Dominican National Sentenced for Illegal Reentry

BOSTON – A Dominican national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for illegal reentry.

Luis Alfredo Baez, 55, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Patti B. Saris to 22 months in prison and one year of supervised release. Upon completion of his sentence, Baez will be placed into removal proceedings and deported to the Dominican Republic. Baez was indicted in July 2020.

In 2006, Baez was arrested by police in Boston and charged with drug distribution. Prior to the case being adjudicated, Baez was placed into removal proceedings and deported to the Dominican Republic. Sometime after his removal, Baez illegally reentered the United States and was later convicted in Rhode Island of identity fraud. After completion of his sentence, Baez was turned over to Suffolk Superior Court on the outstanding 2006 drug distribution warrant, but was released. 

In June 2011, Baez was arrested in Lynn and charged with drug distribution. Baez was later released, and the case went into default. In November 2011, Baez was encountered by law enforcement at Logan International Airport. Baez was taken into custody and transferred to Suffolk Superior Court on the outstanding 2006 drug distribution warrant. In 2012, Baez was convicted in Suffolk Superior Court and sentenced to five years in jail. While serving this sentence, Baez was convicted in Essex Superior Court and received a sentence of 10-12 years in jail for the 2011 drug distribution charge in Lynn.

In July 2020, Baez was charged in this case with unlawful reentry of a deported alien.

United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling and Todd Lyons, Field Office Director, Enforcement and Removal Operations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Boston made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kenneth G. Shine of Lelling’s Major Crimes Unit prosecuted the case.