Southwest
Child sex offenders, murder convict captured trying to enter US illegally
As the number of illegal immigrants descending on the U.S. increases, border patrol agents at the southern border have made significant arrests of child sex offenders and a convicted murderer captured this week attempting to cross into the country.
On January 23, border patrol agents covering the Del Rio and the Rio Grande Valley in Texas nabbed two child sex offenders with prior felony convictions.
“These subjects were caught trying to re-enter the U.S. illegally,” U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) Chief Jason Owens posted on X, announcing news of the capture.
“Agents being out on patrol is what stopped them from getting to your communities. #HonorFirst.”
Convicted felons were captured entering the U.S. illegally, Border Patrol says. (Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens)
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The post was accompanied by photos of the felons.
Owens did not say where they were from or how old they were.
On Thursday, Border Patrol Chief Agent for Tucson John Modlin posted images of two men with criminal records who had been apprehended for unlawful entry to the US.
“Both subjects have alarming felony convictions,” Modlin wrote.
“One for second-degree murder and attempted murder and the other for endangering the welfare of a child. Both face federal prosecution.”
Convicted felons who were captured entering the U.S. illegally (John Modlin, Border Patrol Chief Agent for Tucson )
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Further details about their crimes are not known. Fox News Digital reached out to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Arizona for comment.
On Friday, Modlin posted a summary of the Tucson’s sector’s week in review: “11,300 apprehensions, 144 federal criminal cases, 16 human smuggling events, 14 rescues, 9 narcotics events , 8lbs. of cocaine, 7lbs. of heroin, 4 significant arrests, 2lbs. of fentanyl, 1 firearm seized,” Modlin wrote.
The apprehensions come amid a worsening crisis at the southern border.
Figures recently released by CBP show that there were more than 302,000 migrant encounters in December after a record fiscal 2023, in which there were 2.4 million migrant encounters.
CBP also reports that Border Patrol arrested 19 people on the FBI terror watchlist in December, bringing the total to 50 arrests for fiscal year 2024 so far.
Meanwhile, a coalition of former FBI officials has issued a warning about a “new and imminent danger” for the U.S. at the southern border, suggesting that the country has “been invaded” by military-age foreign nationals.
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A man armed with a knife was shot by L.A. police officers responding to an assault with a deadly weapon call overnight, authorities said.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, officers with the Hollenbeck Division responded to an apartment complex in the 3000 block of Glenn Avenue in Boyle Heights at 1:45 a.m. Saturday after callers reported a male suspect was armed with a knife and had just assaulted someone in the complex.
Arriving officers found the suspect in front of the residence, but he did not comply with officers’ commands to drop the weapon. He then advanced toward the officers and an officer-involved shooting occurred, LAPD confirmed.
“The suspect was struck by gunfire and remained non-compliant,” the LAPD Public Information Officer said on X early Saturday morning. “Officers deployed a 40mm foam round and ultimately took the suspect into custody.”
Video obtained by KTLA shows the man being loaded into an ambulance and taken to a hospital; officials said he was transported in stable condition, adding that his knife was recovered at the scene and booked as evidence.
No officers or community members were injured during the incident. The man’s name was not released.
Dangerous rip currents and high surf are forecast for Los Angeles County beaches, including the Malibu Coast this weekend.
The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous beach statement, warning of the potentially deadly beach conditions. The dangerous conditions are forecast to last from Saturday evening to Monday morning.
“There is an increased risk of ocean drowning,” the NWS forecast reads. “Rip currents can pull swimmers and surfers out to sea. Waves can wash people off beaches and rocks, and capsize small boats nearshore.”
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A guide to surviving rip currents from the National Weather Service (NWS)
Minor Beach erosion and coastal flooding is possible through the weekend. The flooding is most likely to occur during evening high tides from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Beachgoers are advised to stay out of the water and remain near lifeguard towers. Jetties and tidepools are also especially dangerous during the weekend forecast.
“Rock jetties can be deadly in such conditions, stay off the rocks,” the NWS forecast reads.
Similar hazardous beach conditions are also in the forecast for Santa Barbara County. A high surf advisory is also in effect for Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties this weekend, where 10 to 15-foot waves will be possible.
If you live or want to live in Los Angeles, the city controller has released a new dashboard highlighting some of the city’s most notorious problem rental properties, a tool designed to help renters avoid future headaches.
“This project comes at a time when tenants are reporting harassment and illegal evictions violating the City’s Rent Stabilization Ordinance, Just Cause for Eviction Ordinance and Tenant Anti‑Harassment Ordinance, but very few of the complaints end up leading to strong enforcement or real accountability,” L.A. City Controller Kenneth Mejia said in a media release Thursday.
The new Top 100 Problem Rental Properties dashboard includes a searchable database of all residential addresses with reported housing violation cases within the city of Los Angeles, a ranked list of the 100 addresses with the most violations and an interactive map.
“There has never before been an uncomplicated way for anyone to look up years’ worth of violations by address,” Mejia said in the release.
Data for the dashboard was compiled from multiple sources, including the Los Angeles Housing Department, Los Angeles City Planning and the L.A. County Assessor’s Office, according to the controller’s office.
The release also identified the top three addresses with the highest number of reported housing violations:
1. 636 1/2 North Hill Place, Chinatown
192 housing violation cases
2. 11700 West Wilshire Boulevard, Sawtelle
166 housing violation cases
3. 6650 West Forest Lawn Drive, Hollywood Hills
113 housing violation cases
“Our new dashboard is an easy‑to‑understand public tool that we hope will help renters and organizers document patterns of harm, as well as put pressure on both landlords and the City to act,” Mejia said. “Everyone deserves safe, stable and dignified housing.”
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