Federal immigration authorities are criticizing a local police department after the arrest of a Jamaican national who is working as a police officer in Maine while living in the U.S. illegally.

Jon Luke Evans was employed as a reserve police officer with the Old Orchard Beach Police Department at the time of his arrest.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced on Monday that it arrested an illegal immigrant employed as a police officer in ...

A Jamaican national who was working as a police officer was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Maine after he illegally tried to buy […] ...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said they arrested an illegal immigrant in Maine for purchasing a firearm. At the ...

“Officers with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston field office arrested ...

OLD ORCHARD BEACH (WGME) -- The police chief in Old Orchard Beach is speaking out and firing back at the federal government ...

They say Jon Luke Evans, a Jamaica national, told ICE officers he was purchasing the firearm for his employment as a police ...

Old Orchard Beach police, who hired him as a summer employee, said federal officials cleared him to work in May.

Immigration authorities say they arrested the Jamaican national, who was scheduled to depart the country in October 2023, ...

Immigration officials said Jon Luke Evans, of Jamaica, had overstayed his visa and was a reserve police officer with Old Orchard Beach at the time of his arrest.

ICE says that Jon Luke Evans was attempting to purchase the firearm for his employment as a reserve officer when he was arrested Friday.