Several sentenced for harboring illegals
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COVINGTON - A Fischer Homes subcontractor who pleaded guilty to harboring illegal aliens was sentenced this morning in U.S. District Court in Covington.

Robert Pratt, of Tennessee, was sentenced to 1 1/2 years in prison. Federal prosecutors said he is cooperating in an ongoing criminal investigation. They didn't elaborate.

He was charged with using illegal immigrants to provide labor at Fischer Homes construction sites via several local subcontracting companies he controlled. Federal immigration officials raided the sites last year following a two-year investigation into construction hiring practices. Illegal immigrants working as construction laborers were detained and later deported.


Pratt's son, Howard Pratt, to 12 months for his role in the conspiracy.

The elder Pratt daughter, Jacqueline Pratt-Medina, was sentenced to three years probation with the first six months of the sentence under house arrest with an electronic bracelet monitor.

Medina's husband, Leopoldo Medina, was sentenced to five months in prison and three years on probation.

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