Lucas Di Benedetto, the accused wrong-way driver who crashed into a Massachusetts State Police cruiser last weekend on Route 1 in Peabody, was taken into custody by ICE Tuesday morning.
Di Benedetto, 41, of Newburyport, was scheduled to be arraigned in Peabody District Court on drunk driving and several other charges related to the crash early Sunday morning.
But as he arrived at the courthouse on his own around 8:45 a.m. Tuesday, several Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents took him, put him in an unmarked car and drove away. One of the agents told CBS News Boston they were “detaining an illegal who was involved in a very high-profile incident” and admitted they were “were waiting for him to come here.”…