By Ira Kantor
The Boston Herald
A 22-year-old man charged in three sexual assaults in Somerville and Medford is an illegal alien from El Salvador, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed yesterday.
ICE has placed a detainer on Alfredo Romero Posada, who was living in an apartment in Somerville, according to court records.
After local charges are adjudicated, Posada will be turned over to ICE and placed in removal proceedings, an ICE official said.
Posada was ordered held without bail last week after pleading not guilty to three counts of assault with intent to rape and indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or older. He faces a dangerousness hearing Nov. 29 in Somerville District Court, the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office said yesterday.
Posada was picked out by the alleged victims from a lineup of six men, according to police.
The first incident occurred around 12:30 a.m. Sept. 10, when Posada is accused of assaulting a 25-year-old woman on Wallace Street in Somerville.
Two weeks later a female Tufts University student walking on College Avenue in Somerville between 11 p.m. and midnight told police she was sexually assaulted.
The third sexual assault occurred Oct. 22, when a 24-year-old Tufts graduate student was tackled while walking near Professors’ Row in Medford shortly after 1 a.m.
Posada told authorities he is being treated for schizophrenia. Police are investigating whether Posada is involved in other sexual assaults in the area.
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