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Fairfield police said ICE officers helped arrest 34 individuals found “in and around” the Sabor Peruano restaurant on Dixie Highway.
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Luca Pellegrini, Fairfield National's calm and reliable pitcher, shortstop and batter, has been focused on baseball since age 3, when his father handed him one of those fat plastic toy bats.
Of the 39 people arrested or detained, six face state charges other than what’s called a “holder” for the U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Butler County Sheriff’s Office has contracted with ICE to hold people who are detained for being in the country illegally.
Marlen Ortiz Soto was in search of gas, en route home. Then Fairfield police stopped her and ICE arrested her.
Fairfield police said their investigations into two shootings directly linked to Sabor Peruano revealed multiple people involved were in the country illegally.
A 15-year-old Fairfield girl reported missing last weekend was found safe in North Carolina, and a man is now facing multiple felony charges in connection with the case, including a new kidnapping charge filed locally.
New Fairfield softball head coach Sam Wilson was previously an assistant at Bellevue. He won a baseball state championship at Louisville St. Xavier.
Soto, a 24-year-old with a pending asylum case, was detained by Fairfield police during a traffic stop Sunday before they turned her over to ICE agents.
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‘No days off’ for Fairfield National Little League; rematch vs. Las Vegas looms in U.S. final
Fairfield, after four wins at the Little League World Series, is in the driver’s seat, with two days off before facing either South Carolina or Las Vegas in the U.S. championship on Saturday