BLUFFTON, S.C. (WTOC) - [UPDATE 3:18 p.m. 09/26/2025] SLED has released a press release and warrants for the five people arrested yesterday in Beaufort County.

According to SLED, all five are foreign nationals who were arrested for using fraudulent Social Security Numbers in order to obtain employment at O’Hara Outdoors in Bluffton, South Carolina.

All five men - Francisco Ramirez Santiago (43), Pablo Ramirez Santiago (46), Arelio Saul Galicia De Leon (53), Erick Alfons Clauel Gonzalez (28), and Jose Moreno Romero (56) - were booked into the Beaufort County Detention Center.

SLED states the case will be prosecuted by the 14th Circuit Solicitor’s Office.

There is no mention of ICE in the warrants or the attached press release, despite earlier reports.

[UPDATE 5:24 p.m. 09/25/2025]

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