PROVIDENCE -- Today's sentencing for an operator of Falcon Maintenance Company in Johnston has been postponed until next Friday.

Chief U.S. District Court Judge Mary M. Lisi is scheduled to sentence Vincent D'Elia at 9:30 a.m. He faces up to six months in prison and a fine of $3,000 for each unauthorized worker that his firm employed to perform janitorial services at state courthouses.

Last fall, D'Elia, of 160 Winsor Ave., Johnston, pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of engaging in a pattern and practice of hiring illegal immigrants for employment, knowing that they were not authorized for employment in the United States.

Falcon Maintenance was one of two firms that contracted with the Rhode Island Judiciary for janitorial services at state courthouses. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, also known as ICE, and state police troopers raided several courthouses on July 15 and took several undocumented immigrant workers into custody.

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