I.C.E. News Releases - February 2011

- Date - Location - Title
2/28/2011 Corpus Christi, TX 2 Texas men sentenced to 15 and 20 years in federal prison
2/28/2011 Greenbelt, MD Self-described "militant extremist" sentenced to 5 years in prison for visa fraud
2/28/2011 Greensboro, NC North Carolina teacher guilty of sexual exploitation and child pornography
2/25/2011 Pittsburgh, PA New Hampshire man sentenced on child exploitation charges
2/25/2011 Gulfport, MS Howard Industries pleads guilty to employment-related immigration conspiracy
2/25/2011 Washington, DC ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending Feb. 25, 2011
2/25/2011 Rome, GA Georgia school teacher arrested for distributing child pornography
2/25/2011 Miami, FL ICE operation in South Florida targeting at-large convicted criminal aliens nets 24 arrests
2/25/2011 Boston, MA Former high school swim coach pleads guilty to child pornography
2/25/2011 Chicago, IL Manager of 2 Chicago-area staffing companies sentenced for hiring illegal aliens
2/25/2011 Philadelphia, PA Alleged supporter of terrorist group extradited from Paraguay
2/25/2011 Washington, DC Multi-agency operation targets Mexican cartels in coordinated strike
2/24/2011 Mcelhattan, PA ICE detainee passes away at Lock Haven Hospital
2/24/2011 Los Angeles, CA Secure Communities' information-sharing capability now activated across California
2/24/2011 Bakersfield, CA Bakersfield business owner indicted for trafficking in counterfeit goods
2/24/2011 Richmond, VA 22 alleged members of sophisticated, violent fraudulent document ring indicted images
2/23/2011 Toledo, OH Transfer ceremony marks return of antique porcelain to heirs of former German prime minister
2/23/2011 Jackson, MS ICE arrests 58 convicted criminal aliens, fugitives in enforcement surge
2/23/2011 Squire, WV West Virginia woman sentened on child pornography charges
2/23/2011 Washington, DC Statement by ICE Director John Morton
2/22/2011 Fresno, CA Bakersfield man sentenced to more than 7 years on child pornography charges
2/22/2011 Miami, FL Miami accountant sentenced on 31 million dollar bank fraud
2/22/2011 Orlando, FL 12 from Eastern Europe charged with criminal prostitution in central Florida
2/22/2011 Seattle, WA Former Tacoma man convicted in multi-million dollar Ecstasy smuggling plot
2/22/2011 Urbana, IL Former Illinois police officer sentenced to 25 years in prison for producing, possessing child pornography
2/22/2011 Brownsville, TX ICE remembers and celebrates the life of Special Agent Jaime Zapata. images
2/19/2011 Phoenix, AZ ICE seizes more than 900 pounds of marijuana in Phoenix images
2/18/2011 Bridgeport, CT Conn. man pleads guilty to federal firearms trafficking charge
2/18/2011 Washington, DC ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending Feb. 18, 2011
2/18/2011 Hartford, CT Connecticut man arrested on federal child pornography charge
2/18/2011 Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas man convicted of child sex crimes after soliciting sex from a minor over the Internet
2/17/2011 Washington, DC Wounded special agent recovering
2/17/2011 Chicago, IL Chinese honey importer arrested for allegedly evading US import duties
2/17/2011 New York, NY ICE removes murder suspect to Montenegro
2/17/2011 Panama City, FL Panama City man indicted on receipt and possession of child pornography
2/17/2011 Newark, NJ New Jersey man sentenced on immigration fraud charges
2/17/2011 Cincinnati, OH Ohio man sentenced to 30 years for producing child pornography
2/17/2011 Boise, ID Idaho woman indicted for mail fraud and misuse of U.S. government seals
2/17/2011 Phoenix, AZ 17 indicted for weapons trafficking following ICE investigation
2/17/2011 New Orleans, LA Louisiana man sentenced for trafficking counterfeit New Orleans Saints jerseys
2/17/2011 Lafayette, LA Louisiana man sentenced in federal court on child pornography charges
2/17/2011 New Bern, NC 10 plead guilty to immigration charges for illegal entry and re-entry after deportation
2/16/2011 Columbus, OH ICE arrests 47 in operation targeting criminal aliens and immigration fugitives
2/16/2011 Miami, FL 13 members and associates of transnational organized crime groups charged in South Florida
2/16/2011 Washington, DC ICE special agents brutally attacked; suspects sought by authorities images
2/16/2011 Miami, FL Top Story: ICE officers and CBP agents board bus for new training venture images
2/15/2011 Santa Fe, NM Santa Fe County and all New Mexico now benefit from ICE strategy to use biometrics to identify and remove aliens convicted of a crime
2/15/2011 Pittsburgh, PA Internet predator group member sentenced to 15 years in prison for engaging in child exploitation enterprise
2/15/2011 Denver, CO Arapahoe, Denver and El Paso counties are the first in Colorado to benefit from ICE strategy to use biometrics to identify and remove aliens convicted of a crime
2/15/2011 Washington, DC Statement by ICE
2/15/2011 Hartford, CT Queens resident admits to stealing more than 200,000K in credit card "bust out" scam
2/15/2011 Walton, GA Barrow, Newton and Walton counties next to benefit from ICE strategy to use biometrics to identify and remove aliens convicted of a crime
2/15/2011 Bakersfield, CA Bakersfield retailer charged with trafficking counterfeit goods images
2/14/2011 Washington, DC Sweetheart, but fake, deals put on ICE
2/14/2011 McAllen, TX Mexican national sentenced to nearly 5 years for illegally re-entering the US
2/11/2011 Fresno, CA 2 central California men face lengthy sentences for child exploitation offenses
2/11/2011 Washington, DC ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending Feb. 11, 2011
2/11/2011 Denver, CO Boulder, Colo., man sentenced to 12 months in prison for exploiting alien workers, harboring illegal aliens, and tax evasion
2/11/2011 Chicago, IL Former college professor sentenced to 6 years in prison for possessing, distributing child pornography
2/11/2011 Pittsburgh, PA Virginia man sentenced in Pennsylvania to 102 months in prison for engaging in child exploitation enterprise
2/11/2011 Seattle, WA Olympia man with more than 34,000 images of child pornography sentenced to 15 years in prison
2/11/2011 Laredo, TX Previously deported criminal alien returned to Mexico to face gun charges
2/11/2011 Fort Worth, TX Arlington, Texas, man sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for possessing child pornography
2/11/2011 Miami, FL Company pleads guilty and is sentenced for false statements in the importation of ozone-depleting substance
2/10/2011 San Juan, PR 4 local companies join ICE's effort to secure a legal workforce
2/10/2011 Springfield, IL ICE agents return over 58,000K to victim of telemarketing fraud
2/10/2011 New York, NY Members of Staten Island narcotics distribution network arrested on federal drug and firearm charges
2/10/2011 Houston, TX Stash house guard sentenced to nearly 4 years for harboring illegal aliens
2/10/2011 Madison, WI 6 charged in Wisconsin with producing false identity documents
2/10/2011 Los Angeles, CA Fugitive Taiwanese embezzling suspect captured in LA returned to Taiwan
2/10/2011 Dallas, TX Federal grand jury indicts Ennis, Texas, man on child pornography charges
2/10/2011 Ft Worth, TX Amarillo, Texas, resident pleads guilty to federal child pornography charges
2/9/2011 Hicksville, NY Long Island business partners with ICE
2/9/2011 Brownsville, TX Mexican national sentenced to prison term for smuggling cocaine
2/9/2011 Beaumont, TX 2 men receive lengthy prison sentences for drug trafficking
2/9/2011 New York, NY Narcotics trafficker sentenced to more than 33 years in prison
2/9/2011 Detroit, MI Mexican national sentenced to 15 years in crystal meth conspiracy
2/9/2011 Washington, DC 11 alleged MS-13 members indicted on racketeering and other charges in series of violent crimes
2/9/2011 Miami, FL 27 charged with narcotics-related offenses for selling "cut" for cocaine and heroin
2/9/2011 Bridgeport, CT 3 men named in Connecticut indictment for alleged prostitution of minors
2/9/2011 Boise, ID Former Idaho software engineer sentenced to 5 years for child pornography crime
2/9/2011 Miami, FL Colombian narco-traffkicker indicted on cocaine conspiracy charges
2/9/2011 Boston, MA Mass. medical center becomes first in the country to join IMAGE program images
2/8/2011 Columbia, MO 8 additional Missouri counties next to benefit from ICE strategy to use biometrics to identify and remove aliens convicted of a crime
2/8/2011 Jacksonville, FL US Forestry Service employee and stepson indicted on federal child pornography charges
2/8/2011 Nashville, TN 5 individuals and Tennessee firearms company charged with conspiracy to violate Arms Export Control Act
2/8/2011 Philadelphia, PA Pennsylvania man sentenced to 3 years in prison for possession of hundreds of child exploitation images
2/8/2011 Beaumont, TX Texas man pleads guilty to possessing child pornography
2/8/2011 Laredo, TX ICE deports aggravated murder suspect wanted in Mexico
2/8/2011 Dallas, TX 5 charged in forced labor/harboring conspiracy
2/8/2011 El Paso, TX Federal Jury convicts Gateway Hotel owner of smuggling, harboring illegal aliens images
2/8/2011 Tucson, AZ ICE part of unprecedented, multi-agency effort securing border in Arizona images
2/7/2011 San Antonio, TX Salvadoran national sentenced to 15 years in prison for smuggling deaths
2/7/2011 Miami, FL Honduran murder suspect captured, returned to Honduras to face charges images
2/4/2011 Washington, DC ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending Feb. 4, 2011
2/4/2011 Philadelphia, PA Chester County, Pa., man charged with child sex tourism
2/4/2011 Dallas, TX Counterfeiters thrown for a loss images
2/3/2011 Baltimore, MD Maryland man sentenced to 10 years in prison for importing heroin
2/3/2011 Raleigh, NC North Carolina man charged with 50 counts of international gun trafficking
2/3/2011 Newark, NJ New Jersey ICE officers arrest 28 aliens that had been previously deported from the United States
2/3/2011 New York, NY Jamaican who used commercial aircraft to smuggle drugs sentenced to 20 years in federal prison
2/3/2011 Laredo, TX 6 men sentenced for narcotic trafficking conspiracy
2/3/2011 San Juan, PR ICE dismantles Caribbean cell of El Norte del Valle Colombian drug cartel images
2/2/2011 Alexandria, VA MS-13 leader pleads guilty to attempted murder and extortion racketeering
2/2/2011 New York, NY New York investigators seize 10 websites that illegally streamed copyrighted sporting and pay-per-view events
2/2/2011 Miami, FL 9 South Florida residents charged in $12 million bank fraud scheme
2/1/2011 Easton, MD Dorchester and Talbot counties next to benefit from ICE strategy to use biometrics to identify and remove aliens convicted of a crime
2/1/2011 San Juan, PR ICE nabs Puerto Rican man for possession and production of child porn
2/1/2011 Wilmington, DE Private ambulance business owner charged with transportation of child pornography
2/1/2011 Bishop, CA 6 additional northern California counties to benefit next from ICE strategy to use biometrics to identify and remove aliens convicted of a crime
2/1/2011 Ashtabula, OH Ashtabula and Jefferson counties next to benefit from ICE strategy to use biometrics to identify and remove aliens convicted of a crime
2/1/2011 Philadelphia, PA Drug smuggler convicted at Pennsylvania trial
2/1/2011 Orange, CA ICE detainee passes away at University of California Medical Center

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