(29 Jul 2025)
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Old Orchard Beach, Maine – 29 July 2025
1. Old Orchard Beach sign
2. Various of Orchard Beach police station
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrew Foster, tourist from Auburn, Massachusetts:
“Well, it certainly sounds like somebody messed up, whether it be the town or the federal government. And they should sort that out. Y’know — cuz if there is a screw up — somebody needs to be held accountable. If this officer was legal to work as an officer, he should be released and allowed to continue to work.”
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrew Foster, tourist from Auburn, Massachusetts:
“This place is in a variety of different ways — I know — has a lot of seasonal employees from the businesses around. I know the hotel I stay at, they bring in seasonal employees. Some of them from out of country, just specifically looking for a job for the summer. So it makes sense to serve a population that they’re gonna bring in seasonal employees for the services as well, like the fire and the police and things like that.”
5. Various of Old Orchard Beach and beachgoers
6. Community Service Officers from the Old Orchard Beach Police Department patrol on bicycles
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrew Foster, tourist from Auburn, Massachusetts:
“I think the most important thing, regardless of how you feel about immigration, is that it gets figured out. And if there was a mess up, it’s figured out how it was messed up, fixed, and figured out how to not let it happen again.”
7. Community Service Officers from the Old Orchard Beach Police Department patrol on bicycles
STORYLINE:
The chief of police in a resort town in Maine has called for an investigation into the arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of one of its officers, whom the chief said was federally approved to work in the country in May.
ICE arrested Old Orchard Beach Police Department reserve officer Jon Luke Evans, of Jamaica, on July 25. The agency said Evans was illegally present in the U.S. and unlawfully attempted to purchase a firearm.
ICE said in a Monday statement that Evans had legally entered the U.S. in September 2023 and violated the terms of his admission by overstaying his visa. But Old Orchard Beach Police Chief Elise Chard said in her own Monday statement that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security had verified that Evans was authorized to work in the U.S. in May of this year.
The Old Orchard Beach Police Department and ICE officials did not respond to requests for a status update about Evans’ case. It was unclear on Tuesday if he had access to an attorney.
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