{"id":2614462,"date":"2026-06-16T02:14:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T06:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-arrests-russian-illegal-immigrant-who-caused-fatal-truck-crash-in-minnesota\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T02:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T06:15:08","slug":"ice-arrests-russian-illegal-immigrant-who-caused-fatal-truck-crash-in-minnesota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-arrests-russian-illegal-immigrant-who-caused-fatal-truck-crash-in-minnesota\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE arrests Russian illegal immigrant who caused fatal truck crash in Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fice-arrests-russian-illegal-immigrant-who-caused-fatal-truck-crash-in-minnesota%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2614462&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Russian illegal immigrant,Georgii Gabiev,who was released into the U.S. by the biden administration, was arrested after causing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/even-the-new-york-times-admitted-that-trump-trapped-dems-during-sotu-when-they-refused-to-stand-for-americans\/\" title=\"Even The New York Times Admitted That Trump Trapped Dems During SOTU When They Refused to Stand for Americans\">fatal truck crash<\/a> in Minnesota in 2024. gabiev was reportedly learning English on an iPad while driving a pickup truck, which lead to him missing a stop and colliding with a semi-truck driven by Tim tarnowski, resulting in Tarnowski&#8217;s death.He claimed he was listening to an English language programme and was not looking at the iPad while driving. Gabiev had entered the U.S. illegally in 2022 via California and was later released. He pleaded guilty to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-evidence-republican-teen-killed-in-north-dakota-was-extremist-highway-patrol-captain\/\" title=\"No Evidence Republican Teen Killed in North Dakota Was Extremist: Highway Patrol Captain\">criminal vehicular homicide<\/a> and was sentenced to one year in prison, three years&#8217; probation, and a fine. After serving about 120 days, he was arrested again in 2026 and is in ICE custody pending removal.DHS secretary Markwayne Mullin criticized Biden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-bidens-immigration-policies-may-fuel-migrant-caravan-crisis-at-southern-border\/\" title=\"Analysis: Biden\u2019s immigration policies may fuel migrant caravan crisis at southern border\">border policies<\/a>, attributing the tragedy to them and vowing to fight for justice for victims like Tarnowski.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Russian illegal immigrant, who was released into the country by the Biden administration, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement for causing a deadly truck crash in Minnesota in 2024. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Georgii Gabiev was driving a pickup truck in rural Minnesota while using an iPad to play a YouTube video about learning English when he collided with a semi-truck driven by Tim Tarnowski, according to a press <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2026\/06\/15\/ice-arrests-illegal-alien-who-caused-fatal-semi-truck-crash-minnesota\">release<\/a> from the Department of Homeland Security. Gabiev missed a stop on the road and crashed into the truck, causing a \u201cfiery collision\u201d in Chippewa County, Minnesota, on March 5, 2024, and killing Tarnowski.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4608912\/security-upgrades-josh-shapiro-home-arson\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Taxpayers on hook for $1.1 million for security upgrades at Josh Shapiro\u2019s private home<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4608149\/why-no-reckoning-over-the-splc-hate-map-guy-benson\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Why no reckoning over the SPLC \u2018hate map\u2019?: Guy Benson<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4608292\/ufc-freedom-250-white-house-event-photos\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>UFC Freedom 250 White House event: Photos<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gabiev <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetrucker.com\/trucking-news\/the-nation\/man-using-ipad-while-driving-charged-in-minnesota-truckers-death\">claimed<\/a> to law enforcement officers who arrived on the scene that \u201che was listening to a program on an iPad that was teaching him how to speak English,\u201d according to official court documents from the case. He also said he was not \u201clooking at the iPad when he was driving.\u201d He <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2026\/06\/15\/ice-arrests-illegal-alien-who-caused-fatal-semi-truck-crash-minnesota\">reportedly<\/a> entered the country illegally in 2022 through California but was later released into the U.S. by the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>Minnesota Star Tribune<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/no-prison-for-driver-who-was-learning-english-on-ipad-when-he-struck-and-killed-minnesota-trucker\/600379711\">reported<\/a> that a state trooper who arrived on the scene of the crash \u201csaw a semitrailer truck on its side and engulfed in flames.\u201d Tarnowski was declared dead at the scene by medics. Judge Thomas W. Van Hon, a District Court Judge for Minnesota\u2019s Eighth Judicial District, presided over the case in July 2024. Gabiev pled guilty to criminal vehicular homicide during his trial, and Van Hon <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/no-prison-for-driver-who-was-learning-english-on-ipad-when-he-struck-and-killed-minnesota-trucker\/600379711\">sentenced<\/a> him to just one year in prison, three years\u2019 probation, to pay $5,437 in restitution to Tarnowski\u2019s family, and to \u201ctake a safe driving course.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Van Hon retired in January 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After being credited for time served since his arrest, Gabiev did only \u201cjust 120 days in jail,\u201d according to DHS. ICE arrested him on June 9, 2026, in Brooklyn, New York, and he will remain in \u201cICE custody pending removal proceedings.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis illegal alien had no business being in our country and on our roadways,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2026\/06\/15\/ice-arrests-illegal-alien-who-caused-fatal-semi-truck-crash-minnesota\">said<\/a> Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin. \u201cIf it weren\u2019t for the Biden administration\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >open border policies<\/a>, this tragedy would never have happened, and Tim would still be alive. This is our why. President Trump and I will never stop fighting for justice for Angel Families.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian illegal immigrant released by Biden arrested for deadly crash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2707,"featured_media":2614463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/dhs-russian-illegal-immigrant-truck-crash.jpg?1781574965&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[40458,8364,3813,81233,81234],"class_list":["post-2614462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-criminaljustice","tag-ice","tag-immigration","tag-russianimmigrant","tag-trafficaccident"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/dhs-russian-illegal-immigrant-truck-crash.jpg?1781574965&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2614462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2707"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2614462"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2614462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2614466,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2614462\/revisions\/2614466"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2614463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2614462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2614462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2614462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}