ERO Boston arrests Dominican national charged with kidnapping, sex crimes against Massachusetts resident

BOSTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston apprehended an unlawfully present 46-year-old Dominican noncitizen charged with of assault to rape, kidnapping, two counts of indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or older and intimidating a witness/juror/police/court official. Officers from ERO Boston arrested Emilio Jose Pena-Casilla Dec. 17 in Boston.

“Emilio Jose Pena-Casilla stands accused of some very serious offenses against a Massachusetts resident,” said acting Field Office Director Patricia H. Hyde of ERO Boston. “We hold a sacred duty to protect the residents of our communities, and we will continue to do so by apprehending and removing egregious noncitizen offenders from our neighborhoods. Today, another victim in Massachusetts no longer needs to fear their predator.”

U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended Pena-Casilla after he unlawfully entered the United States near Eagle Pass, Texas, Jan. 9, 2023. ERO Del Rio enrolled Pena-Casilla into the Alternatives to Detention program the next day and placed him into removal proceedings. ERO then released Pena-Casilla on his own recognizance.

ERO Boston terminated Pena-Casilla from the ATD program Feb. 16, 2023.

The Dorchester District Court arraigned Pena-Casilla July 15 for the offenses of assault to rape, kidnapping, two counts of indecent assault and battery on a person 14 years or older and intimidating a witness/juror/police/court official.

ERO Boston issued an immigration detainer against Pena-Casilla to the BostonPolice Department pending his arraignment at the Dorchester District Court.

On July 17, ERO Boston sent the immigration detainer lodged against Pena-Casilla to the Nashua Street Jail of the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office. The Dorchester District Court ignored ERO Boston’s immigration detainer and released Pena-Casilla on bail with GPS conditions the next day.

The Suffolk County Superior Court indicted Pena-Casilla Sept. 11 for the offenses of assault to rape, kidnapping, two counts of indecent assault and battery on a person 14 years or older and intimidating a witness/juror/police/court official.

The Dorchester District Court dismissed the charges Sept. 13 due to Pena-Casilla being indicted in the Suffolk County Superior Court on the same charges.

Pena-Casilla remains in ERO custody.