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May 27, 2008
Deportation next stop for driver who passed police cruiser
A driver the state police say was in the country illegally passed a state police cruiser on Route 95 in Pawtucket early yesterday, refusing to stop, while his passenger tossed beer bottles out a window and "continuously waved" at troopers in the cruiser.
Both men are now facing deportation proceedings along with charges.
At 2:05 a.m. Monday, Pascual Cipriano-Tzoc, 27, of 20 Kinfield St., 1st floor, Providence, was driving erratically behind the state police cruiser, the police said. The troopers pulled over to the right, letting the car pass.
The car continued on, swerving from lane to lane. As troopers tried to stop the car, it sped up while passenger Regino Dominguez, 32, of 2022 Hartford Ave., Apt. 1, Providence, began throwing bottles out the window, the police said.
The vehicle drove onto a dead-end street near the Massachusetts-Rhode Island border and stopped. The driver got out and fled while the passenger stayed in the vehicle. Dominguez was arrested and, after a short foot pursuit, so was Cipriano-Tzoc.
-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney
Cipriano-Tzoc, who the police said had a fake international driver's license, was charged with driving under the influence, eluding a police officer, driving without a license, obstruction of justice, identity fraud, resisting arrest, refusal to submit to a chemical test, and motor vehicle violations.
The police said a check with federal Immigrations and Custom Enforcement found a pending deportation order for Cipriano-Tzoc. Following District Court arraignment, he was to be turned over to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement for deportation to his native Guatemala.
Dominguez, who the police said was also in the country illegally, was taken into Immigration and Customs Enforcement Custody to the federal Wyatt Detention Center in Central Falls, pending deportation proceedings to his native Guatemala. Dominguez was charged with resisting arrest by state police.
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keep up the good work getting these rats out of our country. what would they do to us give us welfare.