Nassau County cops arrest illegal migrant teen with knife

In a significant application of the newly enacted “Mask Transparency Act,” Nassau County police made their first arrest under the groundbreaking law, apprehending an illegal migrant teen armed with a large knife.

Wesslin Omar Ramirez Castillo, 18, was taken into custody Sunday night while wearing a ski mask and exhibiting suspicious behavior in a Levittown neighborhood.

Officers responded to reports of a “suspicious male who was walking eastbound on Spindle Road, dressed in black, and wearing a mask to conceal his identity.” Upon stopping Ramirez Castillo, police discovered he was carrying a 14-inch blade concealed in his waistband.

“Upon further investigation, the defendant Wesslin Omar Ramirez Castillo, 18,… continued to display suspicious behavior while attempting to conceal a large bulge in his waistband which turned out to be a 14-inch knife,” the police report obtained by The Post stated.

The report further indicated that Ramirez Castillo “refused to comply with Officers’ commands as he was placed under arrest without further incident.”

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials confirmed that Ramirez Castillo, originally from Guatemala, illegally crossed the southern border in 2019. He now faces multiple charges, including criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, obstructing governmental administration in the second degree, and violating the Mask Transparency Act, all classified as misdemeanors.

Nassau County Police Chief Patrick Ryder is expected to provide additional details regarding Ramirez Castillo’s case, including the potential for deportation, at a press conference scheduled for Wednesday.

The incident marks a notable enforcement of the Mask Transparency Act, which aims to enhance public safety by prohibiting the wearing of masks in public settings to obscure identity.