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Habitual offender gets 3 yrs. for marriage fraud
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Posted on May 21 2009
Superior Court Associate Judge David A. Wiseman has sentenced a habitual crime offender to three years in prison for engaging in marriage fraud and violating his probation in three previous criminal convictions.
Wiseman said 23-year-old Bonifacio M. Camacho is not a good candidate for an alternate sentence such as probation.
“The best interests of justice and of the society will be best served by imposing a jail term that the vourt believes will have a deterrent effect on the life of Camacho upon his release, and more important, on those potential offenders and to isolate him from society for a period of time,” the judge said.
Camacho was ordered to start serving his sentence at the Department of Corrections on June 8, 2009. He is expected to be released on June 3, 2011, after which he will be placed on five years’ probation.
Wiseman required Camacho to pay a $100 court assessment fee plus probation fee.
In view of Camacho’s hemophilia and other alleged medical problems, Wiseman directed DOC to carefully monitor the defendant’s condition and give him access to medical care.
The Attorney General’ Office alleged that on Oct. 31, 2007, Lorna de Luna and Camacho agreed to be married for the sole purpose of obtaining a labor and immigration benefit.
De Luna was sentenced in March 2009 to a probation sentence.
Camacho pleaded guilty to the offense of marriage fraud and conceded the probation violation in three previous criminal cases.
Wiseman noted that Camacho has been a frequent visitor to the criminal courts and has a “long and busy” criminal history.
Camacho has been charged with crimes beginning in 2003 and continuing to the present for a total of 17 cases, including possession of ammunition, assault and battery, and criminal mischief.
