After discovering that the illegal immigrant had about 170 guns in his or her hands, a federal judge lately denied his request to have the weapons charge dropped.
Judge Edmund A. Sargus Jr. noted in the decision last week that Carlos Serrano-Restrepo was charged earlier this year with” the unlawful possession of a firearm by an alien in the United States.” Serrano-Restrepo, who had resided in the United States for more than 15 times, was charged.
Sargus noted that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives started monitoring Serrano-Restrepo after the improper immigrant purchased at least 22 weapon, filled out weapons document several times, and claimed to be a U. S. member.
In January, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives executed a search warrant at the illegal individual’s home in Ohio and seized “approximately 170 weapon, weapons, and smoke/marine signs”. According to WSYX, Serrano-Restrepo had tens of thousands of weapons shells and smoke/marine symbols in his house.
WSYX reported that federal officials took photos of Serrano-Restrepo’s arms, many of which were kept in numerous gun vaults, while some of his firearms were mounted in drawer holsters. Photographs shared on X, previously Online, show some of the weapons that were seized at the unlawful individual’s home in Ohio.
According to court records, Serrano-Restrepo relocated in 2022 from Arizona to Orient, Ohio. Serrano-Restrepo told the court that he illegally entered the United States in April of 2008 and that” some” of the guns in his possession were” for self-defense”.
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The illegal individual’s attorney filed a motion to dismiss the improper firearm possession charge, alleging that Serrano-Restrepo had the right to bear shoulders after the federal government executed the search warrant against him and a grand jury indictment against him in July.
In last week’s ruling, Sargus wrote that “disarming unlawful immigrants like Mr. Serrano-Restrepo who have not sworn allegiance to the United States comports with the Nation’s history and tradition of firearm regulations”.
” Mr. Serrano-Restrepo’s as-applied challenge lacks merit”, Sargus added. The naturalization process does not result in a person’s asylum application or years of living in the United States, but rather it results in their swearing of an oath of allegiance.
Following last week’s ruling by Sargus, Serrano-Restrepo’s trial is expected to begin on January 21, 2025.
