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2 Charged After Accidents Must Prove Immigration Status


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Marcos Cabrera
Marcos Cabrera

A man charged in an incident following a three-fatal accident in Raleigh was told Monday that he could not post bond until he proves to a judge that he is legally in the United States.

The same requirement met a man arraigned Monday on charges stemming from his truck plowing into a state Highway Patrol cruiser on Interstate 40 last Friday.

Marcos Cabrera, 20, of Raleigh, was arraigned Monday in Wake County  court on a charge of obstructing police by driving away with the lone survivor of a car crash early Sunday at North New Hope Road and Fawn Glen Drive. Cabrera also was charged with driving without a license.

Some judges in the county have begun requiring proof of citizenship if defendants have no other proper identification. The judges say it is another way to try to make sure defendants who are released on bond will show up in court again.

Cabrera could not produce anything that would satisfy the judge Monday and was ordered held.

Omar Zetina, 22, who last week told troopers his last name was Zetino, also did not have a driver's license and was arrested after the truck he was driving for Speedy Construction and Removal of Wendell sideswiped a stopped tractor-trailer and hit the cruiser. Zetina, who gave a Cary address, could not show he was a citizen and was ordered held.

RELATED TOPICS: Wake County, New Hope, Raleigh, Cary, Wendell

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The companies that employ these illegals need to be held accountable and fined VERY heavily! I can almost guarantee that if that ever happened, illegal immigration wouldn't be a problem anymore!

WHo is the judge doing this, it doesn't sound real. I say this because this is a common sense thing to do. Hopefully WRAL will post the judges name so we can re-vote him/her back in office!! What makes more sense is if the state legislature would make this a law forcing ALL judges to do the same thing. I am not picking on illegal immigrants, but if someone is here illegally and do not have any ties to the community, does this make them a flight risk? YES!!!!!!!!!!!

An illegal who is convicted of a crime should serve a sentence of hard labor, followed by deportation. They should be finger-printed and NEVER allowed to re-enter the country, even legally.

AMEN poke-a-dotcom!!!!!!!!!! KEEP PREACING BROTHER!We still have some souls to win over!

herelegally, your more than welcome in my town! ur an example of an honest,hardworking immigrant who does the right thing! ur a example of right vs wrong! honest vs deceptive, good vs evil!

"We use to all be illegal @ one point."

Not me... I've got all of my grandparents immigration/naturalization paperwork to prove it, and they learned to read and write English.

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