DR woman entered VI illegally but caught trying to leave via airport
Ingrid Alcantara De Polanco, 42, was charged with ‘Landing in the Territory without leave from an Immigration Officer’ on July 8, 2020.
She entered a guilty plea when the charge was put to her during her arraignment on Tuesday, July 14, 2020.
According to the court, the defendant entered into the Territory on a date unknown between June 27 and July 8, 2020.
She was coming from St Thomas, USVI, and arrived on Tortola, where she was taken to a house for a few days before she attempted to leave at the airport.
When she passed through security and then customs, officials there realised she did not have an entry stamp and asked her to step aside.
After having a conversation with her, she was brought to the Road Town Police Station where she was interviewed.
$1K Trip
During the interview with police, De Polanco reportedly told them she came to the Territory on a vessel.
She said she had to pay $1,000 to be brought in.
The officers then laid the charge on her.
Want to go home
Addressing the court on her behalf, lawyer Nelson Samuel said his instruction was that his client, a widow, was diagnosed with a lump in her breasts and was desirous of going home to her children in the Dominican Republic.
He then asked the court to impose a fine as opposed to a custodial sentence and allow her the opportunity to continue to work and look after her children.
However, Magistrate Ayana O. Baptiste-DaBreo said she was baffled as to the reason why this defendant decided to pay for an illegal ride to the Territory, yet the borders are still closed.
Medical report requested
She then questioned why the defendant didn’t remain in the USVI and fly out directly to her home country because the borders there are open.
She then asked for the medical document to be produced to the court on the defendant’s behalf.
The matter was adjourned to tomorrow July 15, 2020, for sentencing.
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23 Responses to “DR woman entered VI illegally but caught trying to leave via airport”
Suppose this woman had the virus? We don't know who is walking around among us... The borders remain closed but are wide open... smh
Could it be that she may have entered the USVI illegally also. If she tried to leave thru their airport she would face the same procedures as ours. No proof of entry. She will then be charged with illegal entry and deported with no option of ever returning there. By using the BVI route, after receive medical treatment she can travel back to the BVI and re enter the USVI thru the same way she left. She well know what she doing, just trying to be the system.
Stupid He***er could infect us all. Who was she here with? They all need to be quarantined and made to pay BIG FINES. She had $1000 to get here for what? She was here doing dirty d**ds because like they said, she could have left from the USVI. Something is up and it is endangering us. Just as we thought it was safe to go into the water.....
t eck that more work for you to do ?go swimming have a great day. you SCARED now hah
When we begin to take law and order seriously, then and only then would offenders realise that we are not making joke anymore and all this crime and disobedience would begin to recede. We have the laws on our books. Throw the books at them!
Someone knows who they are. It's time to protect us all by informing on them.
Not to mention the avalanche of every STD .AIDS
and HIV the norm.
Consider too the prevalence of the oldest profession catered to by the females and sex tourism there as an industry which requires some global quickie travelling by their women.