I.C.E. Top Stories: Last Week 9/11/17

**JohnDoe2** · 09-11-2017, 05:28 PM

I.C.E. Top Stories: Last Week

09/08/2017

PHILADELPHIA, PA

OPERATIONAL

Belgium fugitive arrested at Amtrak station in Philadelphia
Vincent Didler Jean-Marie Gilbert Simonon, 32, is wanted in Belgium, for alleged intentional manslaughter in connection with the brutal slaying of his neighbor, Christiane Darimont, and the concealment of her body, sometime in late July or early August 2017.

09/08/2017

FRESNO, CA

TRANSNATIONAL GANGS

Multiagency probe targeting suspected drug and firearms trafficking by Fresno-area street gang results in more than 2 dozen arrests
All of those charged in the federal criminal complaint are Fresno residents. They include: Carlos Montano, 27; Filibert Chavez, 35; Robin Gill, 31; Gabriel Gomez, 26; Juan Carlos Briceno, 36; Nicholas Bolanos, 25; Daniel Villanueva, 19; Gerrick Travis Tyrell Franklin, 27; Amina Padilla, 34; Robert Lockhart, 52; Idelfonso Soto, 19; Carlos Melgar, 36; Jeni Fries, 23; Cisco Hernandez, 23; Miguel Murrillo, 22; Adolfo Jesus Mendoza, 23; Jesus Melgarejo Jr., 26; and Cesar Gutierrez, 24.

09/07/2017

WASHINGTON, DC

STATEMENT

ICE statement regarding questions on enforcement planning
While we generally do not comment on future potential law enforcement actions, operational plans are subject to change based on a variety of factors. Due to the current weather situation in Florida and other potentially impacted areas, along with the ongoing recovery in Texas, ICE had already reviewed all upcoming operations and has adjusted accordingly. There is currently no coordinated nationwide operation planned at this time. The priority in the affected areas should remain focused on life-saving and life-sustaining activities.

09/06/2017

SAN DIEGO, CA

FINANCIAL CRIMES

22 indicted in ICE-led probe into multimillion dollar theft ring that targeted upscale shopping malls in San Diego area and nationwide
Twelve of the defendants named in the indictment were arrested Wednesday morning during a carefully coordinated operation in the San Diego area involving more than 250 federal, state, and local law enforcement personnel. Three of those charged in the cases were already in custody. The other seven individuals named in the indictment remained at large as of early Wednesday afternoon. The defendants who are in custody are scheduled to make their initial appearances in federal court Thursday morning before U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Lynn Major.

09/06/2017

PHILADELPHIA, PA

ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL

ICE removes murder suspect wanted in Guatemala
Elmer Hernandez-Natareno, 41, unlawfully entered the United States, at a location and date unknown.

https://www.ice.gov/news/top-stories...week&created=1

I.C.E. News Releases

09/11/2017

NEW YORK, NY

ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL

ICE removes top Mexican drug trafficker
Esteban Rodriguez-Olivera, 52, departed from John F. Kennedy Airport in New York and arrived in Mexico without incident.

09/08/2017

PHILADELPHIA, PA

OPERATIONAL

Belgium fugitive arrested at Amtrak station in Philadelphia
Vincent Didler Jean-Marie Gilbert Simonon, 32, is wanted in Belgium, for alleged intentional manslaughter in connection with the brutal slaying of his neighbor, Christiane Darimont, and the concealment of her body, sometime in late July or early August 2017.

09/08/2017

NEWARK, NJ

CHILD EXPLOITATION

New Jersey man sentenced to 40 years in prison for producing and possessing images of child sexual abuse
Felix Restitullo, 42, of Jersey City, was convicted in May 2017 of one count of production of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography following a two-week trial.

09/08/2017

LAS CRUCES, NM

HUMAN SMUGGLING/TRAFFICKING

Texas man pleads guilty to transporting woman to New Mexico for prostitution
Markell Quashan Sweargin, 19, of Lubbock, Texas, was arrested in June on a criminal complaint charging him with transporting a person in interstate commerce for the purpose of forcing the person to engage in a commercial sex act. The complaint alleged that on June 14, officers of the Hobbs (New Mexico) Police Department arrested Sweargin on state charges after responding to a domestic disturbance call from a woman, who claimed that Sweargin strangled and assaulted her during an altercation arising from her refusal to engage in a sexual act with another man for money.

09/08/2017

FRESNO, CA

TRANSNATIONAL GANGS

Multiagency probe targeting suspected drug and firearms trafficking by Fresno-area street gang results in more than 2 dozen arrests
All of those charged in the federal criminal complaint are Fresno residents. They include: Carlos Montano, 27; Filibert Chavez, 35; Robin Gill, 31; Gabriel Gomez, 26; Juan Carlos Briceno, 36; Nicholas Bolanos, 25; Daniel Villanueva, 19; Gerrick Travis Tyrell Franklin, 27; Amina Padilla, 34; Robert Lockhart, 52; Idelfonso Soto, 19; Carlos Melgar, 36; Jeni Fries, 23; Cisco Hernandez, 23; Miguel Murrillo, 22; Adolfo Jesus Mendoza, 23; Jesus Melgarejo Jr., 26; and Cesar Gutierrez, 24.

09/08/2017

ATLANTA, GA

FINANCIAL CRIMES

Russian cyber-criminal pleads guilty to role in multimillion dollar online identity theft ring
Roman Valeryevich Seleznev, aka Track2, aka Bulba, aka Ncux, 33, entered guilty pleas in two separate criminal cases at a hearing before U.S. District Judge Steve C. Jones of the Northern District of Georgia. Seleznev pleaded guilty to one count of participating in a racketeering enterprise related to an indictment returned in the District of Nevada, and one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud as part of an indictment returned in the Northern District of Georgia.

09/07/2017

WASHINGTON, DC

STATEMENT

ICE statement regarding questions on enforcement planning
While we generally do not comment on future potential law enforcement actions, operational plans are subject to change based on a variety of factors. Due to the current weather situation in Florida and other potentially impacted areas, along with the ongoing recovery in Texas, ICE had already reviewed all upcoming operations and has adjusted accordingly. There is currently no coordinated nationwide operation planned at this time. The priority in the affected areas should remain focused on life-saving and life-sustaining activities.

09/07/2017

ALBUQUERQUE, NM

FINANCIAL CRIMES

NM man sentenced to 2 ½ years in federal prison for role in $2 million federal health care fraud scheme
Cory Werito, 33, from Farmington, New Mexico, and his co-defendant, Rosita Toledo, 48, of Kirtland, New Mexico, were charged in a 10-count indictment filed June 15, 2016. The indictment included nine health care fraud charges against Werito and Toledo, and an aggravated currency structuring charge against Werito.

09/07/2017

ALBUQUERQUE, NM

NARCOTICS

NM man sentenced to 5 years for drug trafficking, illegally possessing firearms as a previously convicted felon
Alex Bernard Fletcher, 41, of Albuquerque, must also serve five years on supervised release after he completes his prison sentence, and must perform 50 hours of community service.

09/06/2017

WASHINGTON, DC

STATEMENT

DHS statement regarding safety and enforcement during Hurricane Irma
As Hurricane Irma approaches the United States and its territories, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) highest priorities – as they were with Hurricane Harvey – are to promote life-saving and life-sustaining activities, the safe evacuation of people who are leaving the impacted area, the maintenance of public order, the prevention of the loss of property to the extent possible, and the speedy recovery of the region. Anyone in the path of this storm should follow instructions from their local officials and heed any warnings as this dangerous storm approaches.

09/06/2017

PHILADELPHIA, PA

NARCOTICS

Philadelphia man indicted for possession of 28 kilograms of cocaine
Philadelphia’s HSI-led Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST) headed the investigation into Luis A. Perez-Santiago, 38, who, if convicted, faces a maximum penalty of life imprisonment, a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years imprisonment, lifetime supervised release, at least five years supervised release, a fine of $10,000,000 and a $100 special assessment.

09/06/2017

PHILADELPHIA, PA

CHILD EXPLOITATION

British man sentenced to 264 months for child sex crimes in 3 continents
Paul Leighton, 32, was sentenced to 264 months in the United Kingdom (UK), for 21 counts relating to child sex crimes. The man committed child sex crimes in the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia.

09/06/2017

SAN DIEGO, CA

FINANCIAL CRIMES

22 indicted in ICE-led probe into multimillion dollar theft ring that targeted upscale shopping malls in San Diego area and nationwide
Twelve of the defendants named in the indictment were arrested Wednesday morning during a carefully coordinated operation in the San Diego area involving more than 250 federal, state, and local law enforcement personnel. Three of those charged in the cases were already in custody. The other seven individuals named in the indictment remained at large as of early Wednesday afternoon. The defendants who are in custody are scheduled to make their initial appearances in federal court Thursday morning before U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Lynn Major.

09/06/2017

PHILADELPHIA, PA

ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL

ICE removes murder suspect wanted in Guatemala
Elmer Hernandez-Natareno, 41, unlawfully entered the United States, at a location and date unknown.

09/05/2017

MIAMI, FL

ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL

ICE detainee passes away at Larkin Community Hospital
Consistent with the agency’s protocols, the appropriate state health and local law enforcement agencies have been notified about the death, as have the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General and the ICE Office of Professional Responsibility. Additionally, ICE has advised Cuban Embassy representatives.

09/05/2017

WILMINGTON, DE

COUNTER PROLIFERATION INVESTIGATION UNIT

HSI Special Agent featured in CNN documentary
“Declassified: Untold Stories of American Spies” is a CNN Original Series hosted by former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers. Each week, the series highlights true stories of America’s covert operations with first-person accounts told by the agents who lived it.

09/05/2017

MCALLEN, TX

HUMAN SMUGGLING/TRAFFICKING

5 South Texas residents each receive significant federal prison sentences for their roles in hostage-taking conspiracy
Luis Aguilar Jr., 19; brothers Alhan Sanchez, 20, and Aaron Sanchez, 21, and Ricardo Renteria, 26, all of Mission; and Renteria’s nephew Ricardo Renteria-Rivera, 23, a Mexican citizen illegally present in the United States, were sentenced Sept. 5 by U.S. District Judge Micaela Alvarez.

09/05/2017

FORT WORTH, TX

CHILD EXPLOITATION

North Texas man sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for attempting to entice a minor
Marquis Konrad Streaty, 32, of Arlington, Texas, was convicted in May 2017 on one count of enticing a child following a three-day jury trial. He has been in custody since the trial verdict.

09/05/2017

FORT WORTH, TX

FINANCIAL CRIMES

North Texas businessman sentenced to 7 years in federal prison for his role in a Ponzi oil and gas fraud scheme
James VanBlaricum, 78, of Colleyville, Texas, who operated Signal Oil and Gas Company (SOG) and Texas Energy Management, which later became Texas Energy Mutual (TEM), pleaded guilty in February 2017 to one count of mail fraud. He has been in custody since his arrest in mid-August 2016.

09/01/2017

NEW YORK, NY

ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL

ICE removes murder suspect wanted in Honduras
Erick Raudales-Raudales, aka Gerson Reiniri Raudales-Acosta, 24, unlawfully entered the United States, at a location and date unknown.

09/01/2017

FORT WORTH, TX

NARCOTICS

28 charged in North Texas with methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine distribution conspiracy
Twenty-eight defendants in the North Texas area have been charged in a federal criminal complaint, and partially unsealed Friday, with felony offenses stemming from their role in a methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin conspiracy that operated in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

09/01/2017

NEW YORK, NY

COUNTER PROLIFERATION INVESTIGATION UNIT

Chinese national sentenced to 3 years for scheme to illegally export military-grade materials
Fuyi Sun, aka Frank, 53, of Shanghai, China, was arrested, and subsequently convicted, in connection with a scheme to illegally export to China, without a license, high-grade carbon fiber that is used primarily in aerospace and military applications.

09/01/2017

HOUSTON, TX

DOCUMENT AND BENEFIT FRAUD

Houston authorities announce formation of working group to fight Hurricane Harvey related fraud
Representatives from numerous federal and state law enforcement agencies have formed a working group to investigate and prosecute illegal activity related to Hurricane Harvey.

08/30/2017

WASHINGTON, DC

OPERATIONAL

ICE deploys over 200 personnel to assist with Hurricane Harvey rescue efforts
“I’m extremely proud of the men and women of ICE who have stepped up to provide life-saving assistance to those in need,” said ICE Acting Director Thomas D. Homan. “I have the utmost admiration for those who volunteer to forgo the comfort of their homes and families to help others in distress.”

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**JohnDoe2** · 09-11-2017, 05:30 PM

F.B.I. Top Stories

09.07.2017
Staying Ahead of the Threat
During a meeting of intelligence and national security leaders, FBI Director Christopher Wray stressed the importance of partnerships and intelligence in staying ahead of evolving threats.
09.05.2017
Cold Case Solved
Nearly 50 years after the murder of a young father in Arkansas, the FBI and its partners helped secure a confession from the killer, who will likely spend the rest of his life in prison.
08.31.2017
Avoid Charity Schemes
Federal authorities are issuing warnings to potential donors wishing to aid victims of Hurricane Harvey that unscrupulous scammers may set up shop in the storm’s wake.
08.29.2017
Sex Traffickers Sentenced
A Chicago man and his twin sons received lengthy prison terms for running a prostitution business that, among other tactics, used social media to find and recruit underage victims.

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**JohnDoe2** · 09-11-2017, 05:39 PM

DEA NEWS

Man Indicted for Distributing Drug that Caused the Death of a Minor

SEP 07 (SACRAMENTO, Calif.)

On August 31, 2017, a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Elijah Lee Richter, 26, of Camino, charging him with distribution of a controlled substance known as 25i-nBOME that caused death, and possession of a controlled substance, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

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D.E.A. NEWS RELEASES

SEP 08	(FRESNO, Calif.) Multi-Agency Gang Case Results in Several Arrests for Drug and Firearm Offenses
SEP 08	(TRENTON, N.J.) California Man Sentenced for Intent to Distribute 29 Kilograms of Methamphetamine
SEP 07	(TRENTON, N.J.) California Man Admits Laundering Proceeds from Heroin Trafficking Organization
SEP 06	(NEW YORK) Pharmacist Pleads Guilty to Illegally Selling Pills on the Internet
SEP 06	(BROOKLYN, N.Y.) Superseding Indictments on Eastern European Organized Crime Syndicate

MORE NEWS RELEASES

**JohnDoe2** · 09-11-2017, 05:42 PM

A.T.F. Press Releases

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Two Albuquerque Residents Sentenced and a Mexican National Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges Arising Out of ATF-Led Operation Targeting Drug Trafficking and Firearms Crime in Bernalillo County

Field Division:Phoenix Field Division

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 08, 2017

Albuquerque Felon Facing Federal Firearms Charges for Unlawfully Possessing a Firearm and Ammunition

Field Division:Phoenix Field Division

Two Defendants Charged in Takedown of Trenton Drug Trafficking Organization Plead Guilty

Field Division:Newark Field Division

Former Grant County Man Who Threatened Violence Against Law Enforcement Sentenced to Prison for Illegal Weapon Possession

Field Division:Seattle Field Division

Jamaica Plain Man Sentenced to Over 14 Years for Distributing Cocaine and Heroin

Field Division:Boston Field Division

“Real Time”: Greenville Man Found Guilty in Firearms Jury Trial Sentenced to Over 25 Years in Federal Prison

Field Division:Charlotte Field Division

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 07, 2017

ARMED CAREER CRIMINAL FROM ALBUQUERQUE SENTENCED TO FIFTEEN YEARS FOR UNLAWFULLY POSSESSING A FIREARM AND AMMUNITION

Field Division:Phoenix Field Division

Nashville Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Federal Firearms Violations Resulting From Shooting 62 Year-Old Man

Field Division:Nashville Field Division

Memphis Man with Multiple Prior Felonies Convicted of Possession with Intent to Manufacture and Distribute Narcotics

Field Division:Nashville Field Division

Gang Leader Sentenced for Drug Distribution

Field Division:Boston Field Division

ROCHESTER MAN SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

Field Division:New York Field Division

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 06, 2017

Sure Shot Gun Store Owner Bradley Ries Sentenced to Prison for Federal Firearms Violations

Field Division:Kansas City Field Division

Felon from Roswell Sentenced to Ten Years for Illegally Possessing Firearms and Ammunition

Field Division:Phoenix Field Division

Berkeley Man Sentenced on Murder for Hire Charges

Field Division:Kansas City Field Division

Repeat Offender Sent to Federal Prison for Firearms Charge

Field Division:Houston Field Division

KC Man Sentenced to 19 Years for Illegal Firearm, Crack Cocaine Conspiracy

Field Division:Kansas City Field Division

Independence Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Illegal Firearm after Shooting at Mother, Children

Field Division:Kansas City Field Division

ATF Releases 2017 Report on Firearms Commerce in the U.S.

Field Division:Los Angeles Field Division

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 05, 2017

Sarasota Man Sentenced to More than Nene Years for Possessing Destructive Device, Firearms, and Ammunition

Field Division:Tampa Field Division

Arkansas Man Facing Federal Firearms Charges for Illegally Selling Handguns and Semi-Automatic Rifles in the Chicago Area

Field Division:Chicago Field Division

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 01, 2017

St. Petersburg Man Sentenced on Firearms Charges

Field Division:Tampa Field Division

THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 2017

Tuscaloosa Man Indicted for Possessing Firearm after Multiple Felony Convictions

Field Division:Nashville Field Division

Olean Man Pleads Guilty to Heroin and Gun Charges

Field Division:New York Field Division

Buffalo Man Pleads Guilty to Drug and Gun Charges

Field Division:New York Field Division

**JohnDoe2** · 09-11-2017, 05:43 PM

Headlines News coverage of the U.S. Marshals

	Teen, Older Brother Arrested in Murder, Carjacking of Dad in Front of Daughter
	Second arrest made in Arlington double murder
	Fugitive accused of sexually assaulting girl caught in Texas
	Man wanted for 1974 fatal car crash in Cleveland found in Maryland
	Man accused in 2016 Marion murder arrested in Connecticut
	“He’s a dangerous individual:” U.S. Marshals looking to track down 24-year-old Detaris Smith
	Featured fugitives arrested following profiles on West Michigan’s Most Wanted
	U.S. Marshals announce top-wanted fugitives
	Detroit's Most Wanted Captured: Daniel Pierce won't register as sex offender