BROOKVILLE – A vehicle breakdown led Brookville police to the arrest of a man wanted on a immigration warrant Wednesday morning.
Officers responded to reports of a suspicious vehicle at the BFS Convenience Store along West Main Street.
When police arrived, the vehicle tried to leave, but a front tire fell off, disabling it.
The unnamed driver allegedly had no form of identification besides a passport from Nicaragua, the vehicle was also not registered in any police records.
Officers later learned the man had been wanted for the past three and a half years after allegedly illegally entering the United States by swimming across the Rio Grande.
Brookville Police say that ICE agents took the individual into custody.
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