Countryside Volunteers to Screen for Undocumented Workers

The skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility is partnering with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.

Countryside Health Care of Milford (formerly known as The Geriatric Authority) has followed the town's lead by partnering with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and joining the IMAGE employment compliance program. Milford town officials in August became the first municipality in New England to approve this agreement with ICE that will screen employees. The so-called IMAGE Program sends all I-9 forms submitted by employees through the ICE databases. The partnership is largely symbolic, in that town officials have said they do not expect to find that any town government or school employees are working here illegally. But it was intended to set an example for private businesses. In a press release, ICE announced that Countryside Health…

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5 Things You Need to Know Today: Aug. 20

Walk the dog, or just take a walk yourself, and help the Milford Humane Society and Milford Animal Control animals.

Our weekday morning column, 5 Things You Need to Know, provides you with information that can help you plan your day and give you some fodder for water cooler conversations. 1. If you have a dog, you know they need regular walks, even if you have a fenced backyard. Why not walk them for a good cause? A dog-walk to benefit Milford Humane Society and Milford Animal Control will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Registration is not required. The event is organized by the Young Adult Program at Milford Town Library. To join, just meet up in the library parking lot. Donations of food and supplies, and money, will be collected through Aug. 31. 2. Milford Selectmen will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, at Milford Town Hall. The agenda includes a signing …

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5 Things You Need to Know Today: July 31

Milford's application to join the federal IMAGE program has been accepted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Our weekday morning column, 5 Things You Need to Know, provides you with information that can help you plan your day and give you some fodder for water cooler conversations. 1. Milford's application to join the "IMAGE" program has been accepted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the town was informed Monday. A signing ceremony will be scheduled for a meeting of the Board of Selectmen. 2. Family Night at the Bandstand continues Tuesday with Don Iacovelli and 8 Misbehavin. The show at Milford Town Park begins at 6:30 p.m. 3. If you missed the first debate Monday among the three Republican candidates for the Fourth Congressional District, on New England Cable News, the 23-minute event is available online. The candidates participating: …

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Milford Approves ICE Program to Screen Employees

Milford has agreed to participate in the ICE "IMAGE" program, which will allow the town to use federal immigration databases to verify employees' status.

Milford Selectmen have approved a partnership with a federal agency that will allow the town to screen employee information against a federal immigration database. Considered a symbolic step by town officials, the program will allow the town to make sure all employees are eligible to work in the U.S. It is considered symbolic because the town administrator said he is confident all employees are legally authorized to work. But officials say they hope participation will encourage Milford businesses to join the program, as well. "This would set an example for the rest of the businesses in the community, to go forward with this," said Town Administrator Louis Celozzi. Selectmen unanimously voted to join the Immigration and Customs Enforcement…

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Secure Communities Coming to Massachusetts

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday told state officials that Secure Communities will be enacted in Massachusetts, beginning this month. The program identifies illegal immigrants charged with crimes for deportation.

Despite objections from Gov. Deval Patrick, a federal program that identifies illegal immigrants who are charged with crimes for deportation will be introduced this month in Massachusetts. The Secure Communities program, run by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, is supported by many local law enforcement leaders, including Milford Police Chief Thomas O'Loughlin, as well as local and state political leaders. The program will begin May 15 in Massachusetts. New Hampshire started it Tuesday. It had previously been expected to be implemented in Massachusetts in 2013. Under the program, local police will continue to send fingerprints of people arrested for offenses to the FBI. But, under Secure Communities, the fingerprints are then sent …

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ICE Arrests part of National Sweep

Three individuals were arrested last week by ICE officers as a part of a national sweep, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Editor's Note: The following announcement was made by Immigration and Customs Enforcement about a series of arrests across the country. Three individuals were arrested in Milford as part of the sweep. Details were not provided about the nature of the arrests in Milford. As part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's ongoing commitment to prioritizing the removal of criminal aliens and egregious immigration law violators, the agency announced Monday the results of a six-day national "Cross Check" enforcement operation — which led to the arrest of more than 3,100 convicted criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and immigration violators. "The results of this targeted enforcement operation underscore ICE's ongoing commitment and focus …

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Man Charged with Assault, Intent to Murder

Milford Police announced Monday the arrest of a 32-year-old in a stabbing on Oliver Street on Christmas Eve.

Milford Police have arrested a 32-year-old in a stabbing reported on Christmas Eve near downtown. Jose Mayllazhungo A. Saeteros, of 60 S. Bow St., Milford, was arrested on Saturday at 9:24 p.m., according to police. He was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and assault with intent to murder, said Lt. James Falvey, in a press release. Both charges are felonies. The stabbing was reported at 32 Water St. There, responding officers found a male victim bleeding heavily with wounds to the chest and stomach area, police said. The victim was treated by emergency medical officials and taken to Milford Regional Medical Center. He later was airlifted to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester. The victim was not identified by…

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David Nolta

8:55 am on Sunday, July 1, 2012

And you an artist--aren't you ashamed of yourself? Pretending to know more than you do? You take a nice picture once in a while. Doesn't make you an expert on anything else, and certainly not on your fellow human beings. Sorry, I've wanted to say that for quite a while, but forgot about it.   more ›

Police Notes

Police Log: Man Arrested, Held after Child Seeks Help

The following information was supplied by the Milford police department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

In the overnight log, officers responded to an address on Spring Street after receiving a report that a child had been hit with a belt. A man was arrested and charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Tuesday, Dec. 20 12:55 p.m.: A woman called police from Natick and asked officers to remove an individual from a home in Milford. Police gave the woman advice. 1:16 p.m.: Following a motor vehicle stop on East Main at Plain streets, police are seeking a summons to charge Paul J. Clifford Jr., 23, of 39 Stony Brook Dr., Apt. 10, Millis, with operating a motor vehicle with a revoked registration, operating an uninsured vehicle and having an expired inspection sticker (expired July 2010). The vehicle, a Toyota Yaris, was towed. 1…

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Jim Rizoli

4:43 pm on Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Maybe his pants were too tight and he was taking his belt off to get some breathing room.....so he could beat the crap out of this child. Yup....these are the people we want living here...Gotta give the police and the courts something to do. jim@ccfiile.com   more ›

ICE Arrests 53 'Criminal' Immigrants, Including in Milford

Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Tuesday it had swept up 53 illegal immigrants, who had prior criminal convictions, at locations in the state including Milford.

Editor's Note: ICE issued the following press release on Tuesday, regarding an enforcement sweep across eastern Massachusetts. During a four-day targeted enforcement operation in and around Boston that ended Monday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations officers arrested 53 convicted criminal aliens. "Operation Threats Against the Community" commenced Nov. 18. All 53 taken into custody had prior criminal convictions, including 22 aliens who had multiple criminal convictions. Additionally, 24 of those arrested had felony convictions. Many of the criminal aliens taken into custody had prior convictions for serious or violent crimes, such as assault and battery of a child, sexual assault, …

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Joe Rizoli

2:43 am on Saturday, November 26, 2011

Ray, you help Illegal immigrants, you brag that you do then you are breaking the law. http://americanpatrol.com/REFERENCE/AidAbetUnlawfulSec8USC1324.html Section 8 USC 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv)(b)(iii) "Any person who . . . encourages or induces an alien to . . . reside . . . knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such . . . residence is . . . in violation of law, shall be punished as provided…   more ›

ICE: Local Authorities Should Have Kept Tabs on Witness

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says local authorities should have kept track of a witness in the Matthew Denice case. The man fled after cutting an ICE-applied monitoring bracelet. The position has astonished Milford police.

Who was responsible for keeping track of the witness with the ICE-applied tracking bracelet? According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcment: local authorities. ICE issued a statement Tuesday night indicating "local jurisdictions" should have kept track of a key witness in the Matthew Denice case, who is thought to have fled to Ecuador after cutting an ICE-applied tracking device. The statement from ICE said it placed the ankle bracelet on Luis Acosta, 20, because he was identified for deportation proceedings, not because he was a wtiness in the death of the 23-year-old Denice. ICE is the federal agency that oversees immigration enforcement. In the statement, ICE also pointed out that "local jurisdictions" are responsible for keeping …

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Mary MacDonald

8:46 pm on Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Joe, the comment that you are apparently referring to has been removed. I am removing your comment because you are attacking an individual. Please do not attack individuals on this site. Thank you.   more ›