BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to an immigration crime.
Manolo Sosa-Nieves, 45, pleaded guilty to one count of illegal reentry after deportation. U.S. Senior District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock scheduled sentencing for Jan. 16, 2018. Sosa-Nieves was previously deported on Aug. 21, 2002. On April 14, 2017, Sosa-Nieves was arrested in Lawrence on unrelated state charges and determined to be unlawfully present in the United States.
Sosa-Nieves faces a sentence of no greater than 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release, a fine of $250,000, and will be subject to deportation upon completion of his sentence. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon 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 Nicholas Soivilien of Weinreb’s Major Crimes Unit is prosecuting this case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
