HARTFORD, CMC – The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says officers from its Boston Fugitive Operations Team in its Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) unit have arrested a fugitive who was wanted for murder in Jamaica.
According to ICE, the fugitive – whose name was not released, was held in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
“I want to commend the excellent work of our team in Hartford for this arrest,” said ERO Boston Field Office Director Todd Lyons, stating that the arrest occurred on April 14.
“Officers with our Fugitive Operations team arrested this individual, who is wanted for murder in his home country, safely and without incident,” he added. “This arrest is a testimony to our officers’ professionalism while carrying out ERO’s important public safety mission.”
ICE said ERO officers in Hartford discovered that the unlawfully present individual had been wanted since May 2022 by law enforcement authorities in the western parish of Westmoreland, Jamaica, on charges of murder, unlawful possession of a firearm, and wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
In June 2022, US Border Patrol in San Ysidro, California, apprehended the Jamaican national and served him a notice to appear before an immigration judge, ICE said. He was paroled from ICE custody.
On April 14, 2023, ICE said ERO Boston officers assigned to an ERO Hartford Fugitive Operations Team arrested the subject without incident in Bridgeport.
In fiscal year 2022, ICE said ERO arrested 46,396 noncitizens with criminal histories.
ICE said this group had 198,498 associated charges and convictions, including 21,531 assault offenses; 8,164 sex and sexual assault offenses; 5,554 weapons offenses; 1,501 homicide-related offenses; and 1,114 kidnapping offenses.
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