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𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐀 𝐉𝐔𝐃𝐆𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐃 𝐇𝐈𝐌 𝐓𝐖𝐈𝐂𝐄 — 𝟐𝟒 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒 𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐁𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐃 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇 Todd Stewart was 68 years old, working in his own garage in Martinez, California, when he tried to stop a burglary in progress. Police say a career criminal chased him down and stabbed him to death in front of a neighbor’s house. He’d lived on that street for four decades. He leaves behind a wife and two daughters. The man charged, 36-year-old Marcos Iriarte-Valdez, an illegal alien from Venezuela, should never have been free to do it. He’d already been arrested for 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 back in April. On August 4, Contra Costa County Judge Nichelle Holmes — appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2024 — put him on 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 instead of jail. He violated it within days and was rearrested. Holmes let him go again, this time on his 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, free until his next court date. The very next day, Stewart was dead. “𝘐’𝘮 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵.” a neighbor told reporters. California’s sanctuary-state law did exactly what it was built to do: block police from calling ICE or honoring a detainer, even on a man facing his third arrest in months. DHS is now demanding Newsom hand Iriarte-Valdez over the moment he’s eligible for release — not back onto the street. He was finally caught by a 𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫, the same surveillance tool progressive cities keep ripping out because immigrant-advocacy groups object to it. 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞 — 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞.