
Suspect in Noem purse snatching accused of similar crime in NY weeks before
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The suspect in Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's purse snatching case has been linked to another theft in New York. Mario Bustamante Leiva, an illegal immigrant, faces charges in both incidents that occurred within weeks of each other.
The NYPD gave Bustamante-Leiva a desk appearance ticket on fourth-degree felony grand larceny charges and released him. Michael Dorgan is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business.
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The city’s sanctuary city laws meant that the NYPD was prohibited from telling federal immigration officials that they had busted an illegal migrant.
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