Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw lambasted the federal government’s handling of illegal immigration just days after three Guatemalan men were arrested and charged with kidnapping and assaulting a woman in the county.
‘This morning, I’m just here to deliver a message. And the message is, don’t think for a minute that what happens at the Mexican border doesn’t affect us here,’ Bradshaw said during Wednesday morning’s press conference.
‘Here we have three illegals who never should’ve been in this country that have committed a very serious crime: kidnapping and sexual battery.’
The three men are accused of forcing a woman into a car at around 1 am Monday and sexually battering her at two locations west of Lake Worth Beach.
Andres Felipe Morales, 29; Darinel Ordonez Jjimenez, 30; and Marcos Felipe Ramirez, 31, were arrested and booked into the Palm Beach County jail around 7 pm the same day.