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By Danielle Ameden/Daily News staff
The MetroWest Daily News
Posted Mar 16, 2008 @ 10:24 PM

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NATICK — Police say a friend's arrest and help from a local tow-truck driver helped them nab an illegal immigrant from Framingham wanted for skipping a deportation hearing.

Arnaldo Severino Dossantos, 47, was arrested Friday about 17 hours after a pal of his was pulled over on Rte. 9 because the black Volkswagen Jetta he was driving didn't have an inspection sticker.

As it turned out, Luiz Eduardo Viera was driving Dossantos' car. Police arrested Viera around 1 a.m. and charged him with driving without a license.

While police hauled Viera to the station for booking, Officer Christian Rodriguez, still on the scene, recognized Dossantos' name from the Jetta's registration as an illegal immigrant wanted by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

He arranged with a tow truck driver from Mabardy's Gulf to take the car away, but call police when Dossantos came to get it.

"He asked them to alert us when he came in to get the car, which the service station did," said police Sgt. Brett Conaway.

Dossantos was arrested at Mabardy's on South Main Street at 6:36 p.m. Friday.

Rodriguez, who had gone off-duty and come back on for another shift, made the arrest. "It was good initiative by the officers," Conaway said.

ICE agents came to Natick Saturday to pick up Dossantos, who lives at 153 Second St., Apt. 363, Framingham.

Viera, meanwhile, will be arraigned on the motor vehicle charge this week in Natick District Court.

(Danielle Ameden can be reached at 508-634-7521 or dameden@cnc.com.)


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Bravo for the Latino police officer Christian Rodriguez a person who puts the law and America first.

Contact Dennis R. Mannix
Chief of Police
Steven Paglairulo
Lieutenant- Operations Commander
Address: 20 East Central Street
Natick, MA 01760-4631
Phone: 508-647-9500
Fax: 508-647-9509
Hours: 24 Hour Service Every Day of the Year
Send the Chief a note on the outstanding job by Officer
Christian Rodriguez.

Chiefs email at http://www.natickpolice.com/

Originally Posted by Richard

Bravo for the Latino police officer Christian Rodriguez a person who puts the law and America first.

I'll second that sentiment, Richard!! The tow truck driver deserves to be commended for his willingness to assist in this as well.




Send the Chief a note on the outstanding job by Officer
Christian Rodriguez.




I plan on doing this and also sending a note of gratitude to the service station for a job well done by the driver who cooperated with the authorities.

Maybe we should also be sure that ICE is the recipient of some thanks for responding as well. They often hear from people frustrated when it doesn't appear that they are doing what needs to be done. Maybe they need to hear from us on their successes too!!

At least in Mass they tow cars driven by unlicensed drivers, and lock the
operater in jail.