Overview
- Edwin Pacheco-Meza, 34, is charged with reckless homicide and aggravated DUI in the Westfield head-on collision that killed Coles County board member Michael Clayton and his wife, Gail.
- Pacheco-Meza was denied pretrial release at a Monday hearing and is due back in court on Nov. 17, according to local reports.
- Clark County records list additional charges against Pacheco-Meza, including no valid license, not driving on the right side of the road, and failure to reduce speed.
- ICE says it issued a detainer for Pacheco-Meza and the passenger, 18-year-old Juan Morales-Martinez; federal officials report the jail did not hold the passenger, who was then arrested by ICE and faces drug and weapons counts.
- Illinois State Police say two other occupants of the struck truck remain hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, and Republican lawmakers are attacking state immigration limits as police cite the TRUST Act’s restrictions.