Illegal immigrant working as Maine cop arrested after trying to buy gun

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A Jamaican national living in the U.S. illegally was arrested last week in Biddeford, Maine, after attempting to unlawfully purchase a firearm while serving as a reserve police officer.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed that Jon Luke Evans was taken into custody on Friday after federal agents from ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations in Boston, working with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, tracked him down following the flagged gun purchase attempt.

Evans, who entered the U.S. legally in September but overstayed his visa, admitted to ICE agents that he tried to buy the firearm to use during his duties with the Old Orchard Beach Police Department, where he had been working in uniform.

Federal authorities said the gun purchase…