Casa Grande man arrested on SR 347 for human smuggling

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An 18-year-old Casa Grande man traveling north toward Maricopa on State Route 347 was arrested Monday for human smuggling.

Both the suspect and driver, Dominique Reggie Guillen, and his passenger, Mexican national Gregoro Antonio Martinez-Diaz, where carrying large sums of cash when they were stopped by a Pinal County Sheriff's Office deputy around 7:45 p.m. Guillen was carrying $1,257 and Martinez-Diaz had $2,750.

A deputy heading north on SR 347 observed two vehicles traveling in tandem. The lead vehicle was a tan 2000 Lincoln LS sedan and the second was a blue 2003 Dodge Grand Caravan. The deputy used speed radar to determine both vehicles were traveling above the posted speed limit of 65 mph.

Registration checks on the vehicles showed both were operating with canceled insurance. As the Lincoln began to speed away, the deputy followed and initiated a traffic stop on the sedan by turning on his emergency lights. As the suspect’s vehicle pulled to the shoulder and stopped, the passenger door opened and two Hispanic males exited the car fleeing east into the desert.