ALBANY, NEW YORK - The following is a summary of misdemeanor immigration prosecutions from June 2017:
Citizen of Russia Sentenced For Illegal Entry into United States
Denis Gennadyevich Kiselev, age 25, a citizen of Russia, was sentenced on June 6, 2017 to 22 days in jail following his guilty plea to illegally entering the United States. Kiselev admitted that on May 25, 2017, he walked across the border approximately 3 miles west of the Champlain Port of Entry, Champlain, New York, and that he walked south until he was stopped and arrested by Border Patrol Agents.
Citizen of Hungary Sentenced For Illegal Entry into United States
Zslot Mihaly, age 31, a citizen of Hungary, was sentenced on June 6, 2017 to 36 days in jail following his guilty plea to illegally entering the United States. Mihaly admitted that on May 24, 2017, he illegally crossed the border by boat on the St. Lawrence River near Hogansburg, New York, and was in the process of leaving the border area by car when he was arrested by Border Patrol Agents in Bombay, New York.
Citizen of United Kingdom Sentenced For Illegal Entry into United States
Michael B. Forster, a citizen of the United Kingdom, was sentenced on June 13, 2017 to time served (12 days in jail) following his guilty plea to illegally entering the United States. Forster admitted that on June 2, 2017, he crossed from Canada and into the United States by walking through a wooded area of the border, and was arrested by Border Patrol Agents after he crossed.
Citizen of Guatemala Sentenced For Illegal Entry into United States
Sergio Abrahan Arriaza-Morales, age 23, a citizen of Guatemala, was sentenced on June 27, 2017 to 15 days in jail following his guilty plea to illegally entering the United States. Arriaza-Morales admitted that on June 12, 2017, he walked across the border approximately 1 mile west of the Champlain Port of Entry, Champlain, New York, and that he continued walking until he was arrested by a Border Patrol Agent.
Citizen of Hungary Sentenced for Illegal Entry into United States
Mihaly Balazs, a/k/a Gabor Honved, age 32, a citizen of Hungary, was sentenced on June 29, 2017 to 45 days in jail and to pay a $500 fine following his guilty plea to illegally entering the United States. Balazs admitted that on May 27, 2017, he illegally entered the United States from Canada, without reporting for inspection, by taking a boat ride to a car that drove him to a motel in Fort Covington, New York,. Balazs also admitted to being picked up at the motel by a driver prior to his arrest by Border Patrol Agents in Westville, New York.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
