Police in Richmond, Virginia, have dropped charges against two men who were arrested for allegedly plotting a mass shooting for the Fourth of July holiday.
The Richmond Commonwealth Attorney’s Office filed a motion on Aug. 3 to drop state charges against the two suspects in the case.
Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney Colette McEachin said that her office on the same day asked federal authorities to take over the case. “These are two illegal aliens with guns so we wanted them prosecuted at the highest level possible,” she said.
Guatemalan illegal immigrants Julio Alvarado-Dubon, 52, and Rolman Balcarcel-Bavagas, 38, were arrested on July 1 and July 5 respectively and were charged of being non-U.S. citizens in possession of firearms….