Illinois Quick Hits: DHS says ICE captures child sex abuser released by Illinois DOC

Illinois Quick Hits: DHS says ICE captures child sex abuser released by Illinois DOC

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(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have arrested a Guatemalan national who was released by Illinois officials even though he was in the country illegally and charged with child sex abuse.

DHS said in a statement that ICE arrested Erik Giovanni Quiroa on April 22 after he attempted to flee in his vehicle. Giovanni Quiroa was convicted last year for aggravated sexual abuse of a 5-year-old child and sentenced to three years in prison.

DHS said Gov. J.B. Pritzker and his fellow Illinois politicians released Giovanni Quiroa into the community even though ICE had lodged a detainer with the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Giovanni Quiroa was previously convicted of aggravated battery with a firearm in 2011 and sentenced to 16 years in prison.

CWB: SUBURBAN TEEN CHARGED WITH AIDING ALLEGED COP KILLER IN ROBBERY

A Maywood teen is charged with helping Alphonso Talley violently rob a store on Chicago’s North Side last Saturday morning, shortly before Talley allegedly went on to kill Chicago Police Officer John Bartholomew and gravely injure Bartholomew’s partner by shooting them with a firearm he had hidden after being arrested.

CWB Chicago reports that Jeron Tate, 18, was arrested by a U.S. Marshals task force on Thursday and charged with armed robbery, kidnapping and aggravated battery in connection with the incident at a Family Dollar store.

PRITZKER TO FULFILL DUTIES, PAUSE PUBLIC EVENTS AFTER PROCEDURE

Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he looks forward to resuming public events soon after he underwent a medical procedure on Friday.

The governor’s deputy chief of staff for communications, Matt Hill, said in a statement provided to The Center Square that Pritzker completed a routine outpatient urology procedure.

Hill said the governor would fulfill his duties but pause public events for the next week while he rests.

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