An illegal immigrant who killed an eight-year old boy while drunk driving his BMW through California was released from prison back into the United States after less than three years — only to be arrested again for reoffending, when he was again released on bail, records obtained by The Daily Wire show. Karmjit Singh was arrested for DUI by the California Highway Patrol near Fresno on November 12, 2023, despite having been sentenced to six years in prison on August 11, 2020 for manslaughter for drunkenly speeding a BMW into a family of three at 100 miles an hour, killing eight-year old Maverick Martzen.
The boy’s father, Scott Martzen, says it’s “beyond frustrating” tracking the man through the legal system as his family grieves its son. It is not even the five-year anniversary of Maverick’s February 20, 2019 death.
The Indian citizen was already a felon when he killed the boy — he had a 2016 felony DUI, which makes his latest offense a felony, according to a charging document filed in Superior Court of California in Fresno on November 27. Yet California released the recalcitrant illegal on bail after his latest DUI. He was let out on a $72,000 bail, secured by Aladdin Bail Bonds at $45,500, court documents show.
Maverick would “100%” be alive today if the government had deported Singh in 2016 after his first felony conviction in 2016, Martzen told The Daily Wire. He said the country is “not at all” better for having him here, in contrast to the promise showed by Maverick, a gifted athlete, advanced student, and godly son, he said.
“What does it take” to be deported, asked Scott Martzen, Maverick’s father. “He killed a kid, he’s got an expired visa, no drivers license, 2 DUIs, a third that should have been a DUI but was lowered, and he’s still able to live here… it’s beyond frustrating.”