Ricardo Jones, Obstructing Deportation, Florida 2022

Ricardo Jones, a Jamaican national, has been sentenced to four years and three months in federal prison for obstructing his deportation from the United States.

A federal jury had found Jones guilty on February 15, 2022, for using multiple aliases, including Freddie Davis, Joseph Gordon, Dave Davis, Patrick Melbourne, Frank Douglas, and Danny Brooks, to evade deportation.

Jones was first encountered by immigration authorities in January 1985 in Miami when he attempted to enter the United States from Jamaica by claiming to be a U.S. citizen named Freddie Davis. When authorities determined that he was not a U.S. citizen, he was allowed to voluntarily return to Jamaica.

However, Jones attempted to enter the country again the next month in West Palm Beach, claiming to be a citizen of the Bahamas and using a fraudulent Bahamian passport in the name of Joseph Gordon. This ruse was discovered, and he was deported to Jamaica.

Sometime later, at an unknown place and time, Jones successfully entered the United States illegally. He was encountered by immigration authorities in Dallas in September 1988, after serving a prison sentence. Jones said then that his name was Joseph Gordon and at first said that he was a U.S. citizen born in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, but later said that he was a citizen of the Bahamas.

On January 18, 2019, Jones was scheduled for an interview with the Jamaican consulate, but he refused to speak to them. When an ICE officer asked him his name, he responded “Only God knows my name.”

This case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Arnold B. Corsmeier.

Ricardo Jones has been sentenced to four years and three months in federal prison for obstructing his deportation from the United States.

Jones’ extensive criminal past is a threat to public safety, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations. He has been convicted of multiple crimes and has used multiple aliases to evade deportation.

Ricardo Jones, Jamaican national, has been convicted of obstructing his deportation from the United States.

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