A Guatemalan national was sentenced June 4 in U.S. District Court in Portland for illegally entering the U.S. after a prior removal.

Chief U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker sentenced Samuel Par-Lopez, 37, to time served (about 113 days). Par-Lopez pleaded guilty March 14.

According to court records, on Feb. 7, an officer from Wiscasset Police Department observed Par-Lopez allegedly operating a vehicle with snow on the roof that had not been cleared (a violation of Maine motor vehicle law). Immigration records showed he had previously been removed from the U.S. and did not have a visa or other documentation that would allow him to re-enter the country.

U.S. Border Patrol investigated the case with assistance from Wiscasset Police Department.