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A Maine reserve police officer arrested by ICE for allegedly trying to buy a firearm illegally has agreed to leave the country, the agency said.

Jon Luke Evans, a reserve officer with the Old Orchard Beach Police Department, and a Jamaican national, was arrested on July 25 with help from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), according to ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

Evans was taken into custody after a firearm purchase attempt raised concerns tied to his immigration status.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CAUGHT WORKING AS POLICE OFFICER IN MAINE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BUY FIREARM

A judge has now granted Evans voluntary departure , giving him the ability to leave the U.S. at his own expense

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