Illegal aliens make up 10 percent of child sex offenders in Baltimore County: report

A horrifying report reveals the effect illegal immigration is having on Baltimore County, Maryland.

Fox45 conducted an investigation last week that revealed a significant number of people accused of child sex crimes Baltimore County. Even worse is a clear disparity in how these criminals are sentenced.

“Public records show that Baltimore County State's Attorney Scott Shellenberger's office filed 99 child sex crime cases between January 1, 2023 and May 31, 2024. Nearly 10 % of child sex cases in Baltimore County, involving nine defendants over a 17-month period, involved illegal immigrants from Central American countries,” the report says.

SORRY: In Democratic-run Baltimore, 10 percent of those accused of child sex crimes are illegal aliens, many of whom are later given light sentences by liberal judges. pic.twitter.com/7HZIHvysel

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Almost all of the defendants were “in violation of probation while living in Maryland.”

Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge Robert Cahill was responsible for sentencing Arles Efrain Avila, Luis Portillo-Henriquez and Jose Mejia in three separate cases.

According to the report, Efrain Avila had been “repeatedly detained by ICE and deported to Honduras for more than 18 years” and was arrested again in January 2023 on multiple counts of child sex offenses. Judge Cahil “agreed and imposed a five-year suspended sentence for his alleged sex crimes, according to court records.” Records also indicate that he has since been deported to Honduras in 2024, but it is not known if he will stay there this time. Given his history, it seems unlikely.

After multiple arrests for driving under the influence, Portillo-Henriquez would be found guilty of “raping a 14-year-old boy who lived in his home in Baltimore County. Court records show that the incidents happened over months when the mother of the girl was not at home.” Judge Cahill gave her “25 years in prison, but reduced the sentence to just 18 months,” and she is currently in ICE custody awaiting deportation proceedings .

It's unclear how Mejia entered the United States illegally, but he was arrested in Baltimore County in June 2023 on multiple child sex offense charges. “Judge Cahill sentenced Mejia to five years of supervised probation, dismissing several charges. Mejia's immigration records show he remains in the country,” Fox45 reports.

Miguel Flores-Avalos was also arrested for the same type of crime in December 2023. He was eventually sentenced to 25 years in prison, but Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge Keith Truffer “suspended all but 18 months into his term,” according to the report.

After further digging into the numbers, Fox45 found that African-Americans convicted of similar crimes received much harsher sentences from Baltimore County judges.

In three similar illegal immigrant cases, black defendants received prison terms of four years or more. Court records indicate that two of the 11 closed cases involving black defendants resulted in prison sentences of 12 years or more.

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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for truth in a world of fake news has brought her to BizPac Review.

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