The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has filed a detainer against a criminal illegal immigrant accused of a heinous crime – allegedly leaving a 14-month-old child to drown in a bathtub.

ICE’s detainer requests that North Carolina officials keep Angel Israel Deras-Rivas, a citizen of El Salvador, in custody following his arrest in Garner this past Sunday.

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin has openly criticized the immigration policies under the Biden administration, expressing his belief that these policies may have played a role in the tragic circumstances of this case.

“This individual, an illegal immigrant, is facing charges of murder along with felony child abuse after the tragic drowning of a 14-month-old in a bathtub,” Mullin stated in a formal message to News Media outlets.

Deras-Rivas, 19, was caring for his stepchild when he allegedly left the toddler unattended in a bathtub filled with water, resulting in the child’s death, according to an arrest warrant cited by The Raleigh News & Observer. The incident happened just months after Deras-Rivas married the child’s mother in April, the outlet reported.

Immigration officials said Deras-Rivas, identified by DHS as a criminal illegal alien, unlawfully entered the United States through Texas in October 2023 and was released into the country by the Biden administration.

“That child would still be alive today if it weren’t for the reckless open-border policies of the Biden administration that released this criminal into our country in the first place. ICE is calling on officials in North Carolina to commit to not releasing this killer from jail, and to turn him over to ICE custody so we can get him out of our country.”

Immigration officials said ICE filed the detainer with the Wake County Sheriff’s Department on the same day Deras-Rivas was arrested.

An ICE detainer typically requests that local law enforcement notify the agency before an individual’s release and hold the person for up to 48 additional hours beyond a scheduled release date, allowing ICE agents time to take the individual into federal custody for potential removal proceedings.

News Media reached out to the Garner Police Department for more information.

Brock Rechsteiner’s first year in professional football is encountering early turbulence.

The New Orleans Saints wide receiver, who is notably the son of WWE Hall of Famer Scott Steiner, has been handed a six-game suspension, as announced by the NFL on Thursday.

Details surrounding the cause of Rechsteiner’s suspension have yet to be disclosed.

Having joined the Saints as an undrafted free agent after the April draft, Rechsteiner faces tough odds to secure a spot on the 53-man roster. Nevertheless, he remains eligible for a practice squad position during his suspension period.

Despite the suspension, Rechsteiner retains the opportunity to partake in training camp and the Saints’ trio of preseason matches, providing him with valuable chances to compete for his place on the team.

Rechsteiner’s chances of making the 90-man preseason roster increased when former Patriots receiver Ja’Lynn Polk abruptly retired at just 24 years old.

Bryan Bresee’s season-ending knee injury also opens up an additional roster spot.

If Rechsteiner does not make New Orleans’ final roster, however, he could follow in his father’s footsteps in WWE, after hinting as such in May.

“I work out with [Bron Breakker] all the time back home. I go fishing with him a lot because he moved back to Georgia. He has really convinced me to, once I’m done playing football, to get into the wrestling business,” Rechsteiner told WDSU-TV.

“I want to play football for as long as I can, give it the best shot I can, but once I’m done playing football, I’ll get into it, for sure. I’ll be getting into WWE.”

Rechsteiner played four seasons with Jacksonville State and finished his career with 630 yards, 52 catches and seven touchdowns in 35 games.

His best moment came when he had an 85-yard touchdown reception on the second play of the second half in a win over Southern Mississippi.

A haunting scene unfolded through a doorbell camera, revealing a wide-eyed teenager in a clown costume methodically moving from house to house. This unsettling imagery surfaced before the teenager’s arrest regarding the tragic murder of an elderly man in the neighborhood.

On Monday night, just after 10 p.m., Illinois State Police officers were dispatched to an East St. Louis intersection following reports of a body found in the roadway. This information was confirmed by a statement from the Illinois State Police published online.

In connection with the ongoing homicide investigation, authorities detained a 15-year-old juvenile on Tuesday. Due to age-related privacy laws, the teenager’s identity remains undisclosed.

The victim of this heinous crime was later identified as 78-year-old John Wesley Allen Sr. St. Clair County Coroner released this information, corroborated by a report from FirstAlert4.

Less than an hour before law enforcement arrived at the scene, the masked teen was caught on a local Ring camera seemingly peering into homes. This eerie footage, captured by the camera belonging to Lora Palmer’s mother, was shared by Palmer herself, a resident of East St. Louis.

In a hushed tone, the masked suspect appeared to whisper either ‘I have a gift for you’ or ‘I’ve been looking for you.’ 

The teenager was quickly identified and found at a home, according to state police.

Illinois State Police said that ‘video footage of the suspect dressed in a clown costume has been circulating’ and that they were working to ‘collect all relevant video.’

No details were given about where the teen was found exactly or what he was doing at the time.

As of early afternoon Thursday, no charges against the teen had been publicly announced.

After the arrest, law enforcement said there was no threat remaining to the public.

Allen was pronounced dead at the scene just before 11.30pm, the St Clair County coroner told PEOPLE.

Lee Palmer explained that his mother was home alone when the teenager in the clown attire appeared on the front porch.

The teen stayed on their property for minutes before going behind the house, which caused Palmer to become deeply concerned.

‘He’s going to kill everybody in the house,’ Palmer told FirstAlert4. ‘Why out of all the houses, why come to this house?’

Palmer said his chief concern was that the teen could be armed and hurt his mother.

‘I couldn’t believe it,’ he said. ‘That was kind of spooky for her.’

Palmer added that the best thing he could do was ‘keep being safe’ and urged his neighbors to get a Ring camera.

He said the teen was ‘not in the right state of mind to walk on somebody’s porch like that.’ 

‘It’s just unimaginable,’ Palmer told NBC News. 

The distance from where the Ring camera footage was captured in the 8200 block of Carol Drive and the intersection where Allen was found is about a 10-minute walk. 

A separate neighbor, Corrine Spry, said she was on the back porch with her family when she spotted the attacker twirling a knife.

‘He was up to no good,’ Spry told the outlet. ‘We’re pretty positive he circled back around in these woods, because you could hear the sticks breaking.’

Spry said the teen roamed the area for roughly 45 minutes before law enforcement arrived.

She feared that he could have attacked anyone in her neighborhood.

In light of several recent foodborne illness outbreaks across the country, there are proactive measures you can adopt to safeguard your loved ones from falling ill.

Salmonella has emerged as a frequent culprit, impacting 27 states in this latest outbreak.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 345 individuals have suffered from sickness, and many have required hospitalization. Authorities are currently investigating a potential connection to jalapenos used by Chipotle and Qdoba restaurant chains.

These jalapenos, sourced from Mexico, have been pulled from the menus of these eateries as a precautionary measure.

These incidents highlight the ongoing challenge of foodborne diseases, which seem to be particularly rampant this summer. The Food and Drug Administration is currently probing at least 10 parasitic outbreaks since the beginning of July.

One of the largest is a Cyclospora outbreak, which has been linked to recalled lettuce also grown in Mexico. Others include E. coli, listeria and clostridium botulinum found in baby formula.

Experts say there are things you can do and watch for to protect yourself.

“I do think when you go out to eat, if anything looks unhealthy, it doesn’t look like… meat (is) cooked fully or you see evidence of spoilage on any type of produce – those are all things to bring awareness to the manager or whoever it is that served you the food and say maybe this isn’t the right thing to be eating today,” said Dr. Shruti Gohil, with UCI Health Epidemiology and Infection Prevention.

If you’re eating out, it’s recommended that you order foods like chicken, eggs, ground meats like hamburger and fish well done. Also ask your server if they used pasteurized eggs before ordering things like hollandaise sauce, caesar dressing or custards.

Avoid lukewarm food from buffets that may have been sitting out too long.

In general, if something feels wrong with your food, doctors say you should send it back and ask to speak to a manager.