PHILADELPHIA, PA — A Philadelphia man will serve 115 months in federal prison after receiving concurrent sentences for illegally reentering the United States following his 2023 deportation and for bribing a postal carrier to divert marijuana shipments worth about $450,000, federal prosecutors said.
DeWhite Dawkins, also known as Dwight Dawkins, “Twin White” and Kaleem Fraites, was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Savage to 115 months for illegal reentry, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
At a separate hearing Thursday, U.S. District Judge Kai N. Scott sentenced Dawkins, 42, to 92 months for bribing a U.S. Postal Service carrier. The sentences will run concurrently, making the 115-month term controlling.
Federal prosecutors identified Dawkins as a Jamaican national who was unlawfully residing in Philadelphia after having been deported in 2023. Authorities said he will be removed from the United States after completing his prison sentence.
According to court filings and statements cited by prosecutors, Dawkins admitted paying a postal carrier bribes for more than a year to deliver Priority Mail packages containing marijuana to him and an associate.
The carrier delivered about 15 parcels shipped from California to addresses along the employee’s postal route in Levittown, Pennsylvania, prosecutors said. Dawkins admitted the packages contained approximately 237 pounds of marijuana with an estimated value of $450,000.
The illegal reentry case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Josh Davison.
The bribery case was investigated by the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations and the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General. Assistant U.S. Attorney Terri A. Marinari prosecuted that case.
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