{"id":30302,"date":"2015-10-20T21:54:06","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T21:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=30302"},"modified":"2015-10-20T21:54:06","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T21:54:06","slug":"men-from-grenada-and-dominica-sentenced-to-18-months-in-prison-for-smuggling-illegal-immigrants-into-territory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=30302","title":{"rendered":"Men From Grenada And Dominica Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison For Smuggling Illegal Immigrants Into Territory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. THOMAS &#8212; District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez on Monday sentenced Kenrick\u00a0Christopher, 48, of Grenada, to 23 months in prison, and Jeard Shillingford, 33, of Dominica, to 18\u00a0months in prison for encouraging and inducing illegal immigrants to enter the United States for\u00a0commercial or financial gain, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Judge Gomez also\u00a0sentenced both men to serve three years of supervised release.<\/p>\n<p>On June 24, 2015, Christopher and Shillingford pleaded guilty to encouraging and inducing illegal\u00a0immigrants to enter the United States for commercial or financial gain. As part of their pleas,\u00a0Christopher and Shillingford admitted to operating a sailing vessel containing 61 Haitian nationals\u00a0seeking to enter the United States illegally, and that they did so for commercial or financial gain\u00a0knowing that their actions were unlawful. The United States Coast Guard and U.S. Customs and Border\u00a0Protection intercepted the vessel off the coast of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands on June 10, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>This case was investigated by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Coast Guard and U.S.\u00a0Immigration and Customs Enforcement\u2019s Homeland Security Investigations. It was prosecuted by\u00a0Assistant United States Attorney David White.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. THOMAS &#8212; District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez on Monday sentenced Kenrick\u00a0Christopher, 48, of Grenada, to 23 months in prison, and Jeard Shillingford, 33, of Dominica, to 18\u00a0months in prison for encouraging and inducing illegal immigrants to enter the United States for\u00a0commercial or financial gain, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Judge Gomez [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[191,147],"tags":[3603,3608,3606,3609,3607],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Men From Grenada And Dominica Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison For Smuggling Illegal Immigrants Into Territory - V.I. 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