Bondswoman charged with scamming illegal immigrant

State Department of Insurance investigators arrested Milagros Cuevas Dross, 52, of 206 Wyndham Drive in Garner on Saturday and charged her with one count of obtaining property by false pretense.

Investigators said Dross told the brother of a man being held in the Chatham County Jail under an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer that she could get the man released if she was paid a $4,000 cash bond. She knew that such a release wasn't possible, but took the brother's money and later refused to refund the bond, investigators said.