Colts - Bad Sporters https://www.badsporters.com News Blogging About Athletes Being Caught Up Wed, 03 Jun 2020 23:53:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 Former Colts, Packers LB Antonio Morrison charged with felony intimidation https://www.badsporters.com/2020/06/03/former-colts-packers-lb-antonio-morrison-charged-with-felony-intimidation/ https://www.badsporters.com/2020/06/03/former-colts-packers-lb-antonio-morrison-charged-with-felony-intimidation/#respond Wed, 03 Jun 2020 23:53:40 +0000 https://badsporters.com/?p=6940 Autoplay Show Thumbnails Show Captions Last SlideNext Slide Former Indianapolis Colts and Green Bay Packers linebacker Antonio Morrison is facing at least one felony charge stemming from a series of erratic disturbances in Carmel, Indiana, according to court documents filed this week in Hamilton County. Morrison, 25, was charged Monday with intimidation, court records show. No […]

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Former Indianapolis Colts and Green Bay Packers linebacker Antonio Morrison is facing at least one felony charge stemming from a series of erratic disturbances in Carmel, Indiana, according to court documents filed this week in Hamilton County.

Morrison, 25, was charged Monday with intimidation, court records show. No attorney had been listed for him as of Friday.

The Colts declined to comment on the case.

A probable cause affidavit obtained by IndyStar says Morrison allegedly accused a neighbor of “stepping into his space” on April 22 and made lewd comments to the man, such as “I am going to screw your wife,” Carmel police said in the affidavit.

Former Indianapolis Colts linebacker Antonio Morrison has been charged with intimidation, court records show. (Photo: Kirby Lee, USA TODAY Sports)

The next day, on April 23, police responded to a verbal disturbance call from the same neighbor. The man reportedly told officers that Morrison came to his front door, rang the doorbell and yelled “that he was going to kill” him.

The man said he felt in fear for his life, the affidavit filed Monday stated.

Court records show a warrant was issued Monday for Morrison’s arrest.

On Wednesday, Carmel Police filed a second affidavit seeking to seize a firearm owned by Morrison, according to a copy of the document.

The affidavit says Morrison presents “an imminent risk of personal injury to (himself) or to another individual.”

That affidavit cites the April incidents, but it also details two other incidents from the month of May.

On May 1, Carmel Police Officer Jerek Murphy said Morrison approached another neighbor and threatened him, telling him to “get inside your condo (expletive),” the document said. 

The neighbor did not want to press charges, police said in the affidavit, but said that Morrison’s behavior has become “increasingly erratic and aggressive.”

This past Sunday, May 10, officers and the Carmel Fire Department responded to a fire call at a condominium.

Before authorities entered the building, Morrison came to the main floor window and said he had burnt some food and had it all under control, according to the affidavit. Morrison, though, refused to come outside when he was told to, the document said.

A shotgun was seen by the entry door to the apartment.

Carmel Police Detective Chad Amos found that Morrison has an approved gun permit with validation dates of Oct. 25, 2016, through Oct. 25, 2020, according to the affidavit.

But he also found that Morrison was denied by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System from possessing a firearm on March 9, 2020, according to the document.

In addition to the Carmel charge, jail records show that Morrison was arrested Thursday in Indianapolis and remains held in Marion County Jail on preliminary charges of battery and battery against a public safety official. Court records show he has not been formally charged.

A report provided to IndyStar from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office says Morrison committed battery on a security officer. Additional details weren’t provided, but the office told IndyStar that the incident happened at Community Hospital North.

It wasn’t immediately clear if the Carmel and Indianapolis incidents are related.

Morrison has two upcoming court dates stemming from the incidents. The first, on May 18, is to address the preliminary battery charges. The second, on June 11, is a hearing to address the firearms seizure.

Morrison was a fourth-round draft pick by the Colts in 2016 and was traded to the Green Bay Packers in 2018. The team released him in 2019, after one season.

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INDIANAPOLIS — Former Indianapolis Colts linebacker Antonio Morrison was arrested Thursday in Indianapolis.

Morrison was arrested Thursday afternoon at Community Hospital North and preliminary charged with battery on a public safety official resulting in injury and battery, according to an incident report from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. Formal charges have not been filed, according to online court records.

A warrant for Morrison in Hamilton County was issued Tuesday for intimidation, according to online court records.

He was also booked into the Marion County Jail on the warrant, according to the incident report.

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Former Indianapolis Colts linebacker Antonio Morrison is facing at least one felony charge stemming from a series of erratic disturbances in Carmel, according to court documents filed this week in Hamilton County.

Morrison, 25, was charged Monday with intimidation, court records show. No attorney has been listed for him as of Friday.

The Colts declined to comment on the case.

A probable cause affidavit obtained by IndyStar says Morrison allegedly accused a neighbor of “stepping into his space” on April 22, and made lewd comments to the man, such as “I am going to screw your wife,” Carmel police said in the affidavit.

The next day, on April 23, police responded to a verbal disturbance call from the same neighbor.. The man reportedly told officers that Morrison came to his front door, rang the doorbell and yelled “that he was going to kill” him.

The man said he felt in fear for his life, the affidavit, filed Monday, stated.

Court records show a warrant was issued Monday for Morrison’s arrest.

On Wednesday, Carmel Police filed a second affidavit seeking to seize a firearm owned by Morrison, according to a copy of the document.

The affidavit says Morrison presents “an imminent risk of personal injury to (himself) or to another individual.”

That affidavit cites the April incidents, but it also details two other incidents from the month of May.

On May 1, Carmel Police Officer Jerek Murphy said Morrison approached another neighbor and threatened him, telling him to “get inside your condo (expletive),” the document said. 

The neighbor did not want to press charges, police said in the affidavit, but said that Morrison’s behavior has become “increasingly erratic and aggressive.”

This past Sunday, May 10, officers and the Carmel Fire Department responded to a fire call at a condominium.

Before authorities entered the building, Morrison came to the main floor window and said he had burnt some food and had it all under control, according to the affidavit. Morrison, though, refused to come outside when he was told to, the document said.

A shotgun was seen by the entry door to the apartment.

Carmel Police Detective Chad Amos found that Morrison has an approved gun permit with validation dates of Oct. 25, 2016 through Oct. 25, 2020, according to the affidavit.

But he also found that Morrison was denied by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System from possessing a firearm on March 9, 2020, according to the document.

In addition to the Carmel charge, jail records show that Morrison was arrested Thursday in Indianapolis and remains held in Marion County Jail on preliminary charges of battery and battery against a public safety official. Court records show he has not been formally charged.

A report provided to IndyStar from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office says Morrison committed battery on a security officer. Additional details weren’t provided, but the office told IndyStar that the incident happened at Community Hospital North.

It wasn’t immediately clear if the Carmel and Indianapolis incidents are related.

Morrison has two upcoming court dates stemming from the incidents. The first, on May 18, is to address the preliminary battery charges. The second, on June 11, is a hearing to address the firearms seizure.

Morrison was a fourth-round draft pick by the Colts in 2016 and was traded to the Green Bay Packers in 2018. The team released him in 2019, after one season.

Contact IndyStar reporter Crystal Hill at 317-444-6094 or cnhill@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter: @crysnhill.

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Man accused of killing Colts player charged in unrelated crime https://www.badsporters.com/2018/02/14/man-accused-of-killing-colts-player-charged-in-unrelated-crime/ https://www.badsporters.com/2018/02/14/man-accused-of-killing-colts-player-charged-in-unrelated-crime/#respond Wed, 14 Feb 2018 11:06:55 +0000 http://www.badsporters.com/?p=2234 Published: Feb 13th, 2018 – 2:09pm (EST) Updated: Feb 14th, 2018 – 6:02am (EST) LEBANON, Ind. (WTHR) – The man accused of driving drunk and killing a Colts player and his Uber driver earlier this month was charged Tuesday in an unrelated crime from last year. Boone County Prosecuting Attorney Todd J. Meyer charged Manuel […]

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LEBANON, Ind. (WTHR) – The man accused of driving drunk and killing a Colts player and his Uber driver earlier this month was charged Tuesday in an unrelated crime from last year.

Boone County Prosecuting Attorney Todd J. Meyer charged Manuel Orrego-Savala with felony perjury, felony forgery, felony identity deception and misdemeanor false informing in last year’s case. Meyer says his office prosecuted and convicted a man named Alex Cabrera-Gonsales on Aug. 23, 2017 for driving without ever getting a license, a misdemeanor. Meyer says Cabrera-Gonsales is actually the same person as Orrego-Savala, but gave police a false identity during that arrest and trial.

“A critical component to our state and nation’s public safety is that we have proper identifying information and records of criminal offenders,” Meyer said in a statement. “Inaccurate information puts lives in danger and jeopardizes the proper function of our nation’s criminal justice system as a whole. These cahrges reflect the seriousness of these types of offenses.”

Orrego-Savala was charged last week in Marion County with two counts of failure to remain at the scene of an accident and two counts of causing death while operating a motor vehicle with an ACE of .15 or more. Those charges are connected to the crash that killed Colts player Edwin Jackson and Jackson’s Uber driver. Jeffrey Monroe, Sunday, February 4. He also faces federal immigration charges for illegally coming back into the country after being deported.

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BOONE COUNTY, Ind. – The man accused of killing a Colts player and an Uber driver during a drunk-driving crash earlier this month now faces additional charges out of Boone County.

Manuel Orrego-Savala was stopped by a Whitestown officer on March 24, 2017 for running a stop sign, according to court documents. He told officers his name was Alex Cabrera-Gonsales, and he handed over a Mexican identification card. Police determined he was not in the BMV.

He was formally charged with operating without a license on March 27, 2017.

It wasn’t until February 6, 2018 that Boone County investigators were notified of his real name, and that he previously gave false identification to police.

On February 13, 2018, a Boone County Prosecutor Todd Meyer charged Orrego-Savala with perjury, forgery, identity deception, and false informing.

These Boone County charges are in addition to the charges he faces out of Marion County: two counts of failure to remain at the scene of an accident and two counts of causing death when operating a motor vehicle with an alcohol concentration of .15 or more.

Prosecutors said Orrego-Savala, an undocumented immigrant who has been deported from the U.S. twice, crashed his truck on I-70 near Holt Road early Sunday morning. The driver, Jeffrey Monroe, and passenger, Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson, were standing outside their vehicle when Orrego-Savalas’ truck hit them.

A test showed his blood-alcohol content was nearly three times Indiana’s legal limit of .08.

Investigators said Orrego-Savala, who was in the country illegally, left the scene. An Indiana State trooper later apprehended him.

Orrego-Savala also faces a federal immigration charge, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Marion county Prosecutors say they will pursue the state charges before deferring to federal prosecutors.

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BOONE COUNTY, Ind. – The man accused of killing a Colts player and an Uber driver during a drunk-driving crash earlier this month now faces additional charges out of Boone County.

Manuel Orrego-Savala was stopped by a Whitestown officer on March 24, 2017 for running a stop sign, according to court documents. He told officers his name was Alex Cabrera-Gonsales, and he handed over a Mexican identification card. Police determined he was not in the BMV.

He was formally charged with operating without a license on March 27, 2017.

It wasn’t until February 6, 2018 that Boone County investigators were notified of his real name, and that he previously gave false identification to police.

On February 13, 2018, a Boone County Prosecutor Todd Meyer charged Orrego-Savala with perjury, forgery, identity deception, and false informing.

These Boone County charges are in addition to the charges he faces out of Marion County: two counts of failure to remain at the scene of an accident and two counts of causing death when operating a motor vehicle with an alcohol concentration of .15 or more.

Prosecutors said Orrego-Savala, an undocumented immigrant who has been deported from the U.S. twice, crashed his truck on I-70 near Holt Road early Sunday morning. The driver, Jeffrey Monroe, and passenger, Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson, were standing outside their vehicle when Orrego-Savalas’ truck hit them.

A test showed his blood-alcohol content was nearly three times Indiana’s legal limit of .08.

Investigators said Orrego-Savala, who was in the country illegally, left the scene. An Indiana State trooper later apprehended him.

Orrego-Savala also faces a federal immigration charge, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Marion county Prosecutors say they will pursue the state charges before deferring to federal prosecutors.

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INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana —

Prosecutors filed felony charges on Wednesday against an immigrant illegally living in the U.S. who is suspected in a drunken-driving crash that killed Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson and an Uber driver.

Manuel Orrego-Savala, who is from Guatemala and has twice been deported from the U.S., is charged with causing death while driving intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident. The 37-year-old said little during his initial court hearing, responding through an interpreter as the judge explained the proceedings and charges.

“He’s very distraught to say the least,” said his lawyer, Jorge Torres. “He’s very confused.”

Investigators said Orrego-Savala was driving the pickup truck that hit Jackson and his Uber driver, 54-year-old Jeffrey Monroe, while the men were standing outside Monroe’s car early Sunday along Interstate 70. Court documents allege a blood test conducted at a hospital determined Orrego-Savala had a blood-alcohol level of 0.19 percent, more than double Indiana’s legal limit for driving.

The two most serious charges each carry maximum sentence of up to 20 years in prison.

Orrego-Savala was deported in 2007 and 2009, and was again living illegally in the U.S. at the time of the crash, according to investigators. He was charged late Tuesday by federal prosecutors with illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien. He faces up to 10 years in prison on that charge, which the U.S. attorney’s office said would be handled after any state charges are resolved.

President Donald Trump drew added attention to the case on Twitter, calling the highway collision that killed Jackson and Monroe “disgraceful.” The president also prodded Democrats to work with him on illegal immigration and border security.

Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry criticized the comments, saying his office would “vigorously prosecute” the fatal crash case regardless of whether Orrego-Savala was in the country illegally.

“We are disheartened that ghoulish and inappropriate public commentary has politicized this tragedy,” the Democratic prosecutor said in a statement. “Much of such commentary, including tweets by the president, fails to acknowledge that both Edwin Jackson and Jeffrey Monroe lost their lives on Sunday. We will simply seek justice on behalf of the families of those two victims.”

Torres also said that Orrego-Savala’s immigration status has no bearing on the crash case. The attorney noted his client has been living and doing construction work in the Indianapolis area for several years.

A spokesman for Jackson’s family has said his relatives are devastated and planned no response to Trump’s tweets about the crash and the suspect’s immigration status.

“The family is in shock, as you can imagine. This obviously happened so unexpectedly,” Atlanta attorney Daniel Meachum said.

Investigators said they believe Orrego-Savala was intoxicated at the time of the Indiana crash.

Orrego-Savala had a 2005 conviction for driving under the influence in Redwood City, California. He also has numerous other misdemeanor convictions and arrests in California and Indiana, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Nicole Alberico.

In the 2005 case, he pleaded no contest to two separate drunken-driving offenses and was given a brief jail sentence, San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said Tuesday.

Orrego-Savala remains jailed in Indianapolis. Federal and county prosecutors spell his name as “Orrego-Zavala” in charging documents, but his attorney said his name is spelled Orrego-Savala, a spelling listed among his aliases in the federal documents.

He appeared Tuesday before a judge who advised him of his rights. Indianapolis television station WRTV reported that Orrego-Savala told the judge through an interpreter: “I wasn’t driving the car. I don’t know why I am here.”

A police news release did not mention the presence of anyone else in the pickup truck.

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INDIANAPOLIS —

Prosecutors filed felony charges on Wednesday against an immigrant illegally living in the U.S. who is suspected in a drunken-driving crash that killed Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson and an Uber driver.

Manuel Orrego-Savala, who is from Guatemala and has twice been deported from the U.S., is charged with causing death while driving intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident. The 37-year-old said little during his initial court hearing, responding through an interpreter as the judge explained the proceedings and charges.

“He’s very distraught to say the least,” said his lawyer, Jorge Torres. “He’s very confused.”

Investigators said Orrego-Savala was driving the pickup truck that hit Jackson and his Uber driver, 54-year-old Jeffrey Monroe, while the men were standing outside Monroe’s car early Sunday along Interstate 70. Court documents allege a blood test conducted at a hospital determined Orrego-Savala had a blood-alcohol level of 0.19 percent, more than double Indiana’s legal limit for driving.

The two most serious charges each carry maximum sentence of up to 20 years in prison.

Orrego-Savala was deported in 2007 and 2009, and was again living illegally in the U.S. at the time of the crash, according to investigators. He was charged late Tuesday by federal prosecutors with illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien. He faces up to 10 years in prison on that charge, which the U.S. attorney’s office said would be handled after any state charges are resolved.

President Donald Trump drew added attention to the case on Twitter, calling the highway collision that killed Jackson and Monroe “disgraceful.” The president also prodded Democrats to work with him on illegal immigration and border security.

Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry criticized the comments, saying his office would “vigorously prosecute” the fatal crash case regardless of whether Orrego-Savala was in the country illegally.

“We are disheartened that ghoulish and inappropriate public commentary has politicized this tragedy,” the Democratic prosecutor said in a statement. “Much of such commentary, including tweets by the president, fails to acknowledge that both Edwin Jackson and Jeffrey Monroe lost their lives on Sunday. We will simply seek justice on behalf of the families of those two victims.”

Torres also said that Orrego-Savala’s immigration status has no bearing on the crash case. The attorney noted his client has been living and doing construction work in the Indianapolis area for several years.

A spokesman for Jackson’s family has said his relatives are devastated and planned no response to Trump’s tweets about the crash and the suspect’s immigration status.

“The family is in shock, as you can imagine. This obviously happened so unexpectedly,” Atlanta attorney Daniel Meachum said.

Investigators said they believe Orrego-Savala was intoxicated at the time of the Indiana crash.

Orrego-Savala had a 2005 conviction for driving under the influence in Redwood City, California. He also has numerous other misdemeanor convictions and arrests in California and Indiana, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Nicole Alberico.

In the 2005 case, he pleaded no contest to two separate drunken-driving offenses and was given a brief jail sentence, San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said Tuesday.

Orrego-Savala remains jailed in Indianapolis. Federal and county prosecutors spell his name as “Orrego-Zavala” in charging documents, but his attorney said his name is spelled Orrego-Savala, a spelling listed among his aliases in the federal documents.

He appeared Tuesday before a judge who advised him of his rights. Indianapolis television station WRTV reported that Orrego-Savala told the judge through an interpreter: “I wasn’t driving the car. I don’t know why I am here.”

A police news release did not mention the presence of anyone else in the pickup truck.

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INDIANAPOLIS — Prosecutors on Wednesday charged 37-year-old Manuel Orrego-Savala in a drunken-driving crash that killed Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson and his Uber driver in Indiana. Orrego-Savala, an immigrant illegally living in the U.S., was charged with four felony counts related to the Sunday crash along Interstate 70 in Indianapolis. 

The citizen from Guatemala was due in court later Wednesday for an initial hearing on the charges: causing death while driving intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident. 

Orrego-Savala was deported in 2007 and 2009, and was again living illegally in the U.S. at the time of the crash, according to investigators. A federal immigration charge was filed against him Tuesday.

He was arrested following the crash along Interstate 70. Investigators said Jackson, 26, and his Uber driver, 54-year-old Jeffrey Monroe, were standing outside Monroe’s car when they were struck and killed by a pickup truck driven by Orrego-Savala.

He was charged in Tuesday’s federal criminal complaint with illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien. He faces up to 10 years in prison on the immigration charge, which the U.S. attorney’s office said would be handled after any state charges are resolved. 

Orrego-Savala appeared Tuesday before a judge who advised him of his rights. In court, he insisted he was not driving the pickup, CBS News’ Dean Reynolds reported Tuesday

“I don’t know why I’m here,” Orrego-Savala said. Police said he was the driver and that he was drunk when the accident happened, with a blood alcohol level three times Indiana’s legal limit. They say he was walking away when they caught him.

President Donald Trump drew added attention to the case on Twitter, calling the highway collision that killed Jackson and Monroe “disgraceful.” The president also prodded Democrats to work with him on illegal immigration and border security. 

“This is just one of many such preventable tragedies. We must get the Dems to get tough on the Border, and with illegal immigration, FAST!” Mr. Trump tweeted Tuesday morning.  

A spokesman for Jackson’s family has said his relatives are devastated and planned no response to Mr. Trump’s tweets about the crash and the suspect’s immigration status.

“The family is in shock, as you can imagine. This obviously happened so unexpectedly,” Atlanta attorney Daniel Meachum said.

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Orrego-Savala had a 2005 conviction for driving under the influence in Redwood City, California. He also has numerous other misdemeanor convictions and arrests in California and Indiana, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Nicole Alberico.

In the 2005 case, he pleaded no contest to two separate drunken-driving offenses and was given a brief jail sentence, San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said Tuesday.

Orrego-Savala remains jailed in Indianapolis. Federal prosecutors spell his name as Orrego-Zavala, but the federal criminal compliant lists “Orrego-Savala” as among his aliases.

A police news release did not mention the presence of anyone else in the pickup truck. 

Mr. Trump and his allies have seized on the news as a prime example of why they say the country needs tougher immigration laws.

“We can’t put illegal immigrant criminals above the interest and safety of our own citizens,”  Rep. Todd Rokita, R-Ind., said.

Jackson’s friend Chad Bouchez said he would not want his death to be politicized.

“I don’t think Edwin would have judged anyone on where they were from or anything else. The guy made a mistake and obviously it cost two people’s lives,” Bouchez said.

“It’s really not an immigration story at all. It’s a drunk driving story. It’s a tragedy. It’s a police investigation story,” said Clare Corado, who leads the Indiana immigration law unit.

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INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) – The man accused of driving drunk and killing a Colts player and Uber driver now knows how much trouble he’s in.

Wednesday, the Marion County prosecutor charged Manuel Orrego-Savala with leaving the scene of a wreck and causing the deaths while driving drunk.

The case is attracting national attention, including tweets by President Donald Trump that could affect the trial.

Manuel Orrego-Savala’s attorney, hired a day before the initial hearing, was already worried that his client won’t get a fair trial.

“I have serious concerns about that for the fact that he is an illegal immigrant and the peoples know that,” Torres said.

Orrego-Savala, police claim, was severely intoxicated when his pickup crashed early Sunday morning, killing Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson and Uber driver Jeffery Monroe.

“One of the things we want to do is bring justice to the families,” chief trial deputy prosecutor Ryan Mears said after the hearing.

Investigators need to put Orrego-Savala in the driver’s seat of the pickup that crashed. He was seen running away and, according to court documents, admitted driving the truck, but then stopped answering a police officer’s questions. Prosecutors want Orrego-Savala’s DNA to compare it to blood found in the truck.

“It would be a helpful piece of evidence, but we believe there is strong circumstantial evidence in the case,” Mears said.

Orrego-Savala has numerous identities. Federal authorities say the Guatemalan is in the U.S. illegally and was deported twice before.

Tuesday, President Trump tweeted, “So disgraceful that a person illegally in our country killed Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson.” The President did not mention Monroe in his tweet.

Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry called the comments about the deadly crime “ghoulish and inappropriate.”

“Politicize it to talk about border security and ignoring the fact a second innocent man had died in this incident. It’s fair to say we were beyond aggravated,” he said.

Curry went on to explain that even with the publicity, he believes Orrego-Savala will get a fair trial.

“We have a horrible accident that’s resulted in the death of two individuals and we will prosecute the case like any other case,” he said.

Orrego-Savala has previous drunk driving convictions. Federal authorities are pursuing immigration charges.

Considered a flight risk and threat to public safety, Orrego-Savala is jailed on a $200,000 bond. That’s five times higher than the bond typically associated with the charges against him.

Orrego-Savala will be tried on the criminal charges, before facing immigration charges in federal court.

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