BOSTON - A Dominican national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for using a stolen Social Security number in order to obtain a Massachusetts driver’s license.
Julio Cesar Baez-Mejia, 37, a Dominican national formerly residing in Lawrence, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge George A. O’Toole to eight months in prison and three years of supervised release to be served concurrent to an 18 month sentence he is currently serving in the Lawrence Correctional Alternative Center for assault with a deadly weapon, breaking and entering and malicious destruction of property. Baez-Mejia will face deportation upon completion of his sentence. In May 2017, Baez-Mejia pleaded guilty to one count of misuse of a Social Security number.
On Nov. 19, 2012, Baez-Mejia entered a Massachusetts branch of the Registry of Motor Vehicles and applied for a Massachusetts Class D driver’s license under the name of an American citizen from Puerto Rico. On the application, the defendant listed the name, date of birth, and Social Security number of the American citizen as his own. Baez-Mejia then signed the license application and was issued a driver’s license under the stolen identity.
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 Nicholas Soivilien of Weinreb’s Major Crimes Unit prosecuted the case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
