ICE Lodges Detainer on 27-Year-Old DUI Suspect in Crash That Killed 2 in Connecticut
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 4
ICE Lodges Detainer on 27-Year-Old DUI Suspect in Crash That Killed 2 in Connecticut
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 4
Summary
Melissa Esperanza Ramirez Romero, 27, was confirmed by DHS to be in the U.S. illegally, and ICE lodged a detainer on July 26 after her arrest in the July 13 fatal crash.
Danbury police charged her with two counts of second-degree manslaughter with a motor vehicle, DUI, unreasonable speed and failure to stay in the proper lane after a Jeep hit a Harley-Davidson head-on at about 2:45 a.m.
Bridgeport Police Officer Cooper Whiteside, 38, and Brittany Islami, 34, were killed at the scene; Ramirez was hospitalized with serious injuries and remains held on $500,000 bond.
Connecticut officials also moved to quash false online claims that Ramirez had been registered to vote, saying the record belonged to a different Melissa Ramirez, a U.S. citizen who then received death threats.