A 68-year-old man from St. Kitts has been arrested and charged with making a false official statement and unlawful re-entry into the United States.
According to authorities, Andrew Adolphus Hodge was arrested on May 29, 2018, at the Peace Bridge port of entry in Buffalo, New York. A Customs and Border Protection officer conducted a primary inspection of Hodge, who was a passenger on a commercial Greyhound Bus.
Hodge presented a United Kingdom Passport and stated that he was traveling to Brooklyn, New York to visit family. However, a primary name query resulted in a positive response indicating that he had been previously deported from the United States as an aggravated felon.
The defendant indicated to the officer that he had never lived in the United States and had never been arrested. However, subsequent investigation determined that Hodge had been ordered removed by an Immigration Judge on April 28, 2015, after being convicted of Grand Theft in Los Angeles, California in October 1993, and Forgery over $60,000 in Shelby County, Tennessee in October 2009.
Hodge was removed from the United States and deported to Saint Kitts in April 2016. He is currently being held pending a detention hearing on June 8, 2018.
The charges against Hodge carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The fact that a defendant has been charged with a crime is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
This case is the result of an investigation by Customs and Border Protection, under the direction of Director of Field Operations Rose Brophy.
Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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