Convicted Sex Offender Taken Into ICE Custody On Cape Cod

BARNSTABLE, MA — A Jamaican man living on Cape Cod was recently taken into custody by Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston, who said he was a convicted sex offender and a "significant threat" to residents.

Officials arrested the "unlawfully present" 30-year-old on Feb. 12 in Barnstable. They said he was convicted of two counts of indecent assault and battery of a person over the age of 14 in November 2023.

The man entered the United States in May 2017 in Charlotte, North Carolina, on a nonimmigrant visa that permitted him to remain in the U.S. until April 11, 2018. He failed to leave by that date, officials said.

In August 2022, police in Barnstable arrested and charged him with two counts of obscene material to a minor, two counts of indecent assault and battery on person over 14 years of age, and assault to rape a child.

He pleaded guilty to the two counts of indecent assault and battery on a person over 14 years of age in the Barnstable District Court in November 2023. The court sentenced him to three years of supervised probation and dismissed the remaining charges.

He was apprehended by deportation officials on Feb. 12 in Wellfleet and taken into custody. He will remain in ERO custody pending removal proceedings, officials said.

“This unlawfully present Jamaican national posed a significant threat to the residents of Massachusetts,” said ERO Boston Field Office Director Todd M. Lyons.

“We simply cannot allow noncitizen sex offenders to roam the streets of New England victimizing the law-abiding people of our communities. ERO Boston stands committed to prioritizing the safety of our public by apprehending and removing such predators.”