USA v. Lacatusu
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. BENI LACATUSU, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 3:26-cr-00001 ) ) ) ) ) ORDER THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the Report and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge entered on February 25, 2026, ECF No. 28, recommending that the Defendant’s plea of guilty to Count One of the Information, Reentry of Removed Alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C § 1326(a) and (b)(1), and Count Two of the Information, Illegal Entry, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1325(a)(1), be accepted, and the defendant be adjudged guilty. After careful consideration and review, and there being no objection, it is hereby ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation, ECF No. …
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. BENI LACATUSU, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 3:26-cr-00001 ) ) ) ) ) ORDER THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the Report and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge entered on February 25, 2026, ECF No. 28, recommending that the Defendant’s plea of guilty to Count One of the Information, Reentry of Removed Alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C § 1326(a) and (b)(1), and Count Two of the Information, Illegal Entry, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1325(a)(1), be accepted, and the defendant be adjudged guilty. After careful consideration and review, and there being no objection, it is hereby ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 28, is ADOPTED; it is further ORDERED that Defendant Beni Lacatusu’s, a/k/a “Beni Aleman”, a/k/a “Beni Burcea”, plea of guilty as to Count One of the Information and Count Two of the Information, is ACCEPTED, and that Beni Lacatusu, a/k/a “Beni Aleman”, a/k/a “Beni Burcea”, is adjudged GUILTY on those counts; it is further ORDERED that, pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 32(c)(1)(A), the U.S. Probation Office shall conduct a presentence investigation for the preparation of a presentence report; it is further Case: 3:26-cr-00001-RAM-GAT Document #: 32 Filed: 03/17/26 Page 1 of 2 United States v. Lacatusu Case No. 3:26-cr-0001 Order ORDERED that the U.S. Probation Office shall disclose the preliminary presentence report to the parties no later than April 17, 2026; it is further ORDERED that the parties shall submit any objections or corrections to the preliminary presentence report to the U.S. Probation Office no later than May 1, 2026; it is further ORDERED that the U.S. Probation Office shall disclose the final presentence report to the parties and the Court no later than May 15, 2026; it is further ORDERED that the parties shall file their sentencing memoranda no later than May 29, 2026; and it is further ORDERED that a sentencing hearing shall be held on June 12, 2026, at 11:30 A.M. in S. Thomas Courtroom No. 1 before Chief Judge Robert A. Molloy. Dated: March 17, 2026 /s/ Robert A. Molloy ROBERT A. MOLLOY Chief Judge Case: 3:26-cr-00001-RAM-GAT Document #: 32 Filed: 03/17/26 Page 2 of 2