Illegal Immigrant Convicted Of Rape Was Living In WI

PRINCETON, WI — An illegal immigrant was sentenced to 15 months in prison for knowingly failing to register as a sex offender while living in Wisconsin.

Celio C. Deluna, 33, who went by "Cody Banks," will also serve five years of supervised release.

On May 23, 2014, Deluna was convicted in Cook County, Illinois after sexually assaulting a 13-year-old victim several times. He was sentenced to six years in prison for that offense.

Deluna was released from prison on May 20, 2019, and signed documents indicating that he understood that he was required to register as a sex offender.

However, after he was released from prison, he moved to Oklahoma and did not register as a sex offender, prosecutors said. Deluna traveled from Oklahoma to Princeton, Wisconsin in September 2023 and began using the alias of "Cody Banks," according to authorities. He was eventually arrested in Princeton.

In court proceedings, DeLuna admitted to using an alias to circumvent his registration requirements as well as to conceal his status as an immigrant who is not authorized to live in the United States.