Boston judge holds ICE agent in contempt after courthouse arrest
Written by worldOneFm on March 31, 2025
A judge at Boston Municipal Court is holding an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in contempt and accusing that agent and two Massachusetts State Police troopers of obstructing justice when they arrested a defendant in the middle of a trial last week.
The incident happened last Thursday when Wilson Martell-Lebron was arrested by ICE agents outside court and led to a waiting car. Martell-Lebron was on trial and accused of trying to obtain a license illegally.
The judge in the case stated that the Suffolk County district attorney’s office was working with the Massachusetts State Police and ICE on the case. However, on Thursday, Martell-Lebron left the courthouse and was arrested by ICE agents.
“The commonwealth of Massachusetts engaged in egregious, intentional prosecutorial misconduct and conspiracy to deprive an individual of his right to a resolution by his peers,” Martell-Lebron’s attorney Murat Erkan said.
Martell-Lebron is currently at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility and being held by ICE.
The local charges against him at the Boston Municipal Court have been dismissed by a judge on grounds of misconduct by the Massachusetts State Police and ICE.
The judge now says it is a federal court issue. It is unclear what will happen with Martell-Lebron at the federal court level. His lawyer plans to appeal to a federal judge in Boston.
A Massachusetts State Police spokesman said the troopers were testifying in a criminal case at the courthouse when they learned of ICE’s intention to detain Martell-Lebron, and they “responded appropriately by neither assisting nor obstructing the federal action.”
“Participating in such a mission or sharing information about it would be contrary to the Department’s longstanding approach across several state and federal Administrations to these complex situations, which prohibits Troopers from participating in a mission solely to facilitate detention or deportation,” State Police spokesman Tim McGuirk said in a statement. “Our focus remains on working collaboratively with our local, state, and federal partners to prevent, deter and respond to violations of state criminal law for the safety of everyone who lives, works, studies and visits Massachusetts.”
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