News Releases and Statements

Jacob Aniceto Jose Villarreal used his cell phone to create a video of a boy engaged in sexually explicit conduct. In addition, Villarreal admitted that he collected and traded images and videos of child pornography.

Joshua Jerome Davis and his mother, Sharilyn Kae Anderson, are expected to appear in federal court Thursday following their indictment for allegedly working together to prostitute a local runaway beginning when the girl was only 15.

Thomas Monroe Lee engaged in email chats and text messages with what he thought was a 14-year-old boy named Skylar that were sexual in nature. Lee subsequently drove to a location where he had arranged to meet Skylar, where officers from various law enforcement agencies arrested him for attempted online enticement of a child.

Restitution will be paid to 20 car manufacturers whose trademarks Xian violated. He is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 22.

On June 21, 2012, Donyel James Fitts persuaded and coerced a 4-year-old child to engage in sexually explicit conduct, so that he could photograph the minor. On two occasions in October, he videotaped the 4-year-old child engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

David Simpkins, 25, has been charged with producing child pornography involving two young victims.

Afghanistan Minister of Interior Affairs General Ghulam Mujtaba Patang held a national press conference July 31, where he publicly announced the establishment of the first Afghanistan Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit (TCIU).

Bernard, who was in the United States illegally, is expected to be deported to Argentina after he completes his prison sentence.

"Avila Beltran, a Mexican woman convicted of being an accessory after the fact in aiding cocaine traffickers, and known to international media outlets as the ""Queen of the Pacific"" for her alleged ties to the Sinaloa drug cartel, was deported to Mexico Tuesday morning by ICE."

Phillip Amisano-Camillo admitted that in May 2012 he traveled from Washington State to Dallas to meet "John Doe," who he knew was a 14-year-old minor, for a sexual encounter. Camillo also admitted that before and during his time in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, he enticed John Doe to sneak out of his home and meet to engage in unlawful sexual acts.

On Aug. 8, representatives of ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Pretoria traveled to Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to complete the transfer of approximately $126,000 in border security equipment, information technology (IT) and capacity building resources in support of DRC's immigration authorities.

Since 2009, more than 200 carjackings have taken place in Essex County, and each year that number continues to climb. In response to this, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office, along with members of the Anti-Carjacking Task Force, which includes ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), unveiled an anti-carjacking public awareness campaign.

According to court records, the ring used legitimate websites like Craigslist.org and AutoTrader.com to advertise luxury cars, boats and recreational vehicles for sale.

This corporation was actually a front company established by law enforcement to act as an importer.

Branding is important to any organization, a strong brand name tells people who an organization is and what they do.

In October, investigators discovered that Phillip Wayne Mathenia possessed hundreds of images of child pornography on several computers, as well as in books, magazines and films that appeared to be decades old. Mathenia was previously convicted of receiving and possessing child pornography in 2004.

The 361 arrests included 263 gang members and associates from 43 different gangs in 71 U.S. cities and 98 others encountered during the operation: 84 non-gang members wanted on criminal charges and 14 for immigration violations.

Smith faces between five and 20 years in federal prison for distributing child pornography.

ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents arrested Edwin Sanchez-Cruz, one of the Puerto Rico Police Department's most wanted fugitives, Wednesday in Catano. The Puerto Rico Police Department had an active arrest warrant for Sanchez-Cruz on murder charges.

The cocaine had an estimated street value of $24 million.

A federal drug task force arrested 18 people Thursday linked to three drug trafficking organizations that smuggled narcotics from Mexico inside PVC pipe typically hidden in the axles of commercial trucks that ended up at truck yards in South Los Angeles and southern Los Angeles County.

The group allegedly was responsible for smuggling heroin and methamphetamine from Mexico into the United States at ports of entry from San Diego, Calif., to Brownsville, Texas.

A Jamaican man, Oneike Mickhale Barnett, was arrested Tuesday and charged with participating in a telemarketing conspiracy and committing 37 counts of wire fraud.

Senakiewicz pleaded guilty in Cook County Circuit Court Nov. 6 and was sentenced to four years in prison.