Dominican Man Faces 20 Years In Prison After Sneaking Back Into US After Deportation: Feds

A 35-year-old Dominican man who recently finished a federal sentence on drug and weapons charges now faces 20 years in prison for violating a deportation order, federal authorities said.

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Josh Lanier

11/29/2022 12:57 p.m.

Jonathan Alcequiez-Sanchez was convicted of drug distribution and weapons charges in December 2021 in Lawrence District Court and served a sentence in prison until earlier this month, the US Attorney's Office said. But Alcequiez-Sanchez is not supposed to be in the United States.

The foreign-born man was deported from the US in 2018 after police in New York arrested him for unlawful entry, the prosecutor said. It's unclear when he returned to the country.

The charge of unlawful reentry of a deported alien carries a possible sentence of two decades and a fine of up to $250,000, federal authorities said.

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