A Chinese language nationwide dealing with a number of indecent assault fees spanning years was arrested on an immigration detainer, ICE mentioned in a launch Tuesday.
“Yao Zhang has been charged with some serious and disturbing crimes against inhabitants of our Massachusetts neighborhoods,” mentioned Enforcement and Elimination Operations (ERO) Boston Discipline Workplace Director Todd Lyons. “He represents a threat to residents that our officers cannot allow to continue.”
Zhang, 43, was arraigned on three counts of indecent assault and battery on an individual over 14 years previous in Dedham District Courtroom on Could 6, 2022.
Two years later, he was arrested beneath the identical cost and arraigned in Cambridge District Courtroom on April 3, 2024.
The fees associated to alleged assaults throughout massages given by Zhang, a Norfolk County DA spokesperson and Boston Globe reporting acknowledged.
Following his first arraignment in 2022, Zhang was launched with out posting bail resulting from reforms mandating launch of “a defendant without history of default or prior criminal history,” Norfolk DA spokesperson David Traub mentioned. He was ordered to keep away from the sufferer, not work as a masseuse and give up his passport.
“His arrest in Middlesex County triggered a 120-day bail revocation, and $5,000 cash bail was set on each of the two cases – Norfolk and Middlesex,” Traub mentioned. “After the 120-day incarceration, he had the means to post the aggregate $10,000 cash bail and was eventually taken into ICE custody.”
The day Zhang was arraigned for the second alleged assault, ERO Boston lodged an immigration detainer with the Middlesex County Sherriff’s Division. He was taken into custody in Medford by deportation officers on July 5.
ICE didn’t instantly reply to state whether or not Zhang could also be deported earlier than dealing with felony proceedings in Cambridge or Dedham.
U.S. Border Patrol initially arrested Zhang on Sept. 26, 2019, for unlawfully coming into the nation, and ICE ordered him to seem earlier than a immigration choose on Oct. 26, 2019.
Zhang was launched on an immigration bond by ERO Oakdale (Louisiana) on Dec. 13, 2019, which was revoked by ERO Boston following his 2024 arrest.
ICE acknowledged detentions are “not punitive,” and officers “weigh a variety of factors when making general custody determinations, including criminal record, immigration history, community ties, flight risk, and whether the individual poses a potential threat to public safety or national security.”
The workplace will “prioritize public safety by arresting and removing egregious noncitizen offenders from our New England communities,” Lyons mentioned.
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