LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – Authorities arrested a Mexican nationwide who was within the nation unlawfully and charged in an October 2023 ‘child predator operation.’
Severiano Marcos Maximo, 42, was arrested on October 25, 2023, on one rely every of utilizing a pc to speak with one other to commit against the law, tried legal sexual conduct 3 and accosting a toddler for immoral functions.
A spokesman for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Detroit Subject Workplace tells 6 Information in an electronic mail that Maximo had entered the nation unlawfully on at the very least two events.
Severiano Marcos Maximo, 42, in a reserving picture from his arrest on October 25, 2023. (Courtesy picture Eaton County Sheriff Division)
“Severiano Marcos Maximo was an unlawfully present citizen of Mexico, who was removed to Mexico July 16, 2024. U.S. Border Patrol encountered Marcos Maximo near Douglas, Arizona June 5, 2004, and processed him as a voluntary return. He was returned to Mexico that same day. At an unknown date and location, he re-entered the United States without parole or inspection by an immigration official,” the ICE official wrote in an electronic mail.
Maximo was arraigned October 26, 2023 in Eaton County 56-A District Court docket. A $10,000 money or surety bond was ordered, however Maximo was not capable of publish it.
On November 7, 2023, Maximo waived his preliminary examination, and his case was despatched to the Eaton County Circuit. On February 16, 2024, Maximo agreed to plead responsible to all three felony expenses On March 28, 2024, he was sentenced to 300 days in jail, with credit score for 155 days served, 5 years’ probation and obligatory registration on the Michigan Intercourse Offender Registry.
Transcripts of each the plea listening to and the sentencing listening to reveal Maximo was warned by the choose the responsible plea may impression Maximo’s immigration standing.
Nonetheless, ICE confirms the identical day Maximo was arraigned, an immigration detainer was issued.
“On Oct. 26, 2023, ERO Grand Rapids lodged an immigration detainer with the Eaton County Jail in Charlotte, Michigan where Marcos Maximo was being held on local charges. He was convicted in the Eaton County 56th Circuit Court March 28, 2024, on sex crime charges and sentenced to 300 days. Upon his release, ERO Grand Rapids took custody of him July 1, 2024, and issued him an order of removal. He was removed to Mexico, July 16, 2024,” the official wrote in an electronic mail to six Information.
Maximo is the second man 6 Information has recognized who was within the nation unlawfully on the time they had been arrested and charged with crimes stemming from an ongoing collection of “child sex predator operations” carried out by a multi-agency legislation enforcement activity pressure. The duty pressure contains members from the Lansing Police Division, the Eaton County Sheriff’s Division and the Michigan State Police.
The second man who was within the nation unlawfully was Rafique Malik Muhammad, 51. He entered the nation legally however his permission to be within the nation expired in 2016, a spokesperson for the ICE Detroit Subject Workplace tells 6 Information. Muhammad was launched on a private recognizant bond from Eaton County custody November 6, 2023. He was in jail on one felony cost of accosting a toddler for immoral functions. These expenses arose from a activity pressure investigation. Federal immigration authorities instantly started elimination proceedings in opposition to him.
Eaton County Prosecutor Doug Lloyd tells 6 Information his workplace opposed the federal takeover of Muhammad’s case. Muhammad was faraway from the nation and returned to his residence nation of Pakistan, January 31, 2024.
Because the activity pressure started operations in November of 2022, 46 males have been arrested in at the very least 10 separate on-line operations. One case was dismissed. Eaton County prosecutors have charged 29 males stemming from the operations, whereas Ingham County prosecutors have charged 17 males on expenses ensuing from the operations. In all, 19 males have already been adjudicated responsible and sentenced.
