Pablo Serrano-Vitorino, the man accused of killing five people this week, was pulled over by a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper in Coffey County on November 1, 2014 after being clocked driving 98 miles per hour in a 75 mph zone.
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Serrano-Vitorino was also charged with DUI and driving without a valid driver’s license.
According to court records, Serrano-Vitorino gave the trooper a driver’s license from Mexico.
In a statement Wednesday from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ICE, says:
"An initial review of ICE records does not indicate that the agency was ever notified that Serrano was fingerprinted at that time. ICE is continuing to review its records.”
A Kansas Highway Patrol spokesman says the only way ICE would’ve been notified from that agency on the traffic stop is if Serrano-Vitorino’s name would’ve come up on the National Crime Information Center or NCIC data.
Court records indicate Serrano-Vitorino’s case was settled last May and he agreed to pay $1,685.
Serrano-Vitorino was arrested and held in the Coffey County Jail in Burlington, Kansas.
It’s unclear whether or not Coffey County authorities notified ICE or not about Serrano-Vitorino’s arrest, who was deported to Mexico in 2004 and according to ICE, re-entered the country illegally.
The Coffey County sheriff is preparing a statement on the case. It’s expected to be released later Thursday.
Serrano-Vitorino was arrested by Kansas City, Kansas police in June 2015 on a domestic violence accusation against his brother.
Wyandotte County Sheriff’s deputies notified ICE of his arrest, but ICE never responded, documents show.
Two months later, he was pulled over by an Overland Park police officer and charged with driving without a valid license and no insurance.
He was finger-printed by Overland Park Municipal Court, but ICE sent a request to detain Serrano-Vitorino to the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office by mistake.
A family member of one of the murder victims is speaking out.
According to that family member, Randy Nordman died in a struggle over a shotgun with Serrano-Vitorino at his Montgomery County, Missouri home.
His sister-in law, Deanna Dunn, in a statement writes about Serrano-Vitorino:
“This person should have never been allowed here. He wasn’t even supposed to be in this country. He was illegally residing in the United States…WHY?? We have heard numerous reports that 6 months ago a simple “CLERICAL MISTAKE” was made and he was released from Jail and not deported. WHY? WHO MADE THIS MISTAKE? If this mistake had not been made and he was not allowed to remain in this country would this tragedy have occurred? We want answers!”
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Andy Alcock can be reached at anderson.alcock@kshb.com.
