More Arrests in Agriprocessors Raid

Wed, 14 May 2008 19:46:40 CDT

U-S ATTORNEY MATTHEW DUMMERMUTH SAID WEDNESDAY ANOTHER 154 PEOPLE---144 MEN AND 10 WOMEN---WERE ARRESTED ON CRIMINAL CHARGES AFTER MONDAY’S RAID AT AGRIPROCESSORS IN POSTVILLE. HE SAID CHARGES RANGE FROM AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT, FRAUDULENT USE OF AN ALIEN REGISTRATION CARD, AND FALSE USE OF A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER. INITIAL COURT APPEARANCES HAVE BEEN HELD IN WATERLOO FOR MANY OF THOSE ARRESTED. 390 PEOPLE WERE ADMINISTRATIVELY ARRESTED AFTER MONDAY’S RAID AT THE AGRIPROCESSORS PLANT, 56 HAD BEEN RELEASED.

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