Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka did not enter a plea and will likely be scheduled for a July trial on the trespassing charge.

Mayor Ras Baraka is scheduled to appear in federal court for a status conference after being arrested on trespassing charges at an ICE detention center.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was in federal court Thursday for a status conference after he was charged with trespassing at an immigration detention center last week. After a brief 15-minute procedural hearing,

Protesters also questioned the role of Worcester police in the ICE raid and had very unkind words for the city manager and some members of the City Council. Promoted beforehand on social media as a potentially “large and noisy NON-VIOLENT public standout” before the May 13 City Council meeting,

As public anger in Worcester boils over the controversial arrests of a woman and her teen daughter last week, City Hall will close early on Tuesday and a City Council meeting will be held on Zoom. The decision was made “Due [to] public safety concerns, out of an abundance of caution,” Tom Matthews, Worcester city spokesperson, said in a statement.