Criminal cases suspended for Waltham man arrested by ICE

Two pending criminal cases against Breyson Eduardo Barrera Pineda, 24, of 24 Lexington Terrace, Waltham, were suspended at Waltham District Court on Feb. 10.

Benjamin Urbellis, Pineda’s attorney, told Judge Tonomey Coleman that according to the defendant’s family, Pineda had been arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and was in deportation proceedings.

“As far as the criminal case, it’s at a standstill,” Urbellis told The Waltham Times.

Urbellis said he is working on returning $7,500 cash bail posted by Pineda’s girlfriend in November.

Pineda is charged with possession with intent to distribute a Class B drug and trafficking more than 200 grams of heroin, morphine, opium or fentanyl.

Coleman issued two warrants for Pineda’s arrest after he failed to appear for a jury compliance and election hearing and arraignment.

According to ICE’s detainee locator, Pineda was being held in Natchez, Miss., as recently as Feb. 1. As of Feb. 10, his name no longer yields search results on the website, which often means an individual has been deported.

Additional court actions

Judge Ellen M. Caulo rescheduled a status review hearing for Tyler McDonald, 32, of 65 Lake St., Waltham, on Feb. 9. He is charged with electronic enticement of a child for human trafficking, trafficking of a person for sexual servitude and resisting arrest. McDonald was also indicted by a Middlesex Superior Court grand jury on Dec. 18 for trafficking of a person under 18 for sexual servitude and electronic enticement of a child for prostitution. He remains held on $5,000 bail at Middlesex Jail in Billerica and is scheduled to appear via Zoom at Waltham District Court on March 16.

James Thomas Mazzola, 49, homeless, of Cambridge, pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property of value less than $1,200, trespassing and possession of a burglarious instrument at a jury compliance and election hearing on Feb. 10. Coleman sentenced Mazzola to two years and 30 days in the Middlesex House of Correction, with 112 days of his sentence served while awaiting trial. 

All information for this story was gathered from court proceedings and official court documents at Waltham District Court and case information from masscourts.org.