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Top Stories: Last Week


10/14/2016

MIAMI, FL

ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE returns fugitive wanted for murder in Mexico
Gustavo Pizano-Lara, 30, departed Miami International Airport Thursday morning on his way to his final destination of Brownsville, TX where he was turned over to authorities in Mexico via the Brownsville, Texas port of entry.


10/14/2016

WASHINGTON, DC

CHILD EXPLOITATION


More than 100 US military veterans now trained as ICE 'HEROs' in fight against child predators
Initially begun as a pilot initiative in 2013, the Human Exploitation Rescue Operative, or HERO Corps, program has now trained more than 100 former U.S. military members in computer forensics and law enforcement support of online child sexual exploitation cases. In May 2015, the President signed the HERO Act into law, which formalized the program within ICE’s Cyber Crimes Center.


10/13/2016

WASHINGTON, DC

CHILD EXPLOITATION


ICE HSI Special Agents recognized by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
NCMEC honored HSI Special Agents Christopher Neville, Henry Cook and Eli Bupp for their race against the clock to stop the sexual abuse of five young girls who were being photographed and had their images posted online. The agents used advanced technology, extensive man hours, and clues found in the images of abuse to identify and locate the children hundreds of miles away. The children were rescued and the abuser arrested.


10/13/2016

NEW YORK, NY

NARCOTICS


31 charged with drug trafficking, weapons violations after ICE HSI NY led gang surge
Operation Blood Klot, a joint investigation that began in April 2015, focused on the trafficking of drug and firearms in Kingston and Poughkeepsie, a scheme led by alleged Bloods gang street boss, Recardo Langston, 31, Romell Hearn, 37 and Marcus Fisher, 39. The individuals listed in the indictment are alleged gang members who have pledged allegiance to violent street gangs like the G-Shine and Sex, Money, Murder, cliques of the Bloods gang.


10/11/2016

CHICAGO, IL

ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE Chicago office deports fugitive wanted in Mexico for murder
Agustin Espinoza-Betancourt, 34, is the subject of an Interpol Red Notice for allegedly committing murder in 1999 in Morelos, Mexico. According to the Red Notice, on Feb 6, 1999, Espinoza-Betancourt got into an altercation with his neighbors — a mother and son — and shot the son four times, killing him. The mother attempted to shield her son and was shot twice, but survived.

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10/14/2016

SANTA ANA, CA


FINANCIAL CRIMES

Disbarred Orange County attorney indicted in mortgage modification scheme
According to the California State Bar, Hall was disbarred in 2012 for “misconduct in three loan modification matters.”



10/14/2016

MIAMI, FL



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE returns fugitive wanted for murder in Mexico
Gustavo Pizano-Lara, 30, departed Miami International Airport Thursday morning on his way to his final destination of Brownsville, TX where he was turned over to authorities in Mexico via the Brownsville, Texas port of entry.


10/14/2016

MILWAUKEE, WI



NATIONAL SECURITY


2 Milwaukee men charged in federal court with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization - ISIL
Jason Michael Ludke, 35, of Milwaukee, was charged in a criminal complaint with attempting to provide material support or resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, a designated foreign terrorist organization commonly referred to as ISIL, ISIS or the Islamic State. Yosvany Padilla-Conde, 30, also of Milwaukee, was charged in the same complaint with aiding and abetting Ludke’s attempt to provide material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization, ISIL.



10/14/2016

DENVER, CO



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Ohio man who enticed a Colorado minor victim in an attempt to produce child pornography convicted following 2-week jury trial
According to the facts presented at trial, between September and December 2013, Rande Brian Isabella, 59, of Hubbard, Ohio, communicated via phone and online with a 14-year-old girl in Colorado.




10/14/2016

WASHINGTON, DC



CHILD EXPLOITATION


More than 100 US military veterans now trained as ICE 'HEROs' in fight against child predators
Initially begun as a pilot initiative in 2013, the Human Exploitation Rescue Operative, or HERO Corps, program has now trained more than 100 former U.S. military members in computer forensics and law enforcement support of online child sexual exploitation cases. In May 2015, the President signed the HERO Act into law, which formalized the program within ICE’s Cyber Crimes Center.



10/13/2016

WASHINGTON, DC



CHILD EXPLOITATION


ICE HSI Special Agents recognized by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
NCMEC honored HSI Special Agents Christopher Neville, Henry Cook and Eli Bupp for their race against the clock to stop the sexual abuse of five young girls who were being photographed and had their images posted online. The agents used advanced technology, extensive man hours, and clues found in the images of abuse to identify and locate the children hundreds of miles away. The children were rescued and the abuser arrested.



10/13/2016

NEW YORK, NY



NARCOTICS


31 charged with drug trafficking, weapons violations after ICE HSI NY led gang surge
Operation Blood Klot, a joint investigation that began in April 2015, focused on the trafficking of drug and firearms in Kingston and Poughkeepsie, a scheme led by alleged Bloods gang street boss, Recardo Langston, 31, Romell Hearn, 37 and Marcus Fisher, 39. The individuals listed in the indictment are alleged gang members who have pledged allegiance to violent street gangs like the G-Shine and Sex, Money, Murder, cliques of the Bloods gang.



10/13/2016

ORLANDO, FL



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Florida man sentenced for production of child pornography
According to the plea agreement, on March 1, 2015, Thomas Samborski, II, 41, of Orange County, made sexually suggestive posts involving photographs of three minor children on a file sharing Internet site.




10/13/2016

CHARLOTTE, NC



NARCOTICS


Fugitive Charlotte drug trafficker sentenced following ICE investigation
Reginald Glenn Patterson, 45, of Los Angeles, was also ordered to serve 10 years supervised release following the completion of his prison sentence by U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr.



10/12/2016

DALLAS, TX



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


Mexican man wanted for homicide deported by ICE Dallas officers
Ever Alonso Deras-Morales, 26, was transported by bus to the U.S. Mexico border at Laredo, Texas, and transferred to Mexican authorities Oct. 11.



10/12/2016

PROVIDENCE, RI



HUMAN SMUGGLING/TRAFFICKING


Massachusetts man indicted in Rhode Island for sex trafficking
Devon Brown, 24, of Everett, Massachusetts, is alleged to have transported a woman from Massachusetts to Rhode Island for the purpose of commercial sexual activity.



10/12/2016

TAMPA, FL



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Tampa man first to be sentenced under new federal sex trafficking law
According to court documents, James Patrick Manning, 25, of Tampa, responded to an advertisement that had been posted on Backpage.com by HSI and sent several text messages to an undercover law enforcement officer stating that he wanted to have sex with a 14-year-old girl.




10/12/2016

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Iowa man indicted for child exploitation, possessing child pornography
Michael Bordman, 22, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was charged in an indictment unsealed Oct. 7 in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids.



10/11/2016

BROWNSVILLE, TX



DOCUMENT AND BENEFIT FRAUD


Fake tribal chief sentenced to nearly 3 years in federal prison for selling membership to non-recognized Native American tribe
Humberto Reveles, 61, was sentenced to 33 months imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen. Judge Hanen also ordered Reveles to serve three years of supervised release. He was further ordered to pay restitution of $198,795 to 144 victims of the scheme. In handing down the sentence, Judge Hanen noted this scheme was just as bad as coyotes smuggling people into the United States.



10/11/2016

WHEATON, IL



CONTRABAND


Chicago-area man sentenced to 16 years in prison for dealing heroin
Rene Rojo, 40, of Cicero Illinois, was sentenced Oct. 11 by DuPage County Associate Judge Robert Miller to 16 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for participating in drug-dealing activities in DuPage County and the greater Chicagoland area.


10/11/2016

CHICAGO, IL



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE Chicago office deports fugitive wanted in Mexico for murder
Agustin Espinoza-Betancourt, 34, is the subject of an Interpol Red Notice for allegedly committing murder in 1999 in Morelos, Mexico. According to the Red Notice, on Feb 6, 1999, Espinoza-Betancourt got into an altercation with his neighbors — a mother and son — and shot the son four times, killing him. The mother attempted to shield her son and was shot twice, but survived.




10/11/2016

WICHITA, KS



CONTRABAND


Mexican woman pleads guilty in Kansas to possessing weapon used in homicide
Azucena Garcia-Ferniza, 22, a citizen of Mexico, pleaded guilty to one count of possessing a firearm while unlawfully in the United States. In her plea, she admitted that on May 7, 2015, she unlawfully possessed a Glock model 30 .45-caliber pistol. Her visitor’s visa had expired in February 1998.



10/11/2016

LAS CRUCES, NM



NARCOTICS


Mexican man pleads to methamphetamine trafficking, money laundering while serving a sentence in an Oklahoma state prison
Oscar Garcia, 46, was in Oklahoma state custody serving a prison sentence on an unrelated drug-trafficking conviction at the time he committed the crimes to which he pleaded guilty Oct. 7. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Garcia will be sentenced to 15 years in prison; after he completes his sentence, he will be turned over to ICE custody and placed in removal proceedings.



10/11/2016

COEUR D’ALENE, ID



CHILD EXPLOITATION


North Idaho man sentenced for possession of child pornography
James Dale Pressnall, 50, first came to the attention of HSI special agents between August and October 2015 when child pornography images were downloaded from a peer to peer network on a computer within his home.



10/07/2016

SANTA ANA, CA



FINANCIAL CRIMES


Prosecutors secure guilty pleas and seek to seize assets in money laundering and identity theft scheme involving millions in fraudulent tax refunds
The identity theft charges to which the seven defendants have pleaded guilty carry a statutory maximum sentence of 15 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine.






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DEA NEWS

Syracuse Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 28 Years

OCT 12 (SYRACUSE)

Derrick Wilson, 36, of Syracuse, New York, was sentenced today to serve a 336 month (28 years) term of imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release. The sentence was announced jointly by Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, New York Division, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian, and Syracuse Police Chief Frank Fowler.

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D.E.A. NEWS RELEASES

OCT 14 (BOISE, Idaho) Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Meth OCT 13 (FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.) Three Sentenced for Drug Offenses OCT 06 (CHICAGO) Task Force Arrests Two Involved in Overdose Death OCT 05 (BOSTON) Gym Owner Pleads Guilty to Heroin Trafficking OCT 05 (BRIDGEPORT, Conn.) Overdose Investigation Leads to Heroin Distribution Charges

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A.T.F. Press Releases


FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2016

Coram Man Sentenced for Illegal Gun Dealing and Manufacture
Field Division:Denver Field Division


Guilty Verdict Against Essex County, New Jersey, Man for Possessing Firearm as a Previously Convicted Felon
Field Division:Newark Field Division


THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2016

Inland Empire Man Linked to O.C. Gas Station Robberies Arrested
Field Division:Los Angeles Field Division


Activity in the United States Attorney's Office
Field Division:Denver Field Division


WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2016

Albuquerque Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Heroin Trafficking Charge
Field Division:Phoenix Field Division


Wellsville Man Pleads Guilty to Meth Charge
Field Division:New York Field Division


TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2016

Four Gangster Disciples Collectively Sentenced to more than 30 Years for Robbing Convenience Store, Drug Dealer
Field Division:Nashville Field Division

Headlines News coverage of the U.S. Marshals

	Convicted sex offender due back in court
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	‘Fugitive of the Week’ Arrested by US Marshals Task Force in CT
	Fugitive focus: Prince Boimein Dahn
	Cleveland fugitive charged in Eastlake shooting taken into custody
	Man accused of killing ex-wife's boyfriend remains in jail
	Man Charged With Posing as Marshal - Prosecutor to Drop Charges
	49 Arrested, Nearly Two Pounds of Meth Seized During Arkansas Sting
	Chino man awaits extradition in slaying of Fort Bliss soldier
	Westerville man accused of rape, kidnapping taken into custody
	Maple Heights fugitive accused of rape arrested in Cleveland, U.S. Marshals say
	Alabama inmate who escaped Monday has been recaptured
	6-month sting culminates in 49 warrants in drug deals
	Selma man arrested for robbing bank in Marion
	U.S. Marshals offer reward for Detroit's Most Wanted Martin Jones
	Murder charge filed against Hope Mills man in 2015 slaying
	Moreno Valley woman helped husband dodge immigration sentencing, feds say
	Local cops arrest N.H. murder suspect
	11 years of suspect in hiding, Mother of murdered Hampton student still has hope
	Police: Boyfriend charged in Lake Station woman's shooting death
	Suspect wanted for deadly Texas shooting arrested in Bossier City
	Panel: Domestic violence homicide victims rarely sought help
	Man charged with attempted homicide in Lancaster city shooting arrested
	Expert says defendant's DNA found on gun that killed Metairie father and son
	Two men injured, homes hit by bullets and people scared, in Lancaster, after shootings
	U.S. Marshals End NC Armed Robbery Spree with Arrest
	U.S. Marshals arrest Manchester murder suspect on the run for 4 weeks
	Cleveland fugitive found hiding under child's bed in West Side home
	Jury hears about high-speed chase after Metairie double murder, Fox 8 reports
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JUSTICE NEWS



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Justice Department Reaches Agreement with University of New Mexico to Protect Students from Sexual Assault and Harassment
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