The case of the state of New Jersey versus Manuel Fajardo-Santos involves bail originally being set in August 2008 at $75,000 on the 30-year-old Honduran national accused of molesting a friend's 9-year-old daughter in Wharton.
Almost simultaneous to Fajardo-Santos posting bail on Jan. 8, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office learned that federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials had placed a detainer on him as an illegal alien and his deportation was imminent.
Prosecutors persuaded Superior Court Judge John B. Dangler in Morristown to reset bail at $300,000, and Fajardo-Santos was plucked from federal custody and returned to the county jail. Defense lawyer Michael Fletcher, a public defender, appealed, and an appellate court panel in late January reversed the bail increase and reinstated the original $75,000 bail.
N.J. Supreme Court to weigh high bail for illegal aliens | Daily Record | Daily Record
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