An undocumented felon who returned to the United States after being deported was sentenced Wednesday to 20 months in prison, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of the Virgin Islands.
Chief District Judge Robert Molloy sentenced Tommy Walter Ramirez, 36, a Dominican Republic national, after federal agents arrested him on St. Thomas earlier this year. Court documents state that Homeland Security Investigations, Enforcement and Removal agents, and the U.S. Marshals apprehended Ramirez on May 24. He did not have identification at the time, and a biometric fingerprint check confirmed his identity, according to the press release.
Records showed Ramirez had been deported on April 22, 2022, and was ordered not to return. His immigration file showed no legal entries into the United States and no written permission from the attorney general or the secretary of Homeland Security to re-enter, the press release stated.
Federal prosecutors reported that Ramirez also had two prior felony convictions for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute cocaine while living illegally in the Virgin Islands, the release stated.
