Luis Analberto Pineda-Anchecta, Illegal Reentry, North Carolina 2023

Honduran National Charged with Illegal Reentry in North Carolina

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – U.S. Attorney Murray announced today that Luis Analberto Pineda-Anchecta, 37, a Honduran national, has been charged by a federal criminal complaint with illegal reentry of a deported alien.

Court records show that Pineda-Anchecta was previously deported in 2006.

According to the criminal complaint, on or about May 15, 2019, the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) arrested Pineda-Anchecta for the offenses of Assault on a Female, Communicating Threats, Injury to Personal Property Over $200, Larceny of Property or Goods with a Value Over $1000, and Simple Assault.

The complaint further alleges that on or about May 23, 2019, Pineda-Anchecta engaged in a standoff with a CMPD SWAT team that lasted several hours.

Because he engaged in additional criminal conduct, CMPD re-arrested Pineda-Anchecta and charged him with Assault on a Female, Communicating Threats, Assault on a Person by Strangulation and Inflicting Physical Injury, Violation of a Domestic Violence Order, and First-Degree Kidnapping of a Person Over 16.

The illegal reentry charge carries a maximum prison term of 2 years and a $250,000 fine. Pineda-Anchecta will have his initial appearance in federal court in the coming days.

The charges contained in the complaints are allegations. The defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt in a court of law.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdnc/pr/two-honduran-nationals-are-charged-illegal-reentry