I.C.E. News Releases - March 2011

- Date - Location - Title

3/31/2011 Charlotte, NC Father and son cocaine traffickers sentenced to life in prison
3/31/2011 Boston, MA Massachusetts man indicted on child pornography charges
3/30/2011 Sterling, VA Ohio Man arrested at Dulles Airport after federal authorities seize $18,000 cash
3/30/2011 Syracuse, NY Upstate New York dairy farmer charged with harboring illegal aliens
3/30/2011 Concord, NH Florida man sentenced on cocaine importation and distribution charge
3/30/2011 Tampa, FL DEA's highest ranking Guatemalan drug trafficker indicted and arrested in Guatemala on federal drug charges
3/30/2011 Seattle, WA Micronesian couple indicted on charges of forced labor
3/30/2011 Washington, DC US government offers up to $5 million reward for information regarding shootings of 2 ICE agents images
3/29/2011 Orlando, FL Jamaican citizen pleads guilty to $220 million international Ponzi fraud and money laundering scheme
3/29/2011 Buffalo, NY Mexican national admits harboring illegal aliens for commercial advantage
3/29/2011 Tampa, FL Child sex trafficker pleads guilty in 2 cases
3/29/2011 Nashville, TN 4 Tennessee men plead guilty in international arms trafficking case
3/29/2011 Pittsburgh, PA California man sentenced to seven years in prison on child pornography charges
3/29/2011 Newark, NJ Miami man convicted on multiple drug charges
3/29/2011 Anaheim, CA Fugitive sought in scheme to manufacture and sell counterfeit rifle sights online images
3/28/2011 Miami, FL 2 South Florida men sentenced in heroin trafficking ring
3/28/2011 Miami, FL 2 companies sentenced for conspiracy to mislabel food
3/28/2011 Chattanooga, TN Former high school band director sentenced to 200 months in prison and $3 million in restitution for child pornography
3/28/2011 Washington, DC Top Story: NFTTU arms ICE with the best ammunition and firearms available images
3/28/2011 Tampa, FL Foreign national indicted for illegal import of unmanned aerial vehicle images
3/25/2011 Sault Ste. Marie, MI New Michigan ICE office enhances capabilities in Sault Ste. Marie
3/25/2011 Wichita, KS Illegal alien charged with assaulting ICE officer with box cutter
3/25/2011 Washington, DC ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending March 25, 2011
3/25/2011 Kansas City, KS Disgruntled former restaurant worker pleads guilty to poisoning salsa
3/25/2011 Wichita, KS Kansas man sentenced to nearly 22 years for producing child pornography
3/25/2011 Baton Rouge, LA Honduran man sentenced to 78 months for drug trafficking and possession of a firearm
3/25/2011 New York, NY Guatemalan convicted in New York on charges of alien smuggling, transporting a minor for sex
3/25/2011 Fresno, CA 5th member of methamphetamine distribution ring pleads guilty
3/25/2011 Chicago, IL 2 Illinois businesses join ICE's efforts to secure legal workforce images
3/24/2011 Anchorage, AK Anchorage man sentenced for falsely claiming US citizenship
3/24/2011 Wilmington, DE Delaware man sentenced to 5 years in prison for possessing child pornography
3/24/2011 Dallas, TX Ennis, Texas, couple arrested on federal child pornography charges
3/24/2011 Atlanta, GA Head of sex trafficking ring sentenced to 40 years in prison
3/24/2011 Portland, OR Convicted sex offender faces federal child pornography charges in Oregon
3/23/2011 Miami, FL ICE deports international fugitive wanted for murder in Brazil
3/23/2011 Corpus Christi, TX Corpus Christi man sentenced to over 11 years for receiving child pornography
3/23/2011 Eldora, IA ICE deports fugitive alien to face charges in Mexico for raping a 6-year-old girl who later died of her injuries
3/23/2011 San Juan, PR U.S. Army soldier arrested for producing, possessing child pornography
3/23/2011 Miami, FL 4 family members charged in conspiracy to export F-5 fighter jet engines to Iran
3/23/2011 Columbus, OH ICE agents arrest suspected child predator in Columbus
3/23/2011 Dallas, TX North Texas registered sex offender sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for possessing child pornography
3/23/2011 New York, NY 3 alleged counterfeit perfume importers from China indicted in New York
3/23/2011 Manassas, VA 139 convicted criminal aliens and fugitives arrested in ICE enforcement surge images
3/22/2011 Salt Lake City, UT ICE detainee passes away at Utah hospital
3/22/2011 Seattle, WA Canadian who attempted to smuggle marijuana by boat sentenced
3/22/2011 Tallahassee, FL Florida graduate student sentenced to 8 years for receiving child pornography
3/22/2011 Milwaukee, WI Wisconsin man charged with sexually exploiting a girl in Belize
3/22/2011 St. Louis, MO Missouri woman sentenced to 12 months for employing illegal aliens
3/21/2011 St Thomas, VI US Virgin Islands man arrested for producing and possessing child pornography
3/21/2011 Miami, FL South African Interpol fugitive deported to face criminal charges
3/21/2011 Los Angeles, CA Leader of alien smuggling ring with ties to local street gang sentenced to 25 years in prison
3/21/2011 Philadelphia, PA ICE removes Bahamian national wanted for homicide
3/18/2011 Atlanta, GA Corrupt federal officer pleads guilty to smuggling guns and drug money though airport
3/18/2011 Rome, GA School teacher indicted for distributing child pornography
3/18/2011 Beaumont, TX Previously deported illegal alien indicted for firearms violations
3/18/2011 Washington, DC ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending March 18, 2011
3/18/2011 Lubbock, TX West Texas man sentenced to nearly 34 years on child pornography convictions
3/18/2011 Anchorage, AK Anchorage resident sentenced to 15 years in prison for drug and gun crimes
3/17/2011 Springfield, MO Missouri man pleads guilty to transporting minor for sex
3/17/2011 Lake County, IL Illegal alien arrested, charged with voter fraud
3/17/2011 Corpus Christi, TX Navy JAG attorney pleads guilty to receiving child pornography
3/17/2011 Bangor, ME Canadian woman pleads guilty to violating immigration laws
3/17/2011 San Antonio, TX ICE deports 2 men from El Salvador wanted for murder
3/16/2011 Baltimore, MD Owner and company indicted in scheme to smuggle goods from china in order to avoid paying at least $1.15 million in customs duties
3/16/2011 Phoenix, AZ Arizona man sentenced to 11 years on child pornography charges
3/16/2011 Washington, DC ICE and CBP release 2010 report on counterfeit seizures
3/16/2011 Philadelphia, PA Alleged supporter of terrorist group indicted
3/16/2011 Greenbelt, MD Maryland police officer charged with drug trafficking conspiracy and computer fraud
3/16/2011 Pittsburgh, PA Texas man sentenced to 7 years following child pornography guilty plea
3/16/2011 Columbus, OH Business owner pleads guilty to tax fraud and hiring illegal alien charges
3/16/2011 Abilene, TX Federal jury convicts 76-year-old west Texas man on child pornography offenses
3/15/2011 Detroit, MI HSI hosts intellectual property rights program for businesses
3/15/2011 Bangor, ME Maine man sentenced on federal drug charge
3/15/2011 Brownsville, TX Former south Texas sheriff's deputy sentenced for weapons smuggling
3/15/2011 Bangor, ME Maine woman sentenced for production of child pornography
3/15/2011 Ocala, FL Operators of driver license mill charged in counterfeit documents fraud scheme
3/15/2011 New York, NY Top Story: Manhunters: Fugitive Task Force to feature ICE images
3/14/2011 Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville doctor pleads guilty to receipt of child pornography
3/14/2011 Providence, RI Guatemalan national sentenced in Rhode Island for illegal re-entry
3/14/2011 New York, NY Alleged Mexican drug kingpin extradited to U.S. to face drug and money laundering charges
3/14/2011 Mcallen, TX ICE seizes more than 4 tons of marijuana from a south Texas warehouse images
3/14/2011 New York, NY 2 MS-13 gang leaders in New York convicted of murder images
3/11/2011 Miami, FL Krazy Locos leader and associates plea guilty to homicide, robbery, narcotics, firearms and obstruction of justice
3/11/2011 Washington, DC ICE and CBP officials return artifacts to the People's Republic of China images
3/11/2011 Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia man sentenced on illicit sexual conduct charges
3/11/2011 Las Cruces, NM ICE, ATF arrest police chief, mayor and trustee of New Mexico town images
3/10/2011 Providence, RI Rhode Island man seeking to buy cocaine worth $1 million is sentenced in federal court
3/10/2011 Harlingen, TX Drug trafficker sentenced to nearly 6 years in federal prison
3/10/2011 Pensacola, FL Florida man sentenced to 10 years for traveling to Alabama for sex with minor
3/10/2011 Pensacola, FL 3 sentenced to federal prison for commercial burglary ring
3/10/2011 Washington, DC DC attorney, law professor arrested for child sexual exploitation
3/10/2011 Tampa, FL UK man pleads guilty in $130 million international investment fraud and money laundering scheme
3/10/2011 Houston, TX American husband and Colombian wife charged with unlawfully exporting firearms to Colombia
3/10/2011 Dallas, TX Dallas County man sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for producing child pornography
3/10/2011 Nogales, AZ ICE investigation leads to methamphetamine seizure in Nogales images
3/10/2011 New York, NY New York business agrees to forfeit $1.9 million in 'gray market' watches
3/9/2011 San Francisco, CA Family members convicted in multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme
3/9/2011 Kansas City, MO Kansas City man pleads guilty to child pornography charges
3/9/2011 Los Angeles, CA ICE deports Canadian convicted of plotting to blow up Trans-Alaska Pipeline
3/9/2011 Cedar Rapids, IA 5 additional Iowa counties next to benefit from ICE strategy to use biometrics to identify and remove aliens convicted of a crime
3/9/2011 Chattanooga, TN 6 indicted for conspiring to purchase and issue unlawful Tennessee driver's licenses
3/9/2011 Long Beach, CA ICE returns $160,000 to elderly LA man targeted in Canadian lottery scam images
3/9/2011 Nogales, AZ ICE, CBP seize 11,000 pounds of marijuana in Nogales images
3/9/2011 Bridgeport, CT Romanian national sentenced in ATM "skimming scheme"
3/8/2011 Whitneyville, ME Maine business becomes first in the state to sign agreement with ICE
3/8/2011 Miami, FL Miami couple and their company charged in a conspiracy to smuggle adulterated cheese
3/8/2011 Los Angeles, CA LA-area furniture company executive gets prison time for hiring illegal workers
3/7/2011 Raleigh, NC North Carolina man pleads guilty to firearms trafficking
3/7/2011 Wichita, KS Kansas man charged with producing child pornography
3/7/2011 Houston, TX Leader of Florida-based Medicare fraud sentenced to more than 5 years
3/7/2011 Washington, DC ICE launches mobile website
3/7/2011 Washington, DC Policy of resumed removals to Haiti
3/7/2011 Norfolk, VA Virginia man pleads guilty to possession of child pornography
3/4/2011 Washington, DC ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending March 4, 2011
3/4/2011 McAllen, TX 13th and final bus passenger pleads guilty to trying smuggle more than $3 million in air mattresses in luggage
3/4/2011 Wabash, IN ICE agents return $1,500 to victim of telemarketing fraud
3/4/2011 New York, NY Defendants who laundered drug profits sentenced to federal prison
3/3/2011 New Haven, CT Texas man involved in software piracy conspiracy is sentenced
3/3/2011 New York, NY HSI agents arrest website operator that illegally streamed copyrighted sporting events
3/3/2011 Greenville, NC International gun trafficker pleads guilty
3/3/2011 Orlando, FL Illegal alien sentenced to 34 months in federal prison for theft of son's identity
3/3/2011 Columbia, SC Major Mexican drug dealer sentenced to 20 years
3/3/2011 McAllen, TX 6 sentenced to prison for transporting illegal aliens in tractor trailer 'air dams'
3/3/2011 Dallas, TX 57-year-old Irving, Texas, man sentenced to 30 years for enticing a minor girl to engage in sexual acts with him
3/3/2011 New York, NY 2 men arrested in New York marijuana grow operation
3/3/2011 New York, NY MS-13 gang members and associates from Long Island indicted on federal murder and racketeering charges
3/2/2011 Washington, DC Civil immigration enforcement priorities memo
3/2/2011 Boise, ID Boise-area man pleads guilty to sexual exploitation of children
3/2/2011 Corpus Christi, TX 7 arrested and charged with distributing drugs and money laundering
3/2/2011 Wilmington, DE Arizona business owner sentenced for illegal business transactions with Iran
3/1/2011 Sacramento, CA Sacramento-area man pleads guilty to child pornography charges
3/1/2011 Chicago, IL ICE agents return more than 14,000 dollars to victim of telemarketing fraud
3/1/2011 San Juan, PR Puerto Rican man sentenced to 25 years in prison for production of child porn
3/1/2011 Wichita, KS 13 Kansas residents indicted following food stamp fraud investigation
3/1/2011 Dallas, TX 3 Dallas-area men arrested on federal firearms charges related to trafficking firearms to a Mexican drug cartel
3/1/2011 Washington, DC 678 gang members and associates arrested during Project Southern Tempest images

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