Thread: ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending April 24, 2015

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04/27/2015

ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending April 24, 2015




April 22, 2015 – ICE returns ancient artifacts to Egypt at National Geographic Society

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) repatriated dozens of illegally smuggled ancient artifacts to the government of Egypt, including a Greco-Roman style Egyptian sarcophagus, at a ceremony April 22 at the National Geographic Society in Washington. Full Story

April 22, 2015 – ICE removes Brazilian wanted for attempted aggravated murder

A 24-year-old man wanted for attempted aggravated murder was removed to Brazil April 21 by ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers in Atlanta. Full Story

April 20, 2015 – ICE tracks non-immigrant students in the US

The United States attracts and welcomes foreign citizens to our nation's higher educational institutions.Full Story

April 20, 2015 – ICE visits America's heroes at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

A group of ICE employees had the distinct honor of meeting with and thanking heroes from the United States Marine Corps Wounded Warrior Regiment at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, April 16. Full Story

April 24, 2015 – ICE, Guatemalan police nab 3 in human smuggling, trafficking takedown

Three individuals involved in a transnational criminal organization operating in El Naranjo, La Libertad and Peten, Guatemala, were arrested by Guatemalan law enforcement officials and special agents with ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Attaché Office in Guatemala. Full Story

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ic...-april-24-2015

F.B.I. Breaking News
04.24.15
Albuquerque: Man sentenced for methamphetamine trafficking conviction.
04.24.15
Seattle: Final three defendants in drug trafficking ring sentenced.
04.24.15
Houston: Leader of sex trafficking ring convicted in federal court.

D.E.A. TOP STORY

Doctor Arrested for Selling Assault Weapons & Drugs during Course of Murder-for-Hire Plot
APR 15 (MINEOLA, N.Y.)
Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), New York Division, Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas, Nassau County Police Department (NCPD) Acting Commissioner Thomas Krumpter announced that a joint investigation has led to the arrest of several individuals including a Great Neck cardiologist charged with selling assault rifles and drugs during the course of a complex murder-for-hire plot against a competing doctor.
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D.E.A. LATEST NEWS

APR 24	(WEST NEW YORK, N.J.) NJ Prescription Drug Spring Cleaning Initiative
APR 23	(MANHATTAN, N.Y.) Thomas Hoey, Jr., Sentenced to 151 Months in Prison
APR 23	(MANHATTAN, N.Y.) Five Indicted in International Narcotics and Kidnapping Conspiracy
APR 22	(BALTIMORE) Woman Sentenced for Distribution of Heroin
APR 22	(COLUMBUS, Ohio) Jury Convicts Man for Role in Cocaine Distribution Ring

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A.T.F. NEWS

• Rochester Man Sentenced for Cocaine Trafficking
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  ROCHESTER, N.Y.—U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Calvin Turner, a/k/a Fifty, 25, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a ...
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  St. Louis County Man Pleads Guilty to Attempted Arson in Ferguson
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  South Jersey Convicted Felon Sentenced to 70 Months in Prison for Role in Conspiracy to Traffic Guns from South Carolina to New Jersey
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  East St. Louis Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon
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  ATF Seeking Firebombing Suspect

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U.S. Marshals Service News

U.S. Marshals Capture Virginia Quadruple Murder Suspect on the Run for a Year

April 23, 2015 - The U.S. Marshals captured Alexander Rosevelt Hill, Jr., wanted on four counts of first-degree Murder, at a homeless shelter in Buffalo, New York, this morning. The slayings occurred over the weekend of Easter 2014, but the trail for the suspect had been cold for a year. read more

New Mexico’s Most Wanted Adds a New Sex Offender to its List

April 23, 2015 - In 2008, Anthony Romero Jr. was convicted in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico for Sexual Abuse of a Minor, Crime on Indian Country. Based on records from the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department, Romero has failed to update his sex offender registration. ... read more

Stabbing Suspect Arrested in Greensboro, NC by U.S. Marshals

April 22, 2015 - This morning, Jesse Ronald James was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Joint Fugitive Task Force. James was arrested on outstanding warrants issued by the Greensboro Police Department for Attempted First Degree Murder and Assault with a Deadly Weapon Inflicting Serious Injury. read more

U.S. Marshals Task Force and Honolulu Police Department Arrest Nevada Child Sexual Assault Suspect

April 21, 2015 - Members of the U.S. Marshals Task Force located and arrested Rodney Hosino, of Honolulu, at his place of employment located near Middle Street. Hosino was wanted out of Clack County Nevada on an arrest warrant for seven counts of Sexual Assault Against a Child and four ... read more

Maryland Man on the Run Arrested in High Point, NC by U.S. Marshals

April 21, 2015 - Robert Vance Hamby was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Joint Fugitive Task Force and the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office. Hamby was wanted by the Baltimore County Police Department out of Maryland for First Degree Burglary that was issued on July 18, 2014. read more

'Fugitive of the Week' Surrenders in Vermont

April 21, 2015 - Last evening, fugitive Darren Lee Bingham met Deputy U.S. Marshals in Vermont to surrender. Bingham was wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant issued in January by the Sullivan County (NH) Superior Court, for failing to appear on a charge of being a Felon in Possession of ... read more

U.S. Marshals Coordinate the Arrest of 307 Fugitives to Honor Victims of Crime

April 20, 2015 - Beginning March 2nd, the U.S. Marshals Service in the District of Arizona coordinated a state wide fugitive operation involving law enforcement agencies from Maricopa, Pima and Pinal counties. This operation targeted over a thousand fugitives wanted for higher level felony crimes, including homicide, robbery, rape, dangerous ... read more

U.S. Marshals Continue Hunt for Quadruple Murder Suspect

April 20, 2015 - At the one-year anniversary of the tragic death of four Virginia family members, including a toddler, the U.S. Marshals are asking for the public’s help to find a dangerous fugitive. The suspect in the case, Alexander Rosevelt Hill, Jr., aka “Real Deal,” is wanted in Petersburg, ... read more

U.S. Marshals Arrest Kansas Woman Wanted for 2009 Murder

April 20, 2015 - U.S. Marshals recently arrested a Kansas woman at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport for a 2009 murder. Eman Emad Malkawi was wanted on a first-degree Murder warrant stemming from the February 2009 killing of Andres Arteaga-Vega in Topeka. read more

Armed Robbery Suspect Arrested by U.S. Marshals and the Greensboro Police Department

April 20, 2015 - On February 27, 2015, warrants were issued for Jermarise Dejuann Bolden for Attempted Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon and Assault with a Deadly Weapon with Intent to Kill Inflicting Serious Injury by the Hillsborough Police Department. On April 17th, the U.S. Marshals Joint Fugitive Task Force ... read more

U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force Arrests Suspected Child Rapist

April 17, 2015 - Today, U.S. Marshal Martin Pane announced the arrest of Jayson Montanez on charges of rape and other related offenses. On April 03, 2015, authorities in Lauderdale County, Alabama obtained an arrest warrant charging Montanez with Rape (first degree) and Sex Abuse of child. read more

U.S. Marshals Task Force Arrests Child Pornography Suspect in the Greater Cincinnati Area

April 17, 2015 - The U.S. Marshals’ Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team arrested fugitive Jimmy Stewart today on an outstanding warrant from the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, Cincinnati, Ohio on a 6 count indictment charging him with Pandering Sexually Oriented Material and 9 counts of Illegal Use ... read more

U.S. Marshals Service Leads Operation to Reduce Violent Crime Nationwide

April 16, 2015 - More than 7,100 fugitives, gang members, sex offenders and violent criminals are off the streets as a result of Operation Violence Reduction7 (VR7), a six-week long U.S. Marshals-led enforcement initiative conducted across the country to reduce violent crime. read more

One Year Anniversary of Quadruple Homicide in Petersburg; Person of Interest Still at Large

April 16, 2015 - U.S. Marshals are again releasing the following information in the fugitive hunt for Alexander Rosevelt Hill, Jr. a/k/a “Real Deal”, wanted in the City of Petersburg (VA) for Violation of a Protective Order. He is a person of interest in the deaths of four people, including ... read more

Man Accused of Attempted First Degree Murder Arrested in Oxford, NC by U.S. Marshals

April 15, 2015 - On April 12, 2015, the Chapel Hill Police Department responded to a victim of assault who had been transported via ambulance to the Durham Regional Hospital. The victim was treated by emergency room personnel for a fractured jaw, orbital, and a large laceration above her eye ... read more

JUSTICE NEWS



Justice Department Settles with Private Career College for Discrimination Against Applicant with HIV
Monday, April 27, 2015




Georgia Hospital to Pay $20 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
Monday, April 27, 2015




Applied Materials Inc. and Tokyo Electron Ltd. Abandon Merger Plans After Justice Department Rejected Their Proposed Remedy
Monday, April 27, 2015


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News from CBP

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I.C.E. News Releases


04/27/2015

PENSACOLA, FL

CHILD EXPLOITATION

Florida man indicted on child pornography charges
Counts one and two of the indictment allege that, between October 2014 and January 2015, Kandel Markie Whiting, 35, of Pensacola, knowingly received and distributed images and videos of child pornography. Count three alleges that, on or about March 24, 2015, Whiting knowingly possessed child pornography involving a prepubescent minor and a minor younger than 12.


04/24/2015

PHOENIX, AZ



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Admitted child pornographer who used ‘spy camera’ gets 12-year prison term
Marshall MacDonald, 20, who pleaded guilty in March to state child sexual exploitation charges, first fell under suspicion in August 2013 when HSI began investigating an Internet user who hosted an international file sharing website. The website user claimed to have images of what appeared to be a woman using the bathroom and boasted the pictures were taken with a spy camera.


04/24/2015

SAN SALVADOR,EL SALVADOR



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE removes Salvadoran man wanted for aggravated homicide
Edwin Alexander Cruz Canas was charged with aggravated homicide for his alleged involvement in the Dec. 16, 2011 murder of a Jose Erick Martinez de La O. According to an Interpol warrant, Cruz Canas was present when an accomplice allegedly shot and killed Martinez de La O.



04/24/2015

ORLANDO, FL



DOCUMENT AND BENEFIT FRAUD


Colombian man convicted of false citizenship claims and identity theft
According to testimony and evidence presented at trial, Jaime Tovar-Montoya, aka Jimmy Diaz Tovar, 57, of Colombia, South America, applied for and received a Florida identification card in 2010, claiming that he was a U.S. citizen and using the name and birth certificate of a resident of Puerto Rico.


04/24/2015

PUEBLA, MEXICO



FINANCIAL CRIMES


ICE, Department of Justice host judicial conference
The conference, which was the fourth of its kind, was hosted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Attaché Office in Mexico and the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development and Training (OPDAT).


04/24/2015

PHILADELPHIA, PA



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


Wanted murder suspect deported to Mexico to face charges
Victor Arreola-Portillo, 39, was handed over April 23 to Mexican authorities near Brownsville, Texas, to face charges for allegedly killing his wife’s lover.


04/24/2015

NEW ORLEANS, LA



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE removes Mexican national wanted for kidnapping
Mario Arredondo-Ramos, 33, was ordered removed by an immigration judge March 4 after he was arrested by New Orleans ERO officers in May 2014. Mexican authorities issued a warrant for the arrest of Arredondo-Ramos in July 2013 charging him with aggravated kidnapping.



04/24/2015

ORLANDO, FL



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Florida man sentenced to more than 30 years for child exploitation
In addition, Jonathan Tyler Prive, 26, of West Melbourne, was ordered to serve a life term of supervision, and to register as a sex offender upon his release from prison.


04/23/2015

BROWNSVILLE, TX



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE detainee passes away in south Texas hospital
Carlos Funez-Ochoa, 30, was apprehended March 15, 2015, by U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Border Patrol near Hidalgo, Texas. The next day, he was transferred to ICE custody and taken to the Port Isabel Detention Center in Port Isabel, Texas.


04/23/2015

MIAMI, FL



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Broward man pleads guilty for traveling to Colombia to have sex with minors
In September 2014, HSI’s attaché office in Colombia received information that Dennis De Jesus, 46, of Ft. Lauderdale, intended to travel the following month from Florida to Colombia in order to engage in sexual activity with minors.


04/23/2015

DEL RIO, TX



HUMAN SMUGGLING/TRAFFICKING


South Texas federal jury convicts alien smuggling ringleader; faces up to life in prison at sentencing
As a result of the April 23 verdict, Eduardo Rocha Sr., aka “Lalo,” 44, faces the following possible sentence: up to 20 years in prison each for conspiracy to transport illegal aliens involving serious bodily injury and conspiracy to transport illegal aliens involving serious bodily injury; up to 20 years in prison on each of three separate counts of harboring an illegal alien involving serious bodily injury; and up to life in prison on each of two counts of conspiracy to commit hostage taking.



04/23/2015

GUATEMALA CITY,GUATEMALA



HUMAN SMUGGLING/TRAFFICKING


ICE, Guatemalan police nab 3 in human smuggling, trafficking takedown
Edwin Obdulio Milian Garcia, Maria Cecilia Ponce and Magaly Guzman Godoy allegedly ran a human smuggling and trafficking ring that charged would-be Central American “customers” the equivalent of anywhere between $7,000 and $10,000 in U.S. currency.


04/23/2015

MADISON, WI



FINANCIAL CRIMES


Nigerian woman charged with Wisconsin wire fraud scheme
Sally Iriri, 32, a Nigerian national who was living in Chicago, is charged in a three-count indictment with wire fraud. The indictment alleges that from October 2013 to March 2015 she and others not named in the indictment devised a fraud scheme in which they targeted victims by creating fake profiles on Internet dating services.


04/23/2015

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CHILD EXPLOITATION


Former Luquillo teacher sentenced to 10 years for sexual enticement
On May 9, 2013, Orlando Peña-Lopez, of Fajardo, was arrested after an HSI investigation revealed that he allegedly attempted to entice one of his sixth grade students.


04/22/2015

WASHINGTON, DC



CULTURAL PROPERTY, ART AND ANTIQUITIES INVESTIGATIONS


ICE returns ancient artifacts to Egypt at National Geographic Society
On Sept. 8, 2009, HSI New York recovered the nesting sarcophagus from a garage in Brooklyn, New York. One year later, on Sept. 24, 2010, following leads from the Brooklyn case, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport seized a shipment of smuggled Egyptian goods, including a funerary boat model and figurines.



04/22/2015

NEWPORT NEWS, VA



CONTRABAND


Virginia business owners charged with selling Spice
According to court documents and court proceedings, Nader Abdallah, age 54, and Sharif Abdallah, age 31, both of Newport News, were arrested for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, distribution of controlled substances and controlled substance analogues (also known as Spice), and making a false statement.


04/22/2015

WASHINGTON, DC



OPERATIONAL


HSI Intelligence Operations specialist receives Intelligence Meritorious Service Award
As ICE’s Collection Manager Section Chief, Mr. Avery was honored as a result of his expert management and leadership of HSI’s Office of Intelligence’s requirements process.


04/22/2015

CHICAGO, IL



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Illinois man indicted for allegedly receiving, possessing child pornography
Bruce H. Niggemann, 65, of West Dundee, Illinois, was indicted April 16 on one count of receiving and one count of possessing child pornography, all via computer. The indictment was under seal until Niggemann’s arrest Wednesday morning. He was arraigned April 22 in U.S. District Court before Charles R. Judge Norgle Sr.


04/22/2015

BRASILIA, BRAZIL



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE removes Brazilian wanted for attempted aggravated murder
Farley Afonson Figueiredo, of Brazil, was arrested in North Charleston, South Carolina, Jan. 26, 2015 following a joint ERO and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) operation dubbed "Nowhere to Run." ERO officers and HSI special agents worked closely with the HSI Brasilia Attaché Office and Interpol to track him down.



04/22/2015

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Southeast Texas man sentenced to more than 24 years in prison for sexually exploiting a child
Sylvestre Reyes Jr., 40, was sentenced April 22 to 290 months in federal prison and must also register as a sex offender. Additionally, he will be on supervised release for the remainder of his life. Reyes pleaded guilty to the charges in February.


04/21/2015

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OPERATIONAL


38 Explorers graduate from ICE-sponsored law enforcement exploring post
HSI San Juan’s Law Enforcement Exploring Post 800 was established Sept. 11, 2013, under the by-laws of the Boys Scout of America and its Learning-for-Life program. Post 800 is now composed of 59 young men and women between the ages of 14 to 21.


04/21/2015

SEATTLE, WA



CONTRABAND


Members of violent Seattle-area drug trafficking organization indicted
Drug activity associated with the organization occurred over a wide geographic area with drug sales occurring at homes and near businesses in Seattle, Renton, Shoreline and Kent, including the Viet Wah supermarket near South Jackson Street and the parking lot of Dick’s Drive-In restaurant on NE 45th Street.


04/21/2015

SAVANNAH, GA



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Georgia man sentenced for sex abuse of minors he met through social media
Donnel Cornelius Shavers, 23, of Waycross, was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of production of child pornography and the coercion and enticement of a child under the age of 18 to engage in illegal sexual activity.



04/21/2015

DENVER, CO



OPERATIONAL


4 Colorado men arrested for scheme to sell stolen material from US Army's Fort Carson
All four defendants, are scheduled to appear April 21 before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael J. Watanabe for detention hearings: Daniel Francis, 50, of Colorado Springs; Staff Sergeant Benjamin Thomas Cardwell, 41, of Fort Carson; Sergeant Johnny Dominic Herrera, 29, of Fort Carson; and Todd Crow, 34, of Colorado Springs.

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