Hyannis Daycare Closed After ICE Arrests Brazilian Child Rapist Andre Tiago Lucas; License Expired March 2025

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Updated May 7, 2025, 04:13 AM

A licensed home daycare in Hyannis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, has been shut down following the arrest of Andre Tiago Lucas, a Brazilian national convicted of raping a 13-year-old girl in Brazil. Lucas was sentenced in December 2016 by the Sole Court of the District of Serro, Minas Gerais, to nine years and four months in prison, but fled to Massachusetts before serving his sentence. Lucas was apprehended by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Bourne, Massachusetts, in October 2024 and remains in ICE custody pending immigration proceedings. He had been residing at the daycare, which was operated by Franciele Nunes, the mother of his two children. Nunes' license for the home daycare, located in Hyannis, expired in March 2025 after three years of operation. The Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) had inspected the daycare five times but did not identify Lucas living there. The agency was unaware of his connection to the facility until four months after his arrest. EEC background checks do not include criminal history from outside the United States, nor do they consider immigration status. The case has prompted concerns among local officials, including Worcester County Sheriff Lew Evangelidis and State Representative Steven Xiarhos, regarding the adequacy of current oversight and background check procedures for licensed childcare providers, particularly in relation to individuals with criminal convictions from other countries.

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