Roger B. Handberg, U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida
United States District Judge Richard A. Lazarra has sentenced Jonathan Javier Godoy-Pivaral, a 29-year-old from Honduras, to over five months in prison for illegal reentry into the United States. Godoy-Pivaral had previously pleaded guilty on November 6, 2024.
Court documents reveal that Godoy-Pivaral was initially removed from the United States on February 26, 2018. He later unlawfully reentered the country and was arrested on June 19, 2024, in Hillsborough County for burglary of an unoccupied conveyance.
The case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Enforcement and Removal Operations. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Lindsey Schmidt and Special Assistant United States Attorney Joseph Wheeler, III.
