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US deports Indian convicted of sex offenses against Maryland minor
Indian national convicted of sex crimes against a Maryland minor faces deportation after arrest by ERO Baltimore.
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The Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Baltimore rearrested an Indian national convicted of sex crimes against a Maryland minor.
According to the official statement, the 32-year-old, who's name was not disclosed, entered the United States Dec. 12, 2019, at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, as a nonimmigrant visitor.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection intercepted him while he was attempting to leave the country on Nov. 14, 2021 as he had an active arrest warrant issued by Maryland’s Montgomery County Police Department against him for sex abuse of a minor and sex offense in the third degree.
He was subsequently convicted by the Circuit Court for Howard County in Ellicott City, which sentenced him to 10 years in prison on charges of sexual abuse of a minor and third-degree sex offenses.
ERO Baltimore lodged an immigration detainer against him with the Howard County Detention Center Feb. 1. However, the center refused to honor the detainer resulting in the sex offender’s release from custody on March 20.
On the same day, deportation officers from ERO Baltimore’s Criminal Apprehension Program arrested him in Ellicott City. A DOJ immigration judge in Baltimore granted him a Motion for Stipulated Removal Order and Waiver of Hearing and ordered him to be deported to India.
“This predator’s presence in our area constituted a significant threat to the children of our Maryland neighborhoods,” said ERO Baltimore acting field office director Matthew Elliston. “We cannot allow noncitizen sex offenders to roam the streets of our community. ERO Baltimore will continue to prioritize public safety by arresting the most egregious noncitizen offenders.”
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