Felon sentenced after illegally reentering state

Staff Reports 8:59 a.m. CST November 4, 2015

A Honduran national was sentenced Monday to 30 months in prison for reentering the country after being previously deported for committing an aggravated felony, said United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley.

Timoteo Gonzalez-Leiva, 42, of Las Ceiba Atlantia, Honduras, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Donald E. Walter on one count of illegal reentry after being deported as an aggravated felon. He was also ordered deported once his prison term is served.

According to evidence presented at the July 28, 2015 guilty plea, Shreveport Police arrested Gonzalez-Levia on Oct. 26, 2014. On Oct. 28, 2014, he was convicted of simple battery and sentenced to jail.

On Jan. 7, 2015, at the completion of his jail sentence, Caddo Parish Sheriff Steve Prator notified U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of his pending release. ICE agents found the defendant had been deported and then unlawfully returned to the United States multiple times.

He was arrested in March of 1998 for first degree robbery in Delaware and sentenced to two years in prison. After serving the prison sentence, he was deported as an aggravated felon to Honduras. He later unlawfully reentered the United States again, was arrested and removed in April of 2004, and again in February of 2006.

The U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement-Immigration Enforcement, Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office and Shreveport Police Department conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert W. Gillespie Jr. prosecuted the case.

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