Guilty plea in illegal immigration case

PROVIDENCE – The United States Attorney’s office announced the owner of a cleaning company from Johnston agreed to plead guilty to charges of knowingly hiring illegally undocumented aliens.

Vincent D’Elia, operator of Falcon Maintenance Company, admitted to knowingly hiring illegal aliens for employment and admitted to failing to accurately withhold and pay federal insurance contributions from wages.

The terms of D’Elia’s plea agreement also call for him to cooperate with the Internal Revenue Service in the accounting and collection of his tax liabilities.

Falcon Maintenance was one of two companies that contracted with the Rhode Island Judiciary for janitorial services at state courthouses and was raided by ICE on July 15, 2008.

ICE agents and Rhode Island State Police arrested allegedly undocumented aliens at the state courthouses. 

Four of those arrested face federal criminal charges that are pending