ICE Says Police Officer Arrested in Maine Attempted to Illegally Buy Gun

The Old Orchard Beach Police department has vowed to investigate the arrest of the officer.

The badge of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Hawthorne, Calif., on, March 1, 2020. Lucy Nicholson /Reuters

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said on July 28 that it arrested a reserve police officer who was illegally present in the United States after he allegedly attempted to illegally purchase a firearm in Maine.

Officers with ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston, in partnership with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), arrested Jon Luke Evans on July 25 in Biddeford after his attempt to purchase the firearm triggered an alert to ATF agents.