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Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
DHS explains to Massachusetts governor it ‘never intended to apprehend' high schooler
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday explained in a reply to a post by Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) that it 'never intended to apprehend' a high schooler. In a statement posted to the social platform X on Sunday, Healey said she was 'disturbed and outraged by reports that a Milford High School student was arrested by ICE on his way to volleyball practice yesterday.' 'Yet again, local officials and law enforcement have been left in the dark with no heads up and no answers to their questions.' DHS responded to Healey's post on X a day later by saying that officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) 'engaged in a targeted immigration enforcement operation of a known public safety threat and illegal alien, Joao Paulo Gomes-Pereira.' 'Local authorities notified ICE that this illegal alien has a habit of reckless driving at speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour through residential areas endangering Massachusetts residents,' the department added. 'Officers identified the target's vehicle, and initiated a vehicle stop with the intention of apprehending Joao Paulo Gomes-Pereira.' ICE arrested 18-year-old Marcelo Gomes-Da Silva amid the traffic stop, DHS said in their post, referring to the teenager as 'illegally present,' a 'Brazilian alien,' and 'the son of the intended target.' 'While ICE officers never intended to apprehend, Gomes-DaSilva, he was found to be in the United States illegally and subject to removal proceedings, so officers made the arrest,' DHS said in the post. 'Gomes-DaSilva remains in ICE custody pending removal proceedings,' the department added. In an email to The Hill, an attorney for Gomes-DaSilva said his arrest was not necessary and that he 'poses no danger to the community or risk of flight.' 'ICE could have brought immigration proceedings against him without arresting him. The arrest does not protect the community. Instead, it sows fear of the government,' Miriam Conrad added. The Hill has reached out to Milford Public School District and Healey's press office for comment. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
3 days ago
- Politics
- The Hill
DHS explains to Mass. governor it ‘never intended to apprehend' high schooler
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday explained in a reply to a post by Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) that it 'never intended to apprehend' a high schooler. In a statement posted to the social platform X on Sunday, Healey said she was 'disturbed and outraged by reports that a Milford High School student was arrested by ICE on his way to volleyball practice yesterday.' 'Yet again, local officials and law enforcement have been left in the dark with no heads up and no answers to their questions.' DHS responded to Healey's post on X a day later by saying that officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) 'engaged in a targeted immigration enforcement operation of a known public safety threat and illegal alien, Joao Paulo Gomes-Pereira.' 'Local authorities notified ICE that this illegal alien has a habit of reckless driving at speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour through residential areas endangering Massachusetts residents,' the department added. 'Officers identified the target's vehicle, and initiated a vehicle stop with the intention of apprehending Joao Paulo Gomes-Pereira.' ICE arrested 18-year-old Marcelo Gomes-Da Silva amid the traffic stop, DHS said in their post, referring to the teenager as 'illegally present,' a 'Brazilian alien,' and 'the son of the intended target.' 'While ICE officers never intended to apprehend, Gomes-DaSilva, he was found to be in the United States illegally and subject to removal proceedings, so officers made the arrest,' DHS said in the post. 'Gomes-DaSilva remains in ICE custody pending removal proceedings,' the department added. In an email to The Hill, an attorney for Gomes-DaSilva said his arrest was not necessary and that he 'poses no danger to the community or risk of flight.' 'ICE could have brought immigration proceedings against him without arresting him. The arrest does not protect the community. Instead, it sows fear of the government,' Miriam Conrad added. The Hill has reached out to Milford Public School District and Healey's press office for comment.
Boston Globe
11-04-2025
- Boston Globe
Man convicted of killing woman, 30, in Framingham in 2022
'This is a tragic case of domestic violence,' Middlesex District Attorney Marian T. Ryan said in a statement Friday. 'Neiriane Pereira-Da Silva was attempting to start a new relationship when the defendant violently attacked her. ... The defendant had made statements that he was not going to permit the victim and his daughter to live with anyone but him.' Gomes-Da Silva's lawyer declined to comment. Advertisement According to a statement of the case filed in court by prosecutors, the couple lived together in an apartment on Taylor Street, where their landlord on the night of July 17, 2022, called 911 after seeing blood leaking from under the door of their unit. Officers arrived to find Pereira-Da Silva 'unresponsive and covered in blood,' the filing said. She had been stabbed multiple times on her chest, back, forearm, and shoulder, and both lungs and her heart were punctured, the report said. She was later pronounced dead at an area hospital. Advertisement Police found Gomes-Da Silva 'lying supine on the kitchen floor' with a charging cord tied around his neck and a large amount of blood and a knife near him, prosecutors said. He appeared to have cuts on his neck, wrists, and chest in an attempt to take his own life, officials said. Gomes-Da Silva also left a note to the couple's daughter on the kitchen table. The message, written in Portuguese, said 'he was sorry and that he was not going to let the daughter live with another man instead of him,' prosecutors said. 'It indicated that the daughter should contact her grandfather to arrange for her mother's return to a specific location in Brazil for burial and that she should sell all the family belongings.' The age of the daughter wasn't specified. Investigators also spoke with the victim's brother, who said Gomes-Da Silva had left him a voicemail earlier in the night confessing to the murder and vowing to kill himself, prosecutors said. Authorities learned that Pereira-Da Silva had been romantically involved with another man for about two months before her death, officials said. The day before the killing, Pereira-Da Silva and her new partner had told her daughter that she was 'pregnant with this other man's child.' Ryan said Gomes Da-Silva's assertions that Pereira-Da Silva and their daughter could only live with him were harbingers of his fatal attack. 'This type of controlling behavior can often tragically lead to violence,' she said. Travis Andersen can be reached at
