Kail Cardenas, a 27-year-old Ecuadorian migrant, managed to avoid jail time for a third-degree rape charge after pleading guilty in a Queens case. Despite being sentenced to sex offender counseling instead of incarceration, federal agents apprehended him shortly after his release. Cardenas had initially arrived in the U.S. on a visitor visa in 2016 but remained illegally after his status expired in 2021. The case highlights the intersection of local and federal law enforcement, particularly in dealing with illegal immigrants accused of violent crimes.
Kail Cardenas, 27, admitted to molesting a sleeping woman but was spared jail time after a plea deal until federal agents intervened.
Prosecutors recovered Instagram messages revealing that Cardenas acknowledged seeing the woman sleeping and initiated contact without her consent.
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