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Immigrant Sentenced to 44 Months in Prison

District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez on Thursday sentenced Terrance L. Hanley, also known as Robert A. Jenkins, a 45-year-old national of St. Kitts, to 44 months in prison and three years of supervised release for illegal reentry into the United States.

U.S. Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced the sentence in a statement released Friday.

Hanley was arrested on Nov. 16, at the Cyril E. King Airport by agents of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security after he attempted to board a flight to the mainland United States using the name Robert A. Jenkins.

He pleaded guilty on Jan. 15 to illegal reentry into the United States.

According to court records. Hanley was arrested in New York in December 2003 for conspiracy to import cocaine and heroin, and was deported to St. Kitts in June 2014. He has not obtained permission to reenter the United States.

The case was investigated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Homeland Security Investigations and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Everard E. Potter.

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