Citizen of Honduras Sentenced to 29 Months in Federal Prison for Reentering the U.S. after Being Deported

John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that FRANKLIN OMAR RODRIGUEZ, 37, a citizen of Honduras last residing in Norwalk, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 29 months of imprisonment for illegally reentering the U.S. after being deported.

According to court documents and statements made in court, in December 2005, Rodriguez was convicted in Carroll County, Georgia, of statutory rape and was sentenced to time served and three years of probation.  In February 2009, he was convicted, in Carroll County, of failure to register as a sex offender and two counts of false identification documents, and was sentenced to 10 years of incarceration, execution suspended after two years.  In July 2009, he was convicted in Douglas County, Georgia, for possessing drugs, driving under the influence and driving with a suspended license, and was sentenced to 18 months of incarceration.  Rodriguez used aliases when he was arrested for these offenses.

In February 2011, Rodriguez was deported from the U.S. to Honduras.

Rodriguez illegally reentered the U.S. and, on January 13, 2017, was arrested by Stamford Police for the sale of illegal drugs, possession of narcotics with intent to sell, and interfering/resisting arrest.

On December 8, 2017, Rodriguez pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of reentry of a removed alien.

The state case is pending in Stamford Superior Court, where Rodriguez is scheduled to be sentenced on November 21.

This investigation was conducted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations.  The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Deborah R. Slater.