Third Person Arrested By ICE Identified As Salvadoran Man Facing 11 Child Sex Crime Charges
David Creed •
A third individual who was taken into custody by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents earlier this month on Nantucket was identified Friday afternoon as Elmer Sola, a 49-year-old Salvadoran man.
“Elmer Sola unlawfully entered the United States, then made his way into our Nantucket community before allegedly committing some horrific and despicable crimes against a child,” ICE's ERO (Enforcement & Removal Operations) Boston Field Office Director Todd M. Lyons said in a press release. “The officers of ERO Boston will not tolerate such a threat to the children of our New England neighborhoods. We will continue to prioritize the safety of our public by arresting and removing egregious noncitizen offenders.”
Sola was indicted by a Nantucket grand jury August 13 on three counts of aggravated rape of a child (ten-year age difference) and eight counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of 14.
The next day on August 14, Sola was arraigned in Nantucket Superior Court. He had not-guilty pleas entered on his behalf and is scheduled to appear for a pretrial conference on Wednesday, October 2.
Sola had his bail set at $5,000 cash, $50,000 surety. He had several conditions tied to his probation, including that he wear a GPS monitoring device, stay at least 100 yards away from the alleged victim and the alleged victim's family, and to stay away and have no contact with the alleged victim and her family.
According to court records, Sola was brought back into court just nine days later, on August 23, for a probation administrative conference after he allegedly violated the pretrial conditions of his release. There was no change to his bail status.
ICE said in its announcement that Sola unlawfully entered the United States on an unknown date at an unknown location, without being inspected, admitted or paroled by a U.S. immigration official.
Two other men who were arrested during ICE's multi-day operation on Nantucket earlier this month were also identified by the federal agency last week.