Illegal immigrant charged with local crimes
By John Richmeier, Times Staff Writer
Published: Thursday, July 10, 2008 7:45 AM CDT
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An illegal immigrant has been charged for a number of crimes alleged to have been committed in Leavenworth, according to a news release from the U.S. attorney’s office.

Felipe Luis Alberran-Martinez, 29, a citizen of Mexico, is charged with one count of unlawfully re-entering the United States after being deported, four counts of aggravated identity theft, one count of possession of fraudulently obtained documents, one count of possession of a false U.S. identification document and one count of production of a false identification document, according to a news release from the office of Eric Melgren, U.S. attorney for Kansas.

The crimes are alleged to have occurred June 19.


Alberran-Martinez was indicted Wednesday as a grand jury met in Topeka.

If convicted, Alberran-Martinez would face a maximum penalty of two years in federal prison without parole and a fine of up to $250,000 for illegal re-entry after deportation, a mandatory two years consecutive to the underlying sentence and a fine of up to $250,000 for aggravated identity theft, a maximum penalty of 10 years and a fine of up to $250,000 for possession of fraudulently obtained documents, a maximum penalty of 10 years and a fine of up to $250,000 for possession of a false U.S. government identification document and a maximum penalty of 10 years and a fine of up to $250,000 for the production of a false identification document, according to the release.

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