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25 Investigates: Child rapist from Brazil living at Cape Cod daycare

  • A licensed home daycare in Hyannis, Cape Cod, owned by Franciele Nunes, closed after ICE arrested convicted child rapist Andre Tiago Lucas living there in October 2024.
  • Lucas fled Brazil to avoid a nine-year, four-month sentence for raping a 13-year-old girl in Minas Gerais in 2016 and settled in Massachusetts before serving his sentence.
  • Massachusetts' Early Education and Care department requires background checks for all adults in home daycares but does not check foreign criminal records or immigration status, which failed to flag Lucas's conviction.
  • State Representative Steven Xiarhos emphasized the importance of taking extra precautions to ensure the safety of every childcare facility, while Sheriff Lew Evangelidis described the situation as extremely alarming.
  • The incident exposed gaps in the oversight of licensed home daycares regarding foreign criminal histories and raised calls for stronger safety measures and enforcement around background checks.
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Boston 25 News broke the news in Boston, United States on Tuesday, May 6, 2025.
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