The man charged by Tennessee police with criminal homicide over a deadly hit-and-run that left a beloved Nashville restaurant owner dead is believed by authorities to be an illegal immigrant, The Daily Wire has learned.
Police captured 29-year-old Ulises Raigoza Martinez on Thursday and charged him over the death of 42-year-old Matt Carney, the owner of Smokin Thighs, a popular chicken restaurant and bar in Nashville’s Wedgewood-Houston neighborhood. On Friday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) placed a detainer on Martinez, telling The Daily Wire it would be interviewing him immenently to confirm his immigration status.
Carney died earlier this month after spending over two weeks in the hospital. According to police, Carney was attempting to stop Martinez and 31-year-old Adrian Diaz on June 19 from stealing tools out of his vehicle parked outside of the restaurant when…
