I.C.E News Releases April 2012
(To read any story click the link and click the headline.)

Date
Location
Title


4/30/2012

Boston, MA

ICE arrests 13 during enforcement operation targeting convicted criminal aliens in the Boston-area



4/27/2012

Washington, DC

ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending April 27, 2012



4/27/2012

Pocatello, ID

Idaho Falls man pleads guilty to possessing child pornography



4/27/2012

Charleston, SC

US citizenship revoked for Bulgarian man in marriage fraud scheme



4/27/2012

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles merchant charged with selling counterfeit designer accessories



4/27/2012

Phoenix, AZ

HSI special agents honored by DOJ for assisting Arizona crime victims



4/26/2012

Peoria, IL

2 Illinois women plead guilty to selling counterfeit goods



4/26/2012

Fresno, CA

Fresno HSI seizes nearly $1 million worth of bootleg movies and music in probe targeting counterfeiting ring



4/26/2012

Lake Charles, LA

Internet predator sentenced in federal court for producing child pornography



4/26/2012

Hattiesburg, MS

6 Mexican nationals sentenced for identity theft



4/26/2012

Washington, DC

ICE returns stolen and looted art and antiquities to Italy images



4/25/2012

Baltimore, MD

5 indicted for allegedly selling counterfeit goods



4/25/2012

Washington, DC

637 gang members and associates arrested during Project Nefarious



4/25/2012

Houston, TX

ICE-led investigation leads to 50 being charged with check fraud



4/25/2012

New York, NY

Colombian drug trafficker sentenced to 40 years in prison



4/25/2012

New York, NY

HSI New York assists in the dismantling of a sex trafficking organization



4/24/2012

St. Louis, MO

2 Israeli men sentenced for smuggling counterfeit and misbranded pharmaceuticals into the United States



4/24/2012

Fresno, CA

9 suspects arrested in HSI probe targeting Fresno-area phony document mills



4/24/2012

Beaumont, TX

East Texas marijuana grower pleads guilty to possession with intent to distribute



4/24/2012

Oakland, CA

Owners of Bay Area restaurant chain sentenced for tax violations, hiring illegal aliens



4/24/2012

Cleveland, OH

First Ohio company partners with ICE to ensure workforce compliance images



4/23/2012

Atlanta, GA

Brothel owner pleads guilty in alien harboring conspiracy



4/23/2012

Greenbelt, MD

Maryland man sentenced to more than 6 years for distributing and possessing child pornography



4/23/2012

Baltimore, MD

Baltimore warehouse owners plead guilty in scheme to steal $1 million of nickel imported into the port of Baltimore



4/23/2012

Brownsville, TX

Gulf Cartel member, 3 others plead guilty to bribing a public official



4/23/2012

Minneapolis, MN

South Dakota man sentenced to 4 1/2 years in federal prison for stealing identities to obtain welfare and other benefits



4/23/2012

Fairfield, CA

Northern California man sentenced on child pornography charges



4/23/2012

San Diego, CA

TOP STORY: Female law enforcement officers hone skills at San Diego training images



4/23/2012

San Juan, PR

HSI arrests former municipal band director for production of child pornography



4/23/2012

El Paso, TX

Former El Paso businessman arrested in connection to ammunition smuggling scheme images



4/20/2012

Washington, DC

ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending April 20, 2012



4/20/2012

Chicago, IL

70-year-old sentenced to 75 months in federal prison for distributing child pornography



4/20/2012

Detroit, MI

Second Michigan man arrested in explosives investigation



4/20/2012

Lubbock, TX

West Texas man sentenced to nearly 13 years for receiving child pornography



4/20/2012

Sacramento, CA

Northern California man sentenced on child pornography charges



4/20/2012

Fargo, ND

North Dakota man sentenced to 24 years for second child pornography offense



4/20/2012

El Paso, TX

ICE seizes nearly $900,000 in counterfeit merchandise at El Paso flea market images



4/20/2012

Nogales, AZ

Attempted murder suspect captured by ICE, turned over to Mexican authorities images



4/19/2012

Baltimore, MD

ICE HSI and PGPD arrest Maryland man wanted for 30-year-old murder in Texas



4/19/2012

Houston, TX

5 MS-13 gang members, associates indicted for racketeering and drug trafficking



4/19/2012

Nashville, TN

State of Tennessee driver's license supervisor arrested for accepting bribes



4/19/2012

Minneapolis, MN

Minnesota man indicted for transporting, harboring illegal aliens



4/19/2012

Oakland, CA

Northern California man sentenced to 9 years in federal prison for sex trafficking teens



4/19/2012

Mobile, AL

Cocaine dealer sentenced to 14 years in prison



4/19/2012

New york, NY

Antiquities dealer pleaded guilty to smuggling Egyptian cultural property images



4/18/2012

Wilmington, DE

Chinese nationals charged with software piracy and exporting technology to China



4/18/2012

Houston, TX

2 charged in death of smuggled alien during trip from Houston



4/18/2012

Tallahassee, FL

US government returns artwork taken during the Holocaust images



4/17/2012

McAllen, TX

6 charged with harboring aliens in south Texas



4/17/2012

Gulfport, MS

9 arrested for conspiracy to possess and possession of methamphetamine



4/17/2012

Gulfport, MS

Texas man sentenced to 40 months for bulk cash smuggling



4/16/2012

San Juan, PR

HSI arrests Dominican Republic national for production of child pornography



4/16/2012

Greenbelt, MD

Maryland man sentenced to prison for receiving child pornography



4/16/2012

Los Angeles, CA

2nd Los Angeles toy company linked to scheme to launder foreign drug proceeds



4/16/2012

Laredo, TX

Jury convicts a southeast Texas man of smuggling 1,400 pounds of marijuana



4/16/2012

Brownsville, TX

South Texas man sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison for narcotics smuggling



4/16/2012

Washington, DC

TOP STORY: HSI Executive Associate Director elected chair of World Customs Organization Enforcement Committee images



4/16/2012

El Paso, TX

Key player in drug trafficking network sentenced to more than 24 years in prison images



4/13/2012

New York, NY

Ellanef Manufacturing Corporation joins IMAGE program



4/13/2012

Seattle, WA

Washington state man nabbed in federal crackdown found guilty



4/13/2012

Phoenix, AZ

Yuma drug courier sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for meth smuggling



4/13/2012

Washington, DC

ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending April 13, 2012



4/13/2012

Denver, CO

ICE detainee passes away at Denver-area hospital



4/13/2012

New York, NY

HSI investigation leads to the arrest of former Synergy CEO



4/13/2012

Houston, TX

ICE deports man wanted for murder and assault in Mexico



4/13/2012

Washington, DC

Washington D.C.-area animal hospital joins IMAGE images



4/13/2012

Lafayette, LA

Louisiana ring leader sentenced to 19 years in prison for drug trafficking



4/13/2012

Los Angeles, CA

Authorities dismantle 2 major Los Angeles-area drug labs images



4/12/2012

Cleveland, OH

ICE deports man wanted in Mexico for kidnapping



4/12/2012

Houston, TX

2 Houston alien smugglers sentenced to prison



4/12/2012

Del Rio, TX

Texas 'Mexican Mafia' member receives 2 life sentences for murder and racketeering



4/12/2012

Philadelphia, PA

Pennsylvania man indicted for importing counterfeit Viagra and Cialis



4/12/2012

San Juan, PR

HSI, strike force partners arrest 6 with cocaine, heroin images



4/11/2012

Boston, MA

Wanted Brazilian national deported from the US



4/11/2012

McAllen, TX

6 members of a south Texas drug trafficking organization sentenced



4/11/2012

Miami, FL

Miami man pleads guilty in illegal refrigerant smuggling operation



4/11/2012

Brunswick, GA

Georgia man pleads guilty to producing child porn



4/11/2012

Corpus Christi, TX

2 southeast Texas men arrested for alleged cocaine trafficking



4/11/2012

Washington, DC

TOP STORY: Cultural property investigations span the globe images



4/10/2012

Washington, DC

More than $896,000 in proceeds seized from the online sale of counterfeit sports apparel manufactured in China



4/10/2012

San Juan, PR

HSI arrests fugitive wanted for illegal possession, sale of firearms



4/10/2012

Baltimore, MD

ICE ERO arrest MS-13 gang member wanted for murder in Honduras



4/10/2012

Eagle Pass, TX

2 south Texas brothers charged with smuggling ammunition to Mexico



4/10/2012

Corpus Christi, TX

Corpus Christi, Texas, police officer charged with soliciting a minor



4/9/2012

Biloxi, MS

3 Mississippi businesses become IMAGE partners with ICE



4/9/2012

Anchorage, AK

Boston doctor sentenced to 21 years for traveling to Alaska to have sex with minor



4/9/2012

Tacoma, AK

Former youth pastor sentenced to 25 years for producing child pornography



4/9/2012

Syracuse, NY

Florida man pleads guilty to employing illegal aliens in upstate New York



4/9/2012

Houston, TX

2 leaders of sex trafficking, alien harboring organization sentenced



4/9/2012

Los Angeles, CA

Lakewood man charged with trafficking counterfeit computer software images



4/6/2012

Washington, DC

ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending April 6, 2012



4/6/2012

San Juan, PR

HSI arrests USVI couple for production of child pornography



4/6/2012

Syracuse, NY

2 Pennsylvania business executives sentenced for harboring illegal aliens, tax evasion



4/6/2012

Santa Ana, CA

Private Orange County high school teacher arrested for child sex crimes



4/6/2012

Oakland, CA

Former postal service manager pleads guilty to fraud and corruption charges



4/6/2012

Rapid City, SD

3 SD men, a Wash. man indicted in methamphetamine conspiracy



4/6/2012

Boston, MA

Minnesota man charged with hacking into Massachusetts company server



4/6/2012

San Juan, PR

HSI, ATF and local partners join forces to nab 9 in multi-agency operation against illegal selling of firearms images



4/5/2012

Albuquerque, NM

New Mexico retired teacher arrested on federal child pornography charges



4/5/2012

New York, NY

HSI assists in the arrest of drug trafficker linked to Los Zetas cartel



4/5/2012

Orlando, FL

Orlando man sentenced for embezzling $1.6M from construction company



4/4/2012

San Juan, PR

San Juan BEST seizes 28 kilograms of cocaine from cargo ship



4/4/2012

Houston, TX

Southeast Texas man sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for distributing child pornography



4/4/2012

Cleveland, OH

Ohio sex offender indicted for attempted travel to sexually exploit a minor



4/4/2012

San Juan, PR

HSI arrests Puerto Rican man in St. Thomas, seizes 12 kilograms of cocaine



4/4/2012

Tucson, AZ

Arizona drywall company president sentenced for employing illegal aliens



4/4/2012

Gulfport, MS

Massachusetts man sentenced for conspiracy to distribute 4,497 pounds marijuana



4/3/2012

Washington, DC

ICE announces employment authorization eligibility for certain Syrian students



4/3/2012

New York, NY

Head of New York law firm enters guilty plea for immigration fraud



4/3/2012

Los Angeles, CA

Ventura County man latest suspect arrested in probe of national pedophile ring



4/3/2012

Washington, DC

TOP STORY: ICE provides quality medical care to detainees images



4/2/2012

San Juan, PR

HSI arrests Puerto Rican community leader for production of child pornography



4/2/2012

San Juan, PR

Former NBA player sentenced to 6 months in prison, 9 months in a drug rehabilitation facility



4/2/2012

Lubbock, TX

West Texas man sentenced to more than 7 years in federal prison for transporting child pornography



4/2/2012

Baltimore, MD

Maryland man pleads guilty to sexually exploiting a minor to produce child pornography



4/2/2012

Baltimore, MD

2 ERO Baltimore officers to be honored for excellence in public service



4/2/2012

Washington, DC

ICE arrests more than 3,100 convicted criminal aliens and immigration fugitives in nationwide operation images


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