Illegal migrant arrested for peeping in 13-year-old girl's window — with ICE nabbing 4 others in his home
An illegal migrant was arrested for allegedly peeping through a 13-year-old girl's window — with four other men found living with him then also busted for being in the US illegally.
Mexican national Jose Juarez Vilches, 38, was seen looking through the window at the teenage girl in Butler County, Ohio, while making 'sexual gestures,' the Butler County Sheriff's Office said.
The accused perv had earlier contacted the girl online and had asked her to send him sexually explicit videos, according to police.
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Police, along with ICE agents, tracked Vilches down to a residence in Hamilton, Ohio — about 35 miles north of downtown Cincinnati — where he was captured after a short chase.
Jose Juarez Vilches [center] is accused of spying on a 13-year-old girl through a window.
Butler County Sheriff's Office
When law enforcement searched his home they found four other men living there who were in the US illegally, according to authorities.
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Three of those were Mexican nationals — Aaron Andrade-Olivera, 45; Ismael De Jesus Sosa Vargas, 24; and Jesus Del Carmen Vega-Saldivar, 50 — while Besar Maradiaga Rodriguez, 30, is from Honduras.
Vilches is charged with criminal trespass, voyeurism, resisting arrest and obstructing official business.
All five men were booked at the Butler County Jail where they are being held on ICE detainers.
'For more than two decades, I have been a steadfast advocate for secure borders and strong immigration enforcement. The time for debate has passed — the time to act is now,' Sheriff Richard K. Jones said in a statement.
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