Thread: MT: Man gets house arrest, fine, for harboring illegals

Man gets house arrest, fine, for harboring illegals
Oct 20, 2007
By NICHOLAS LEDDEN/Daily Inter Lake
A Kalispell man found guilty of harboring, transporting and unlawfully employing illegal aliens was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Missoula.

Elroy Figueroa, 28, was given five months of house arrest with electronic monitoring, three years of probation, and fined $4,500.

He was convicted after a four-day trial.

Figueroa, who owns Figueroa Framers, brought three men from California to work on a construction project on U.S. 93 in Somers, according to court documents.

When agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement visited the job site, the three men twice told investigators they were Mexican citizens without valid immigration documents.

Figueroa told investigators he had an attorney trying to obtain work permits for the three men, but later admitted that he knew they were in the country illegally, according to court documents.

“What can I say, I got caught,â€

This is another one of the federal court judges who is appointed for life. Let's not join the newspaper in allowing him do this under the cloak of anonymity.



CR 07-21-M-DWM
USA v. Eloy Figueroa...

Dates of Event: 10/18/2007 to 10/18/2007
Times of Event: 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Judge: Judge Donald Molloy

Office: Missoula
Type of Event: Sentencing

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U.S. District Court
Russell Smith Courthouse
201 East Broadway
Missoula, MT 59801
Phone
Main 406-542-7260
Jury 406-542-7298
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Molloy, Donald W.
Born 1946 in Butte, MT

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U. S. District Court, District of Montana
Nominated by William J. Clinton on December 21, 1995, to a seat vacated by Paul Gerhart Hatfield; Confirmed by the Senate on July 18, 1996, and received commission on August 1, 1996. Served as chief judge, 2001-present.

Education:
University of Montana, B.A., 1968

University of Montana School of Law, J.D., 1976

Professional Career:
U.S. Navy, Naval Aviation, 1968-1973
Law clerk, Hon. James Battin, U.S. District Court, District of Montana, 1976-1978
Private practice, Billings, Montana, 1978-1995


Race or Ethnicity: White

Gender: Male




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