I.C.E. News Releases - May 2012
Date

Location

Title


5/31/2012

Bowling Green, KY

Illegal alien from El Salvador charged in Kentucky child sex trafficking ring



5/31/2012

Baltimore, MD

El Salvadoran who returned to the U.S. for the 2nd time after being deported sentenced to more than 4 years in prison



5/31/2012

Dallas, TX

North Texas man sentenced to more than 5 years in federal prison on child pornography conviction



5/31/2012

Madison, WI

Wisconsin man charged with child sexual exploitation



5/31/2012

San Diego, CA

San Diego-area employer joins IMAGE program



5/31/2012

Newark, NJ

Irish national pleads guilty to transportation of child pornography



5/31/2012

San Juan, PR

Puerto Rican man sentenced for possession, transportation of child pornography



5/31/2012

Seattle, WA

ICE deports Jamaican murder suspect found in Wash.



5/31/2012

Denver, CO

20 people arrested as part of a large methamphetamine drug trafficking organization operating in metro Denver



5/31/2012

Washington, DC

TOP STORY: ICE launches inaugural citizens' academy images



5/30/2012

Chicago, IL

ICE deports El Salvador fugitive wanted for aggravated homicide



5/30/2012

San Juan, PR

3 Puerto Rican men sentenced for production of child pornography



5/30/2012

Birmingham, AL

ICE seizes thousands of counterfeit items at Birmingham stores



5/30/2012

Greenbelt, MD

Maryland man sentenced to more than 7 years in prison for distributing child pornography



5/29/2012

Washington, DC

Maryland man pleads guilty to copyright infringement



5/29/2012

Harrisburg, PA

Texas firm and field operations supervisor charged with harboring and transporting illegal aliens



5/25/2012

Cleveland, OH

Indonesian man pleads guilty to selling illegally modified gaming devices



5/25/2012

Washington, DC

ICE's top 5 stories for the week ending May 25, 2012



5/25/2012

Alexandria, VA

El Salvador man sentenced to 7 years for illegal re-entry



5/25/2012

Houston, TX

Former alarm salesman sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison for receiving child pornography



5/25/2012

Las Cruces, NM

New Mexico firearms dealer sentenced to 5 years for weapons trafficking



5/24/2012

Lexington, KY

ICE arrests 30 aliens during 4-day operation in Kentucky



5/24/2012

Baltimore, MD

All 9 members of Maryland fraudulent document mill plead guilty



5/24/2012

Tampa, FL

Lawyers convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud



5/24/2012

New York, NY

HSI dismantles international gun trafficking ring



5/24/2012

Corpus Christi, TX

6 sentenced for their roles in decade-long human smuggling organization



5/24/2012

New York, NY

HSI special agents arrest sex offender for possession of child pornography



5/24/2012

Corpus Christi, TX

'Raza Unida' gang member sentenced to life for methamphetamine trafficking



5/24/2012

Houston, TX

ICE deports man wanted for murder in Mexico



5/24/2012

Las Vegas, NV

ICE deports former Bosnian-Serb police commander tied to Srebrenica genocide images



5/24/2012

Los Angeles, CA

ICE deports Los Angeles area gang member wanted for murder in El Salvador images



5/23/2012

Grand Rapids, MI

Michigan man sentenced to 7 years on child pornography charges



5/23/2012

Jackson, MS

Los Angeles man sentenced in transportation of illegal aliens case



5/23/2012

San Juan, PR

HSI arrests a Florida previous sex offender for possession of child pornography



5/23/2012

Pecos, TX

Alien smuggling ringleader sentenced to nearly 17 years in federal prison following the deaths of 5 in 2004



5/23/2012

Newark, NJ

24 charged in connection with export of $6 million in stolen vehicles



5/23/2012

McAllen, TX

2 operators of "Welcome to Hell" stash house plead guilty to harboring aliens



5/23/2012

Kansas City, KY

Kansas man charged with producing child pornography in multi-state case



5/23/2012

McAllen, TX

South Texas man sentenced to nearly 8 years for trafficking firearms, ammo and military vests



5/23/2012

Grand Rapids, MI

Michigan man sentenced to 30 years for child sexual exploitation



5/23/2012

Dallas, TX

Federal grand jury indicts north Texas man on child enticement and obscenity charges



5/23/2012

Fort Worth, TX

Arlington, Texas, man admits possessing child pornography



5/23/2012

Las Cruces, NM

New Mexico basketball coach arrested on federal child pornography charges



5/23/2012

Toledo, OH

18 indicted for roles in $3 million criminal scheme involving 7 IHOPs



5/23/2012

Detroit, MI

Final defendant sentenced in international human trafficking scheme



5/23/2012

Columbus, OH

Columbus man sentenced for receiving child pornography



5/23/2012

Baltimore, MD

Final co-conspirator sentenced to prison for stealing $2.6 million in metal imported into the port of Baltimore



5/23/2012

Washington, DC

HSI special agents honored for work on Operation Delego images



5/22/2012

Washington, DC

International operation targets online predators using social networking sites



5/22/2012

Washington, DC

South Carolina man arrested for illegal exports to Iran



5/22/2012

Corpus Christi, TX

3 sentenced for alien smuggling that resulted in death of woman in her home



5/22/2012

New York, NY

HSI New York and NYPD take down illegal gambling operation in Chinatown



5/22/2012

Washington, DC

Long-time international drug trafficker convicted of narcotics conspiracy



5/22/2012

Dallas, TX

Dallas man sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for sending images of child pornography over the Internet



5/22/2012

Gulfport, MS

Ocean Springs man pleads guilty to possession of child pornography



5/22/2012

Brownsville, TX

Mexican businessman indicted for alleged money laundering and bank fraud



5/21/2012

San Antonio, TX

South Texas man sentenced to nearly 17 years for receiving child pornography



5/21/2012

Fresno, CA

4 Fresno residents sentenced for selling pirated DVDs and CDs



5/21/2012

Corpus Christi, TX

Southeast Texas man sentenced to 10 years in prison for soliciting a minor



5/21/2012

Fresno, CA

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



5/21/2012

Laredo, TX

14 convicted drug traffickers, money launderers sentenced to lengthy prison terms



5/21/2012

Brownsville, TX

Former south Texas airline business owner convicted on multiple child pornography-related charges



5/21/2012

Bismarck, ND

North Dakota man sentenced to nearly 6 years for possessing child pornography



5/21/2012

Topeka, KS

64-year-old Kansas man sentenced to 5 years for possessing child pornography



5/21/2012

Houston, TX

Previously deported illegal alien sentenced to 10 years in federal prison



5/18/2012

Washington, DC

Dreamboard member found guilty for participating in international criminal network organized to sexually exploit children



5/18/2012

New York, NY

Bronx teacher arrested for child pornography charges



5/18/2012

Alexandria, VA

13 members of international khat trafficking ring convicted



5/18/2012

Rochester, NY

Upstate New York man sentenced for importing counterfeit pharmaceuticals



5/18/2012

Houston, TX

Houston-based company admits to hiring illegal aliens



5/18/2012

Portland, OR

4 federally indicted in "K2" synthetic drug trafficking conspiracy



5/18/2012

Washington, DC

ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending May 18, 2012



5/17/2012

Orlando, FL

Florida high school computer technician sentenced on federal child porn charges



5/17/2012

Brownsville, TX

ICE deports man wanted in Mexico for homicide



5/17/2012

Gulfport, MS

Florida man pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit visa fraud



5/16/2012

Gulfport, MS

North Carolina man pleads guilty in weapons smuggling conspiracy



5/16/2012

Chicago, IL

Chicago man sentenced to 3 years in prison for fraud



5/16/2012

Peoria, IL

Illinois man sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for child pornography



5/16/2012

Philadelphia, PA

Pennsylvania man sentenced for drug and weapons charges



5/16/2012

San Jose, CA

Investigators seize multiple weapons in bust of Bay Area heroin trafficking ring images



5/15/2012

McAllen, TX

2 Mexican nationals indicted for alien harboring



5/15/2012

Sacramento, CA

Jury convicts foreign child sex offender of re-entering the US after deportation



5/15/2012

Fresno, CA

Bakersfield-area man sentenced to 20 years on child pornography charges



5/15/2012

San Juan, PR

San Juan BEST seizes 6 kilograms of cocaine, arrests 3



5/15/2012

Laredo, TX

5 convicted for falsifying assault rifle purchases



5/15/2012

Wichita, KS

ICE deports Mexican national wanted for murder images



5/14/2012

Brownsville, TX

Central Texas man sentenced to more than 12 years for drug trafficking



5/14/2012

Laredo, TX

Mexican couple convicted of transporting huge stash of ammunition



5/14/2012

San Juan, PR

Operation Caribbean Resilience nets more than 220 arrests, seizure of 142 illegal arms images



5/14/2012

Washington, DC

TOP STORY: Honoring those who sacrificed it all images



5/12/2012

Newark, NJ

ICE deports individual to Spain to face drug trafficking charges images



5/11/2012

Atlanta, GA

ICE arrests 80 criminal aliens in Georgia, Carolinas



5/11/2012

Washington, DC

More than $1.5M in proceeds seized from online sale of counterfeit sports apparel manufactured in China



5/11/2012

Washington, DC

ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending May 11, 2012



5/11/2012

San Jose, CA

Residential care home owners, real estate agents sentenced in $20 million mortgage loan fraud scheme



5/10/2012

Norfolk, VA

Member of Internet piracy group 'IMAGiNE' pleads guilty to copyright infringement conspiracy



5/10/2012

New York, NY

Former police officer sentenced to 25 years for robbery and corruption



5/10/2012

Dayton, OH

Ohio man sentenced for possession of child pornography



5/10/2012

San Juan, PR

HSI, local law enforcement joint operation nets 6 arrests, seizure of illegal weapons, drugs images



5/9/2012

Milwaukee, WI

Wisconsin man pleads guilty to sexual exploitation of a minor in Belize



5/9/2012

San Jose, CA

San Jose store owner indicted for trafficking in counterfeit designer goods



5/9/2012

Indianapolis, IN

Multi-state prostitution ring based in Indianapolis dismantled



5/9/2012

Dallas, TX

Medical supply company owner sentenced for healthcare and immigration fraud



5/8/2012

San Juan , PR

HSI arrests one of Puerto Rico's 10 most wanted fugitives



5/8/2012

San Juan, PR

Puerto Rican school bus driver sentenced to 17 years in prison for production of child pornography



5/8/2012

Philadelphia, PA

New Jersey woman sentenced for selling counterfeit cosmetics



5/8/2012

Harrisburg, PA

Pennsylvania couple sentenced on child exploitation, pornography charges



5/8/2012

Mexico City, International

US-Mexican law enforcement cooperation results in 29 year prison sentence for child pornographer



5/8/2012

Boise, ID

Idaho man admits possessing sexual images of toddlers



5/8/2012

Washington, DC

Federal law enforcement agencies join movie industry to unveil new anti-piracy warning images



5/8/2012

Escondido, CA

TOP STORY: Partnerships with local law enforcement net criminal alien arrests images



5/8/2012

San Juan, PR

HSI, Caribbean Corridor Strike Force seize 154 kilograms of cocaine images



5/7/2012

Kansas City, MO

Missouri woman pleads guilty to $5 million conspiracy to provide thousands of identity documents to illegal aliens



5/7/2012

Charlotte, NC

Mexican man sentenced to 20 years in cocaine trafficking case



5/4/2012

Washington, DC

ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending May 4, 2012



5/4/2012

Columbus, OH

Home health care aide pleads guilty to attempted child sexual exploitation



5/4/2012

San Diego, CA

Gang member sentenced to nearly 20 years for sex trafficking teen



5/4/2012

Seattle, WA

Wash. man sentenced to 10 years following multi-state child pornography probe



5/4/2012

Dallas, TX

Northeast Texas man charged with possessing child pornography



5/4/2012

Dallas, TX

Jury convicts North Texas man with attempted enticement of a minor



5/3/2012

San Francisco, CA

19 indicted in racketeering case targeting South San Francisco street gang



5/3/2012

Phoenix, AZ

HSI rescues 4 from violent Phoenix human smuggling drop house



5/3/2012

Fresno, CA

9 Valley residents charged in major document fraud scheme



5/3/2012

Baltimore, MD

Conspirator in international car theft ring pleads guilty



5/3/2012

Baltimore, MD

HSI seizes more than $47 million in counterfeit merchandise at Patapsco Flea Market



5/2/2012

Eagle Pass, TX

Leader in alien smuggling ring sentenced to 18 years



5/2/2012

Holton, ME

Suspect in Massachusetts double homicide in custody in Maine



5/2/2012

Houston, TX

Southeast Texas man sentenced to more than 5 years in prison for possessing child pornography



5/2/2012

Newark, NJ

Canadian man sentenced for importing cocaine



5/2/2012

Nogales, AZ

TOP STORY: HSI targets bandit crews that exploit the Arizona border images



5/1/2012

Corpus Christi, TX

Southeast Texas man sentenced to 17 1/2 years in prison for child sexual exploitation



5/1/2012

Seattle, WA

Wash. herb grower fined $1 million for knowingly employing illegal aliens



5/1/2012

Washington, DC

Former acting director of intelligence for ICE pleads guilty to role in fraud scheme



5/1/2012

Sacramento, CA

Sacramento businessman convicted of child sex tourism charges



5/1/2012

Dallas, TX

North Texas man sentenced to 30 years in prison for possessing child pornography

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