Mass. Man Charged in Wrong-Way Crash with Trooper Taken by ICE
ICE agents detained the 41-year-old driver before his arraignment after a wrong-way Route 1 crash that injured a trooper and led to $500 bail.
- On Tuesday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained Lucas Gustavo Brajak DeAlmeida DiBenedetto outside Peabody District Court before his scheduled arraignment for a drunken wrong-way crash on Route 1.
- The collision occurred around 2 a.m. Sunday when DiBenedetto drove south in the northbound lane of Route 1 in Peabody, striking a State Police cruiser and injuring the responding trooper.
- DiBenedetto, a 41-year-old Newburyport resident, told The Boston Globe he had "only had two beers" and mistakenly entered Route 1 after leaving a Peabody bar, unfamiliar with the interchange.
- A prosecutor for the Essex District Attorney confirmed to Judge Frances Dallmeyer that DiBenedetto was in federal custody, prompting the judge to issue a default warrant for his return to court.
- This incident follows the recent death of State Police Trooper Kevin Trainor, killed in a similar head-on crash on Route 1, prompting the State Police Association to demand tougher laws with mandatory penalties.
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ICE agents arrest Mass. man as he enters courthouse for wrong-way crash hearing
Federal immigration agents arrested a Newburyport man outside a courthouse Tuesday as he arrived for his arraignment in connection with a wrong-way crash with a state police cruiser.Lucas Di Benedetto, 41, was scheduled to be arraigned in Peabody District Court on charges following a Sunday morning crash with a Massachusetts State Police cruiser on Route 1. The trooper driving the cruiser was hospitalized and Di Benedetto was charged with operat…
ICE detains man who allegedly drunkenly crashed into trooper going wrong way
The man accused of drunkenly crashing into a State Police trooper while driving the wrong way on Route 1 over the weekend is in ICE custody, according to the Essex County District Attorney’s Office.
Man allegedly involved in wrong-way Route 1 crash detained by ICE before arraignment
A Newburyport man was released on bail after the crash on Sunday, which injured a State Police trooper. ICE agents detained him outside a courthouse Tuesday. The post Man allegedly involved in wrong-way Route 1 crash detained by ICE before arraignment appeared first on Boston.com.
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