A Wisconsin decide who was arrested final month for allegedly serving to an undocumented migrant man escape arrest and evade federal immigration enforcement officers was indicted by a grand jury on Tuesday.
Milwaukee County Circuit Decide Hannah Dugan, 66, was charged with concealing a person to stop arrest and obstruction. She is accused of escorting Eduardo Flores-Ruiz and his lawyer out of her courtroom by means of a again jury door on April 18 after turning into conscious that ICE brokers had been there to arrest him.
Flores-Ruiz entered the U.S. in 2013. He was in courtroom that day for a listening to in an unrelated misdemeanor home abuse case.
After a confrontation within the hallway of the courthouse, Duggan instructed the brokers to talk to the chief decide after which took Flores-Ruiz and his lawyer to the alternate aspect exit reserved for deputies, jurors, courtroom employees and in-custody defendants.
The ICE brokers arrested Flores-Ruiz moments later following a foot chase.
Duggan was arrested per week later and charged through criticism final month. She was then indicted Tuesday after a grand jury reviewed the case.
She made her first look on April 25 and was launched on her personal recognizance. She is due in courtroom on Thursday the place she is predicted to enter a plea.
Decide Duggan faces as much as six years in jail and a $350,000 wonderful if convicted.
The Wisconsin State Supreme Court docket suspended Duggan final month consequently.
“As she said after her unnecessary arrest, Judge Dugan asserts her innocence and looks forward to being vindicated in court,” her authorized staff mentioned in an announcement.
An analogous case in Massachusetts throughout President Trump’s first time period was finally dismissed.
