To: Spiff
Looks to me like a big scandal involving this guy is about to break the surface.
2 posted on
03/16/2004 9:08:00 PM PST by
Hank Rearden
(Never let your life be directed by people who could only get government jobs.)
To: Hank Rearden
ICE Agent Dies
By Mindy Blake, News 13 Anchor
Posted 03/16/2004
The head of the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Phoenix has died.
Thomas DeRouchey was interim special agent in charge of the ICE office in Phoenix. ICE is part of the Homeland Security Department.
A spokesman for the agency tells News 13 investigators are not releasing any information about DeRouchey's death other than to say there was an accident in Interstate Ten.
DeRouchey was 45-years-old. He was not married, and did not have children. He had been with the Phoenix ICE office for less than a year.
11 posted on
03/16/2004 9:16:30 PM PST by
kcvl
To: Hank Rearden
TUCSON -- FOX 11 News has learned that one of the highest ranking Homeland Security officials in Arizona is dead.
FOX 11 News
Thomas DeRouchey, interim director of the ICE office in Phoenix, was found dead. But mystery surrounds his death and both local and federal agencies are saying little.
Thomas DeRouchey, interim special agent in charge of the Phoenix Immigration and Customs Enforcement, was on the way to an announcement of a new federal border initiative by Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Asa Hutchinson at Davis Monthan Air Force Base.
DeRouchey was found dead in his car on Interstate 10 about a mile north of Tangerine Road. That is inside the Marana city limits.
"The firefighters did find him in a car in the median and he was deceased," said Katie Heiden, a spokesperson for Northwest Fire in Tucson.
Heiden confirmed that DeRouchey was alone in the car and a weapon was found in the car.
Michael J. Garcia, assistant secretary of ICE, issued a statement confirming the death and offering condolences to DeRouchey's family and friends.
Dr. Bruce Parks, Pima County Medical Examiner, refused to release any details of the death, but confirmed that he is investigating. Parks referred all comments to the Marana Police Department.
The Marana Police Department refused any comment, saying any information would have to come from ICE.
The announcement of a new border initiative by the Bush administration along the Arizona-Mexico border went on as scheduled Tuesday morning with no mention of DeRouchey's death.
ICE spokesperson Russell Ahr told the Associated Press that DeRouchey's death occurred in a "one vehicle accident", but local paramedics say they responded to a call of "gun shots" and not an accident. Ahr claimed there was damage to DeRouchey's vehicle.
DeRouchey had been a federal agent since 1988. He was named interim head of the Phoenix office of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office last summer. ICE is a part of the Department of Homeland Security. No mention of DeRouchey's death was made at the Homeland Security event at Davis Monthan Air Force Base on Tuesday where the assistant secretary announced a new initiative to deal with border issues over the next several months.
20 posted on
03/16/2004 9:21:42 PM PST by
kcvl
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