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As illegal immigrant stands trial in fatal stabbing, victim's dad wants to know why authorities didn't detain suspect until after the killing. Danny Bridges stood near the back of the courtroom before the opening of the murder trial, glowering at the man accused of stabbing his daughter 11 times. “I didn’t want to see him again,” Bridges said Tuesday, staring at Jeremias Fuentes, who is accused of killing 22-year-old Katherine Ann Bridges on Nov. 25, 2007. Outside the courtroom, Bridges said the law enforcement system had failed his “special little girl,” born with severe birth defects that left her deaf...

About 7:45 AM ICE agents paid a visit to the troublesome area of Lake Forest near Jeronimo and Orange. Two van loads of about a dozen illegals were hauled away leaving the other 25-30 running like their pants were on fire ! PS - Photo taken immediately after raid. : )

Survey says 76% want fences at U.S.-Mexico borders Rep. Souder cautions that bad law is worse than no law. By Rob Joesbury rjoesbury@news-sentinel.com Seventy-six percent of Allen County residents who answered a survey from U.S. Rep. Mark Souder, R-3rd District, believe the United States-Mexico border should be fenced.Souder spokesman Martin Green said the six-question survey was mailed to frequent voters in every county in the 3rd District in July. He said Souder’s office continues to receive responses so the numbers are not yet final.“I stand with the overwhelming number of Hoosiers throughout the Third District who believe that we...

LAKE FOREST – Deputies arrested a man on a felony warrant after he spit toward a crowd of anti-illegal immigration protesters Saturday in Lake Forest, Orange County Sheriff's officials reported. Hugo Maldonado, 23, is being held without bail at the Orange County Men's Jail on a federal felony immigration warrant and suspicion of resisting arrest, Lt. Val Wilson.