Overview
- ICE conducted a targeted vehicle stop on Kimball Street just after 7 a.m., twice requesting Fitchburg police to keep the peace as a crowd formed and the scene turned hostile.
- The woman detained was identified by ICE as Juliana Milena Ojeda-Montoyoa, an Ecuadoran national accused in an August assault with scissors, and she remains in custody at Cumberland County Jail in Maine pending removal proceedings.
- Witness video shows a man appearing to seize while holding a baby as agents tried to take the detainee into custody, and bystanders can be heard pleading for the child’s safety.
- DHS officials said emergency responders found no legitimate medical episode and that the man refused treatment, and they asserted that agitators attempted to impede the arrest.
- Fitchburg police and the mayor emphasized the department’s limited role in federal operations and called for better transparency and advance notice from ICE.