A man previously charged with sexual abuse of a minor in Montgomery County was sentenced to prison for being in the country illegally.

By Cameron Luttrell, Patch Staff | May 7, 2018 2:03 pm ET

GREENBELT, MD — A Clarksburg man who was previously charged with sexual abuse of a minor in Montgomery County was sentenced to prison for being in the country unlawfully after three illegal entries and two prior deportations, prosectors announced.

Jose Juarez-Diaz, 32, was given 21 months in prison after a guilty plea.

Officers of the United States Border Patrol initially encountered Juarez on February 6, 2003, after they stopped him attempting to illegally enter the country near Oceanside, California.

Immigration authorities voluntarily returned Juarez to Mexico a few days later, according to a statement from the Department of Justice.

Juarez was arrested for kidnapping during a carjacking in San Diego, California in July 2003. He pled guilty to vehicle theft, a misdemeanor in California, and was sentenced to a term of probation. An Immigration Judge ordered Juarez removed on November 6, 2003, and he was removed that same day to Mexico.

Juarez again illegally reentered the United States at an unknown time and location, prosecutors said. Juarez claims to not remember the date of his return and stated during a post-arrest statement that he walked across the border.

Juarez was arrested in Montgomery County, Maryland after he sexually assaulted a 14-year old girl on March 12, 2015. He was convicted of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in that jurisdiction.

A Montgomery County judge sentenced Juarez to a term of imprisonment of twenty-five years but suspended all but five years, followed by five years of probation on September 11, 2015. The Maryland Division of Corrections paroled Juarez after he served less than three years in prison on October 12, 2017, prosecutors said.

Immigration authorities took Juarez into custody and he was prosecuted federally on immigration charges.

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