Officials: ‘Violent’ ICE Detainee Escapes from Custody at JFK Airport

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Officials: ‘Violent’ ICE Detainee Escapes from Custody at JFK Airport
by Katherine Rodriguez
28 Mar 2018

A “violent” man slated for deportation escaped from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents who detained him and fled New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport in a cab, officials say.

The Port Authority Police said the incident took place Tuesday night around 8:30 p.m. at Gate B23 in Terminal 4 while ICE agents were in the process of transferring him to another flight.

The man, who officials say is a “violent deportee,” had a previous arrest stemming from a weapons charge, the New York Daily News reported.

Law enforcement sources said that the ICE agents took the suspect through X-ray screening, removed his handcuffs, and were about to escort him onto the flight when he sprinted away.

Port Authority Police Officers did not hear of the man’s escape until 9:15 p.m., a police spokesman for the agency said.  ...

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