A Virginia prosecutor is taking heat for lenient treatment of an illegal migrant who was released despite a felony charge for strangling a woman.
County Attorney Steve Descano is under fire for cutting a deal for Guatemalan national Wilmer Osmany Ramos Giron, who was arrested in January and charged with abduction by force, assault, and strangling a woman. Descano reportedly knocked down the charges in exchange for a guilty plea only on a misdemeanor charge of brandishing a blade. And the suspect was then released.
ICE officials reported that Ramos Giron has been deported two previous times, has convictions on gun charges, and other charges, and has an ICE detainer out against him. But Descano’s office did not alert them of Ramos Giron’s
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