Leonardo Andujar Sanchez, 28, was using a room in a state-funded emergency shelter at the time, authorities said Friday.
A Dominican man staying in a Boston-area emergency shelter was arrested last week after officers found him with a stash of drugs and an assault rifle, according to authorities.
A Boston unit of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Friday Sanchez is originally from the Dominican Republic. The agency has lodged an immigration detainer against him, according to a“This individual endangered occupants of the hotel, on-site workers, public safety personnel and the community at large,” Revere Police Chief David Callahan wrote in a statement.
Members of the Boston City Council in December unanimously voted to uphold the city’s sanctuary status ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
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