Accused illegal alien caught in N.Y. Mills (The Observer-Dispatch)

Accused illegal alien caught in N.Y. Mills

Observer-Dispatch
Posted Mar 18, 2009 @ 02:44 PM

NEW YORK MILLS —

An alleged illegal alien from El Salvador was arrested in New York Mills Wednesday following a traffic stop, village police said.

Officer J. Toomey Jr. was on routine patrol at about 8:47 a.m. when he stopped a 1995 Ford Explorer heading south on Main Street for several traffic violations, he said.

The driver – Humberto Tejada, 41, who lives in Utica – was found to be an unlicensed and illegal alien from Central America, Toomey said.

Tejada was in possession of a forged U.S. Department of Justice-Immigration and Naturalization Service resident alien card, as well as a forged Social Security card, Toomey said. He also gave Toomey several different dates of birth.

Village police contacted the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Unit, as well as the U.S. Border Patrol, Toomey said. A joint investigation led the Border Patrol to respond to New York Mills and take the alien into custody.

Tejada was then transported to Oswego, where he will be further processed and detained in the Onondaga County jail to await federal charges, Toomey said.