News Releases and Statements

Thomas O'Brien of Portsmouth, R.I. was sentenced Monday to 72 months in federal prison followed by lifetime supervised release for receiving and possessing more than 1,100 images and videos of child pornography.

Lawrence Labbe, 46, of LaGrange, Maine, pleaded guilty on Feb. 25, 2011 to unlawfully transporting child pornography in interstate commerce using a computer.

A previously convicted sex offender from Huntington Beach, Calif., pleaded guilty Thursday to production of child pornography and agreed to serve a 26-year prison term for filming an 8-year-old girl engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

Bryan Ross Spears pleaded guilty Thursday to receiving videos depicting child pornography over the Internet, following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.

Jeff Coon, 36, of Niagara Falls, N.Y., possessed child pornography videos on two computer hard drives and two disks at his residence in Niagara Falls in April 2009. Some of the children shown in the videos were prepubescent or minors under 12-years-old. Some of the videos portrayed sadistic or masochistic conduct or other depictions of violence.

According to the plea agreement, in September and November 2010, Larry W. Warner, Jr., 33, of Joppa, Md., posted advertisements in an online website seeking girls' underwear for him to use in an act which Warner described in a sexually explicit manner.

Timothy Whitaker, 46, of Baltimore, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz. Judge Motz ordered that upon his release from prison, Whitaker is required to register as a sex offender in the place where he resides, where he is an employee, and where he is a student, under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).

Roger Elkins, 45, of Bossier City, La., pleaded guilty to the distribution and receipt of child pornography.

HSI teams with federal, state and local law enforcement agencies to prevent child exploitation throughout New England. The Internet Crimes Against Children Task Forces help state and local law enforcement agencies develop an effective response to cyber enticement and child pornography cases.

Theodore Robert Larsen was arraigned Monday in federal court charged with possessing child pornography. This indictment resulted from an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Jeffrey W. Herschell, 52, of Washington, Pa., is charged with possession of images and videos in computer graphics files of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

Leonard Wasylyk of Wilmington, Delaware pleaded guilty in federal court to production and transportation of child pornography following an undercover ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) investigation. During forensic review of Wasylyk's computer, agents discovered over 60 images of a young boy engaged in sexually explicit conduct with him...

David Peter Rounbehler, 75, of New Mexico will serve a five-year term of supervised release after he completes his prison sentence. He will also be required to register as a sex offender.

Richard Mullen of Dickinson, N.D, who pleaded guilty to charges of receiving child pornography, was sentenced on Monday to nine years in federal prison. This investigation was led by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). He had downloaded more than 16,000 images depicting children being sexually abused.

Richard D. Crisman, 27, of Rio Rancho, N.M., was arraigned on a six-count indictment charging him with six counts of child pornography offenses. The indictment charges Crisman with three counts of receiving a visual depiction of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, and three counts of possessing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

Enrique Estrada Quintana faces at least 15 years and up to 30 years in federal prison at sentencing. A sentencing date has not been set.

Natanael Osvaldo Terrero, 34, of Clearwater, Fla., was also ordered by the court to a lifetime of supervised release and to register as a sex offender.

Johnny Alaniz, 37, pleaded guilty to the charges in April and was sentenced Sept. 7 to 121 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge Hayden Head. Alaniz is also required to register as a sex offender and serve a 20-year term of supervised release.

Ruben A. Santos-Rodriguez of Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, was sentenced to 15 years in prison earlier this week for production and possession of child pornography following a ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Puerto Rico Crimes Against Children Task Force (PRCACTF) investigation.

Shalin Bhavsar, 32, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography during a hearing before U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor, IV.

Kevin James Heasley, a convicted Oregon sex offender, was sentenced Monday to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography charges stemming from an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Kai Lundstroem Pedersen of Randers, Denmark, pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to extortion, and producing and transporting child pornography. Pedersen contacted minor females in rural Missouri through email and chat programs from July to September 2010.

David Gellad was indicted Tuesday on charges he traveled to Pennsylvania to engage in sexual conduct with a minor in a case investigated by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Gellad is accused of sexual conduct with a 14-year-old female after traveling from Montreal to southeastern Pennsylvania for that purpose.

Ian Victor Kincheloe, 25, of Laguna Hills, Calif., was arrested Thursday by investigators from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD). Kincheloe is accused in a federal indictment handed down Wednesday with using the Internet and telephone to attempt to entice a minor into illegal sexual activity.

Four convictions were announced Friday after an undercover sex tourism operation was made public by U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).