DURHAM, NC - On January 3, Elmer Jose Mejia Guardado, 22, was taken into custody, following a string of armed robberies, which occurred over three North Carolina counties (Durham, Orange and Wake).
Following media coverage of the illegal alien's arrest, Durham County sheriff's investigators received a report that the suspect had also raped a young girl. The complaint came from the victim's parent, according to a Durham County Sheriff's Office press release.
On April 7, following an investigation, Guardado was also charged with the girl's rape.
Guardado has been charged with 11 counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon, seven counts of conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon and one count of felony statutory rape of a child.
He is currently being held in the Durham County Detention Center on $1,445,000 bond.
If anyone has any information on this case or about other possible victims, they are urged to contact the Durham County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigation Division at 919-560-0880.
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*It should be noted that Durham has been an official 'sanctuary city' since 2005, and does not cooperate with ICE...Thus, the lack of an ICE detainer on Guardado.
Illeagle allien is correct.hang em high.Save tax payer money.