Lafayette, LA - Man from Mexico arrested in St. Mary Parish pleads guilty to reentering the U.S. illegally

United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Mexican citizen pleaded guilty to a charge that he reentered the United States illegally four times.

Miguel Rosales-Sanchez, 45, of Mexico, pleaded guilty Wednesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Patrick Hanna to one ... More...   $0 (09-13-2016 - LA)

Albuquerque, NM - Albuquerque Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Heroin Trafficking Charge

Defendant Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico

Christopher Craig, 26, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty in federal court to a federal heroin trafficking charge.

Craig was arrested in Feb. 2016, on a criminal complai... More...   $0 (09-08-2016 - NM)

An Illegal Immigrant from Mexico Sentenced to Prison After Being Deported Five Times and Returning

A Mexican man who had previously been deported five times was sentenced today to more than three years in federal prison.

Manuel Sanchez-Rojas, 47, a citizen of Mexico who had been living in Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after a June 2, 2016, guilty plea to one count of i... More...   $0 (08-30-2016 - IA)

On June 6, 2007, Brent pled guilty to Class B felony dealing in cocaine, cause
number 34D01-0606-FA-458 (“FA-458”). The trial court sentenced Brent to a
seventeen-year term of incarceration with ten years to be executed and seven
suspended to probation. On April 11, 2014, Appellee-Plaintiff the State of
Indiana (“the State”) charged Brent with Class D felony intimidation and ... More...   $0 (08-27-2016 - IN)

Around 6:00 a.m. on November 21, 2014, six to ten officers of the Michigan
City Police Department went to Williams’ residence on Highland Avenue to
serve an arrest warrant on Robert Sanders, Jr. Sanders is Williams’ brother,
and, according to his driver’s license records, Sanders lived at Williams’
residence. Williams’ minor niece, V.G., also lived at that residence, as did <... More...   $0 (08-26-2016 - IN)

On September 4, 2013, Burchett pled guilty to Dealing in a Look-Alike
Substance, Battery, and Resisting Law Enforcement. He received an aggregate
sentence of eight years, with three years suspended to probation.
[3] On July 23, 2014, the Indiana Department of Correction (“the DOC”) filed in
the trial court documents verifying that Burchett had completed a DOC
therapeutic ... More...   $0 (08-21-2016 - IN)

Albuquerque, NM - Albuquerque Woman Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Trafficking Charges

Sara Marie Martinez, 36, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty to an indictment charging her with heroin and methamphetamine trafficking offenses. Martinez entered the guilty plea without the benefit of a plea agreement. Co-defendant Ernest Cordova, 44, also of Albuquerque, previously pled guilty to th... More...   $0 (08-09-2016 - NM)

Albuquerque, NM - Albuquerque Man Sentenced to Prison for Federal Heroin Trafficking Conviction

Case Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico

Ramon Phillip Baca, 44, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced to 57 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his heroin trafficking conviction. More...   $0 (08-07-2016 - NM)

Albuquerque, NM - Espanola Man Sentenced to Prison for Violating Federal Narcotics Trafficking Laws

Matthew Martinez, 38, of Espanola, N.M., was sentenced to 70 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on a heroin trafficking charge. Martinez also was ordered to pay $500 in community restitution and to pay a $2,000 money judgment to the United St... More...   $0 (07-26-2016 - NM)

Albuquerque, NM - Navajo Man Sentenced to Prison for Failing to Update his Sex Offender Registration

Darrick Negale, 30, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced in federal court to 16 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for violating the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). Negale will be require... More...   $0 (07-25-2016 - AZ)

Las Cruces, NM - Federal Jury in New Mexico Finds Two Men Guilty of Cocaine and Heroin Trafficking Charges

Defendants Guilty of Trafficking 105.6 Pounds of Cocaine and 11.55 Pounds of Heroin: Defendants Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico


A federal jury sitting in Las Cruces, N.M., returned a verdict f... More...   $0 (07-16-2016 - NM)

Albuquerque, NM - Albuquerque Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Narcotics Trafficking Charges

Defendant Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico

Daniel Jiron, 41, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty to heroin and methamphetamine trafficking charges. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Jiron will be sentenced withi... More...   $0 (07-15-2016 - NM)

Madison, WI - Mexican Citizen Sentenced for Illegally Reentering U.S.

Rolando Reyes-Cruz, 49, a citizen of Mexico found living in New Lisbon, Wis., was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States following deportation. Reyes-Cruz pleaded guilty to this charge on May 5, 2016.

Reyes-Cruz first came to the United States illegally when he was... More...   $0 (07-07-2016 - WI)

On the evening of March 22, the complainant, Saul Ruvalcaba, was celebrating his birthday
at his house with his friends and neighbors. Sometime in the early morning hours of March 23,
Ruvalcaba was fatally stabbed.
Ruvalcaba’s wife, San Juana Garza, testified Sanchez-Cerda would park his car on their
property and she had asked her husband to tell Sanchez-Cerda not to park ther... More...   $0 (07-06-2016 - TX)

The parties do not dispute the court’s factual findings leading to McRae’s
arrest for armed robbery. On December 30, 2013, a convenience store was robbed
in Vernon. A surveillance camera captured an image of two women. One woman’s
face was uncovered as she pointed a firearm at the clerk. A surveillance video also
captured images of a vehicle arriving and leaving, indicating the... More...   $0 (06-21-2016 - FL)

On June 4, 2007, following his conviction in the United States District 
Court for the District of Oregon on multiple counts of arson, attempted arson, 
and conspiracy to commit arson, McGowan was sentenced principally to eighty
four months’ incarceration. On December 11, 2012, he was transferred to 
Brooklyn House Residential Reentry Center (“RRC”) to serve the remainder of 
... More...   $0 (06-14-2016 - NY)

Concord, NH - Mexican Man Sentenced For Illegal Reentry After Deportation

Juan Martinez, of Mexico, pleaded guilty to illegally reentering the United States after having been previously deported. Under the U.S. Attorney’s accelerated sentencing program for reentry cases, the defendant was sentenced to time served since his arrest on April 15, 2016. The defendant was ordered to be deporte... More...   $0 (06-13-2016 - NH)

Adrian Diaz-Angeles, 29, of Mexico, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on June 7, 2016, for illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien into the United States. Diaz-Angeles was arrested in Laramie, Wyoming. He was sentenced to time served, plus ten days, was ordered to pay a $100.00 special assessment, and is subject to deportation upon release from custod... More...   $0 (06-09-2016 - WY)

Hilda Mireya Ibarra-Avilez, 43, of Mexico, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on June 7, 2016, for illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien into the United States. Ibarra-Avilez was arrested in Powell, Wyoming. She was sentenced to time served, plus ten days, was ordered to pay a $100.00 special assessment, and is subject to deportation upon release fro... More...   $0 (06-09-2016 - WY)

Herminio Garcia-Reyes, 26, of Mexico, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on June 3, 2016, for illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien into the United States. Garcia-Reyes was arrested in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He was sentenced to time served, plus ten days, was ordered to pay a $100.00 special assessment, and is subject to deportation upon release from custody. This ... More...   $0 (06-09-2016 - WY)

Kim is from South Korea. He came to the United States on an F-1 Visa to
attend Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana. On April 26, 2012, Kim
removed a laptop that belonged to another student from the lobby of a
residence hall. At the time the incident occurred, Kim was a sophomore at the
university. Kim had the laptop in his possession for approximately three or
four... More...   $0 (06-09-2016 - IN)

Albuquerque, NM - Valencia County Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Heroin Trafficking Conviction

Case Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico

Erik Molinar-Gonzalez, 32, of Los Lunas, N.M., was sentenced to 70 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release for his heroin trafficking conviction... More...   $0 (05-30-2016 - NM)

Pittsburgh, PA - Removed Alien Sentenced to 5 Months in Prison for Illegally Re-entering United States

A resident of Mexico was sentenced in federal court on his conviction of Illegal Reentry after Deportation.

Chief United States District Judge Joy Flowers Conti imposed the sentence on Javier Morales-Bautista, 35, of Mexico.

According to information presented to the cou... More...   $0 (05-24-2016 - PA)

Defendant Giuseppe Paparatto appeals from the June 27, 2014
order denying his motion to vacate a guilty plea he entered in
2006. Defendant claims he presented a colorable claim of
innocence, the motion judge erred in failing to consider his
reasons for withdrawing his plea, and the State will not be
prejudiced if it had to try the ten-year-old charges. Finding
no me... More...   $0 (05-19-2016 - NJ)

Concord, NH - Honduran Man Sentenced for Illegal Reentry after Deportation

United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced that Milson Reyes-Alvarez, of Honduras, was sentenced to time already served since his arrest on February 10, 2016, following his guilty plea to illegally reentering the United States after having been previously deported. Reyes-Alvarez’s plea and sentencing were he... More...   $0 (05-06-2016 - NH)