Blake Babin News Today

A longtime lieutenant in the Bethel Park Police Department has pleaded guilty to illegally transporting a Venezuelan woman into the United States.

Blake Babin was arrested back in May, charged with transporting a woman into the United States illegally.

A former Bethel Park police lieutenant pleaded guilty Wednesday to helping a woman illegally enter the United States from Mexico because he said he “loved her” and she could “keep his house.” Blake Babin, 59, will be sentenced March 13 in federal court on a single count of transporting an

A western Pa. police officer charged with transporting an undocumented immigrant has been released on bond and placed on administrative leave with pay.

Bethel Park officials were informed that Lt. Blake Babin was in the custody of the FBI.

During the past several years, millions of people have fled the South American nation of Venezuela, with many relocating to neighboring Colombia.