BOSTON – A Dominican national who previously resided in Middleton was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for illegal reentry.
Joaquin Diaz, 39, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock to 36 months in prison and three years of supervised release. Diaz will also be subject to deportation upon completion of his sentence. In October 2019, Diaz pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful reentry of deported alien.
On May 21, 2014, Diaz was encountered in Middleton. Diaz was previously deported in in 2007. At some point after each deportation, he illegally reentered the United States. Diaz was charged in this case in November 2018.
United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling and Todd M. Lyons, Field Office Director, Boston, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations made the announcement. Assistant U.S. Attorney Suzanne Sullivan Jacobus of Lelling’s Major Crimes Unit prosecuted the case.
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