Overview
- ICE placed a detainer with the Volusia County Jail to assume custody following local proceedings for potential removal.
- Nina Kristina Jaaskelainen, 54, was arrested in New Smyrna Beach on battery and domestic-violence charges after a dispute over an off-leash dog.
- Deputies reported dried coffee on the mother, her 11-month-old son, and their dog, and an affidavit says she admitted throwing coffee at the dog.
- The mother said the liquid covered the infant’s face but was not hot, and authorities reported no serious injuries.
- DHS records say she entered on a tourist visa in April 1999 and failed to depart by July, and local authorities cooperate with federal immigration agents.