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I.C.E. News Releases

Top Stories: Last Week


12/30/2016

WASHINGTON, DC

OPERATIONAL

DHS releases end of fiscal year 2016 statistics
Overall, in FY 2016, the Department apprehended 530,250 individuals nationwide and conducted a total of 450,954 removals and returns. The U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) reported 415,816 apprehensions nationwide, compared to 337,117 in FY 2015; and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 114, 434 individuals, compared to 125,211 in FY 2015.


12/28/2016

HOUSTON, TX

FINANCIAL CRIMES

4 businessman, 2 foreign officials plead guilty in connection with bribes paid to Mexican aviation officials
In total, Ray, Valdez Pinon, Ramnarine, Perez and their co-conspirators paid more than $2 million in bribes to Mexican officials, including Hernandez Montemayor and Nevarez, in order to secure aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul contracts.


12/28/2016

HARRISBURG, PA

CHILD EXPLOITATION

Army Colonel sentenced to 12 years in prison for child pornography charges
Colonel Robert J. Rice, 58 was arrested in May 2014 following an HSI led investigation of his online activities. In May 2016, following a five-day jury trial, Rice was found guilty for knowingly possessing child pornography from Aug. 2010 through Jan. 29, 2013, and receiving and distributing child pornography through the internet from Jan. 23, 2013 through Jan. 28, 2013.


12/28/2016

WASHINGTON, DC

ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE removes man wanted in El Salvador for aggravated homicide
Emilio Coreas-Avelar, 24, an alleged MS-13 gang member, was arrested at his residence in Burke, Virginia, where he admitted he was a citizen of El Salvador and illegally present in the U.S. At that point in time, ERO officers served him a notice to appear in immigration court. In September, an immigration judge ordered Coreas-Avelar removed from the U.S. to El Salvador

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I.C.E. News Releases

12/30/2016
WASHINGTON, DC

OPERATIONAL

DHS releases end of fiscal year 2016 statistics
Overall, in FY 2016, the Department apprehended 530,250 individuals nationwide and conducted a total of 450,954 removals and returns. The U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) reported 415,816 apprehensions nationwide, compared to 337,117 in FY 2015; and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 114, 434 individuals, compared to 125,211 in FY 2015.



12/28/2016

HOUSTON, TX

FINANCIAL CRIMES

4 businessman, 2 foreign officials plead guilty in connection with bribes paid to Mexican aviation officials
In total, Ray, Valdez Pinon, Ramnarine, Perez and their co-conspirators paid more than $2 million in bribes to Mexican officials, including Hernandez Montemayor and Nevarez, in order to secure aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul contracts.



12/28/2016

HARRISBURG, PA



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Army Colonel sentenced to 12 years in prison for child pornography charges
Colonel Robert J. Rice, 58 was arrested in May 2014 following an HSI led investigation of his online activities. In May 2016, following a five-day jury trial, Rice was found guilty for knowingly possessing child pornography from Aug. 2010 through Jan. 29, 2013, and receiving and distributing child pornography through the internet from Jan. 23, 2013 through Jan. 28, 2013.



12/28/2016

WASHINGTON, DC



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE removes man wanted in El Salvador for aggravated homicide
Emilio Coreas-Avelar, 24, an alleged MS-13 gang member, was arrested at his residence in Burke, Virginia, where he admitted he was a citizen of El Salvador and illegally present in the U.S. At that point in time, ERO officers served him a notice to appear in immigration court. In September, an immigration judge ordered Coreas-Avelar removed from the U.S. to El Salvador




12/23/2016

NEWARK, NJ



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE removes convicted child rapist to Ecuador
Manuel Fernando Cajamarca-Curillo, 25, the subject of an Interpol warrant of arrest in Ecuador for the rape of a minor, was ordered removed by a U.S. immigration judge in November. He is also under investigation in Ecuador for the rape and murder of another minor.



12/22/2016

DETROIT, MI



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE arrests 74 in 2-state enforcement operation targeting convicted criminals
During the 11-day enforcement action, ERO officers apprehended 71 aliens with criminal convictions. The remaining three fall under the agency’s enforcement priorities as recent immigration violators. Those arrested had criminal histories with past convictions for drug trafficking, DUI, weapons violations, fraud, domestic violence, burglary and other serious criminal offenses.



12/21/2016

BOSTON, MA



DOCUMENT AND BENEFIT FRAUD


Massachusetts woman sentenced for identity theft, benefit fraud
Sandra McDonald, 51, a Jamaican national living in Fall River, Massachusetts, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to 27 months in prison. McDonald previously pleaded guilty in September 2016, to passport fraud, theft of public money, and misrepresenting a Social Security number. She has been held in custody since her arrest in May 2016.



12/21/2016

NEW YORK, NY



CULTURAL PROPERTY, ART AND ANTIQUITIES INVESTIGATIONS


Italy's Uffizi Gallery recognizes specialized ICE program
A new exhibit of repatriated cultural property, including paintings, sculptures, manuscripts and vases, recently debuted at the world-renowned Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy. Scheduled to be on display for the next two months, the entire exhibition, comprising more than 250 items, is dedicated to pieces that were stolen or otherwise missing but have since been recovered and repatriated back to Italy.




12/21/2016

SHERMAN, TX



DOCUMENT AND BENEFIT FRAUD


North Texas man convicted of visa fraud and harboring illegal aliens
David Allen Anderton was found guilty by a jury on multiple counts of harboring illegal aliens, conspiracy, and visa fraud.



12/21/2016

LOS ANGELES, CA



HUMAN SMUGGLING/TRAFFICKING


Long Beach sex offender indicted for attempted child sex trafficking and using the internet to entice a minor
A convicted sex offender from Long Beach has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of attempted sex trafficking of a child for allegedly responding to an online advertisement that offered sex with a 15-year-old girl in exchange for $200.



12/20/2016

CHICAGO, IL



CONTRABAND


Ohio man indicted in first Chicago-area federal prosecution for distributing the synthetic opiod 'carfentanil'
Clifford Reed, 27, of Cincinnati, Ohio, allegedly purchased multi-kilogram quantities of heroin from various sources in Chicago; He then allegedly mixed it with carfentanil to increase the amount of heroin he could distribute. Carfentanil is a synthetic opioid listed federally as a Schedule II controlled substance.



12/20/2016

GRAND RAPIDS, MI



HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATORS


Bosnian national arrested for fraudulently obtaining citizenship
Alexander Kneginich, 56, was arrested Monday near Kalamazoo, Michigan, by special agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) after being indicted on a felony charge of having fraudulently obtained U.S. citizenship after he emigrated from Bosnia-Herzegovina to the United States.




12/19/2016

BOSTON, MA



NARCOTICS


Canadian man sentenced to 10 years in Massachusetts for drug trafficking, money laundering
David Nguyen, 40, of Toronto, Canada, was sentenced and ordered to pay a fine of $10,000. Nguyen had previously pleaded guilty in October 2016 to one count of conspiracy to distribute MDMA (aka ecstasy, or “mollie”) and marijuana and one count of money laundering conspiracy.



12/19/2016

CHICAGO, IL



FINANCIAL CRIMES


Owner of 2 Chicago-area recycling businesses arrested for multi-million dollar e-waste fraud
Brian Brundage, 45, of Dyer, Indiana, the former owner of Intercon Solutions Inc., and the current owner of EnviroGreen Processing LLC, caused thousands of tons of e-waste and other potentially hazardous materials to be landfilled, re-sold to customers who then shipped the materials overseas, or stockpiled, according to an indictment returned in U.S. District Court in Chicago.



12/19/2016

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CONTRABAND


Operation 'Just Punishment' nets 38 arrests for drug trafficking, firearms violations
ICE HSI, working jointly with other federal and local law enforcement agencies, conducted simultaneous takedowns Thursday in the municipality of Cayey, as well as Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts and Florida, during an operation dubbed ‘Just Punishment’ that resulted in the arrest of 38 individuals for their alleged participation in a drug trafficking and illegal firearms conspiracy.



12/19/2016

SEATTLE, WA



NARCOTICS


3 men arrested near Seattle on drug trafficking charges
The federal agencies combined efforts to arrest Luis Venancio Cueto-Ruiz, Leonardo Mateo Cueto-Ruiz, and Gilberto Ulloa-Aguirre Dec. 14 in Everett following a probe into their drug trafficking organization, which is believed to be linked to the Sinaloa Cartel. Bail is set at $250,000 each for the three defendants.




12/19/2016

GLYNCO, GA



OPERATIONAL


ICE Academy / FLETC bring holiday cheer to local children in need
Recognizing that today’s children are tomorrow’s leaders, the staff at the ICE Academy and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia has once again participated in the United States Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program.



12/19/2016

LOS ANGELES, CA



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


ICE ERO deportation officers recognized for global fugitive arrest
On December 5, 2016, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), Los Angeles Field Office (LAFO) Deportation Officers (DO) Scott Palmer and Charles Smith were recognized by the Assistant Director of the FBI International Operations Division and the Director of the Federal Criminal Intelligence Service in Austria for their efforts in locating and arresting an Austrian fugitive living in the United States.



12/19/2016

SAN FRANCISCO, CA



CHILD EXPLOITATION


Bay Area child psychologist charged with possession of child pornography
Kenneth Breslin, 68, of Lafayette, is charged in an indictment with knowingly possessing one or more images of prepubescent minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct. Until last month, Breslin had been the owner and director of A Child’s Point of View, which provided adolescent, adult and family psychotherapy from an office located in Orinda. Breslin was prohibited from practicing psychology following a Contra Costa Superior Court order issued Nov. 28.



12/19/2016

FRESNO, CA



DOCUMENT AND BENEFIT FRAUD


3rd Fresno resident sentenced for manufacturing and selling fraudulent identity documents
A Fresno woman was sentenced in federal court Monday to 14 months in prison for conspiring to produce, transfer, possess, and sell fake identification documents, following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Investigation Division.




12/19/2016

MCALLEN, TX



CONTRABAND


South Texas resident sentenced to 5 years in federal prison for brokering Mexico-Chicago cocaine transaction
Levi Galvan-Galvan, 37, an illegal alien residing in McAllen, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison Dec. 19 for possessing with intent to distribute cocaine, and being in the country illegally. Since Galvan-Galvan is a not a U.S. citizen, he will be placed in removal proceedings after he completes his prison sentence.



12/19/2016

WICHITA, KS



ENFORCEMENT AND REMOVAL


Mexican woman sentenced in Kansas for possessing a firearm connected to a homicide
A Mexican woman was sentenced in federal court Monday to time served for unlawfully possessing a firearm connected to a Kansas homicide.

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• 12.22.2016
  Corruption on the Border
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• 12.19.2016
  Protecting Vital Assets
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• 12.15.2016
  New Top Ten Fugitive: Help Us Catch a Killer
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DEA NEWS
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Fentanyl and Heroin Distributor Pleads Guilty

DEC 28 (CONCORD, N.H.)

Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division and Emily Gray Rice, United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, announced that Luis Martin Carvajal Gonzalez, also known as Wilfredo Laboy, pleaded guilty to distributing fentanyl and heroin, as well as possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute.

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D.E.A. NEWS RELEASES

DEC 30 (NEW YORK) Man Arrested for Kidnapping, Heroin Trafficking, and Firearms Offenses DEC 23 (NEW YORK) $10 Million Civil Penalty Recovery against Pharmaceutical Distributor DEC 22 (ALBUQUERQUE) Man Pleads Guilty to Participating in Cocaine Trafficking Ring DEC 22 (CAMDEN, N.J.) Pharmacist Admits Illegally Distributing Oxycodone from 'Pill Mills' DEC 22 (NEW HAVEN, Conn.) Eight Years for New Haven Heroin Trafficker

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A.T.F. Press Releases


FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2017

Baltimore Man Facing Federal Charges for Illegal Possession of Guns and Silencer
Field Division:Baltimore Field Division


THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2016

VIRGINIA MAN SENTENCED TO 7 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ARMED ROBBERY OF ECONO LODGE IN SCRANTON
Field Division:Philadelphia Field Division


WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2016

Gangster Disciple Pleads Guilty to RICO Conspiracy
Field Division:Nashville Field Division


Alleged Gangster Disciple Pleads Guilty to Felony Possession of Firearm Linked to Gang-Related Shootings
Field Division:Nashville Field Division


FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2016

Rome Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Ammunition as a Convicted Felon
Field Division:New York Field Division


Three Okaloosa County Residents Charged with Federal Firearms Offenses
Field Division:Tampa Field Division


THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2016

Two Men Charged with Illegal Firearm Following Police Chase, Collision
Field Division:Kansas City Field Division


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


ARMED CAREER CRIMINAL SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS ON FEDERAL FIREARMS CHARGE
Field Division:Philadelphia Field Division


WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2016

Armed Career Criminal Sentenced to 15 Years
Field Division:Tampa Field Division


Two Men Receive Multi-Year Prison Sentences for Scheme to Rob Drug Dealers at Gunpoint
Field Division:Newark Field Division


TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2016

Gang Member Sentenced to Fifteen Years for Possessing a Firearm
Field Division:Tampa Field Division


Albuquerque Man Sentenced to Prison for Armed Robbery of Walmart Store
Field Division:Phoenix Field Division


Three Rockford-Area Men Sentenced on Arson Conspiracy Charge
Field Division:Chicago Field Division


Bradenton Woman Sentenced to Ten Years for Witness Tampering and Obstruction of Justice
Field Division:Tampa Field Division


MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2016

Albuquerque Resident Sentenced to Prison for Violating Federal Drug Trafficking Laws
Field Division:Phoenix Field Division


Westville Man Sentenced to 97 Months Imprisonment
Field Division:Chicago Field Division


Rochester Drug Dealer Sentenced for His Role in Two Murders
Field Division:New York Field Division


Henley Man Sentenced to 11 Years for Meth Conspiracy
Field Division:Kansas City Field Division

Headlines News coverage of the U.S. Marshals

	Sheriff-elect rounds up his posse
	Suspect in fatal stabbing in Rhode Island arrested in Texas
	Man arrested for setting fire to home with his fily inside
	Fugitive of the Week program results in arrests, says U.S. Marshals Service
	Last Tenn. inmate who escaped through hole behind prison toilet caught in Ga.
	Federal Prison Escapees Recaptured In Fayetteville
	Hueytown PD: 'Armed and dangerous' suspect sought in 17-year-old's murder
	21-year-old 'armed and dangerous' suspect sought in shooting death of McCalla teen
	Godfather of Grass Captured: Fugitive John Robert Boone Arrested After Eight Years On The Run

JUSTICE NEWS



California Tax Return Preparer Pleads Guilty to Preparing False Tax Returns
Friday, December 30, 2016




General Cable Corporation Agrees to Pay $20 Million Penalty for Foreign Bribery Schemes in Asia and Africa
Thursday, December 29, 2016




Justice Department Reaches Final Resolutions Under Swiss Bank Program
Thursday, December 29, 2016


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