Northwest Florida Daily News
FORT WALTON BEACH, FLorida -- Nine people were arrested Tuesday at restaurants in Okaloosa County as lawmen searched for illegal aliens.
The arrests included one restaurant owner who ran from a task force.
Most of the charges fell on Los Rancheros on Eglin Parkway in Fort Walton Beach, where seven employees were charged with criminal use of identification information, according to a Sheriff’s Office press release.
A 17-year-old who was visiting a friend at Los Rancheros also was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear in court. The juvenile was charged with providing a false name, the release stated.
At the Panda China Buffet on Miracle Strip Parkway, co-owner Shuy Liang Dong was arrested after he ran from sheriff’s deputies and tried to hide in a shed, according to the release.
Posted by tyne at February 14, 2008