Illegal Alien Released During Biden Administration Accused of Hitting Female Jogger in the Head with Hammer

An illegal immigrant with a criminal record has been arrested after an attack on a woman who was jogging in a Texas park.

On Wednesday, Sergio Noe de Nova Duarte was arrested in Plano, Texas, after a woman was attacked with a hammer in a Plano park, according to WFAA-TV. Police gave his age as 17.

He was charged with aggravated kidnapping with bodily injury, which is a first-degree felony.

After his arrest, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement lodged an arrest detainer for Nova Duarte, according to a Department of Homeland Security news release.

🚨UPDATE🚨

ICE has lodged a detainer for an illegal alien accused of attacking a female jogger with a hammer in Plano, Texas.

Sergio Noe de Nova Duarte was previously arrested by ICE in 2024 for another crime but, the Biden regime had him released.

The suspect attempted to… pic.twitter.com/Tic01X2ewo

— Breanna Morello (@BreannaMorello) November 17, 2025

The DHS said Nova Duarte, a Mexican citizen, had a lengthy rap sheet, including a 2024 arrest on burglary and larceny charges.

ICE later took Nova Duarte into custody on that charge, but he was released with a notice to appear before an immigration judge in 2026.

“This criminal illegal alien should have never been loose in our communities to attack this woman jogging in a park with a hammer,” Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said.

“Following this illegal alien’s arrest in 2024, the Biden administration released this criminal illegal alien back into our communities. Under President Trump and Secretary Noem, ICE lodged an arrest detainer to ensure this criminal illegal alien is never able to prey on innocent women in our country again,” she said.

The release said Nova Duarte first entered the United States on a B2 tourist visa in 2016 that required him to leave the country by Sept.17, 2016.

Plano Police Detective Alexandra Cole said the victim of the park assault last week fought back. The suspect then fled,  she said, according to CBS News.

“Given the nature of this incident and this attack, this could have gone so much worse,” Cole said.

“Luckily, she was brave enough to be able to fight her attacker off in order for this not to be an even more heinous crime than it already was,” she said.

NEW: 17-year-old illegal immigrant who was released by the Biden admin, attacks a woman in the head with a hammer in a park in Plano, Texas.

Sergio Noe de Nova Duarte is accused of carrying out the attack with a hammer and duct tape.

Duarte has been charged with aggravated… pic.twitter.com/jDYsMIGbEk

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) November 17, 2025

Plano Police Officer Andrae Smith said the suspect brought duct tape to the scene of the assault, implying that kidnapping was contemplated.

“There was another witness who actually called in as well when we were en route and indicated that there was a female laying on the ground with serious injuries to her and she was bleeding,” he said, according to KXAS-TV.

After Nova Duarte’s case is resolved in Collin County, he will be given to the custody of DHS for further action, which could include deporting him, Sgt. Jessica Pond, a representative of the Collin County Sheriff’s Office, said, according to the Dallas News.

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