United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) says its Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in Boston, Massachusetts, arrested a 52-year-old citizen of Jamaica who was unlawfully present in the country.
When someone has violated immigration law and has been deemed a public safety threat, ERO Boston will apprehend that person and seek to have them removed.
The individual was recently charged with multiple counts of rape and sexual assault in Mashpee, Massachusetts. ICE considers this person a public safety threat and aims to remove them from the country.
The Jamaican national initially entered the US on a visitor visa in July 2020 but overstayed for more than two years. After being arraigned on the charges, the individual was released from custody, but ICE re-arrested them on November 7.
The individual will remain in ICE custody pending removal from the United States. In the fiscal year 2022, ICE arrested a total of 46,396 noncitizens with criminal histories, resulting in numerous charges and convictions, including assault offenses, sex crimes, weapon offenses, homicides, and kidnappings.
Court orders forfeiture of $4m found under businessman’s bed.
Cash totaling $4,007,800, which the police seized at the home of a controversial real estate developer. has been ordered forfeited to the Government under Jamaica’s proceeds of crime law.
The police discovered the money in a suitcase during a surprise operation on November 1, 2019. A court document obtained by The Sunday Gleaner revealed that the forfeiture hearing, which took place in September 2023, ended with the cash being ordered to be forfeited to the Government.
The judge ruled that there was a high probability that the money was obtained illegally or intended for illegal activities. The developer’s attorneys have filed a legal challenge to overturn the ruling.
According to the investigator’s statement, a notebook with the name Peter Sean Hibbert and the sum of $4 million beside it; and the name Yanique Harrison with the sum of $5 million beside it was also seized at the developer’s home. Both Hibbert and Harrison live in the same space as the developer.
Seventeen days before the police searched Stennett’s home, Hibbert was caught by the Narcotics Division carrying packages of cocaine in a car owned by Harrison. Hibbert was convicted of possessing and trafficking cocaine and sentenced to 12 months in prison.
The lead detective discovered that Harrison and Stennett both live in another house and are connected in business. Harrison is the secretary of Stennett’s company, and they co-own a 2016 Mercedes-Benz.
The detective claimed there is a connection between Stennett, Hibbert, and Harrison based on their living arrangements and alleged cash transactions of over one million Jamaican dollars.
The detective also said that Hibbert and Harrison were involved in cocaine trafficking. The police seized $4,007,800 from Stennett, which they believe was obtained unlawfully or intended for unlawful activities. Stennett claimed that the $4 million was supposed to be used in a police sting operation, but he backed out.
The judge rejected Stennett’s explanation and noted that he couldn’t provide a valid reason for the money besides Hibbert and Harrison’s names in a seized notebook.
Stennett made headlines in October 2020 when the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) ordered his company to cease working on a multi-family apartment complex at 9 Evans Avenue in St Andrew.