Woman arrested, charged with transporting illegal aliens (WCBD-SC)

Woman arrested, charged with transporting illegal aliens
By Brad Franko
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Published: April 21, 2009

Mount Pleasant police arrested a woman Monday on charges of transporting illegal immigrants.

According to a report sent to us by the Mount Pleasant Police Department, an officer pulled over a van on the Ravenel Bridge on April 18th, because he couldn’t see the license tag, and the driver didn’t wear his seatbelt. That traffic stop, turned into a major investigation.

The report says there were seven people in the van, and the suspect, Melissa Segura is now facing charges of transporting illegal aliens.

Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained four of the passengers, and released two others.

According to police, Segura had drugs, a large amount of cash, and what officers described in the report as a “ledger of 15 names believed to be Hispanic individuals with monetary values next to each name”.