Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Jethro Jerome Arthur (47, Bahamas) to two years in federal prison for illegal reentry into the United States after deportation.
Arthur had pleaded guilty on Aug. 25, 2021.
According to court documents, on April 14, 2021, Arthur was arrested in Brevard County on state felony criminal charges (possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; trafficking in heroin, cocaine, and MDMA; and possession with intent to sell various controlled substances) and found to be present in the United States without legal authorization. In 1998, Arthur was convicted of possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute it. Arthur had previously been convicted on two occasions for illegal reentry to the United States after deportation, in 2005 and 2015, and had been deported from the United States to the Bahamas on three occasions.
This case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ICE-ERO). It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer M. Harrington.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
