Roswell business man pleads guilty to hiring illegals

A ROSWELL BUSINESSMAN -- WHO MADE MILLIONS IN DEFENSE DEPARTMENT CONTRACTS -- PLEADS GUILTY ...  More »

A ROSWELL BUSINESSMAN -- WHO MADE MILLIONS IN DEFENSE DEPARTMENT CONTRACTS -- PLEADS GUILTY TO HIRING ILLEGAL ALIENS TO WORK FOR HIS COMPANY. THE NEXT QUESTION IS -- WILL HIS BUSINESS FALL ALONG WITH HIM... LEAVING A LOT OF PEOPLE IN ROSWELL WITHOUT JOBS. SHELTON DODSON IS LIVE OUTSIDE FEDERAL COURT WITH THE DETAILS ... SHELTON: FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY THAT'S SOMETHING THEY CONSIDERED WHEN THEY WORKED THE PLEA DEAL FOR CARL DEAN BALDWIN ... WHAT ABOUT HIS EMPLOYEES WHO DID NOTHING WRONG? THE FEDS RAIDED BALDWIN'S AIRCRAFT PAINTING COMPANY IN ROSWELL TWO YEARS AGO AND FOUND 15 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WORKING THERE -- OFTEN TIMES PAINTING MILITARY PLANES. TODAY IN FEDERAL COURT BALDWIN ADMITTED TO HIRING THE ILLEGALS AND GETTING THEM ILLEGAL DOCUMENTS AS WELL. THEN A JUDGE SENTENCED HIM TO THREE YEARS PROBATION AND A 300-THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE: : 'If you hire illegal aliens and then you help them get bogus documents, you are putting your freedom at risk, your company's future at risk and all those other legitimate american citizens, who work for your company, their livelihoods are at risk and we think that's not a good idea.'AS PART OF THIS PLEA AGREEMENT, BALDWIN WILL LOSE ALL OF HIS DEFENSE DEPARTMENT CONTRACTS WHICH WILL COST HIM HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS EACH YEAR. BUT THE COMPANY ALSO PAINTS COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT AND THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO KEEP THE BUSINESS AFLOAT. WHICH IS A SIGH OF RELIEF FOR THE 150 'LEGITIMATE'EMPLOYEES WORKING FOR THE COMPANY. REPORTING LIVE FROM THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE..., SHELTON DODSON, EYEWITNESS NEWS FOUR.  « Less