After nearly a month in federal custody following a controversial arrest by immigration agents, a New Bedford man is set to be released, 12 News has confirmed.

Judge Donald Ostrom agreed Thursday morning to dismiss the case against 29-year-old Juan Francisco Méndez, who’s being held at a detention facility in New Hampshire.

Méndez was taken into custody on April 14 after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers pulled him over on Tallman Street and shattered his car window.

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