https://www.ice.gov/ ICE Headline News Feed by Category en Copyright 2022 Fri, 01 Dec 2023 19:38:51 -0500 Fri, 01 Dec 2023 16:15:24 -0500 https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/substitute-teacher-sentenced-extorting-sexual-images-social-media Edgar Aaron Hernandez pleaded guilty March 31. He admitted to requesting nude images from numerous child victims via a social media platform and engaged in this conduct while at work. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/substitute-teacher-sentenced-extorting-sexual-images-social-media Fri, 01 Dec 2023 16:15:24 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by Category - Child Exploitation https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-new-york-city-arrests-citizen-dominican-republic-convicted-sexual-abuse-minor On Dec. 1, ERO New York City announced the arrest of a Dominican national convicted of sexual abuse in the first degree of a victim less than 13 where the defendant is 21 or older. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-new-york-city-arrests-citizen-dominican-republic-convicted-sexual-abuse-minor Fri, 01 Dec 2023 16:10:08 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by Category - Child Exploitation https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-baltimore-investigation-nets-maryland-man-10-years-federal-prison-coercion-and Carey Lee Sackmann, 62, of Severn, received the sentence Nov. 27 at the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in Greenbelt. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-baltimore-investigation-nets-maryland-man-10-years-federal-prison-coercion-and Fri, 01 Dec 2023 13:57:02 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by Category - Child Exploitation https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-boston-arrests-fugitive-wanted-child-rape-brazil Deportation officers from ERO Boston’s Foreign Fugitive Apprehension Unit apprehended the 62-year-old citizen of Brazil who has been sought by Brazilian law enforcement authorities since his conviction for rape of a vulnerable child earlier this year. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-boston-arrests-fugitive-wanted-child-rape-brazil Thu, 30 Nov 2023 12:23:00 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by Category - Child Exploitation https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-phoenix-seeks-help-identifying-potential-victims-ex-mma-fighter-arrested-multiple James Bond, of Scottsdale, is a former MMA fighter known as “Underdog” who changed his name from Jaymes Christopher Schulte. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-phoenix-seeks-help-identifying-potential-victims-ex-mma-fighter-arrested-multiple Wed, 29 Nov 2023 16:18:44 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by Category - Child Exploitation https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-new-york-city-arrests-previously-deported-mexican-citizen-convicted-sexual On Nov. 22, ERO New York City arrested an unlawfully present Mexican citizen convicted by the Monmouth County Superior Court of New Jersey for the offense of aggravated sexual assault of a victim less than 13 years old. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-new-york-city-arrests-previously-deported-mexican-citizen-convicted-sexual Wed, 29 Nov 2023 15:58:59 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by Category - Child Exploitation https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/texas-man-spend-14-years-prison-receipt-child-sexual-abuse-material-following-hsi Jonathan Travis Flora, 35, appeared before a federal judge on Nov. 28 and was sentenced to 168 months in prison followed by 15 years of supervised release for the receipt of child pornography. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/texas-man-spend-14-years-prison-receipt-child-sexual-abuse-material-following-hsi Tue, 28 Nov 2023 09:48:58 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by Category - Child Exploitation https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-galveston-seeking-potential-child-exploitation-victims-southeast-texas Franklin Joseph Perkins, a 40-year-old resident of Alvin, was indicted Nov. 15 by a federal grand jury in the Southern District of Texas charging him with the transportation, receipt and possession of child pornography. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-galveston-seeking-potential-child-exploitation-victims-southeast-texas Fri, 24 Nov 2023 17:12:06 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by Category - Child Exploitation https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/texas-man-convicted-downloading-child-sexual-abuse-material-gets-11-years-following Marlon Zurita, 47, appeared before a federal judge on Nov. 8 and was sentenced to 136 months in prison followed by 20 years of supervised release. Zurita pleaded guilty Dec. 22 and admitted to receiving over 1,800 images and video files depicting child sexual abuse. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/texas-man-convicted-downloading-child-sexual-abuse-material-gets-11-years-following Wed, 08 Nov 2023 10:13:11 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by Category - Child Exploitation https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-kansas-city-investigation-leads-former-school-employee-pleading-guilty-child-porn According to court documents, Eric Caleb Carlson, 43, of Wichita, admitted to downloading and receiving videos and images depicting prepubescent children subjected to sex acts. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-kansas-city-investigation-leads-former-school-employee-pleading-guilty-child-porn Tue, 07 Nov 2023 16:37:21 -0500 ICE Headline News Feed by Category - Child Exploitation https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/new-mexico-man-sentenced-25-years-producing-child-sexual-abuse-material-following-hsi James Dooly Pollock, 39, pleaded guilty in federal court on July 13, 2022, to production of a visual depiction of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/new-mexico-man-sentenced-25-years-producing-child-sexual-abuse-material-following-hsi Fri, 03 Nov 2023 17:22:38 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by Category - Child Exploitation https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/guatemalan-national-indicted-alleged-possession-child-sexual-abuse-material According to court documents, Jesus Menjibar Salinas, 20, was arrested by Border Patrol agents east of Sierra Blanca on Oct. 3. An affidavit filed in a criminal complaint alleges that Salinas possessed a cellphone with photos and videos depicting child sexual abuse material stored within the device and in a messaging application. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/guatemalan-national-indicted-alleged-possession-child-sexual-abuse-material Fri, 03 Nov 2023 08:53:57 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by Category - Child Exploitation https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-washington-dc-apprehends-peruvian-national-charged-sex-crimes-against-virginia The Peruvian national unlawfully entered the United States at an unknown place on an unknown date without being admitted or inspected by an immigration official. USBP encountered the noncitizen in March 2022 and issued him a notice to appear before a DOJ immigration judge. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-washington-dc-apprehends-peruvian-national-charged-sex-crimes-against-virginia Wed, 01 Nov 2023 17:25:39 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by Category - Child Exploitation https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/missouri-man-sentenced-15-years-possession-child-sexual-abuse-material-following-hsi Craig Allen Rhoden, 55, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Beth Phillips to 15 years in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered Rhoden to pay $150,000 in restitution to 30 victims and serve 15 years on supervised release following his incarceration. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/missouri-man-sentenced-15-years-possession-child-sexual-abuse-material-following-hsi Fri, 27 Oct 2023 13:55:58 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by Category - Child Exploitation https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/youth-basketball-coach-sentenced-15-years-producing-child-sexual-abuse-material U.S. District Court Judge Aida Delgado-Colon sentenced Angel Gabriel Diaz-Rosado, a youth basketball coach from Toa Baja, to 15 years in prison and 15 years of supervised release. HSI special agents arrested Diaz-Rosado in 2019 after he was charged with attempted production of child sexual abuse material, coercion and enticement of minors, and transfer of obscene material to a minor. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/youth-basketball-coach-sentenced-15-years-producing-child-sexual-abuse-material Thu, 26 Oct 2023 17:05:06 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by Category - Child Exploitation https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-san-diego-and-human-trafficking-task-force-arrest-university-city-high-school Sean Stevenson, 58, of San Diego, was scheduled to make his initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mitchell Dembin Oct. 25, at 2 p.m. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-san-diego-and-human-trafficking-task-force-arrest-university-city-high-school Wed, 25 Oct 2023 07:08:16 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by Category - Child Exploitation https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-baltimore-investigation-lands-maryland-man-10-years-federal-prison-sexually Richard Wesley Robinson, 74, of Cambridge, received the decade-long sentence at the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in Baltimore Oct. 13.  https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-baltimore-investigation-lands-maryland-man-10-years-federal-prison-sexually Mon, 23 Oct 2023 09:30:41 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by Category - Child Exploitation https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-douglas-case-sends-online-child-predator-prison-24-years Jeremy Carson Lamb, 39, of Mesa, pleaded guilty on June 13 to one count of attempted production of child pornography. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-douglas-case-sends-online-child-predator-prison-24-years Thu, 19 Oct 2023 16:26:22 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by Category - Child Exploitation https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-washington-dc-investigation-lands-man-prison-over-8-years-soliciting-and An investigation conducted by HSI Washington, D.C. resulted in a 97-month federal prison sentence followed by 15 years of supervised release for Raymond Glover, 43, for distribution, receipt and possession of child sexual abuse material. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-washington-dc-investigation-lands-man-prison-over-8-years-soliciting-and Thu, 19 Oct 2023 13:59:38 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by Category - Child Exploitation https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/puerto-rico-man-arrested-child-exploitation On Oct. 13, special agents from HSI San Juan arrested Matthew John McGlone, a 33-year-old man from the city of Carolina. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/puerto-rico-man-arrested-child-exploitation Thu, 19 Oct 2023 13:38:44 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by Category - Child Exploitation https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/missouri-bus-driver-sentenced-17-years-child-sexual-exploitation-following-hsi-kansas Gordon Wesley Roughton II, 42, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to 17 years in federal prison without parole on Oct. 12. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/missouri-bus-driver-sentenced-17-years-child-sexual-exploitation-following-hsi-kansas Fri, 13 Oct 2023 17:28:06 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by Category - Child Exploitation https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/manati-school-security-guard-indicted-child-exploitation On Oct. 6, special agents from HSI arrested Pedro Juan Molina-Falconi, a 34-year-old security guard from a school in Barceloneta. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/manati-school-security-guard-indicted-child-exploitation Tue, 10 Oct 2023 08:19:33 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by Category - Child Exploitation https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/houston-area-man-pleads-guilty-sexually-exploiting-child-possessing-child-sexual James Aubrey Zachary Wasson, 38-year-old resident of Montgomery County, pleaded guilty to the charges in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/houston-area-man-pleads-guilty-sexually-exploiting-child-possessing-child-sexual Thu, 28 Sep 2023 16:13:23 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by Category - Child Exploitation https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-welcomes-18-new-members-13th-hero-corps-graduation-ceremony The newly minted graduates, all military veterans, joined HSI as members the 13th class of the HERO Child Rescue Corps Program, Sept. 28. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-welcomes-18-new-members-13th-hero-corps-graduation-ceremony Thu, 28 Sep 2023 11:57:40 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by Category - Child Exploitation https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/texas-man-sentenced-child-exploitation-following-hsi-del-rio-local-partner A federal judge sentenced Trever Lloyd Sexton, 29, of Del Rio, to 240 months in federal prison followed by eight years of supervision and ordered him to pay a fine of $10,000. https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/texas-man-sentenced-child-exploitation-following-hsi-del-rio-local-partner Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:44:04 -0400 ICE Headline News Feed by Category - Child Exploitation