Thread: ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending April 11, 2014

I.C.E. News Release

APRIL 14, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC

ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending April 11, 2014


April 10, 2014 – HSI reaches out to more than 5,000 students in Puerto Rico for Project iGuardian

More than 5,000 students from the public and private schools in Puerto Rico received tips on how to avoid falling victim to online sexual predators as part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Project iGuardian, launched in March. Full Story

April 9, 2014 – ICE deports Salvadoran man suspected of kidnapping in his home country

A man from of El Salvador, who is wanted in his home country for kidnapping, was deported April 8 by officers with ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). Full Story

April 10, 2014 – ICE employee honored for work with Arizona crime victims

The victim assistance specialist assigned to HSI Phoenix was honored April 10 by the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona as part of the Department of Justice's National Crime Victims' Rights Week. Full Story

April 11, 2014 – Bay Area fugitive added to ICE's Operation Predator smartphone app to locate at-large child sex predators

A Sunnyvale man who absconded following his indictment on federal child pornography charges is the latest fugitive to be profiled on ICE's smartphone app, seeking public tips on at-large and unknown child predator suspects. Full Story

April 10, 2014 – ICE deports Pennsylvania convicted child predator to Mexico

A Mexican man convicted of sexually assaulting a minor was returned to his native country April 10 by ERO officers. Full Story

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is the largest investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security.

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F.B.I. Breaking News

04.11.14
Charlotte/Atlanta: Inmate serving life sentence charged with orchestrating kidnapping plot.
04.11.14
Springfield: Man sentenced to 10 years in prison for placing pipe bomb in mailbox.
04.11.14
Omaha: Nine charged with using malware to steal online bank account information.

D.E.A. LATEST NEWS

APR 11	(TAMPA, Fla.) Pair Indicted for Distributing Hundreds of Pounds of Marijuana
APR 10	(LOS ANGELES) Doctor Charged with Illegally Writing Prescriptions
APR 10	(MONTGOMERY, Ala.) Six Arrested in Drug Raid Involving Correctional Facilities
APR 10	(OTSEGO, N.Y.) Illicit Drugs Seized and Marijuana Grow Op Dismantled
APR 10	(BALTIMORE) Prescription Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 5 Years

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A.T.F. NEWS

• Two Indicted on Conspiracy, Hobbs Act Robbery and Firearm Charges in Alleged Robbery and Shootout in Woonsocket Residence
  Posted on 04/11/14
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A federal grand jury in Providence has returned a three-count indictment charging Tyronne Seams, 28, of Woonsocket, R.I., and David Bunnell, 21, of Franklin, Mass. with allegedly participating in a conspiracy and Hobbs Act Robbery and with discharging firearms during a crime ...
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• 04/11/14
  Multi-Convicted Felon Sentenced to 20 Years for Firearm Offenses
• 04/10/14
  ATF Offers $5,000 Reward in FFL Burglary
• 04/10/14
  Final Defendant Sentenced in Drug and Money Laundering Conspiracy Case
• 04/09/14
  Serial Robber Pleads Guilty

Headlines News coverage of the U.S. Marshals

	Man Faces Murder Charges
	California fugitive arrested in Eugene
	2 Virginia suspects captured in Greensboro by U.S. Marshals
	Meet South Florida’s New U.S. Marshal
	Shooter in Appomattox Co. Party Fight At Large
	Christina Putman: Woman allegedly attacks neighbor for calling Animal Control on her
	U.S. Marshals Service Releases 2013 Arrest Statistics
	Authorities nab 5th suspect in Atlanta West Jewelry burglary
	Norwalk Man Wanted In Massachusetts Arrested On Stalking Charges
	DNA links suspect to Weslaco cold case
	U.S. Marshals: Monroe bank robber strikes again, Wearing nearly identical outfit

Associate Attorney General Tony West Delivers Remarks at the National Indian Child Welfare Association’s Thirty-second Annual Protecting Our Children Conference
Monday, April 14, 2014
It was that promise that, nearly forty years ago, led Congress to hold a series of hearings that lifted the curtain and shed light on abusive child-welfare practices that were separating Native children from their families at staggering rates; uprooting them from their tribes and their culture. Roughly one of every three or four Indian children, according to data presented at those hearings, had been taken from their birth families and placed with adoptive families, in foster care, or in institutions that had little or no connection to the child's tribe.
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Government Intervenes in Lawsuit Against Medical Equipment Supplier Orbit Medical Inc. and Former Vice President Jake Kilgore
Monday, April 14, 2014
The government has intervened in a False Claims Act lawsuit against Orbit Medical Inc. and Jake Kilgore alleging that Orbit Medical’s sales representatives boosted power wheelchair and accessory sales by altering and forging physician prescriptions and supporting documentation.
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Statement by Attorney General Holder on Weekend Shootings in Kansas
Monday, April 14, 2014
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder released the following statement Monday regarding the tragic shootings in Kansas yesterday.
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Attorney General Eric Holder Delivers Remarks at Dedication Ceremony for Statue Honoring Judge J. Waties Waring
Friday, April 11, 2014
At the time of Judge Waring’s landmark dissent in Briggs v. Elliott, I was less than six months old, and the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education was nearly three years away. Yet because of Judge Waring’s powerful words – and the legal foundation they helped to provide – my generation would be the very first to come of age in a post-Brown America. And we were the first that would never know a world in which “separate but equal” was the law of the land.
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Attorney General Eric Holder Delivers Remarks at the Bridge Drug Court Ceremony in Charleston, South Carolina
Friday, April 11, 2014
I know the paths that brought you to this courtroom have been anything but easy. But each of you is here today because you’ve decided not to let past choices – and challenges – define you. You’re working hard to stay on a constructive path. And I am proud of every one of you.
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News from CBP


April 11, 2014 | Local Media Release
CBP Offers Tips to Expedite Cross-Border

April 11, 2014 | Local Media Release
Border Patrol Agents Arrest Siblings Suspected of Smuggling

April 10, 2014 | Local Media Release
San Luis CBP Nabs Smuggler with Heroin in Shoes


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News about CBP

April 11, 2014 | Source: Tucson Sentinel.com
CBP: $4M in Marijuana Found in Red Bell Pepper Shipment

April 11, 2014 | Source: KPBS-TV
Border Patrol Discovers $1.4M of Narcotics in Hollow Metal Door

April 10, 2014 | Source:AZCentral.com
Officials: Border Agents Find 4 Tons of Pot in Truck

I.C.E. NEWS

• North Dakota man convicted of attempting to sexua... 4/11/2014 - Bismarck, ND
• HSI seizes websites selling potentially deadly il... 4/11/2014 - Buffalo, NY
• Bay Area fugitive added to ICE's Operation Predat... 4/11/2014 - San Jose, CA
• ICE assists Colombian National Police in seizure ... 4/11/2014 - Cartagena, International
• Sophisticated traffickers smuggled narcotics to N... 4/10/2014 - New York, NY