Prosecutors say accused burglar might be deported if released
Citing Monica Coria-Olvera’s undocumented immigrant status, President Judge Thomas Doerr rejected her request for a nominal bond that would have given her an opportunity to be released from Butler County Prison.
Coria-Olvera, 45, who is originally from Mexico City, is facing numerous felony charges related to a home burglary ring allegedly responsible for hundreds of thousands of dollars in stolen items.
Speaking through a translator Wednesday, she told her lawyer, Public Defender Charles Nedz that she is diabetic and hasn’t been receiving the correct medication. But Katie Wymard, with the state Attorney General’s office, argued and ultimately convinced Doerr that if Coria-Olvera is released, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will apprehend her and begin the deportation process by transferring her to a detention facility.
Most likely, Wymard said, that facility would be the one in York. Once there, Wymard said that ICE officials wouldn’t cooperate with the state in bringing Coria-Olvera back to Butler County to stand trial.
She faces seven felony counts of burglary, one felony count of corrupt organizations, two felony counts of conspiracy, six felony counts of theft, and misdemeanor counts of theft and criminal mischief, according to court documents.
She is one of four co-defendants in the case, which the Pennsylvania State Police Organized Crime Unit says began last fall in Allegheny County.
The four are charged with a crime spree that eventually spread into Cranberry Township last September, when residents on Scarlet Peak Court reported their home had been broken into and ransacked.
According to court documents, homes in Upper St. Clair, Mount Lebanon, Whitehall, Wexford and Sewickley were broken into, with items stolen totaling from $10,000 to, in one case, $90,000.
There were a total of six break-ins reported in the span of a few days.
