Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Samuel Lopez-Lopez (29, Atlanta) to 24 months in federal prison for illegally re-entering the United States after previously being deported. Lopez-Lopez had pleaded guilty on July 2, 2019.
According to the facts described in court, on Feb. 18, 2019, Lopez-Lopez was convicted of battery on a law enforcement officer and grand theft in Columbia County. The charges arose out of an incident at a hotel in Lake City that had occurred on Dec. 28, 2018. After Lopez-Lopez was booked on the charges, immigration agents ran his fingerprints and found that he was a citizen of Honduras who was illegally present in the United States. Lopez-Lopez also had been previously deported from the United States three times.
Lopez-Lopez had previous convictions for domestic battery, use of a controlled substance, transportation of a controlled substance, and possession of a controlled substance. After Lopez-Lopez serves his prison sentence, he will be deported from the United States.
This case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Arnold B. Corsmeier.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
