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Deal with the government, but the plea itself still stands. he has been judged guilty of everything and will be sentenced on that base. it will be interesting to see what happens going forward. he will never be able to come back to the fold as a government cooperator. he could face additional state charges. the facts that he pled guilty to in the federal indictment could subject him to liability in the commonwealth of virginia if the commonwealth's attorney wanted to charge him. so he has a future that looks like he will be spending a lot of time in jail. maybe he's hoping for that ubiquitous ...

Going to do whatever it takes to have him be back with us. >> reporter: niec's story began in 1979. his mother escaped communist poland and was granted permission to legally enter the united states. >> that's your mom there in. >> that's my mom. >> eventually their mother got u.s. citizenship and in 1989, niec got permanent status. >> the permanent resident card, it gave us comfort. >> reporter: that broke in when immigration officials determined niec should be detained for offenses committed when he was 17 years old. saying it is the result of two 1992 state convictions for malicious destruct...

In 1989, niec got permanent status. >> i have a permanent resident card. it gave us comfort. >> reporter: that comfort broken when immigration officials determined niec should be detained for offensesomtted wh he was 17 years old, saying it's the result of two 1992 state convictions for malicious destruction of property and receiving stolen property, both of which are crimes involving moral turpitude. niec's family said one involved damages to a car, kossing him about $100. the other offense was expunged from his record after he completed ale youth training program. now it seems that convictio...

Adjudicated in the courts all of the way up to the supreme court. it is necessary for law enforcement not to abuse a tool even when they have it. you have to be careful for the access. for us in law enforcement, the criteria is what do you need the information for and what is it going to be used for? you should obtain a search warrantinformation from a cell phone unless someone's life is at risk. >> and how do you think that this is going to play out? could it cost to state convictions down the road? >> well, you could lose convictions if you use that technology. if the police officers get tha...

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