Man accused of groping three women in Ann Arbor is held on $60,000 bond
An illegal immigrant accused of groping three women, including two joggers, during the past week and a half in south Ann Arbor, remains jailed on $60,000 bond.
Mario Segundo-Segundo, 35, who is originally from Mexico, was arraigned this morning at the Washtenaw County Jail on three counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct.
Segundo-Segundo
He is accused grabbing a woman from behind about 8:20 p.m. Wednesday while she was jogging in the 2600 block of South Main Street, Ann Arbor police said. Segundo-Segundo allegedly lifted her off the ground and groped her genitals over her clothing, police said. The victim reportedly elbowed him to get away.
He also is accused of grabbing a woman’s buttocks earlier that day in a parking lot at Briarwood Mall. In addition, police say he rode by on a bicycle and grabbed a woman's buttocks while she was jogging June 21 in the 2300 block of South Main Street.
He was arrested Thursday afternoon.
In court today, he was assisted by a Spanish interpreter. When Magistrate Mark Nelson read the first charge against him stemming from the June 21 assault, Segundo-Segundo said, "No. I did not want to do anything like that.”
Nelson explained that he was asking whether Segundo-Segundo understood the charges and that he had a right to remain silent. Segundo-Segundo told Nelson he could not afford an attorney. He said he is a married father of three who has been living in Ann Arbor for 8 to 10 years. Prior to that, he said, he lived in Mexico.
He said he's been working 30 to 35 hours each week at a Qdoba restaurant, making $7.75 an hour. He landed the job two months ago. He doesn't own a car or have a bank account and pays $200 each month in rent, he said.
Nelson said he would appoint a public defender to represent him. Segundo-Segundo said he's never been arrested.
Nelson set a total bond of $60,000 cash or surety. Segundo-Segundo’s 38-year-old brother, Delfino Segundo-Segundo, who lives in an apartment with him, watched the arraignment on a television screen in the sheriff’s department lobby.
As a friend translated for him, he told AnnArbor.com that he thought the bond was too high. He said he wishes his brother could be deported immediately, rather than sit in jail. He said his brother has been married 17 years and has a 16-year-old son and two daughters, ages 12 and 4.
If his brother did what he's accused of, "it's not right," he said.
"I don't believe it."
A preliminary hearing in the case is scheduled for July 13.
Lee Higgins covers crime and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached by phone at (734) 623-2527 and email at leehiggins@annarbor.com.
Comments
Goodphotographer
Wed, Jul 6, 2011 : 6:14 p.m.
I hope the victims will be able to soon put this tragic assult behind them and make a full recovery. @CPS It is what it is.
zip the cat
Sun, Jul 3, 2011 : 2:54 p.m.
I wonder how many more illegals are working in restrauants in washtenaw county. I eat out alot and most every place I go has non-american workers working in the kitchen area out of the sight of most eaters.
sh1
Sun, Jul 3, 2011 : 12:42 p.m.
The one thing missing in this series of articles is how they knew to arrest this man. I'm not defending him or saying he's innocent; I just hope they have more than eye witnesses to go on.
Nephilim
Sun, Jul 3, 2011 : 4:52 a.m.
Maybe you need to talk to your council members for ann arbor since they wrote it into the city charter that Ann arbor is a safe haven and the city will not enforce immigration law or assist immigration enforcement. Let's all give that council a standing ovation. Priceless.
katie
Sun, Jul 3, 2011 : 3:47 a.m.
It sounds like this guy is denying it, yet there were three different women who reported something similar. It's too bad they will deport him instead of putting him in jail if he his guilty. That would just inflict his behavior on women elsewhere.
Milton Shift
Mon, Jul 4, 2011 : 11:18 a.m.
Cases like these result in jail time, THEN deportation. They don't get out of it because they're undocumented.
Amy Lesemann
Sun, Jul 3, 2011 : 1:46 a.m.
@CPS ... The point of setting bail is to keep an accused person from running away. So bail is set based on what it will take to keep the person from fleeing. It does not relate to the severity of the crime. I understand why you find it frustrating; however, the logic is that an illegal immigrant is much more likely to flee if he is accused of a crime (whether guilty or not, just out of fear), and a person with major ties to the community, a business, many relatives in the area, etc. is less likely to flee. This may not seem fair, but that's the logic behind bail setting. I do agree with the the posters regarding Qdoba, although I am in favor of a guest worker program. My kid was not able to find summer work because she is under 18 (17, and about to leave for college - SHE was not considered for employment at any restaurant she applied to!). But it's ok to hire an illegal immigrant? Go figure. I can see the need to hire guest workers in areas that need many, many temporary, seasonal workers, and it just will not work to hire scores of high school students during harvesting time. That said, when I lived in Maine, my students were no longer able to make money to buy school supplies working in the blueberry fields...because of the influx of Filipino workers willing to work for much, much less, under terrible conditions. But perhaps that is supply and demand?
Lola
Sun, Jul 3, 2011 : 1:28 a.m.
The fact that he's in this country illegally is irrelevant.
leezee
Sat, Jul 2, 2011 : 10:14 p.m.
Stow it, xmo! I'm a Dem and I don't want him here, or any other illegal for that matter, just as much as you don't. Gotta love idiotic sweeping statements!
smokeblwr
Sat, Jul 2, 2011 : 8:54 p.m.
Too bad, Qdoba is better than Moe's. Now I'm stuck with the bland Moe's burritos.
John B.
Wed, Jul 6, 2011 : 12:05 a.m.
Moe's is bland? I like both places, but Qdoba is about 10% cheaper, and I don't want the artery-clogging corn chips that Moe's includes anyways.
CynicA2
Sun, Jul 3, 2011 : 2:12 a.m.
Ever try Big Ten Burrito? I find them quite tasty, as long as you get the deluxe version, with guacamole and sour cream - AND the green hot salsa.
CPS
Sat, Jul 2, 2011 : 7:40 p.m.
I am curious as to why a woman who nearly KILLED 2 people standing at a bus stop and then left the scene of the crime was given a bond of $5000 with the right to post $500 to get out of jail, but then we see someone who supposedly groped 3 women get 12x that amount. If this man is guilty, then I certainly don't want to make it easy for him to get out of jail. And, if he is the guilty party, his behavior was undoubtedly escalating. But is his crime 12x as bad as nearly killing 2 people with your car? What's with the math? I have no problem with the $60,000 bond for an accused sexual predator, but why the kid gloves for the hit and run driver??? Is it the value of the victims? Is it the appearance of the accused??? I don't see any kind of pattern here that doesn't look prejudiced....and totally in the WRONG way. Am *I* viewing this WRONG?
John B.
Wed, Jul 6, 2011 : 12:02 a.m.
The difference is that the woman used a motor vehicle. There are virtually no penalties for maiming and killing others with a motor vehicle in this country. It's outrageous. If you want to kill someone, I guess you should use a motor vehicle to do it. If your are successful, it is unlikely that you will spend more than a trivial amount of time in jail, if any. Sad.
Roadman
Mon, Jul 4, 2011 : 1:57 a.m.
He had no legal counsel at his arraignment. If he had an "insider" criminal defense attorney like the lady in the other case did, he likely would have been out on bond also.
CynicA2
Sun, Jul 3, 2011 : 2:09 a.m.
A cynical friend with ties to the criminal justice system once told me that if you want to kill someone, do it with a car, as vehicular homicide is relatively easy to plead down, and the sentences are minimal relative to other forms of homicide. I don't know just how true this is, but I have seen some pretty light sentences handed down for death-by-motor vehicle.
Macabre Sunset
Sat, Jul 2, 2011 : 8:27 p.m.
I'd imagine it's because of the flight risk. If the hit-and-run driver had strong roots outside of the state, the bond probably would have been very high.
Townie
Sat, Jul 2, 2011 : 7:51 p.m.
The difference? She wasn't an 'illegal alien'. Most of them just want to earn money to send home and hide from any recognition. Not hard to see or deduce.
xmo
Sat, Jul 2, 2011 : 7:18 p.m.
Since he is already an "Illegal immigrant" The women should not press charges against him! Look how much work the Democrats did to make sure that Illegal immigrants could stay in this country now these uncaring women are trying to send him to jail or back to Mexico!
sh1
Sun, Jul 3, 2011 : 12:40 p.m.
Why so angry?
Wolf's Bane
Sun, Jul 3, 2011 : 12:12 p.m.
Democrats have nothing to do with this. This case fits right in with what Republicans have always wanted, namely free and expendable labor!
SillyTree
Sat, Jul 2, 2011 : 10:33 p.m.
If he is guilty, that doesn't make every illegal alien a sex offender. This is the typical type of argument that both parties use against each other.
perfectly lubricated weather vane
Sat, Jul 2, 2011 : 10:26 p.m.
Leniency toward undocumented workers is one of those issues that cuts across usual party lines. A lot of businesses pressure legislators to allow the businesses to continue hiring cheap labor from outside the U.S. At least that's the way I read the news.
Tom Joad
Sat, Jul 2, 2011 : 7:06 p.m.
just added Qdoba to my Do-no-patronize-list
perfectly lubricated weather vane
Sun, Jul 3, 2011 : 2:31 p.m.
Good luck finding any food to eat that has never been handled by undocumented workers. Consider putting grocery-store meat at the top of your do-not-eat list.
Wolf's Bane
Sun, Jul 3, 2011 : 12:10 p.m.
Damn straight. Forget Qdoba.
Wolf's Bane
Sat, Jul 2, 2011 : 7:01 p.m.
Qdoba is guilty of making this all possible, but to be honest, who else would be willing to work at 30-35 hours a week for 7.75 an hr. with presumably no benefits roasting chicken for burritos? I mean, c'mon where are they supposed to get employees from... Detroit?
Amy Lesemann
Sun, Jul 3, 2011 : 1:48 a.m.
How about hiring teens? Most of the high school students I know are very, very willing to work - but they will not hire under 18. I started working at Long John Silver's when I was 14...at the cash register, and then making the food. Now, no restaurants will hire you until you're already off to college. It's not true that there are no workers. But they won't hire the teens.
Macabre Sunset
Sat, Jul 2, 2011 : 8:25 p.m.
As long as the government supports you, there's no reason to take a job that doesn't require an education. It would be nice to provide everything for everyone. But, then again, Utopia literally means "nowhere". Nowhere at all.
debling
Sat, Jul 2, 2011 : 6:56 p.m.
"He said he's been working 30 to 35 hours each week at a Qdoba restaurant" --> Ok, time to go after Qdoba for hiring an undocumented alien. "and pays $200 each month in rent, he said." --> Ok, time to go after the landlord for renting to an undocumented alien.
thecompound
Sun, Jul 3, 2011 : 12:50 p.m.
don't forget the brother who was harboring an illegal!
Dave66
Sat, Jul 2, 2011 : 7 p.m.
How was Qdoba paying his Social Security tax if he doesn't have a Social Security number? Fastest way to clear out illegal immigrants is to go after the employers. $1,000 fine and 30 days in jail for the hiring manager for each count. Don't even bother deporting the immigrants, they'll leave on their own when they can't find work because employers are too scared to hire them. As long as it's cheaper to hire illegals, it will continue to be a problem. Make it too expensive to hire an illegal and the problem goes away instantly.