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Uncle Lou seeks release after ICE delayed transfer from Orange County Jail

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By Wesley Alden Verified
| Bradenton Herald Verified
The owner of Uncle Lou’s Entertainment Hall is asking a federal judge for immediate release from ICE custody, arguing the agency violated his rights by leaving him in Orange County jail a week after his immigration hold was supposed to lapse.
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DHS overstates ‘Uncle Lou's' criminal history as Orlando music stalwart held by ICE

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By Wesley Alden Verified
| Bradenton Herald Verified
As the jailed owner of Uncle Lou’s Entertainment Hall works to resolve a charge of selling liquor without a license, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security claimed he was a “criminal illegal alien” convicted of a litany of crimes since his arrival from Jamaica in 1987. Posted to X on Wednesday, DHS cited Cleon Williams’ “EXTENSIVE criminal history” and an expired work visa to justify his continued Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention at the Orange County Jail.
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Orlando's ‘Uncle Lou' accused of selling liquor without a license, detained on immigration hold

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By Wesley Alden Verified
| Bradenton Herald Verified
Cleon Williams, affectionately known as "Uncle Lou" in Orlando's music scene, faces a misdemeanor charge after undercover agents of Florida's Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco allege they purchased two shots of liquor at his Mills 50 bar, which only had a license to sell beer and wine, a citation states.
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