LANCASTER, SC - Authorities said that six illegal immigrants, including three juveniles, have been arrested and charged for their involvement on a robbery-turned-murder of a South Carolina mother.
According to FOX8, authorities said that all of them could soon be deported. During a news conference, Lancaster County Sheriff Barry Faile said, "People like this have no place in our society, and we will do everything in our power to make sure the full weight of the law is brought down on these six individuals."
All six individuals are now in custody, including three kids ages 14 to 16. They are all accused of the attempted robbery and murder of a Rock Hill woman. Fox8 reported that just before 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 30th, two days before the murder, deputies investigated a burglary at the Van Wyck Mart. That is about 3.5 miles away from where 40-year-old Larisha Thompson was murdered.
Investigators were able to identify that 21-year-old Asael Aminadas Torres-Chirinos was present at both crimes and his 2014 white Honda Civic was also linked to both crimes. A search warrant was used at his home and while taking him into custody, investigators found a 9 mm pistol, which was confirmed by a forensic examiner to be the weapon used at both the attempted break-in and the homicide.
Five other people, ages 13, 14, 15, 17, and 18 were all arrested as investigators learned they all were involved in both crimes. The three juveniles were charged on Department of Juvenile Justice petitions and will have detention hearings. The three adults, Torres-Chirinos, Jarby Ardon Ramos-Odari (18) and Jeyson Sobied Pineda-Salgado (17) were booked into the Lancaster County Detention Center without bond.
Officials have confirmed that all six suspects are in the country illegally and that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will be placing detainers on them.
Randy Newman, the 6th Judicial Circuit Solicitor said, "So historically, we place, when ICE places and hold if that person were to make bond or be released for whatever reason, they would take jurisdiction at that point. Of course, we have a new administration here now." Newman said that until he gets a call from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, he will move forward with his state court prosecution of the suspects.
Immigration attorney Carnell Johnson is a partner in the Johnson and Nicholson Law Firm. He says that the current administration has no authority in the removal process and that everyone has a right to due process. He said that suspects are issued a notice to appear in immigration court, assuming they've never been deported previously, and there is no immigration deportation order.
Johnson said it could be DHS or ICE or Customs and Border Patrol. He said that from there, the immigrant is entitled to a series of hearings in immigration court before an immigration judge where they can present an application for relief to stop the deportation or removal process.
He said, "Immigration removal proceedings for each immigrant can take years. I know for a fact that at the trial level, right before the immigration judge, that those proceedings can take two, three, four or five years and then the appeal after that can take another two, three, four years."
In a press release from DHS, Torres-Chino was previously arrested in 2023 for domestic violence. In a statement, Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said, "Larisha Sharell Thompson's life was tragically taken by criminal illegal aliens. She was a mother who was driving to a friend's house when her life was brutally taken by these criminal aliens who should have never been in our country. President Trump and Secretary Noem will always fight for the victims of illegal alien crime and their families. The safety of American citizens comes first."
Secretary Noem relaunched the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) Office. The VOICE office was shuttered by the previous administration, which left victims of alien crime without access to many key support services and resources. The office was first launched in 2017 by the Trump administration as a dedicated resource for those who have been victimized by crime that has a nexus to immigration.
According to FOX8, authorities said that all of them could soon be deported. During a news conference, Lancaster County Sheriff Barry Faile said, "People like this have no place in our society, and we will do everything in our power to make sure the full weight of the law is brought down on these six individuals."
All six individuals are now in custody, including three kids ages 14 to 16. They are all accused of the attempted robbery and murder of a Rock Hill woman. Fox8 reported that just before 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 30th, two days before the murder, deputies investigated a burglary at the Van Wyck Mart. That is about 3.5 miles away from where 40-year-old Larisha Thompson was murdered.
Investigators were able to identify that 21-year-old Asael Aminadas Torres-Chirinos was present at both crimes and his 2014 white Honda Civic was also linked to both crimes. A search warrant was used at his home and while taking him into custody, investigators found a 9 mm pistol, which was confirmed by a forensic examiner to be the weapon used at both the attempted break-in and the homicide.
Five other people, ages 13, 14, 15, 17, and 18 were all arrested as investigators learned they all were involved in both crimes. The three juveniles were charged on Department of Juvenile Justice petitions and will have detention hearings. The three adults, Torres-Chirinos, Jarby Ardon Ramos-Odari (18) and Jeyson Sobied Pineda-Salgado (17) were booked into the Lancaster County Detention Center without bond.
Officials have confirmed that all six suspects are in the country illegally and that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will be placing detainers on them.
Randy Newman, the 6th Judicial Circuit Solicitor said, "So historically, we place, when ICE places and hold if that person were to make bond or be released for whatever reason, they would take jurisdiction at that point. Of course, we have a new administration here now." Newman said that until he gets a call from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, he will move forward with his state court prosecution of the suspects.
Immigration attorney Carnell Johnson is a partner in the Johnson and Nicholson Law Firm. He says that the current administration has no authority in the removal process and that everyone has a right to due process. He said that suspects are issued a notice to appear in immigration court, assuming they've never been deported previously, and there is no immigration deportation order.
Johnson said it could be DHS or ICE or Customs and Border Patrol. He said that from there, the immigrant is entitled to a series of hearings in immigration court before an immigration judge where they can present an application for relief to stop the deportation or removal process.
He said, "Immigration removal proceedings for each immigrant can take years. I know for a fact that at the trial level, right before the immigration judge, that those proceedings can take two, three, four or five years and then the appeal after that can take another two, three, four years."
In a press release from DHS, Torres-Chino was previously arrested in 2023 for domestic violence. In a statement, Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said, "Larisha Sharell Thompson's life was tragically taken by criminal illegal aliens. She was a mother who was driving to a friend's house when her life was brutally taken by these criminal aliens who should have never been in our country. President Trump and Secretary Noem will always fight for the victims of illegal alien crime and their families. The safety of American citizens comes first."
Secretary Noem relaunched the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) Office. The VOICE office was shuttered by the previous administration, which left victims of alien crime without access to many key support services and resources. The office was first launched in 2017 by the Trump administration as a dedicated resource for those who have been victimized by crime that has a nexus to immigration.
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