Federal immigration officials reveal the man who attacked a female jogger with a hammer and planned to kidnap her was living in the US illegally and had previous run-ins with police.
The unnamed victim had been jogging at Bob Woodruff Park in Plano, Texas- a Dallas suburb- when witnesses called 911 to report the bloody attack.
A man chased after the woman with a hammer Thursday around 5 in the evening, the Plano Police Department confirmed to Daily Mail.
The attacker savagely hit the woman with the hammer at least twice, but she was still able to fight him off.
Sergio Noe de Nova Duarte, 17, also had duct taped with him and planned to kidnap the woman, a spokeswoman for the department said.
‘He then was trying to restrain her utilizing duct tape,’ Plano Police Det. Alexandra Cole told Daily Mail Monday.
‘She was able to fight back and that’s how he ended up fleeing the scene. It could have been way worse. We don’t know what his plans were from there.’
The victim was treated at a local hospital with non-life threatening injures.
The Plano Police Department released this booking photo of Sergio Noe de Nova Duarte, 17, after his arrest Nov. 13. He is being charged as an adult for the hammer attack and attempted kidnapping of a woman in Plano, Texas
A unnamed female victim was jogging at Bob Woodruff Park in Plano, Texas when she was attacked on Nov. 13. Her attacker struck her at least twice with a hammer before trying to tie her up with duct tape, the Plano Police Department told Daily Mail
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Meanwhile, Duarte was traced back to a residence in Plano where he was arrested later that same day.
Now, Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirms Durate had been living in the US illegally for nearly a decade.
He first came to the US in 2016, when he was 9, on a B2 visitor’s visa, the agency shared.
The tourist visa required him to leave by September 17, 2016.
Instead of leaving, the Mexican teen was arrested on burglary and larceny in 2024 when he was just 16, ICE told Daily Mail.
Following his arrest last year, Durate was taken into ICE custody but later released with a notice to appear before an immigration judge with a court date set 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,’ ICE Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said.
Sergio Noe de Nova Duarte, 17, is now being held at the Collin County Jail in Texas. ICE says the Mexican citizen had been living in the US illegally since 2016
Durate is charged with aggravated kidnapping after attacking a female jogger in Plano, Texas on Nov. 13. ICE says the Mexican citizen overstayed a visitor’s visa in 2016
‘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.’
Plano Police said they had no record of Durate’s previous arrest history, however, when he was arrested Thursday and fingerprinted, ICE had already flagged him for removal.
