Antioch Mayor Scott Gartner: Ice Protects Illinois Communities by Taking Suspected Killer Into Custody (Antioch, IL) – Antioch Mayor Scott Gartner is applauding the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for taking the illegal immigrant accused of concealing Megan Bos’s body in Waukegan into custody.
Megan Bos, an Antioch resident, was reported missing in March and later found deceased in a garbage container. The man charged with hiding her body—who admitted to doing so and to destroying her phone—was released under current guidelines of the SAFE-T Act because the charges were not classified as detainable. ICE took the individual into custody last weekend.
“Protecting citizens from violent offenders should never be reduced to a partisan issue,” Gartner said. “Public safety is the shared responsibility of all elected officials, regardless of political affiliation. While the SAFE-T Act may have been driven by a desire for reform, its real-world consequences have raised legitimate concerns across communities and law enforcement agencies alike. Ensuring that reforms do not compromise public safety is essential to building trust in our justice system. Unfortunately, this case underscores how well-meaning policy can have unintended, and deeply troubling, results. We, as elected officials in Illinois, must do better.”
Antioch Mayor Scott Gartner: Ice Protects Illinois Communities by Taking Suspected Killer Into Custody
