Illegal Alien Indicted for Making False Statements
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Illegal Alien Indicted for Making False Statements in an Application for U.S. Passport and Unlawful Re-Entry Reports U.S. Attorney
BOSTON, April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- An illegal alien residing in Lawrence
was arraigned yesterday in federal court on an indictment charging him with
making false statements on an application for a U.S. passport and
unlawfully re- entering the United States after having been deported.
United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan; James Ennis, Special Agent
in Charge of the U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service in
New England; Christopher Tremann, Resident Agent in Charge of the Resident
Office of Diplomatic Security Service in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Bruce M.
Foucart, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement
in New England; and Jeff Paula, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Social
Security Administration's Office of Inspector General, announced that JUAN
ANTONIO HERNANDEZ, a/k/a Jose Miguel Cuevas Rivera, a/k/a Jose Cuevas
Rivera, 42, of 76 East Haverhill Street, Lawrence, Massachusetts, was
charged in a two-count Indictment with making false statements in an
application for a U.S. Passport and unlawful re-entry of a deported alien.
According to the Indictment on May 22, 2006, HERNANDEZ made false
statements on an application for a U.S. Passport, whereby he falsely
represented that he was a U.S. citizen. The Indictment further alleges that
HERNANDEZ, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, unlawfully re-entered the
United States after having been deported on August 13, 1999.
HERNANDEZ was arraigned yesterday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Marianne
B. Bowler, and was ordered held without bail pending trial.
If convicted, HERNANDEZ faces a maximum sentence of 10 years
imprisonment on the False Statements charge and 20 years imprisonment on
the unlawful re- entry charge, to be followed by 3 years of supervised
release, and a $250,000 fine. Upon completion of any prison sentence
imposed HERNANDEZ also faces deportation to his native Dominican Republic.
The case is being investigated by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau
of Diplomatic Security Service, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
and U.S. Social Security Administration's Office of Inspector General. It
is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Antoinette E.M. Leoney in
Sullivan's Major Crimes Unit.
The details contained in the Indictment are allegations. The defendant
is presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of
law.
SOURCE U.S. Attorney
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