News Releases and Statements

Matthew M. Hansen, 39, of Winfield, Mo., was indicted on eight felony counts of attempting to produce child pornography, and one felony count of possessing child pornography. The indictment alleges the crimes were committed between 2007 and 2012.

Teofanes Salas-Campos, 40, Mission, Texas, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Randy Crane to 135 months in prison. He pleaded guilty Sept. 17, 2012 that he intended to have sex with a minor for money. After he completes his prison term, Salas-Campos will also serve a five year term of supervised release, and will be required to register as a sex offender.

Joseph Fellhauer was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in federal prison for distributing child pornography. Forensic review of Fellhauer's media devices revealed more than 12,000 images and 350 videos of child pornography. This investigation was conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Following his prison sentence, Steven Raines, 35, of Fort Wayne, Ind., was also ordered by U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson to serve a life time on supervised release. Raines appeared at the hearing in custody, and was remanded immediately after.

Jacqueline Bontzolakes, an upstate New York woman who was convicted after a jury trial of international parental kidnaping and making a false statement on a passport application, was sentenced to 18 months in prison.

A former U.S. Navy sailor, Derrick M. Mendez, was sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison for receiving child pornography.

Juan Alvizures Oliva, 30, of Hyattsville, Md., was sentenced to 12 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release by Chief U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow for production and possession of child pornography.

Mickell Close of Quincy, Ohio, who was arrested in November as part of ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Operation Sunflower, pleaded guilty Thursday to child sexual exploitation charges.

Christopher Boucher, a West Brookfield, Mass., man with a prior child pornography conviction, was sentenced to 10 years in prison Jan. 15 in U.S. District Court in Springfield, Mass. The sentence is the result of an investigation conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Massachusetts State Police.

Scott Allen Johnson pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to receiving child pornography over the Internet. Investigators found 219 images and 46 movie files of child pornography on Johnson's laptop computer.

Gregory Sean O'Neall, a 51-year-old convicted sex offender, was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison for possession of child pornography. The former Costco food demonstrator took photos of little girls shopping at the store.

Jeffrey W. Herschell of Washington, Pa., pleaded guilty today for coercing and enticing a minor and possessing child pornography. Herschell sent money to the Philippines in February 2010 for a live, online sex show that included a 12-year-old minor female engaging in sexual activity.

Troy Douglas Brimm was sentenced Thursday to 34 years in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised release for traveling from the United States to the Dominican Republic to engage in illicit sexual conduct with minors. The sentence resulted from an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Dominican National Police.

Robert Gray, 37, of Northfield, Vt., had previously pleaded guilty to the charge Sept. 18, 2012. According to court records, a search warrant was executed at Gray's home in Northfield Feb. 24, 2012, at which time two computers used by Gray were seized.

Christopher Vernon George was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey to 40 months in federal prison and a 10 year term of supervised release, following his guilty plea in October 2012 to one count of possessing child pornography.

Martin J. Villalobos, 41, of Lodi, N.J., was convicted following a one week trial before U.S. District Judge Stanley R. Chesler. U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman, District of New Jersey, and Andrew McLees, special agent in charge of HSI Newark, announced the verdict.

ICE Director John Morton attended the Friday opening of the new European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), based at Europol's headquarters in The Hague. EC3 will be the focal point in the European Unions' fight against cybercrime, protecting citizens and businesses against cybercrime threats.

David Ettlinger of Newton, Mass., was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison Tuesday for his participation in an international criminal network, known as Dreamboard, which produced and disseminated depictions of graphic child sexual abuse via the internet.

Thomas Joseph Barrett, a 49-year-old federal employee from Lynnwood, Wash., made his initial appearance in federal court Wednesday on child pornography charges following his arrest at the Social Security Administration's (SSA) Office of Disability Adjudication and Review in Seattle.

Anthony L. Ferguson was sentenced Monday to nearly 20 years in prison for producing child pornography with a 5-year-old girl for rent money.

Donald J. Jones III, 48, was arrested by HSI special agents and the Rhode Island State Police April 8, 2011, after he traveled by bus from Philadelphia to Providence, expecting to meet with an 8-year-old girl and her father.

Following last week's public appeal for leads in three unsolved child pornography cases, ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) announces the following updates.

Joshua P. Blakenship of Solomons, Md., pleaded guilty today to producing child pornography, following an investigation led by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Blakenship admitted to forcing people under the age of 18 to send him pictures and to creating a fake profile on the Internet to gain access to pictures and videos of girls.

Charles Wilburn Odom was sentenced Friday to seven years and three months in federal prison for possessing more than 140 videos and 79 still images of child pornography. This investigation was conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Beaumont Police Department, and Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.