News Releases and Statements

Conrad Gallant, 61, previously of Winchendon, Mass., and most recently of Shrewsbury, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places and travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct. Under the terms of the plea agreement, the court must sentence Gallant to between 60 and 168 months in prison, 10 years of supervised release, restitution and forfeiture. Sentencing is scheduled for June 26, 2013.

The ivory statues are now in the care and custody of the Harris County District Attorney's Office.

A 25-year-old man who allegedly sold counterfeit vehicle air bags on the Internet was arrested Tuesday after being indicted by a federal grand jury on four counts of trafficking counterfeit goods.

Enrique Pagan, 63, of Ponce; Francisco Aguirre-Sanabria, 45, of Guaynabo; Eric Remigio-Nieves, 35, of Toa Alta; and Edwin Ramon Cabrera-Rivera, 25, of Barranquitas, were arrested at their places of residence Thursday on child pornography-related charges and will have their initial hearing before US Magistrate Judge Camille Velez-Rive.

Pair arrested overnight after search of Orange County home

Abraham Perez Mejia, a Mexican national who was living in New Mexico, remains in federal custody following his arrest March 27 by special agents with ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) for marriage fraud.

Robert Fenn, a special education teacher at Poplar Tree Elementary School in Chantilly prior to his arrest on related state charges in June 2012, was convicted by a federal jury Thursday of receiving and possessing child pornography.

Ramy Ahmed, 30, of Allentown, Pa., was charged with committing the offense, believing he was communicating with a man who was offering his 8-year-old daughter for sex. In reality, Ahmed was in touch with HSI special agents, who arrested him April 2 when he traveled to Cherry Hill, N.J.

Seven local residents pleaded guilty Thursday to intellectual property rights violations, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson, Southern District of Texas.

Edward Alarcon, 44, was sentenced Thursday morning by U.S. District Judge George H. Wu, who also ordered the defendant to pay $1,000 restitution to Eli Lilly and Company, the manufacturer of Cialis, and $1,000 to Purdue Pharma L.P., the manufacturer of OxyContin.

A coin dealer, Gantcho Zagorski, was indicted Tuesday on charges of aiding and assisting in the filing of false federal income tax returns.

AK-47 assault-type firearms were destined to Mexico

Jose Yuber Antonio Del Cid-Cruz, an El Salvadoran MS-13 gang member wanted for a 2009 murder in his home country, was deported for the third time Tuesday by officers with ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) and turned over to law enforcement officials in El Salvador.

A federal grand jury indicted four defendants Wednesday on charges of smuggling Peruvian artifacts and interstate transportation of stolen property following an undercover probe by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Oscar Mauricio Cornejo Pena, a Nicaraguan national known as the 'DC Groper,' who was convicted of sexually assaulting women in the DuPont Circle area of northwest D.C., was deported today to Nicaragua by officers from ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) Washington, D.C., field office.

Robert E. Eldridge was sentenced Wednesday to 180 months in federal prison and 10 years of supervised release for receipt and possession of child pornography following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Bay County Sheriff's Office.

Prosecutors say the defendants wired more than $175,000 in proceeds.

Seven former Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) correction officers pleaded guilty Tuesday as part of a large-scale racketeering case involving the McConnell Unit in Beeville, Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson, Southern District of Texas.

The court found that Covarrubias possessed between 15 to 50 kilograms (33 to 110 pounds) of cocaine during the time he was involved in the conspiracy.

Two contracting companies and a specialty gourmet food retailer are the latest employers to be certified with ICE's employment compliance program, IMAGE.

In a massive drug enforcement operation led by ICE's HSI, more than 100 individuals were arrested early Wednesday in five states and Puerto Rico on state and federal charges related to the large-scale trafficking of heroin and cocaine from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico into and around Connecticut.

As part of ICE's ongoing celebration of their 10 year anniversary, the Office of Public Affairs will release a new Top 10 list every month, for 10 months.

Narendra Tulsiram pleaded guilty Monday to sexually exploiting a child, transporting child pornography and possessing child pornography. From 2006 through September 2011, Tulsiram sexually abused a female minor, the victim.

Gregory J. Archambeault, a former San Diego resident and veteran federal law enforcement official, has become the new head of ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) San Diego.