John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DIMAS ESCOBAR, 41, a citizen of Guatemala last residing in New Britain, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to one count of reentry of a removed alien.
According to court documents and statements made in court, ESCOBAR was admitted to the U.S. as a lawful permanent resident in November 2004.
In October 2011, ESCOBAR was convicted in Bristol Superior Court of sexual assault in the second degree and was sentenced to eight years of incarceration, execution suspended after 18 months, and 10 years of probation. He also was subject to mandatory sex offender registration.
In May 2013, ESCOBAR was deported from the U.S. to Guatemala.
On June 7, 2017, Plainville Police alerted ICE to ESCOBAR’s presence in the U.S. On June 14, ICE officers arrested ESCOBAR following a traffic stop in New Britain.
ESCOBAR has been detained since his arrest. He is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford on March 15, 2018, at which time he faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years.
This investigation was conducted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Deborah R. Slater.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
