Four Chilean nationals are accused of carrying out violent smash-and-grab attacks on jewelry stores in Oakland County, Michigan, just as the localwith felony assault and armed robbery after allegedly robbing MJ Diamonds and the jewelry department inside Macy’s in August.
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has filed detainers on all four Chilean nationals although how they arrived in the United States, whether through the southern border or via temporary visas, remains unclear.The charges come just as Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard warned that illegal aliens from the southern border are burglarizing members of American communities at an increasing rate, a scheme often referred to as “crime tourism.
The gangs of illegal aliens, Bouchard said, “are going after jewelry, high-end purses and watches, currency and safes” so they can “sell these things for 20 to 30 cents on the dollar to fences, who then re-sell this in a variety of ways.”
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