Sterling Man Arrested For Traffic Offense Removed Twice From U.S.

ALEXANDRIA, VA — A Sterling man who was arrested last November in Loudoun County for a traffic infraction is expected to plead guilty on Feb. 11 to illegally reentering the country after being removed, according to court documents.

On Dec. 12, 2025, Marvin Alexis Dubon Ramirez was arraigned in Loudoun County General District Court on charges of driving without a license and failing to stop or yield for a vehicle entering the highway, according to court records.

During that same hearing, Dubon Ramirez was additionally charged with a probation violation in connection to four charges stemming from a March 15, 2024 arrest in Loudoun County for driving while intoxicated and failing to stop at the scene of an accident with more than $500 in damage, according to court records.

On Dec. 27, 2025, a deportation officer with U.S. Immigration and Enforcement filed an affidavit in support of an arrest warrant for Dubon Ramirez in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

The officer compared Dubon Ramirez's fingerprints from his arrest in Loudoun County to those in the FBI immigration database and found that they matched those of a native and citizen of Honduras who had been removed from the U.S. twice, on April 14, 2009 near San Antonio, Texas, and on April 25, 2024, near Alexandria, Louisiana, according to the indictment. The officer concluded that Dubon Ramirez did not have legal authorization to reenter the U.S.

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"Dubon Ramirez's immigration file contains documents which show that Dubon Ramirez was convicted of an aggravated felony in the Fairfax County Circuit Court prior to his removals from the United States," the officer wrote in his affidavit.

Dubon Ramirez's Alien File lacked evidence of any immigration benefit, document, or status that would allow him to legally enter, be admitted to, pass through, or reside, in the U.S., according to the officer. In addition, he had not obtained permission to from the U.S. Attorney General or the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to reenter after his formal removal.

Based on this evidence, the officer concluded that Dubon Ramirez did not have the U.S. government's consent to be in the country and that he had previously been convicted of a felony, the affidavit says.

On Dec. 29, 2025, Dubon Ramirez appeared in custody with an interpreter before a magistrate judge in federal court in Alexandria, where the charges against him were read and he was appointed a public defender. A detention order was issued and he was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshal's Service.

During a Jan. 13 hearing in the U.S. federal court in Alexandria, Magistrate Judge William E. Fitzpatrick denied Dubon Ramirez's motion for dismissal. A motion to reconsider was also denied.

On Jan. 28, a federal grand jury indicted Dubon Ramirez on two charges: illegal reentry after removal and illegal reentry after removal subsequent to an aggravated felony conviction, according to court records. The illegal entry charge carries a potential sentence of up to two years in a federal prison and/or a fine. The aggravated felony is punishable with a significantly higher fine and up to 20 years in prison, if he is convicted on this charge.

Although an arraignment on the indictment was originally scheduled for Wednesday morning, Dubon Ramirez's attorney filed a motion on Monday to continue the arraignment as a plea hearing, when his client will enter a guilty plea to the charge of being in the country illegally, according to court documents.

The defense attorney's request was granted and a plea hearing was scheduled for 11:30 a.m. on Feb. 11, before District Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. in Alexandria.

This offense carries a severe penalty of up to 20 years in federal prison.