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Sismanis in ICE custody, per NBC report
According to a report from NBC10 Boston, Petros “Peter” Sismanis, the former owner of Hillers Pizza, has been remanded into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.
The report from NBC10, which was part of the station’s recurring “Small Town Secrets” segment, featured an overview of both the recent case against Sismanis and his prior history of sexual assault. Sismanis was found guilty in June of indecent assault and battery on a person over 14 years of age and two counts of witness intimidation.
Also described in the report was a 1998 conviction on Sismanis’ record stemming from charges of rape and indecent assault and battery at another restaurant he owned in Hopkinton. He pled down those charges and was required to register as a sex offender. Reporters also described an incident at Hillers Pizza in 2017 that brought Sismanis in front of the Select Board and read a statement from a former employee who alleged inappropriate behavior…