A citizen of Jamaica previously deported after being convicted of assault and narcotics charges has pleaded guilty to coming back into the United States and using phony documentation to apply for a passport while living in Connecticut.
Marlon Damian White, also known as Damian Marlon White, 47, appeared Monday in federal court in Hartford where he pleaded guilty to making a false statement in a U.S. passport application, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut.
After previously being deported, White returned to the country in May 2024 and used reportedly a false name, birth date and birth place to apply for a U.S. passport, federal officials said. He was living in Hartford at the time and falsely claimed during the passport process that he was born in California and had resided there, according to authorities.
White was first admitted to the U.S. as a lawful permanent resident in 1995, officials said. He was later convicted in New York state court of second-degree assault. He was also sentenced to two years in federal prison after being convicted of a narcotics distribution offense in the Southern District of New York, according to federal officials.
Following the federal conviction, White lost his status as a lawful permanent resident and was deported to Jamaica in February 2006, officials said.
White, who has been detained since October, is scheduled to face sentencing on March 10. He faces a maximum of 10 years in prison.