I.C.E. News Releases - August 2011

Date
Location
Title


8/31/2011

Detroit, MI

13 arrested in international car theft ring



8/31/2011

Buffalo, NY

New York woman sentenced on drug conspiracy charges



8/31/2011

Cedar Rapids, IA

Iowa roofing business owner pleads guilty to harboring illegal aliens



8/31/2011

New York, NY

HSI settles a civil lawsuit against a jewelry company engaged in a customs fraud scheme



8/31/2011

Tampa, FL

'America's Most Wanted' fugitive arrested



8/30/2011

Boston, MA

Massachusetts man sentenced to more than 12 years in prison on child pornography charges



8/30/2011

Cleveland, OH

60 indicted in massive drug and gun sting operation



8/30/2011

Texarkana, TX

North Texas lawyer sentenced to 3 years for possessing child pornography



8/30/2011

San Francisco, CA

6 San Francisco MS-13 gang members convicted of racketeering charges



8/30/2011

Las Cruces, NM

Owners/operators of Deming, N.M., gun shop arrested on federal firearms-smuggling and money-laundering charges images



8/29/2011

Bridgeport, CT

Connecticut man pleads guilty in 2005 triple murder



8/26/2011

Philadelphia, PA

Attorney and client convicted of immigration fraud



8/26/2011

Washington, DC

ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending Aug. 26, 2011



8/26/2011

Tucson, AZ

Arizona tomato producer fined in ICE worksite enforcement investigation



8/26/2011

Calexico, CA

Unusual smuggling tunnel found beneath vacant supermarket near California-Mexico border images



8/25/2011

Bridgeport, CT

Connecticut man admits possession of child pornography



8/25/2011

Gainesville, GA

Former Georgia sheriff's deputy arrested for production of child pornography involving a 7-year-old



8/25/2011

Washington, DC

ICE's Office of Professional Responsibility combats employee corruption images



8/24/2011

San Juan, PR

Puerto Rican man charged on 115 counts for production of child pornography



8/24/2011

Gulfport, MS

2 Massachusetts men sentenced for conspiracy to distribute 4,497 pounds marijuana



8/24/2011

Casa Grande, AZ

ICE, county sheriff disrupt weapons smuggling attempt



8/24/2011

Brownsville, TX

South Texas grocer pleads guilty to food stamp fraud



8/23/2011

Los Angeles, CA

Canadian murder suspect featured on 'America's Most Wanted' captured in Los Angeles area



8/23/2011

New York, NY

HSI agents arrest website operator for illegally streaming copyrighted sporting events



8/23/2011

Fresno, CA

Ex-DMV employee, 14 others charged in driver's license fraud scheme



8/23/2011

McAllen, TX

South Texas bar owner sentenced to 30 years in prison for sex trafficking minors



8/22/2011

New York, NY

HSI investigation leads to the extradition of Chinese gang leader accused of double murder



8/22/2011

Bellingham, WA

Washington state couple sentenced for alien harboring and illegal employment



8/19/2011

Phoenix, AZ

Human smugglers arrested in desert encounter



8/19/2011

Washington, DC

ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending July 29, 2011



8/19/2011

Buffalo, NY

New York man charged with possession of homemade child pornography



8/19/2011

El Paso, TX

Nigerian national arrested for allegedly coercing underage girl



8/18/2011

Corpus Christi, TX

South Texas gang leader sentenced to life in prison for racketeering



8/18/2011

San Antonio, TX

Jury convicts Nepali illegal alien for refusing to comply with a deportation order



8/18/2011

Washington, DC

Maryland man sentenced to nearly 3 years in prison for importing and selling counterfeit Cisco computer networking equipment



8/18/2011

Orlando, FL

Police officer, school employee among 26 child predators arrested during 'Operation Safe Summer'



8/18/2011

New York, NY

HSI participates in the arrest of commercial drivers for fraudulently obtaining licenses in New York



8/18/2011

Fresno, CA

5 central California men plead guilty to plotting large-scale methamphetamine deal



8/18/2011

Washington, DC

ICE removes Taiwanese national who conspired to export sophisticated US military equipment to China



8/18/2011

Santo Domingo, International

ICE and CBP return 67 artifacts to the Dominican Republic images



8/18/2011

Albuquerque, NM

Santa Fe businessman pleads guilty to currency structuring charges



8/17/2011

New York, NY

New York immigration attorney charged for participating in international human smuggling ring



8/17/2011

Chicago, IL

Former Illinois firefighter sentenced to 30 years in prison for exploiting children



8/17/2011

Trenton, NJ

Massachusetts couple sentenced on drug smuggling charges



8/16/2011

Brownsville, TX

South Texas airline business owner indicted on multiple child pornography charges



8/16/2011

Laredo, TX

Co-conspirator to Laredo Police Officer case sentenced to prison for drug smuggling



8/16/2011

Philadelphia, PA

Pennsylvania man sentenced for possession of more than 500 grams of cocaine



8/16/2011

Nogales, AZ

ICE HSI shuts down Arizona smuggling tunnel



8/15/2011

Santa Ana, CA

California man charged with sex trafficking; authorities rescue 3 teenage girls



8/15/2011

Washington, DC

Michigan woman sentenced to 2 years in prison for selling more than $400,000 in counterfeit business software



8/15/2011

Los Angeles, CA

Smuggler who directed mistreatment of aliens at Los Angeles-area 'drop house' sentenced to 20 years



8/15/2011

Ft Worth, TX

North Texas man sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for attempting to entice an 11-year-old boy to have sex with him



8/15/2011

Washington, DC

TOP STORY: ICE's Forensic Document Lab serves as authentication authority images



8/15/2011

Montgomery, AL

Guatemalan national sentenced to 24 months for re-entering US illegally



8/15/2011

Newark, NJ

2 New York men indicted for smuggling cocaine through Newark Liberty International Airport



8/15/2011

New York, NY

ICE Homeland Security Investigations agents disrupt stolen identity ring



8/15/2011

Chicago, IL

Iranian national sentenced to 51 months for illegally exporting missile parts images



8/12/2011

Washington, DC

ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending August 12, 2011



8/12/2011

Orlando, FL

Orlando men sentenced for importing heroin



8/12/2011

Seattle, WA

Career identity thief sentenced to more than four years in federal prison for passport fraud



8/11/2011

Los Angeles, CA

Former U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services supervisor sentenced to 5 years on bribery and fraud offenses



8/11/2011

Philadelphia, PA

Texas man, Mexican native sentenced on cocaine smuggling charges



8/10/2011

Newark, NJ

Wanted Costa Rican man removed from US



8/10/2011

Harrisburg, PA

Bradford County resident sentenced on child pornography charges



8/9/2011

Providence, RI

Dominican national sentenced for identity theft, illegal re-entry



8/9/2011

New Haven, CT

Connecticut federal judge orders restitution to victims of child sex abuser



8/9/2011

Philadelphia, PA

Pennsylvania man charged with possessing child pornography



8/9/2011

Washington , DC

TOP STORY: Cyber Crimes Center takes down online criminals images



8/8/2011

Atlanta, GA

5 'Sur-13' gang members sentenced for crime spree



8/5/2011

Hartford, CT

Mexican citizen receives federal jail term for illegal re-entry



8/5/2011

Washington, DC

ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending Aug. 5, 2011



8/5/2011

Bridgeport, CT

Peace Corps volunteer charged with sexually abusing children in South Africa



8/5/2011

Tampa, FL

Tampa man sentenced to more than 17 years for receipt of child pornography



8/5/2011

Miami, FL

2 Mexican nationals plead guilty to commercial human sex trafficking



8/5/2011

New York, NY

2 Chinese nationals plead guilty to trafficking in counterfeit perfume



8/5/2011

Arlington, VA

National IPR Center launches new website images



8/4/2011

Wilmington, DE

Delaware man indicted on child pornography charges



8/4/2011

Atlanta, GA

4 criminal aliens plead guilty to bribing ICE employee



8/4/2011

Raleigh, NC

Aggravated felon sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for re-entering US



8/4/2011

Portland, OR

Final defendant in international drug trafficking ring sentenced to prison



8/4/2011

El Paso, TX

ICE arrests pawn shop manager, 5 employees in ammo smuggling case images



8/3/2011

Detroit, MI

Michigan man sentenced to life following child exploitation charges



8/3/2011

Atlanta, GA

ICE announces selection of Atlanta special agent in charge



8/3/2011

Atlanta, GA

Georgia man sentenced to 3 years for exporting military holographic weapons sights and M4 rifle gun parts



8/3/2011

Alexandria, VA

Virginia teacher pleads guilty to producing child pornography



8/3/2011

Chicago, IL

Chicago-area man sentenced to 70 years in federal prison for producing and possessing child pornography



8/3/2011

Portland, ME

Dunkin’ Donuts manager sentenced for employing illegal aliens



8/3/2011

Washington, DC

Law enforcement officials announce charges against individuals on 5 continents involved in child exploitation network images



8/3/2011

El Paso, TX

Former El Paso high school teacher pleads guilty to child pornography charges images



8/2/2011

Tacoma, WA

Micronesian couple pleads guilty to withholding passport in connection with human trafficking violations



8/2/2011

Atlanta, GA

Georgia man indicted for attempting to buy child



8/2/2011

Tampa, FL

Tampa ICE special agent (featured on left) named state's gang investigator of the year images



8/1/2011

Miami, FL

Miami couple and their company sentenced in a conspiracy to smuggle adulterated cheese



8/1/2011

Laredo, TX

Laredo lawyer sentenced to 30 months in prison for paying nearly $50,000 in drug-trafficking proceeds to ensure drug defendant's silence



8/1/2011

Cedar Rapids, IA

Iowa couple sentenced to prison for immigration, tax and fraud crimes



8/1/2011

Fresno, CA

High school softball coach among 2 Fresno-area men indicted on child pornography charges



8/1/2011

Miami, FL

Miami man sentenced in illegal refrigerant smuggling operation



8/1/2011

Fresno, CA

Ex-Selma police officer pleads guilty to receiving child pornography



8/1/2011

Richmond, VA

Member of fraudulent document ring sentenced to 46 months in prison



8/1/2011

Cairo, International

ICE HSI helps Egyptian law enforcement agencies counter antiquities trafficking images



8/1/2011

Boston, MA

Ivory smuggler from Nantucket sentenced to jail


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