02-15-2011, 07:39 AM
HA! I SAID IT BACK IN POST 2! IT SMELLED JUST LIKE DARLIE ROUTIER CASE!
The Lawrenceville father accused of stabbing his three sons, killing two, last week had been in and out of the Gwinnett County jail four times.
Gwinnett County jail Elvis Noe Garcia-Nelasco, 23, is charged with murder in the stabbing death of his two children.
On Monday, Sheriff Butch Conway pointed to 23-year-old Elvis Noe-Garcia as an example of why a federal-local partnership that his department participates in, which gives deputies the authority to screen inmates to determine their immigration status, is important.
The program was implemented in Gwinnett in November 2009. Had the program, known as 287(g), been in effect when Noe-Garcia was previously arrested, he would have been identified as an illegal immigrant, Conway said.
"It's just a tragic event and that things worked out like they did," Conway said. "They may have been different if we'd started 287(g) earlier, but as a side note we started as soon as we could get the approval from [the Department of] Homeland Security."
Conway said he applied to join the program in March 3, 2008. The Sheriff's Department was approved July 10, 2009. The program did not get up and running until Nov. 16, 2009.
Noe-Garcia's last arrest on charges of driving without a license, speeding and failure to appear occurred on Oct. 26, 2009, about three weeks before 287(g) started. He was released on bond the same day.
His prior three arrests occurred in 2004 and 2005. They were for minor offenses -- disorderly conduct, loitering and prowling, and violation of probation.
Gwinnett County police said Saturday that Noe-Garcia stabbed his three young boys and himself multiple times and then tried to blame the crimes on the boyfriend of the children's mother.
Two of the boys, 3-year-old Bradley Garcia and 1-year-old Edward Garcia, were found Wednesday evening in the basement apartment of a home near Lawrenceville. Bradley's twin brother, Joshua, remained in critical condition Saturday.
Elvis Noe-Garcia, 23, faces two counts of murder and an aggravated assault charge in connection with the violent crimes. He is being held without bond following a first court appearance Saturday night.
Gwinnett Police spokesman Cpl. Jake Smith said Noe-Garcia has been uncooperative with investigators.
Noe-Garcia's arrest was an odd twist in the aftermath of the crimes, which shocked a quiet neighborhood off Scenic Highway.
Noe-Garcia initially told police he and the children had been stabbed by 28-year-old Antonio Cardenas-Rico, the current boyfriend of the boys' mother. On Feb. 2, Noe-Garcia had approached Gwinnett County police and filed a complaint that indicated Cardenas-Rico had threatened his life. Wednesday evening, Noe-Garcia stabbed himself to make himself appear as a victim.
"The whole story involving the involvement of Cardenas-Rico was entirely fabricated," Smith said Saturday.
Early Thursday, investigators located Cardenas-Rico and he was arrested on murder charges. But investigators found holes in Noe-Garcia's account of what happened, Smith said Saturday. After re-creating the crime scene and gathering evidence, police determined Noe-Garcia was responsible for the stabbing.
Murder charges were dropped against Cardenas-Rico. Both men are believed to be in the country illegally, police said.
The Lawrenceville father accused of stabbing his three sons, killing two, last week had been in and out of the Gwinnett County jail four times.
Gwinnett County jail Elvis Noe Garcia-Nelasco, 23, is charged with murder in the stabbing death of his two children.
On Monday, Sheriff Butch Conway pointed to 23-year-old Elvis Noe-Garcia as an example of why a federal-local partnership that his department participates in, which gives deputies the authority to screen inmates to determine their immigration status, is important.
The program was implemented in Gwinnett in November 2009. Had the program, known as 287(g), been in effect when Noe-Garcia was previously arrested, he would have been identified as an illegal immigrant, Conway said.
"It's just a tragic event and that things worked out like they did," Conway said. "They may have been different if we'd started 287(g) earlier, but as a side note we started as soon as we could get the approval from [the Department of] Homeland Security."
Conway said he applied to join the program in March 3, 2008. The Sheriff's Department was approved July 10, 2009. The program did not get up and running until Nov. 16, 2009.
Noe-Garcia's last arrest on charges of driving without a license, speeding and failure to appear occurred on Oct. 26, 2009, about three weeks before 287(g) started. He was released on bond the same day.
His prior three arrests occurred in 2004 and 2005. They were for minor offenses -- disorderly conduct, loitering and prowling, and violation of probation.
Gwinnett County police said Saturday that Noe-Garcia stabbed his three young boys and himself multiple times and then tried to blame the crimes on the boyfriend of the children's mother.
Two of the boys, 3-year-old Bradley Garcia and 1-year-old Edward Garcia, were found Wednesday evening in the basement apartment of a home near Lawrenceville. Bradley's twin brother, Joshua, remained in critical condition Saturday.
Elvis Noe-Garcia, 23, faces two counts of murder and an aggravated assault charge in connection with the violent crimes. He is being held without bond following a first court appearance Saturday night.
Gwinnett Police spokesman Cpl. Jake Smith said Noe-Garcia has been uncooperative with investigators.
Noe-Garcia's arrest was an odd twist in the aftermath of the crimes, which shocked a quiet neighborhood off Scenic Highway.
Noe-Garcia initially told police he and the children had been stabbed by 28-year-old Antonio Cardenas-Rico, the current boyfriend of the boys' mother. On Feb. 2, Noe-Garcia had approached Gwinnett County police and filed a complaint that indicated Cardenas-Rico had threatened his life. Wednesday evening, Noe-Garcia stabbed himself to make himself appear as a victim.
"The whole story involving the involvement of Cardenas-Rico was entirely fabricated," Smith said Saturday.
Early Thursday, investigators located Cardenas-Rico and he was arrested on murder charges. But investigators found holes in Noe-Garcia's account of what happened, Smith said Saturday. After re-creating the crime scene and gathering evidence, police determined Noe-Garcia was responsible for the stabbing.
Murder charges were dropped against Cardenas-Rico. Both men are believed to be in the country illegally, police said.