Dominican National Sentenced for Illegal Reentry

BOSTON - A Dominican national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after being deported.  

Juan Laboy, 44, a Dominican national formerly residing in Lawrence, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge William G. Young to 27 months in prison and three years of supervised release. In June 2018, Laboy pleaded guilty to one count of illegal reentry of a deported alien.

Laboy, who, at the time of his arrest, was on federal supervised release for a 2016 illegal reentry conviction, has previously been deported five times: Oct. 18, 2006; Jan. 12, 2008; April 7, 2010; Dec. 3, 2013; and April 5, 2016.

On Nov. 14, 2017, law enforcement arrested Laboy and charged him with trafficking in cocaine. Laboy’s prints were obtained and found to match the prints in his Alien file. The cocaine trafficking charges are currently pending in Lawrence District Court.

Immediately following his June 2018 plea hearing before Judge Young, Laboy appeared before U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs for a hearing related to violating his supervised release. Judge Burroughs found Laboy in violation of his supervised release and sentenced him to eight months in prison. Today’s sentence will be served consecutive to the eight months imposed in June.

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