A Dominican national who was arrested on drug trafficking charges after allegedly attempting to hide a bag of crack cocaine from York County Sheriff’s deputies is now in the custody of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), jail records show.
On Sunday, Dec. 22, York County Sheriff’s deputies searched a residence on Preston Way in Waterboro as part of their search for 39-year-old Anthony Foglio, who was wanted on outstanding warrants for theft.
During their search, another male subject fled out of the back door of the residence, and appeared to hide something before continuing to attempt to flee from the deputies, the Sheriff’s Office said.
Once caught by deputies, the male subject initially provided a false name but was later identified as Wilquel Andres Sanchez Lara, a 23-year-old the Sheriff’s Office described as being from Lawrence, Massachusetts.
A deputy and K-9 found a baggy of 52.6 grams of cocaine base (crack cocaine) in the area, which the Sheriff’s Office believed to be hidden by Sanchez Lara.
Sanchez Lara was arrested and charged with trafficking in a schedule W drug, and was transported to the York County Jail where he was held on a $25,000 cash bail.
On Dec. 25, Sanchez Lara was booked at the Cumberland County Jail by ICE, jail records show.
Sanchez Lara’s booking records show that he was arrested by ICE, and has a judicial status of “INS” (U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service), which a jail administrator previously told the Maine Wire indicates that the inmate is in the custody of ICE.
Typically, this judicial status means that the inmate is in ongoing removal or other immigration proceedings, or is subject to an ICE immigration detainer, due to the agency believing the inmate is a noncitizen who is in the U.S. unlawfully.
ICE’s inmate locator tool confirmed that Sanchez Lara is in custody of the federal agency.
Sanchez Lara’s country of birth is listed as the Dominican Republic.
Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce has told the Maine Wire that while it has been his policy not to comply with ICE detainers since 2017, the jail regularly holds inmates of ICE.
Joyce asks ICE agents to come to the jail to take the suspected illegal aliens into custody themselves, in order to ensure ICE has probable cause for the detainment.
The Maine Wire has reached out to an ICE spokesperson for confirmation on Sanchez Lara’s immigration status and whether he is now in removal proceedings.
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Deliver us from this EVIL.
No wonder the State of Maine is going a billion dollars into debt: Keeping all of the
Governess’s “New Mainers” in jail is not inexpensive.
“A total of 30 inmates at Cumberland County Jail have booking records that indicate that they were either arrested by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or are subject to a federal hold by ICE, indicating that the agency suspects the inmate of being an illegal alien.”
lets go Tom
We can thank the leaders in DC Biden, King, Pingree and Golden
Did I forget the Governor?
“No one is above the law” unless you are an illegal
.
No wonder the State of Maine is going a billion dollars into debt: Keeping all of the
Time to let Tom take out the trash .
And these illegals ARE trash .
Get um outta here !
Trump was right once again.
Debrina Kawam, of Toms River, NJ was burned to death in NYC train by an Illegal. Where is Al Sharton when you need him, or A. King for that matter?