A Jamaican man who fled to the United States after being charged with rape of a teenager was apprehended by Enforcement and Removal Operations in Boston.
According to ICE, the 59-year-old Jamaican noncitizen was nabbed by deportation officers with ERO Boston’s Hartford field office on May 29 near his residence in Stamford.
“This Jamaican noncitizen fled to the United States to avoid some very disturbing charges,” said ERO Boston Field Office Director Todd M. Lyons.
“He posed a significant threat to the residents of Connecticut, and now he will return to Jamaica to face justice there. ERO Boston will continue our work of prioritizing public safety while arresting and removing egregious noncitizen offenders from our New England communities.”
Fleeing rape charges in Jamaica
U.S. Customs and Border Protection admitted the Jamaican national into the United States on June 14, 2020, at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. He entered as a nonimmigrant visitor authorized to remain in the country for six months.
On July 1, 2020, Jamaican authorities issued a warrant for his arrest for raping a 16-year-old child in that country.
The U.S. State Department revoked the Jamaican citizen’s nonimmigrant visa on July 9, 2020.
After being apprehended by deportation officers, he was issued a notice to appear before a Department of Justice immigration judge, and subsequently placed into removal proceedings. He will remain in ERO custody pending the outcome of his removal proceedings.
As one of ICE’s three operational directorates, ERO is the principal federal law enforcement authority in charge of domestic immigration enforcement.
ERO conducts removals of individuals without a lawful basis to remain in the United States, including at the order of immigration judges with the Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review.
