ICE Agents, Dressed as Construction Workers, Arrest Man on Constant Avenue

Peekskill police said they were not involved or informed

Two of the three Ford Expeditions seen earlier today on Constant Avenue. (Supplied)

By Regina Clarkin, [email protected]

July 17, 2026

Bryam Deleg-Sucuzhanay was arrested this morning on the 800 block of Constant Avenue by agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to Peekskill police.

Three black Expedition SUVs arrived at about 10:15 a.m. on the section of Constant Avenue that abuts Decatur Avenue.

Deleg-Sucuzhanay was then seen walking down the steps from Decatur Avenue onto Constant Avenue with a person wearing a construction hard hat and a vest. On Constant Avenue, Deleg-Sucuzhanay was then placed in handcuffs and put into one of the vehicles.

Local law enforcement participated in an active-shooter drill on Wednesday. (Supplied)

Peekskill Police Chief Adam Renwick said the department had no prior knowledge of the arrest. “We were not involved.” Renwick said he received reports of the arrest after the fact. His department then called the ICE office and learned the name of the arrested person.

“This is the first report we’ve had of this type of action,” said Renwick about ICE agents wearing construction worker gear.

On Wednesday, concerns circulated regarding ICE’s potential presence in Peekskill. Renwick assuaged concerns, stating his department, along with the Peekskill Fire Department and the Sheriff offices of Westchester and Putnam, were conducting a drill to prepare for the case of an active shooter.

Phone calls and emails to the local ICE field office were not answered or returned as of this writing.

About the Contributor

Regina Clarkin, Publisher

When the Peekskill Herald weekly newspaper ceased publishing in August 2000 it was the first time in the history of the city that there wasn’t a local newspaper. The award-winning weekly was often referred to as the ‘glue’ of the community. Founded on January 9, 1986 by Regina Clarkin, Kathy Daley and Rich Zahradnik with a $7,000 credit card line, the paper filled the void created when the daily Evening Star was sold to Gannett and moved out of town. Founding publisher Regina Clarkin continued to live in the Peekskill Cortlandt area and turned her attention to other life endeavors. Through the ensuing 19 years, Clarkin was frequently stopped in town and asked when she would start up the Herald again. In January 2019, Clarkin decided it was less labor intensive to deliver a weekly blog than a print newspaper so she began posting one story a week about life in Peekskill. After a successful crowd funding campaign in 2020, the Herald was incorporated as a non-profit corporation in July of 2021. Peekskill Herald is a digital relative of the former print edition, featuring many of the favorite aspects of the beloved Peekskill Herald such as old pictures, personality profiles and well written stories about newsworthy events.