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Pablo Villavicencio looks out of an SUV while he was talking to reporters in July after being released from the Hudson County Penitentiary in Kearny, New Jersey.
(AP / File)
The pizza delivery man who sparked an immigration debate after being arrested by authorities at a New York City military base is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday on charges that he would have recently pushed him his wife against a wall and "slapped his body".
Pablo Villavicencio, an Ecuadorian who, according to the government, illegally entered the United States in 2008 and then ignored a deportation order issued two years later, was arrested again on Friday in Long Island, New York. according to Newsday.
He pleaded guilty the next day to a misdemeanor charge, a spokesman for the Nassau County District Attorney's Office told the newspaper. He has to appear again in court on Tuesday. This 35-year-old married man, father of two, is currently being held in a local jail on bail of $ 500 or $ 250 in cash.
Villavicencio hit the headlines this summer while trying to deliver pizza at a military base in Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn. The officials of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement were arrested following the verification of their antecedents and status.
He was released in July and the government has not appealed this decision. In February, Villavicencio began the process of obtaining residency status in the United States.
A criminal complaint reviewed by Newsday said Villavicencio had pushed his wife, an American citizen, against a wall Thursday, before "slapping his body".
When the woman said that she was going to call the police, he would have taken the phone. The police found the phone in Villavicencio's shorts pocket the next day after the woman went to the Hempstead police to file a complaint, according to the newspaper.
He added that Villavicencio had been indicted for preventing him from telephoning the police, and not for allegedly hitting him.
His wife, Sandra Chica, said that the alleged incident occurred after Villavicencio had asked him to hand over the passports for their children, without however explaining why he wanted them.
"It made Pablo very angry," she said in a signed statement to the police. "He's growing angry since I told him I wanted to divorce."
The Legal Aid Society of New York, who had represented Villavicencio in her fight for immigration, said she hoped the case would be settled quickly.
"The last few months, including Pablo's detention and threats of imminent expulsion, have been traumatic for the Villavicencio family," the statement said. "We hope that this case will be resolved and that Pablo will obtain a valid status with the continued assistance of our council."
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