PRESS RELEASE
May 12, 2008
Lexington, Ky. —A Lexington man, 26-year-old Nolvin Noe Mejia-Mejia, pleaded guilty today to knowingly possessing a falsely made Alien Resident card and a falsely made Social Security card. Meija Mejia was indicted in March of 2008.
James A. Zerhusen, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and Paul Chambers, Resident Agent in Charge, United States Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), jointly made the announcement today.
The investigation was conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The United States was represented in the case by Assistant United States Attorney David A. Marye.
Mejia-Mejia is currently scheduled to appear for sentencing before United States District Court Senior Judge Joseph M. Hood in Lexington, Ky., on Monday June 9, 2008, at 2:00.
Meija faces a maximum prison sentence of 10 years. However, any sentence following conviction would be imposed by the court after consideration of the United States Sentencing Guidelines and the federal statute governing the imposition of sentences.