Utah couple to spend four days in jail after admitting to helping a man flee ICE
The Orrin G. Hatch United States Courthouse is pictured in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (McKenzie Romero/Utah News Dispatch) A Utah couple who admitted to helping a man escape as immigration officers tried to detain him was ordered Monday to serve four days behind bars, a sentence prosecutors say will help deter others from doing the same as the Trump administration continues its immigration crackdown. “This crime merits more than just a probation sentence, a public scolding, or some finger wagging,” federal prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memo. “Defendants and the general public need to understand that if they interfere with lawful ICE arrests, they will go to jail.” Utah couple accused of helping man flee immigration agents face federal charges Kelzie Ryann Luna and George Sanchez-Juarez both pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court to a class A misdemeanor count of…