Ohio Man Pleads Guilty and is Sentenced to Time Served for Failure to Present at a Border Crossing

Ohio Man Pleads Guilty and is Sentenced to Time Served for Failure to Present at a Border Crossing

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on April 4, 2017. It is reproduced in full below.

Bangor, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Rocky Allen Resides, 27, of Xenia, Ohio, pleaded guilty and was sentenced today to time-served in U.S. District Court by Magistrate Judge John C. Nivison for unlawfully entering the United States without presenting himself at a border crossing point.

According to court records, on April 2, 2017, U.S. Border Patrol agents encountered Resides walking on U.S. Route 1 in Calais, Maine near the Canadian border. The investigation revealed that Resides illegally entered Canada in July 2016 and did not return to the United States on April 2, 2017 through a border crossing point.

The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Border Patrol.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys

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