BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to illegally reentering the United States after deportation.
Julio Ernesto Gomez, 46, a Dominican national living in Boston, pleaded guilty to one count of illegal reentry of a deported alien before U.S. District Court Judge George A. O’Toole Jr., who scheduled sentencing for Nov. 9, 2017.
Gomez was deported in 2004 after he was convicted by a jury in federal court in Boston of making false statements in a passport application and using a fraudulent Social Security number. He later reentered the United States.
The charging statute provides for a sentence of no greater than 20 years in prison, three years of supervised released and a fine of up to $250,000. Gomez will be subject to deportation upon completion of his sentence. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based on the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb and Matthew J. Etre, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Boston, made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney Christine Wichers of Weinreb’s Major Crimes Unit is prosecuting the case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
