BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after being deported.
Teddy Leonel Cruz-Velez, 44, pleaded guilty to one count of illegal re-entry of a deported alien before U.S. District Court Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. Sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 11, 2018.
In December 2016, law enforcement in Middleton encountered Cruz-Velez and determined that he was illegally present in the United States. Cruz-Velez had previously been deported on July 2, 2013.
Cruz-Velez 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 proceedings 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 Weinreb and Matthew 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 the case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
