Haitian Citizen Sentenced for Illegal Re-Entry

PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK – Lemarin Bolivard, age 43, and of a citizen of Haiti, was sentenced today to time served (69 days in jail) for illegally re-entering the United States.

The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Robert N. Garcia, Acting Chief Patrol Agent, United States Border Patrol, Swanton Sector.

On September 15, 2009, Bolivard was ordered removed from the United States.  On August 10, 2017, he voluntarily departed the United States by illegally entering Canada.  On June 2, 2018, he illegally entered the United States from Canada with three other people, by walking through the woods in Champlain, New York.  Border Patrol Agents then discovered Bolivard sleeping in a vehicle in a motel parking lot in Plattsburgh.

Following the sentencing, Bolivard was remanded to the custody of the Department of Homeland Security, for removal proceedings.

This case was investigated by United States Border Patrol and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Douglas Collyer.