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Posted on 04/02/2007 5:28:51 PM PDT by csvset
VIRGINIA BEACH – A man accused of killing two high school students Friday night in a car crash has a substantial record of alcohol-related convictions in both Chesapeake and Virginia Beach.
Alfredo Ramos, charged with manslaughter in the Friday deaths of Allison Kunhardt, 17, and Tessa Tranchant, 16, was convicted this year of DUI in Chesapeake and of public intoxication at the Beach.
Ramos, who admitted in court Monday that he is in the country illegally, also was convicted in Chesapeake last year of public drunkenness.
Two 2007 Chesapeake convictions – a seat belt violation and identify theft – appear not to be alcohol-related.
Additional Chesapeake charges – driving without a license and having no insurance – were withdrawn earlier this year.
On Monday morning, Ramos, 22, was arraigned on the manslaughter charges in Virginia Beach Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court .
His 25-year-old brother, who lives in Norfolk, also is here illegally and asked not to be identified because of his immigration status. He said he had talked to his brother by phone Friday before the accident and, after learning he had been drinking, warned Ramos not to drive. Afterward, his brother told him he had no memory of the crash. He learned from authorities that he had killed two people, his brother said.
Ramos, who was born in Mexico of Guatemalan parents, has been in the U.S. for about seven years
Most recently, Ramos was employed as a waiter at Mi Casita, a popular Mexican restaurant on Bonney Road in Virginia Beach.
Police said speed and alcohol were factors in Friday’s accident, which occurred at Kings Grant and Virginia Beach Boulevard.
Police spokesman Jimmy Barnes said a 1998 two-door Mitsubishi, driven by Ramos, was westbound on Virginia Beach Boulevard when it crashed into the rear of a 1994 Plymouth driven by Kunhardt.
The Plymouth was stopped at a traffic light at the intersection, Barnes said.
Kunhardt and Tranchant were pinned in the wreckage and had to be cut free before paramedics could tend to them.
One of the girls died at the scene; the other was pronounced dead shortly after arrival at a hospital, Barnes said. Both had been wearing seat belts, he said.
Ramos also was wearing a seat belt and suffered only minor injuries, Barnes said.
On Monday, friends and family of the two victims were planning a vigil for tonight at Mount Trashmore.
Scheduled to begin at 7 p.m., the candlelight ceremony will be held on the Independence Boulevard side of the park. Classmates, family and friends have been invited to attend.
Janice Lane, a minister and Kunhardt’s aunt, will lead a short service.
Kunhardt was a junior at First Colonial High School. Tranchant, her close friend, was a freshman at Kellam High School.
First Colonial Principal Dale Holt said the school has canceled plans to host the “Every 15 Minutes” program on Wednesday and Thursday. The program raises awareness of drunk driving by removing a student from class every 15 minutes as if they had been killed.
“Our kids are living 'Every 15 Minutes’ as we speak,” Holt said Monday.
At Kellm High School, programs on drunk driving already planned for April and May will go on as scheduled, administrators said.
Ramos is scheduled to appear this morning in front of Juvenile and Domestic Relations Judge Deborah Rawls for a bond hearing.
Ramos faces deportation if he’s convicted, according to U.S. immigration laws. People who are deported for criminal convictions have either committed felonies or “crimes of moral turpitude,” including crimes such as murder, manslaughter, rape and most theft crimes, U.S. immigration law states.
Staff writers Duane Bourne and Lauren Roth contributed to this report.
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Dear Lord.............
| Time is running out. The patience of the American people are getting dangerously close to the breaking point. Just an observation, no threat intended to anyone. |
President Bush and Governor Kaine, you were complicit in these killings.
More Americans killed by illegal aliens than Iraq war, study says
When you start digging into the numbers the only ones that can be sourced with the feds are the number of American murdered in 2005: 16692
I have seen federal numbers for illegals held in jail ranging from 19.3% to 27% of the federal prison population. Here's a sampling of USA cities wanted for murder. What you'll see is that in big USA cities like LA or NYC most of the murder's are Hispanic. Unknown are the % of illegals. In smaller cities about 25% of the most wanted are illegals wanted for murder. This number agrees with the percentage of illegals incarcerated in federal prisons. +-25%Pictures of top 10 most wanted in LA
Wanted for Murder in New York City.
Chicago wanted for Murder
New Orleans wanted for Murder
FBI USA 10 most wanted. (two of 10 are Mexican nationals) To look at other USA cities go here http://stlouis.fbi.gov/ and replace stlouis with the city you want.
I totally agree with you.
I’m about 90 miles away, but my husband works in that area every day and spends much of his time on the road. So part of it is personal, but not all of it. This paper did a piece about a year ago about the propoertion of fatal and/or injury accidents caused by the illegals in my area. It was an eye openner, to say the least.
The catering to these people has got to stop, it just has to stop.
This happens every day does it not?
Bump, and may your husband stay safe.
Excuse me, I haven't go throw up!
The quiet little army grows.....
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I wish to heck I could agree with ya 3 putt but I think that it is going to take one hell of a lot more of these stories to rally the country. I hope I am wrong and your right but I just see to much apathy right now from a good portion of the nation and certain politicians of course.
While searching to see if the article had been posted, I found this.
Suspect in fatal crash had 3 DWI convictions (and 0 deportations)
It starting to be a daily thing here in the 13th colony of Mexico North Carolina. When I lived in Texas back in the early 80’s you never saw this on the news.
Thank you.
I have really had it with the illegals and those that cater to them, upto and including the Administration that won’t go after them.
My husband got out of construction work for a number of reasons, but the main one was he saw the handwriting on the wall that even on DelMarVa the jobs were going to go to the illegals because they would work for less, especially in the areas of “piece work” such as my husband did.
He started putting a new roof and siding on the house last year and it was amazing how many people stopped and asked if he was hiring. It was really hard telling a friend of ours no, he didn’t realize it was our house and thought my husband had taken it on as a side job. The guy had lost his job with a local company that had found cheaper labor.........
I can’t post what immediately came to mind.........
I’m sure you understand.
“My husband got out of construction work for a number of reasons, but the main one was he saw the handwriting on the wall that even on DelMarVa the jobs were going to go to the illegals because they would work for less, especially in the areas of “piece work” such as my husband did.”
This has been commonplace in California, where an estimated 250,000 construction jobs have gone to illegals. To me, this is evil. Many of these displaced Americans are veterans too!
Here is a related thread from today: Hispanic DWIs rooted in immigrants' culture
The catering to these people has got to stop, it just has to stop.
Don't count on it. Look how many brushes with the law the drunk driver in the article has had. He should have been deported long before now.
Didn’t you Virginia voters elect Webb..a gun toting liberal to the Senate?
It is time to take back our country..who in Virginia will step up to protest?
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