ST. THOMAS – A 45-year-old St. Kitts national who was arrested in 2003 on cocaine and heroin charges and deported in 2014 has been sentenced to 44 months in prison and three years of supervised release for illegal re-entry into the United States, according to U.S. Attorney Ronald Sharpe.
Terrance L. Hanley, going under the name Robert A. Jenkins, attempted to board a flight from Cyril E. King Airport in St. Thomas to the U.S. mainland on November 16, 2014 and was arrested by agents of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Sharpe said. Hanley pleaded guilty to illegal entry into the United States on January 15, 2015.
Hanley was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez on Thursday in Charlotte Amalie.
Court records indicate that in December 2003, Hanley was arrested in New York for conspiracy to import cocaine and heroin and was deported to St. Kitts in June 2014. He has not obtained permission to re-enter the United States, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
The case was investigated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Everard E. Potter.
Feature Image Aerial view of Cyril E. King Airport in St. Thomas
Image Credit: Sam Chui
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