbed with kerosene every few moments to control bleeding.
His kind are unfit to be warehoused, using our tax dollars, living in a manner that prolongs his sorry existence and nourishes his pathetic carcass.
Thats why I wondered where her was really from
the slow burning fire bomb setup is more of a ME terrorist scheme..
When we heard the illegal alien put a toaster in the microwave we thought the guy was nuts or on drugs
This article is the first I have heard of the whole story..
Its frightening...
previously posted by neverdem and referred to above re: terrorists and mexican border runners
http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-oppin095324956aug09,0,7203388,print.column
Couldn’t have said it better myself, Your Honor.
I heard him speak a couple of times
He was at the Pachyderm Club in Chattanooga last week
about the illegal aliens driving...the law ran ouyt in Feb 2007 and was never updated/renewed..
However the illegal aliens who had the FULL TN drivers licenses only had to go to another state and exchange it...
Yes the ME terrorists come into mexico and either already know Spanish, or learn it or keep quiet and sneak through the border with the Mexican illegal aliens..
Some Iraqis got caught last week...How many get through?
Thankyou Judge Moon.
Thanks for the more comprehensive report. Once more luck is with the innocent ordinary citizens. Going about their travel or vacations, harming no one.
Worth following up on this Gomez.
ping
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