The illegal immigrant at the center of the controversial arrest of a Wisconsin judge is accused of smashing a person’s face 30 times in a dispute about loud music.
The violent incident is just one in a ‘laundry list’ of charges against Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, a Mexican citizen, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ICE.
Flores-Ruiz, 29, appeared in front of Wisconsin County Judge Hannah Dugan on April 18 to face claims he left his roommate and his girlfriend in the hospital after the alleged assault.
During that court appearance, ICE agents who were there to arrest the illegal immigrant claim Dugan let Flores-Ruiz slip out a side door.
Friday, FBI agents arrested Dugan for interfering with the case.
ICE doubled down on its actions, revealing that Ruiz entered the US illegally twice and has a history of strangulation, suffocation, battery and domestic abuse.
‘Since President Trump was inaugurated, activist judges have tried to obstruct President Trump and the American people’s mandate to make America safe and secure our homeland— but this judge’s actions to shield an accused violent criminal illegal alien from justice is shocking and shameful,’ DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin
Flores-Ruiz is charged with three counts of misdemeanor battery for a March 12 beat down involving three people.
A request for Flores-Ruiz to turn down the volume by his roommate prompted Flores-Ruiz to punch the man 30 times with a closed fist, reported the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, 29, an illegal immigrant accused of sneaking into the US twice ‘has a laundry list of violent criminal charges including strangulation and suffocation, battery, and domestic abuse, the Department of Homeland Security said
The roommate’s girlfriend was brutally forced into the kitchen and was hit on her head and arm, while a third victim was also assaulted while trying to stop calm Flores-Ruiz, WISN-TV reported.
The Mexican had been renting a room in the Milwaukee home for about two years, a person in the home told the outlet.
The resident expressed fearing Flores-Ruiz even now and asked the local station not to show their face or name them.
‘His friends know me and know that he lived here,’ the scared resident said in Spanish through an interpreter Friday.
‘They know me and that’s why I’m afraid something can happen to me.’
In court, Flores-Ruiz plead not guilty to the charges, according to the local paper.
The same publication detailed how Dugan stepped in to stop ICE from taking Flores-Ruiz into custody after his April 18 court hearing.
County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan is accused of obstructing the arrest of Eduardo Flores Ruiz, 30, on April 18
Milwaukee County prosecutors said charges against 29-year-old Eduardo Flores Ruiz stem from a fight over loud music on March 12. He had been living in this house for about two years, according to media reports
Flores-Ruiz had a court appearance April 18 for the charges related to the beat down with his roommate over loud music
Federal agents arrived at the Milwaulee County Courthouse to arrest Flores-Ruiz when they claim Judge Dugan allowed the illegal immigrant to leave through a side door
Prior to the Flores-Ruiz court case, six ICE agents showed up the courthouse and identified themselves, presenting a warrant for the suspect’s arrest.
‘They were asked whether they had a warrant, and the agents presented the warrant as well as their identification,’ Chief Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Carl Ashley revealed in an email obtained by the newspaper.
‘They were asked to go to Chief Judge’s office. They complied. They presented a warrant, which we copied.’
Ashley says the federal agents respected a request to wait for Flores-Ruiz’s hearing to be over before they moved in.
While ICE officials were speaking to the chief judge on the same floor as Flores-Ruiz’s hearing, Judge Dugan let the suspect and his lawyer use a side door which took them down a private hallway and into the public area on the 6th floor.
Six federal agents waited outside of Dugan’s courtroom, according to a complaint.
One officer caught Flores-Ruiz and his attorney leaving and followed them into an elevator while calling for back up.
Flores-Ruiz tried to run away from the feds but was caught after a brief chase.
‘Judge Dugan intentionally misdirected ICE agents away from this criminal illegal alien to obstruct the arrest and try to help him evade arrest. Thankfully, our FBI partners chased down this illegal alien, arrested him and removed him from American communities,’ ICE stated April 25 after Dugan’s arrest.
FBI agents returned to the same courthouse on April 25 to take Dugan into custody Friday, according to the US Marshals Service.
Dugan appeared briefly in federal court in Milwaukee later on Friday before being released from custody.
She faces charges of ‘concealing an individual to prevent his discovery and arrest’ and obstructing or impeding a proceeding.
Her attorney Craig Mastantuono said: ‘Judge Dugan wholeheartedly regrets and protests her arrest. It was not made in the interest of public safety.’
