ERO Boston arrests man in Rhode Island convicted of molesting three young boys on multiple occasions

CRANSTON, R.I. — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston arrested Jorge Armando Jacinto on Dec. 15, 2024. Jacinto, aka Jorge Jacinto Masariego, was arrested immediately following his release from the Adult Correctional Institution in Cranston, Rhode Island, after serving 14 years for child molestation.

“In 2012, the Providence Superior Court convicted Mr. Jacinto of four counts of felony first-degree child molestation and five counts of felony second-degree child molestation in Rhode Island,” said ERO Boston acting Field Office Director Patricia H. Hyde. “ERO Boston lodged an immigration detainer against him while he was serving his sentence for those crimes, and we’re fortunate that the Adult Correctional Institution honored it.”

Jacinto was arrested Feb. 4, 2011, and the Providence/Bristol County Superior Court convicted him of nine child molestation offenses Sept. 25, 2012, before sentencing him to 40 years in prison. The court suspended 20 years of his sentence.

ERO Boston officers served Jacinto with a notice to appear before a Department of Justice immigration judge the day they arrested him for violating the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act. He will remain in ICE custody pending his immigration hearing.

According to the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office, Jacinto molested three young boys on multiple occasions between December 1, 2008, and January 10, 2011.

Jacinto met his victims by befriending their parents through the mutual association of a neighborhood church in Providence. Once friends with the parents, he would visit their homes for social gatherings where he would bring his victims toys and gifts and ultimately molest the young boys in their homes.

The father of one of the victims noticed his son acting out of the ordinary, and when he questioned him, the young boy told him of the molestation. The victim was brought to Hasbro Children’s Hospital; where upon representatives from Day One and the Providence Police were called to interview the victim and investigate the allegations. Through the course of the investigation, it was discovered that Jacinto molested two other boys.