Jose Raul Martinez-Alvarado, 40, from Honduras, was arrested by New Bedford Police on June 7 after officers found him in an apartment where a group of men were fighting and residual cocaine was present. He was charged with possession of a large capacity firearm, carrying a firearm without a license, and resisting arrest. Martinez-Alvarado posted $1,000 bail and was released from Bristol County Jail on June 9. He was then picked up by ICE on July 2. The case became the subject of a public dispute between Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux and ICE Boston, after ICE posted on social media that the jail violated federal law by releasing him without honoring an ICE detainer, citing Massachusetts law that prevents law enforcement from holding individuals solely on the basis of immigration status.