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Boston Globe
28-01-2025
- Boston Globe
ICE arrests Honduran national charged with indecent assault in Mass.
In March 2023, he was arraigned in Middlesex Superior Court on charges of indecent assault and battery on a person over 14, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, masked armed robbery, and assault to rape, ICE said. It wasn't immediately clear who represented him at arraignment. Last month, Middlesex court officials ignored an immigration detainer and released Rodezno-Marin, according to ICE. Advertisement Immigration officers arrested Rodezno-Marin last Wednesday, and he remains in federal custody. 'Mr. Rodezno will have his day in court, but he stands accused of some horrific crimes,' Patricia H. Hyde, the acting field office director for ERO Boston, said in the statement. 'Not only did he repeatedly break U.S. immigration laws, but he apparently presents a substantial threat to the residents of Massachusetts.' The status of his pending state case wasn't immediately available Tuesday. Rodezno-Marin's arrest came on the same day that immigration agents The arrest of Wisteguens Jean Quely Charles, 25, in Boston was documented by a FOX News team, which rode along with ICE authorities during the operation. ICE said Charles entered the US legally in 2013 but later 'violated the terms of his lawful admission.' From August 2022 to August 2024, authorities say Charles was arrested, charged, and convicted for 17 crimes, including possessing and distributing controlled substances, possessing a firearm and ammunition without a permit, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and resisting arrest. Advertisement Material from prior Globe stories was used in this report. Travis Andersen can be reached at
Yahoo
27-01-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Migrant's arrest in East Boston casts light on detainer loophole in Mass.
25-year-old Wisteguens Jean Quely Charles, a Haitian immigrant, was arrested in an ICE operation last week in East Boston. An ICE news release identified him as a violent Haitian street gang member who entered the U.S. through Miami in 2013, and who has since been arrested and convicted 17 times The release alleged Charles was only on the streets because authorities at the Norfolk County House of Corrections did not honor the feds immigration detainer which would have held him. 'Extremely violent offenders': Undocumented migrants with criminal records nabbed in Boston ICE raid But the Norfolk County Sheriff says it did not go down that way. 'Our records indicate that we contacted ICE, the local office, and there was a notation in our records that said specifically ICE would not be coming to pick him up,' Norfolk County Sheriff Patrick McDermott said in a Zoom interview. Massachusetts sheriffs say they mostly have a good relationship with ICE, but under state law, that doesn't mean they have the power to hold an inmate with a detainer until the feds come to pick them up. Mass. AG to issue guidelines for dealing with possible raids after Trump says schools are targets 'We have violent offenders here who are illegal. Yet they could get bailed out this afternoon. We have no ability to hold them, beyond their release. We can call ICE, but they may not be able to get here in time. Or they may not be here for hours. We have no authority to hold them,' said Worcester County Sheriff Lew Evangelidis. At the State House, there's a new bill being filed that would give sheriffs and the courts the ability to hold a federal inmate with an immigration detainer, for 36 hours. '36 hours is a reasonable time, it's a compromise, and I hope the governor will embrace this.' Said Rep. Michael Soter R-8th Worcester. Norfolk County Sheriff Patrick McDermott is in Washington for a national sheriff's conference and will meet border czar Thomas Homan on Tuesday. 'We want to be as cooperative as we can with ICE, especially with a new administration, new policies. It seems like there is a new executive order every day. But we are looking to stay on top of all these issues,' Sheriff McDermott said. Download the FREE Boston 25 News app for breaking news alerts. Follow Boston 25 News on Facebook and Twitter. | Watch Boston 25 News NOW
