DHS Says 14 Criminals Arrested in St. Cloud Amid ICE Operations

(KNSI) – As St. Cloud residents call for Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations to end, the Department of Homeland Security says it has taken 14 hardened criminals off the city’s streets.

According to the DHS worst of the worst criminal aliens list, three of the men come from Burma, two each from Somalia, Kenya, and Honduras, and one each from Laos, Sudan, Thailand, Guatemala, and Liberia. Five of the men had prior convictions for sexual assault. Other criminal convictions include weapons charges, fraud, theft, drug charges, robbery, battery, and forgery.

In all, 246 people with serious criminal convictions have been taken into custody statewide.

DHS released the numbers following Monday’s city council meeting and public forum, where residents showed up to complain about what they called racial profiling and harassment by ICE agents. Those in attendance asked the city to do more to make residents feel safe.

Arrested in St. Cloud:

Laos
Convicted of: Sex Assault
Name: Sing Radsmikham

Honduras
Convicted of: Fraud – False Statement, Driving Under the Influence of Liquor
Name: David Lainez Martinez

Convicted of: Sex Assault, Sex Offense Against Child – Fondling
Name: Hector Avila Vargas

Burma
Convicted of: Violation of a Court Order
Name: Moo Taw

Convicted of: Possession of a Weapon, Vehicle Theft, Stolen Vehicle, Receiving Stolen Property, Carrying a Prohibited Weapon
Name: Maung Than Oo

Convicted of: Sex Assault, Failure to Register as a Sex Offender
Name: Hsa Moo

Sudan
Convicted of: Battery
Name: Isa Adam

Somalia
Convicted of: Battery, Dangerous Drugs
Name: Abdulkadir Mohamed

Convicted of: Robbery, Fraud – False Statement, Cocaine – Possession
Name: Aden Aden

Thailand
Convicted of: Carrying a Prohibited Weapon, Flight to Avoid (prosecution, confinement, etc.), Burglary Tools – Possession, Drug Possession, Receiving Stolen Property
Name: Tou Xiong

Kenya
Convicted of: Forgery of Checks, Money Laundering
Name: Collins Keanche

Convicted of: Rape – Drug-Induced, Flight to Avoid (prosecution, confinement, etc.), Aggravated Assault – Non-Family – Weapon
Name: Jacob Ogongo

Guatemala
Convicted of: Sex Assault
Name: Mauricio Morales-Morales

Liberia
Convicted of: Robbery, Flight to Avoid (prosecution, confinement, etc.)
Name: Nathaniel Akeen

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