Posted on 05/21/2021 1:29:02 PM PDT by devane617
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WMBB) — A suspect facing 30 years in prison in a fatal hit-and-run was deported before he could face a trial, prosecutors confirmed this week.
The Florida Highway Patrol located and arrested Edgar Castro, 21, shortly after a January 20, 2020 crash that killed a pedestrian, 27-year-old Matthew Cortina, at Highway 98 and Rose Lane in Panama City Beach.
After Cortina was hit Castro allegedly fled the scene.
State Attorney Larry Basford said Castro received a $35,000 bond in the case and bonded out of the Bay County Jail. However, he failed to appear at an arraignment on September 18. Prosecutors then learned that sometime after his arrest Castro was arrested again and ultimately deported to Guatemala by the Department of Homeland Security.
“Usually, Homeland Security notifies our office when they institute deportation proceedings against a defendant when he/she has pending criminal charges,” Basford said in a statement. “Unfortunately, this did not happen in this case because the defendant had bonded out and may have been taken into custody by Homeland Security in another jurisdiction.”
Don’t worry. He’ll be back.
With this gov’t he was let go to avoid prosecution. I CA they don’t even pretend to let them out on bail so they can escape. They just let them go
With this gov’t he was let go to avoid prosecution. In CA they don’t even pretend to let them out on bail so they can escape. They just let them go
My assessment is that if he was convicted he would have gotten less than 2 years in jail and with the current administration they probably would not have deported him afterwards. Maybe this way he is out of the country and knows he will be doing time if he is arrested and will stay away.
Accidently???
B.S.
hey, whatever works. It’s actually good he was deported, because this current admin would stop deportation and simply set him free. Maybe even pay for his flight into the interior of America.
Yeah, right.
“mistakenly”
Also, he was mistakenly given the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
At least we *think* it was a mistake.
Also, he was mistakenly given the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
At least we *think* it was a mistake.
Also, he was mistakenly given the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
At least we *think* it was a mistake.
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