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Former ICE agent pleads guilty in foiled Kansas escape plot

Posted at 7:31 AM, Oct 18, 2019
and last updated 2019-10-18 08:31:52-04

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A former agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has pleaded guilty to helping an inmate escape from a Kansas jail by impersonating an immigration officer.

Forty-two-year-old Andrew Pleviak pleaded guilty Wednesday in Kingman County District Court to making false information and attempted aiding of escape. He also is charged in federal court with false impersonation of a federal officer.

Prosecutors say he falsely identified himself as an actual ICE agent in an effort last month to free an inmate held at the Kingman County jail, which is about 45 miles (72.42 kilometers) west of Wichita. He allegedly provided a sheriff's deputy a memorandum on ICE letterhead falsely claiming the inmate was an important confidential informant and saying that ICE would drop the detainer on him.

Sentencing is set for Nov. 20.