Crime & Safety

Sex Offender Charged With Illegally Re-Entering U.S.: ICE

The Salvadoran national was previously deported following a July 2017 felony conviction for third degree rape, feds say.

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CENTRAL ISLIP, NY - A previously removed Salvadoran national was arrested Tuesday after illegally re-entering the country, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

ICE officers previously removed 31-year-old Alcides Acosta-Euceda to El Salvador on June 6, 2018, following a July 2017 felony conviction for third degree rape: victim less than 17 years, perpetrator 21 years or more, in Suffolk County Superior Court, according to feds.

On Sept. 29, 2017, Acosta-Euceda was sentenced to 10 years of probation supervision and required to register as a sexual offender, feds said.

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Last January deportation officers initiated an investigation to locate and arrest Acosta-Euceda, according to feds.

On March 26, he was arrested and presented before the Duty U.S. Magistrate Judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

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A criminal complaint was sworn out charging Acosta-Euceda for illegal re-entry after removal as an aggravated felon, feds said.

In addition, Acosta-Euceda will be investigated for violation of failure to register as a sex offender.

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