U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Ibrahim George Kallon, a Sierra Leone national accused of rape and other sex offenses while training to become a Delaware County Prison corrections officer, was released from the George W. Hill Correctional Facility after a judge reduced his bond and the jail did not honor an ICE detainer. ICE said officers later arrested him in the community on Feb. 11.
Ibrahim George Kallon, a citizen of Sierra Leone, has been in the United States without legal status since his visitor visa expired in 2024, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
ICE and court records cited by The Daily Wire said ICE lodged an immigration detainer with the Delaware County Prison at the George W. Hill Correctional Facility in Thornton, Pennsylvania, but Kallon was released on bail on Feb. 5 after a court reduced his bond to $100,000 from an earlier $250,000. ICE said the court required only a $1 payment toward the bond for his release.
Kallon was facing charges including rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault, false imprisonment and indecent assault, ICE said.
ICE said officers later arrested Kallon in the community on Feb. 11. In a post on X describing the arrest, ICE wrote: “If the county won’t protect its own residents, we’ll do it for them.”
Separately, Delaware County has publicly rejected the characterization that it is a “sanctuary” jurisdiction. In a July 26, 2024 public statement, the county said it “is not, and has never been, a sanctuary county,” and added that it is “in full compliance with all state and federal laws regarding immigration.”
The Daily Wire also reported—citing a former colleague—that Kallon previously worked security for Sierra Leone’s president and first lady, and said a photo on Kallon’s Facebook account appeared to show him with the country’s leaders. That claim could not be independently verified from publicly available official records in the sources reviewed.
The case has drawn attention as ICE highlights other, separate investigations involving noncitizens accused of obtaining or holding law-enforcement-related jobs in other states, including a Minnesota corrections-officer case described by federal authorities.
