First appearance on Fox: Laken Riley, a Georgia nursing student, tried to call 911 after she was allegedly attacked by a Venezuelan on the University of Georgia campus last week, but the call was denied in response to a public records request, according to Athens-Clarke County Police. refused to be published.
The revelation explains that one of the charges filed Friday against murder suspect Jose Antonio Ibarra involves violently interfering with a 911 call. Police previously said they received a non-emergency call from a friend of Riley’s who said she was missing after failing to return from a run Thursday morning.
But authorities released other documents related to the case, showing that the murder suspect’s brother, Diego Ibarra, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela, is suspected of giving police a fraudulent green card after arriving in the United States. It became clear that up until that point, little consideration had been given to the law. It had two mismatched dates of birth printed on it, according to police documents obtained by Fox News Digital.
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Diego Ibarra, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela, allegedly gave police a fake green card in the search for his brother Jose, who is accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley. (Clark County Sheriff’s Office)
In his first encounter with Athens-Clarke County police, he was found driving 80 mph in a 40 mph zone on Atlanta Highway near Epps Bridge Road, unlicensed and uninsured, carrying an ice-cold can of Bud Light. He allegedly passed a police officer while drinking. .
“I opened the driver’s door and told him to get out of the car, but he turned around and started reaching into the car, so I forced him to pull me outside,” investigators said of the September 24, 2023, stop. “I did,” he wrote. Police documents obtained by Fox News Digital.
“The driver struggled and was dragged to the ground, and there was a brief struggle to get handcuffed.”
He reportedly admitted in Spanish that he had drunk seven beers before he was stopped and that he did not have a driver’s license.
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Police report: Diego Ibarra arrested for drunk driving
Federal prosecutors last week announced charges against Ybarra for allegedly giving a fake green card to a police officer searching for his brother in connection with Riley’s brutal murder.
Two Athens-Clarke police officers stopped Diego because he matched the physical description of his brother and appeared on surveillance video to be wearing the same hat as the suspect, the documents state. It was revealed.
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Jose Ybarra was originally taken into custody by UGA police on Friday in connection with Riley’s death, but is now believed to have no connection to the victim. (Clark County Sheriff’s Office)
He allegedly said he did not speak English and handed over a green card with two separate dates of birth along with a photo and fingerprints. Officers contacted Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Diego now faces federal fraud charges in the case.
Diego entered the country illegally in April 2023. Days after the DUI charge, police responded to his apartment for a domestic disturbance but did not arrest him, documents show.
The brothers are accused of stealing more than $200 from a Walmart in Athens on Oct. 27, 2023.
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Police report: Diego Ibarara banned from Walmart
But records show that Diego returned on Dec. 8 and is suspected of stealing more items, and this time he was banned from Walmart stores for two years and sentenced to county jail.
Laken Riley poses for a photo to post on Facebook. Riley, a nursing student at the University of Georgia, was found dead near a lake on campus on Thursday, February 22, 2024. (Laken Riley/Facebook)
Authorities said Jose Ibarra, the brother suspected of Riley’s murder, entered the country illegally in 2022 but was paroled at the border and released, allowing him to travel to New York City and then Athens.
Police Report: Diego Ibarra’s Green Card Fraud Case
Athens Mayor Kelly Gertz faced protests Wednesday at a news conference about public safety in the city, about 110 miles east of Atlanta.
Heckler called for his resignation when he denied Athens was a sanctuary city, and he berated him when he blamed then-President Trump for a 2019 resolution supporting illegal aliens. .
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“2019 is not that long ago, but you may remember a time when we were living in this country in our late teens. ” he said. He said. “And that idea was spreading to places like Charlottesville.”
“This is an invasion,” a man shouted.
