News Releases and Statements
News Releases and Statements
Swedish Medical Center, the largest non-profit medical provider in the Seattle area, is partnering with U.S. ICE to strengthen its hiring practices and help ensure it is employing a legal workforce. The firm became the first medical company in Washington state to join ICE's Mutual Agreement between Government and Employers (IMAGE) on Thursday.
A Fall River, Mass., man now awaits trial for allegedly persuading a 15-year-old girl he met on the Internet to travel from Rhode Island to Massachusetts for sex.
A man from Guatemala wanted for allegedly committing murder was deported on Friday by officers from U.S. ICE 's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO). Oscar Daniel Amador-Moncada is wanted for allegedly killing a man on May 21, 2010, after getting into an argument at the victim's residence.
Candice Marie Miller from Alva, Fla., pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of possession of child pornography, two counts of transporting child pornography and two counts of producing child pornography.
Mark Tilford, a U.S. Navy "JAG" officer, was sentenced on Friday to 10 years and five months in federal prison following his convictions for receiving and distributing child pornography.
An Armenian man has pleaded guilty to racketeering in connection with his involvement in the Mirzoyan-Terdjanian Organization -- an Armenian-American organized crime enterprise engaged in a wide range of criminal activity.
A Brazilian national was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison on Thursday for possession of firearms and ammunition by an illegal alien and improper entry into the United States.
All Around Landscaping (AAL), a Fayetteville corporation, was sentenced today to three years probation for harboring illegal aliens for financial gain, following an investigation by U.S. ICE's HSI special agents, with the assistance of the Washington County Sheriff's Office and Springdale and Rogers police departments.
Rodney Pena Mendez, the leader of a methamphetamine and marijuana trafficking organization in San Angelo, Texas, pleaded guilty on Friday to conspiracy to distribute and possess methamphetamine. The case is being investigated by the following agencies: U.S. ICE 's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), San Angelo Police Department...
Timothy Geenen, a registered sex offender from North Port, Fla., was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison Wednesday for distribution of child pornography, following an investigation by U.S. ICE 's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).In mid-October 2005, Geenen sent eight e-mail messages that contained child pornography to someone in Minnesota
Today, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) returned a collection of objects illegally imported into the United States from Iraq.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents seized 850 pounds of marijuana in Tucson Tuesday night at a local equipment sales business.
In a ceremony on Tuesday, the local Speed Art Museum transferred a three-panel wooden triptych to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), following last month's settlement agreement.
Dr. Anthony Galea, 51, of Toronto, Canada, entered his guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara, and faces a maximum sentence of three years in prison, a fine of $250,000 and forfeiture of $275,000.
ICE agents and officers, assisted by the Marion County Sheriff's Office in Florida, arrested Andy Vertoont, 31, a native of Belgium, at his place of employment in Ocala, Fla., on Nov. 12, 2010. ICE HSI special agents in Orlando had initiated an investigation as a result of a request for assistance from the Belgian Federal Police and the ICE HSI attaché office in Brussels.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Wednesday began using a federal information-sharing capability as part of the Secure Communities program in Callaway, Jefferson and Johnson counties to help federal immigration officials identify criminal aliens in state prisons and local jails by running their fingerprints against federal immigration databases when they are booked into the system.
Gabriel Simmons from Onawa, Iowa was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison following his April guilty plea for producing child pornography.
Ramiro Ramirez-Macias was convicted on Wednesday of smuggling methamphetamine and misusing a U.S. citizen passport during his smuggling attempt. The investigation was conducted by U.S. ICE 's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in conjunction with U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the U.S. Department of State.
Pabón-Santiago was charged and convicted with four counts of production of child pornography. From approximately June 2009 to December 2009, in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, Pabón-Santiago employed, used, persuaded, induced, enticed and coerced two female minors and two male minors to engage in sexually explicit conduct. Specifically, lascivious conduct, that is, still images using a mobile phone with camera capabilities and a memory card, which had been mailed, shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce.
Joseph Gittings, 26, of Cumming, Ga., was arrested in November 2009 as part of the international takedown of the "Boy Lover Network," (BLN) an on-line forum dedicated to the discussion and promulgation of man-boy love.
David Aric Ladewig pleaded guilty to one count of possessing child pornography in an investigation conducted by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
Donald Wayne Waters, 44, formerly of Winnie, Texas, and a current resident of Houston, was indicted on June 22, for attempting to distribute, receive and possess child pornography. He was arrested on June 29 in Galveston.
A Mexican citizen tracked down by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Border Patrol agents Thursday is facing multiple federal counts related to human smuggling resulting in death following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
James Waddell, 33, was charged in an indictment with 16 counts of sexual exploitation of a child, one count of inducing travel to engage in illegal sexual activity and one count of online enticement.
Woman tried to enter Mexico with more than $270,000 hidden in teddy bears and pillows
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