A Driver Who Needed to Be Pulled Over
Yovani De Jesus Alvarez Murillo, as reported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Justice, is a citizen of Honduras who allegedly "illegally entered" the United States from Mexico in 2002.
That was the year he turned 19.
Three years later, in 2005, according to an affidavit filed by an ICE officer this month in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, the New York State Police arrested Alvarez "as it related to a charge of driving while ability impaired by the consumption of alcohol." He pleaded guilty, and "the court imposed a sentence of a $300 fine and a conditional discharge."
Then, in August 2008, according to the affidavit, Alvarez was arrested again - this time in Greenwich, Connecticut - "on a charge of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of drugs/alcohol." He would eventually be convicted of that offense in 2012 in a Connecticut court that "imposed a sentence of six (6) months jail."
Meanwhile, in December 2008, according to the affidavit, Alvarez was picked up by the Stamford Police Department in Connecticut "on charges of two (2) counts of failure to appear second degree." He would eventually be convicted for this in 2012, and the court "imposed a sentence of one (1) year jail on each count."
In November 2009, according to the affidavit, Stamford police arrested Alvarez "on a charge of larceny third degree." In March 2012, a Connecticut court convicted him "and imposed a sentence of one (1) year jail."
In December 2011, according to the ICE affidavit, Stamford police arrested Alvarez once more "on a charge of operating a........
