News Releases and Statements

Jamy Church, a former Little League baseball coach, was sentenced to more than 21 years in federal prison Thursday for enticing minors via Facebook to engage in criminal sexual activities and producing child pornography, following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations and the Louisiana State Police (LSP).

Two Mexican nationals made their initial appearance in federal court Wednesday on charges of trafficking in counterfeit goods after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents executed a search warrant at a rural Fresno-area home, seizing more than 70,000 pirated copies of music and movies.

Seven stolen and looted objects of Italian cultural heritage will soon be on their way back to Italy, following a ceremony Thursday in which U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano officially returned the antiquities to Italian Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero at the Embassy of Italy in Washington.

Vincent George Sr. and Vincent George Jr., a father and son who headed a domestic sex trafficking organization, were among individuals charged and arrested for sex trafficking, money laundering and promoting prostitution. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) assisted the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and the Manhattan District...

Fifty people were charged last week for their roles in a criminal enterprise that stole checks and money orders from apartment complex lock boxes throughout the city.

ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) announced the arrests of 637 gang members and associates from 168 different gangs during an HSI-led operation executed in 150 U.S. cities and Honduras targeting transnational street gangs, prison gangs and outlaw motorcycle gangs involved with human smuggling and trafficking organizations (HSTOs).

Carlos Arturo Pati??o Restrepo, who orchestrated multi-ton cocaine shipments to the United States throughout the 1990s, was sentenced today to 40 years in federal prison and ordered to pay a $5 million fine. The sentence is the result of an investigation conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Benny Carmi and Moshe Dahan pleaded guilty Monday and were sentenced for smuggling counterfeit and misbranded pharmaceuticals into the United States, including the erectile dysfunction drug marketed in the United States as Cialis (R).

Nine suspects face federal criminal charges following their arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents during an enforcement action Monday targeting three large-scale counterfeit document mills operating in the Central Valley.

"Fresh Mark, Inc., a leading Ohio meat supplier, has partnered with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) by joining the agency's employment compliance program IMAGE, or ""ICE Mutual Agreement between Government and Employers."""

The husband and wife owners of a Bay Area Mexican restaurant chain were sentenced Tuesday on various immigration, Social Security and tax violations uncovered during a probe involving ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and several other federal agencies and ordered to pay more than $2 million in restitution to IRS.

A Pasadena, Texas, man pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal drug trafficking violations, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales, Eastern District of Texas.

Daniel Cardwell of Hyattsville, Md., was sentenced Monday to 77 months in federal prison for distributing and possessing child pornography, following an investigation by ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Baltimore and the Maryland State Police.

A former director of the Dorado, Puerto Rico, municipal band had his initial appearance in district court Monday following his arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents Friday for production of child pornography.

Charles Roy Clark, 59, of Fairfield, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb. According to court documents, an undercover federal agent began monitoring a website known for trading child pornography. During a visit to the "chat" portion of the website, the agent noticed that many of the users were uploading and trading child pornography images. Clark was identified as a suspect.

Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) early Monday arrested the former owner of the largest supplier of law enforcement gear, supplies and ammunition in the Southwest.

Two Baltimore warehouse owners, Gregg Lee Purbaugh and Kenneth Trainum, pleaded guilty to conspiring to transport stolen nickel briquettes stored next to their warehouse, which had been imported through the Port of Baltimore, following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Antonio Antwon Andolini was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in federal prison Monday for stealing the identities of others and using that information to obtain welfare benefits, credit cards and other items of value. This sentence resulted from an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service...

Women play a significant role in law enforcement, and for the past six years, ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has helped female law enforcement officers in southern California promote training and camaraderie at the annual San Diego Women in Law Enforcement Firearms Training Conference and Pistol Invitational.

A member of the notorious Gulf Cartel, Juan Carlos De La Cruz Reyna, pleaded guilty to bribing a public official in an attempt to ensure safe passage to Mexico after he was released from federal prison. The investigation was conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) with the assistance of the FBI and the Brownsville Police Dept.

A Marietta, Ga., woman, Luz Gutierrez, pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy to entice individuals to cross state lines to engage in prostitution and to encourage and induce aliens to reside unlawfully in the United States, following an investigation by ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the FBI and the Cobb County Police Department.

Special agents with ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Sunday seized nearly 20,000 counterfeit items with a manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) of nearly $900,000, at the local Fox Plaza flea market.

Jose Mario Islas-Andrade, a Mexican national wanted in his native country for allegedly kidnapping a Mexican citizen and attempting to murder a Mexican police officer, was turned over to Mexican law enforcement authorities late Thursday afternoon by special agents from ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Donald Strickland, of Hammond, Ind., was sentenced April 19 by U.S. District Judge Harry D. Leinenweber, Northern District of Illinois, to 75 months in federal prison without parole.