An Orlando man has been sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as an undocumented immigrant.
Omar O’Neill Lewis, a 41-year-old citizen of Jamaica, was sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge John Antoon, II, after pleading guilty to the charge on August 13, 2012.
According to court documents, an Orange County Sheriff’s deputy observed Lewis attempting to conceal a handgun under a parked car in a parking lot on an unknown date. The handgun, a 5.7 mm FN Herstal, was recovered and identified as loaded with a round in the chamber and 16 rounds in the magazine.
Lewis was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon and, at the time of his arrest, identified himself to deputies using a fictitious name. He also produced an illegally obtained Florida identification card and Florida driver’s license.
Through a search warrant for the collection of DNA samples, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s laboratory in Orlando confirmed the DNA collected from the firearm matched DNA collected from Lewis.
Lewis was later identified as an undocumented immigrant who had previously been ordered removed from the United States on April 3, 2001, and physically removed on June 28, 2001. He reentered the country on or about July 25, 2005, without permission, and was physically removed again on February 23, 2006.
This case was investigated by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations. It was prosecuted by Special Assistant United States Attorney Myrna Amelia Mesa.
This is not Lewis’s first run-in with the law. On October 5, 2009, he was sentenced to 46 months’ imprisonment for illegal re-entry, and on May 25, 2010, he was sentenced to 19 months’ imprisonment for false impersonation of a United States citizen.
Key Facts
- State: Florida
- Category: Weapons, Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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