PITTSBURGH, PA. - A resident of Mexico has been sentenced in federal court on his conviction of Illegal Reentry after Deportation, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
Chief United States District Judge Joy Flowers Conti imposed the sentence on Javier Morales-Bautista, 35, of Mexico.
According to information presented to the court, Morales-Bautista, who was previously removed from the United States on Nov. 27, 2013 and Sept. 20, 2014, was found in Butler County, Pennsylvania on Dec. 26, 2015 without having applied for or received permission to reenter the United States from the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
Imposing sentence, Judge Conti ordered that Mr. Morales-Bautista must serve 5 months incarceration to be followed by 3 years supervised release and 6 months home detention.
Assistant United States Attorney James T. Kitchen prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.
U.S. Attorney Hickton commended the Department of Homeland Security for the investigation leading to the successful prosecution of Morales-Bautista.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
