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June 19, 2008

Central Falls man, in U.S. illegally for 3rd time, sentenced

PROVIDENCE -- A Mexican man was sentenced today to nearly four years in federal prison for illegally returning to the United States after being deported, the U.S. Attorney's office in Providence said.

Gustavo Granados, 39, was convicted in 1992 in Family Court of second-degree child abuse, and was deported twice, a news release from U.S. Attorney Robert Clark Corrente's office states. Granados' illegal status was discovered in January after a traffic stop in East Providence.

Judge Ernest C. Torres imposed the sentence in U.S. District Court, Providence. Granados, who pleaded guilty in March to illegal re-entry, will again be subject to deportation after his term in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.

Prosecutor Sandra R. Beckner said at the plea hearing that the government could show Granados was deported as a felon in May 1995, and was deported again in October 1999. He re-entered the United States near Nogales, Ariz., in July 2005, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.

Granados most recently lived in a Mowry Street apartment in Central Falls.

In January, East Providence Police made a routine traffic stop of the car Granados was driving, and contacted Immigration and Customs Enforcement for an immigration check, the U.S. Attorney's office said. Immigration agents took Granados into custody on Jan. 15.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 4:38 PM | Permalink

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