Ray Nurse originally entered the United States legally with a visa that allowed him to stay until April of 2006. When his Visa expired, Nurse decided to stay.

He was then convicted of drug trafficking in July of 2006.

This conviction gave Nurse "Aggravated Felon" status with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Nurse was convicted at trial in 2006 and received probation. He violated his probation and was placed on Community Control. Nurse recently violated Community Control and a warrant was issued for him.

Deputies with the Bay County Sheriff’s Office arrested Nurse Friday on a charge of Violation of Community Control–Sale of Crack Cocaine and because the deputies were also certified 287G officers with ICE, they had authority to place a detainer on Nurse to have him deported back to his home country of Trinidad and Tobago.

Nurse, of the 3100 block of Orlando Road in Panama City, is currently being held at the Bay County Jail awaiting deportation.