BOSTON – A repeat convicted felon from the Dominican Republic was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for reentering the United States illegally after deportation.
Yonathan Leandro Villar, 37, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge William G. Young on January 4, 2023, in federal court in Boston.
Villar has a criminal record that goes back nearly 19 years, with multiple convictions including for firearms, heroin offenses, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and attempt to fraudulently obtain a passport.
He has more than 20 aliases, 15 false dates of births, and nine false social security numbers.
In December 2020, Villar pleaded guilty to illegal reentry. He illegally entered the United States in 1992 using a fraudulent passport and was removed from the country in July 2016 after being released from federal custody for a false passport application conviction.
In August 2019, Villar was arrested in Foxboro and charged with narcotics and motor vehicle offenses. Fingerprints obtained from Villar at the time of his arrest positively matched those obtained prior to his removal from the United States in 2016.
Villar will be subject to deportation proceedings upon completion of his sentence, which will run concurrent with a 78-month sentence he is currently serving in an unrelated state case.
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Key Facts
- State: Massachusetts
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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