Felon From Jamaica Living In Hartford Pleads Guilty To Passport Fraud: Feds

HARTFORD, CT — A Jamaican national living in Hartford, who was deported in 2006, pleaded guilty Monday to passport fraud in federal court.

David X. Sullivan, U.S. attorney for Connecticut, and Brian Wood, special agent in charge, Diplomatic Security Service, New York field office, said Marlon Damian White, aka "Damian Marlon White," 47, pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in Hartford to making a false statement on a U.S. passport application.

According to court documents and statements made in court, White was admitted to the U.S. as a lawful permanent resident in 1995.

In subsequent years, he was convicted of various offenses, including a state conviction in New York for second-degree assault, and a federal conviction in New York for a narcotics distribution offense for which he was sentenced to 24 months of imprisonment.

After his federal conviction, White lost his status as a lawful permanent resident of the U.S. and, in February 2006, was deported to Jamaica.

White returned to the U.S. and, on May 6, 2024, used a false name, false birth date, and false place of birth to apply for a U.S. passport in Hartford.

During the application process, White provided a counterfeit birth certificate and driver’s license falsely representing that he was born in and resided in California.

White will be sentenced on March 10, and he faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 10 years.

He has been detained since his arrest on Oct. 9.

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