Thread: ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending Dec. 20, 2013

I.C.E. News Release

DECEMBER 20, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC

ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending Dec. 20, 2013

Dec. 17, 2013 – 'John Doe' captured after ICE receives multiple tips from public

The manhunt for a "John Doe," a suspected child predator in northern Louisiana, ended late Dec. 17, less than four hours after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) issued a public appeal for information about his identity and whereabouts. Full Story

Dec. 17, 2013 – ICE transfers lost Nazi diary to US Holocaust Memorial Museum

ICE transferred the lost diary kept by Alfred Rosenberg, a close confidant of Adolf Hitler, to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington Dec. 17. This historical document was seized by HSI special agents in Wilmington, Del., following an extensive investigation. Full Story

Dec. 20, 2013 – Former ICE most wanted fugitive captured, deported

ICE officers and special agents tracked down a Jamaican national this fall who was illegally residing in Brooklyn. ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers removed him late Dec. 19 to his native country. Full Story

Dec. 17, 2013 – HSI El Paso seizes nearly $3.5 million in counterfeit merchandise

Within the past two months, HSI special agents have locally seized almost 9,000 items of counterfeit merchandise valued at nearly $3.5 million.Full Story

Dec. 19, 2013 – Convicted supporter of Sri Lankan terrorists deported from Dallas to Singapore

A man from the Republic of Singapore, who was convicted in 2010 of supporting terrorists in Sri Lanka with weapons, was deported Wednesday by ERO officers from after serving a nearly four years in federal prison for his crimes. Full Story

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F.B.I. Breaking News
12.20.13
New York: CEO pleads guilty in $100 million bank fraud scheme.
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Miami: Unlicensed nurse gets nine years in $11 million HIV infusion fraud scheme.
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Buffalo: City employee admits stealing thousands of dollars from parking meters.

D.E.A. TOP STORY

DEA Statement on 2013 Monitoring the Future Study
DEC 20 (WASHINGTON)
"Those who aspire to see their own or others' children accomplish great things in life or who want to live in a nation of increasing prosperity should be very concerned about the increase in marijuana use by teenagers, including the fact that a staggering 12 percent of 13 and 14-year-olds are abusing the drug," said Michele M. Leonhart, Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration.
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LATEST NEWS

DEC 20	(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) Stockton / Sacramento Marijuana Enterprise Defendants Sentenced
DEC 20	(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) Individuals Indicted for Importation of Cocaine
DEC 19	(TAMPA, Fla.) Individuals Sentenced for Conspiracy to Body- Smuggling Drugs
DEC 18	(LONDON, Ky.) Pharmacy Owner Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison
DEC 18	(STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.) Medical Professionals Scheme to Rip Off Insurance Companies

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A.T.F. NEWS

• Bismarck Man Sentenced for Felon in Possession Charge
  Posted on 12/20/13
  BISMARCK– U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Dec. 19, 2013, Dylan A. Romero, 34, Bismarck, N.D., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland on a charge of possession of firearm by a convicted felon. Romero was found guilty by a federal jury ...
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• 12/20/13
  Southern California Tobacco Distributors Sentenced to Prison and $1.6 Million Restitution for Tax Evasion Scheme
• 12/20/13
  Multiagency Law Enforcement Search Warrant Seized 4.4 Kilograms of Heroin and $127,000
• 12/20/13
  Wichita Falls Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Large Scale Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy
• 12/20/13
  Daytona Beach Felon Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Possessing a Firearm

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Headlines News coverage of the U.S. Marshals

	Relative of Jalen Rose arrested in Farmington Hills, wanted on 36-year-old Texas shooting charge
	U.S. Marshal Service credited for saving deputy's life
	Federal fugitive found sleeping on couch
	Relative of NBA star arrested; wanted on 36-year-old TX shooting charge
	U.S. Marshals transfers $9.2 Million for Dixon
	The U.S. Marshals in E/NY supports Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots program

Attorney General Eric Holder Delivers Remarks at the Memorial Service Marking the 25th Anniversary of the Bombing of Pan Am Flight 103
Saturday, December 21, 2013
"Although a quarter century has passed since the world was shaken – and so many lives were devastated – by a heinous and cowardly act of terror, no amount of distance or time can ease the pain, or erase the loss, that was inflicted on that day," said Attorney General Holder.
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Tennessee Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime for Cross Burning
Friday, December 20, 2013
Timothy Stafford, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Nashville, Tenn., for his role in the April 30, 2012, cross burning in front of an interracial family’s home in Minor Hill, Tenn.
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North Carolina Man Sentenced on Odometer Tampering Charges
Friday, December 20, 2013
Francis Marimo was sentenced today in connection with an odometer tampering scheme.
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ADM Subsidiary Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Friday, December 20, 2013
A subsidiary of Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) pleaded guilty today and has agreed to pay more than $17 million in criminal fines to resolve charges that it paid bribes through vendors to Ukrainian government officials.
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Justice Department Settles Discrimination Lawsuit Against Reading Parking Authority in Pennsylvania
Friday, December 20, 2013
The Department of Justice announced today that it has entered a consent decree with the Reading Parking Authority (RPA) in the City of Reading, Pa., which, if approved by the court, will resolve a lawsuit filed by the United States on June 27, 2013.
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I.C.E. NEWS

• Convicted sex offender sentenced to more than 20 ... 12/20/2013 - Detroit, MI
• West Texas man sentenced to 10 years in federal p... 12/20/2013 - Lubbock, TX
• Potomac man sentenced to 8 years for conspiring t... 12/20/2013 - Greenbelt, MD
• New Jersey man sentenced to nine years for travel... 12/20/2013 - Alexandria, VA
• Former ICE most wanted fugitive captured, deporte... 12/20/2013 - New York, NY