Thread: THIRD Conviction Enough to Send Illegal Alien to Prison

Third conviction enough to send illegal immigrant to prison

By John Gardner
jgardner@postindependent.com
Glenwood Springs, CO Colorado
Saturday, May 9, 2009

GLENWOOD SPRINGS — An Hispanic man living in Carbondale illegally for over a decade was sentenced to prison and faces possible deportation for assaulting another man and giving a false name to authorities.

Jesus Mendoza-Soriano, 37, pleaded guilty to one count of criminal impersonation, a felony, and third-degree assault on April 2. Ninth Judicial District Court Judge Denise Lynch sentenced Soriano to 18 months in the Colorado Department of Corrections on the criminal impersonation charge. The felony conviction is Soriano’s third for the same crime.

Soriano also received 90 days for the assault charge but was credited for 102 days he’s already served in Garfield County Jail since the incident occurred on Jan. 25.

According to the arrest affidavit, Garfield County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a fight at the Dos Hermanos Restaurant near the Colorado Mountain College turnoff south of Glenwood Springs on Jan. 25. They spoke to the victim that said he had been hit in the head with a bottle, by a man he called “Gustavo,â€

Public defender Steve McCrohan said he was working at the same job for the past seven years and supporting his family without any other criminal incidents.

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Judge Lynch said "...criminal impersonation, convictions of theft, and two DUIs."

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