Previously Deported Jamaican Citizen Caught In Wisconsin: Feds

MADISON, WI — A 32-year-old citizen of Jamaica was given a 21-month federal person sentence after he was convicted of illegally reentering the United States, U.S. Attorney Timothy M. O’Shea announced Friday.

Andre Bowyer pleaded guilty to the charge on Aug. 16. During the sentencing hearing, Judge William M. Conley noted that Bowyer came back to the U.S. in 2022, the same year he was deported.

Conley also expressed concern that Bowyer was arrested in Wisconsin using a false name and attempting to pick up a mail parcel containing $18,000 in cash.

Bowyer was arrested on June 9 in Grant County. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement were alerted after Bowyer's fingerprint matched records during the booking process, according to investigators.

Bowyer admitted to paying a smuggler to bring him across the Mexican border into the U.S. in April or May of 2022, authorities said.

Bowyer was previously convicted in 2017 of conspiracy to commit mail fraud in Louisiana. Bowyer schemed to defraud elderly and vulnerable victims of their money through a fake lottery scheme, according to investigators.

After completing his prison sentence in that case, Bowyer was deported back to Jamaica in March 2022 and was ordered not to reenter the U.S.