News Releases and Statements

Christian R. Webb, 41, was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison on Friday following a February guilty plea to receiving materials showing minors being sexually exploited. From December 2009 until May 2010, Webb used the Internet to receive streaming web camera videos, which were being broadcast live and depicted minors being sexually exploited.

Paul Krosnick, 63, of Edgewater, N.J., was taken into custody at his residence by New Jersey ICE HSI agents. He was arraigned at the federal court in Newark, N.J. before U.S. Magistrate Judge Madeline Cox Arleo and released on a $100,000 bond.

Thomas Lee Neal, 42, of Roseville, Calif. was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years and three months in prison on charges stemming from a child pornography investigation by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). ICE HSI received substantial assistance on the case from the German Federal Police, Child Pornography Unit.

Robert William Hull, 35, of Nampa, Idaho, pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of children in March. At his court hearing, he was ordered to serve 10 years of supervised release following his release from prison and pay a $1,500 fine.

Greg Squire, a veteran special agent assigned to U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Boston was among several law enforcement officials from Massachusetts and North Carolina honored Thursday by Attorney General Eric Holder for their leadership in protecting children from sexual abuse and exploitation.

Riley Rich Gibson III, 28, also known as "Trae," pleaded guilty May 20 before U.S. District Judge Ron Clark. He appeared before Judge Clark for a scheduled competency hearing. Once he was found competent, he entered a guilty plea.

Timothy S. Kelly, 40, a former swim coach for the Attleboro YMCA and North Attleboro High School, was sentenced Friday in federal court on child pornography charges, following an investigation conducted jointly with U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the North Attleboro Police Department.

Lee Michael Eckler, 31, of Rockledge, Fla., was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in federal prison for enticing a minor via the Internet to engage in sexual acts, following an investigation by the Brevard County Sheriff's Office (BCSO) and U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

James E. Johnston, 69, is named in the indictment which stems from an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Buddy Anderson pleaded guilty on Thursday to two felony child pornography/obscenity offenses. Persons hired to clean his former apartment on North Clay Street in Ennis, Texas, discovered child pornography photographs on the apartment's porch that were discarded as garbage. Anderson and his wife, Sharon Lee Anderson, had fled to Nevada...

Quentin Glenn Hodge, 29, of Jacksonville, was sentenced Monday to 76 months in federal prison for knowingly accessing child pornography on the Internet.

Seeking to enhance public awareness about the prevalence of child sexual abuse, federal and state officials held a press conference today to announce Maryland's accomplishments in combating child exploitation, and a new public website, Project Safe Childhood, launched earlier this month by the U.S. Department of Justice...

Jeffery Lew McCadden, 52, of Lakeside, Ore., pleaded guilty to five counts of distributing child pornography, two counts of receiving child pornography, and one count possession of child pornography. He was also ordered to serve a lifetime term of supervised release upon completion of his prison term.

Jeffrey Trantham, 24 admitted that between August and September 2009, he repeatedly sexually abused a child under the age of eight to produce pornography. He possessed over 600 images and videos of child pornography, including sadistic and violent conduct.

John Belloli pleaded guilty last November to production and possession of child pornography and was sentenced today by United States District Judge Stephen J. Murphy, III.

Everett Police Lieutenant Demetri O'Malley and Officer Jeffrey Gilmore were recognized by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) for launching an investigation in July 2010 that helped end a nationwide search for a three-year-old girl who was discovered living in Everett after being abducted in Texas last year.

Dave Dean, 43, of Peoria, Ariz., was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for engaging in a child exploitation enterprise.

Donald J. Jones, III, 46, of Pemberton, New Jersey, was named in a six-count indictment announced by U.S. Attorney Peter F. Neronha. Jones was arrested in Providence last month as he exited a bus from New York after traveling from his home in New Jersey to Rhode Island in an alleged scheme to have sex with a minor.

Derek S. Holley, 34, of Julian, W. Va., pleaded guilty Thursday to possession of child pornography, following an investigation by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Holley admitted in his plea agreement that in November 2008, he possessed numerous images of child pornography on three computer hard drives located in his parents...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD) and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) have teamed up to create the Orange County Child Exploitation Task Force to identify and arrest child predators operating in the county.

ICE HSI special agents arrested Spc. Ethan Larman, 23, at Fort Bliss, Texas, where he is assigned. Fort Bliss U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) assisted ICE HSI special agents assigned to the Cyber Crimes Group with the arrest.

Ricky Valencia, 24, of Yonkers, N.Y., has been arrested on charges of possession, receipt and distribution of child pornography, following an investigation by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). According to court documents in the case, Valencia admitted he had taken pornographic pictures of a minor. He also had used Gnutella...

Timothy E. Whitington, 44, who has been in custody since his arrest in late December 2010, faces a statutory sentence of not less than 15 years and up to 30 years in federal prison, a $250,000 fine, and up to a lifetime of supervised release.

"U.S. ICE's Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Puerto Rico Department of Education (PRDE) announced Wednesday the addition of Internet safety to the curriculum of all public schools in Puerto Rico and the initiative ""Navega Protegido,"" where students who have received Internet safety orientations by ICE HSI agents..."

ICE HSI special agents arrested Homer Lee Tims, whom a federal grand jury on April 27, 2011, indicted for receiving, possessing and distributing suspected child pornography.