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ILLEGAL ALIENS SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT
May 13, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
HAROLD REDWAY, age 49, and BRENTON ST. AUBYN SMITH, age 34, both residents of Jamaica, were each sentenced in federal court today before U.S. District Court Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt to six months imprisonment, announced U. S. Attorney Jim Letten. In addition to the term of imprisonment, Judge Engelhardt ordered that each of the defendants be placed on two (2) years of supervised release following the term of imprisonment, during which time the defendants will be under federal supervision and risk an additional term of imprisonment should they violate any terms of their supervised release.
According to court documents, on February 4, 2009, REDWAY and SMITH, each pled guilty to one count of an indictment admitting that without consent, they secreted themselves aboard a the M/V vessel Chryssa K while it was in Jamaica and remained aboard when it entered Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
The case was investigated by United States Customs and Border Protection. The case was prosecuted by Special Assistant U. S. Attorney Robert Weir.
