MARYLAND (WBFF) — A man investigators say fled Maryland after a drug-related murder in Prince George’s County in 1987 is now set to be deported to Jamaica under a final order of removal.
Investigators say Frederick Muir ran to New York City after the killing. Authorities said he was originally in the country illegally from Jamaica. The FBI tracked him down in 1991 and brought him back to Maryland.
Now, because of an ICE detainer, Muir will be returned to Jamaica on a final order of removal.
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Muir is one of the latest people described by ICE as criminals in the country illegally to be removed. Last month, ICE agents removed Ruben Alonso Hernandez-Lainez, who was in the country illegally from El Salvador and was convicted of raping his roommate while investigators say he laughed about it.
The removals and arrests come as 287(g) agreements have been banned in the state and lawmakers look to further limit law enforcement cooperation with ICE through the Community Trust Act, which would essentially prohibit any communication with ICE by local jails.
“We will be flying blind because we’ll have no idea who these people are, where they’re from and what their threats are,” one sheriff said.
Another sheriff warned, “We won’t t know if there’s a detainer on them. And at some they’ll get back out and have to released into the communites. So what do you do with these people that are convicted of rape, murder?”
In another statement, a sheriff said, “Why do we continue to allow American citizens to be murdered, you know, viciously attacked, raped at the hands of people who should not be in this country.”
“Raise your hand if you want me to bring them to your house. I’ll have a deputy drop them off and you can sit and babysit em until Annapolis figures out what to do with this stuff,” a sheriff said.
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Tammy Nobles, whose daughter was killed by an illegal immigrant and known MS-13 gang member, has also criticized proposals that would make it harder to identify people accused of serious crimes.
“You’re sitting here and protecting these criminals,” Nobles said.
“You should care about the community as a whole and protect the whole community from these monsters. We need to know, you know, who’s a criminal and who’s not,” she said.
Court records show Muir was released on bond for the murder charge before he fled to New York. He was on the run for more than a year before being brought back to Maryland.
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