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Rafael Polonia, 21, of Hazelton, Pa., pleaded guilty to the charges Wednesday before U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani.

Alfonse R. Marino was arrested Wednesday by special agents with ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) for possession of child pornography. Marino admitted to collecting child pornography for the last 10 years.

One of the nation's largest and longest running stolen identity tax refund fraud schemes - involving more than 8,000 fraudulent U.S. income tax returns seeking $65 million in illicit refunds - has been shut down by a New Jersey-based task force. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents assisted in the investigation.

Christopher Thomas Davis, 32, of Dahlonega, Ga., entered his plea during a hearing before U.S. Senior District Judge William C. O'Kelley. Davis was indicted on these charges by a federal grand jury Sept. 20, 2011.

A Plant City, Fla., man was sentenced Wednesday to 27 months in federal prison for conspiring to transport 100 or more illegal aliens.

After a nearly two-year investigation, a fugitive featured on 'America's Most Wanted' was sentenced on sex trafficking charges.

ICE Homeland Security Investigations' special agents give the public a window to their work cracking down on criminal organizations trying to smuggle contraband into the US.

Paul Aragon pleaded guilty yesterday to a charge related to his possession of child pornography, following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Special agents seized a computer, 443 DVDs and several child-sized dolls. Subsequent forensic examination revealed 2,500 images of child pornography on the seized items.

Aldo Guadalupe Hernandez-Ramirez, the second-in-command of the Latin Kings gang in Bryan, Texas, was arrested by fugitive operations officers with ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) Thursday.

A total of 28 individuals were arrested Tuesday, with 12 being federally charged with alien transportation and harboring. This case is being investigated by ICE's HSI, with the assistance of CBP's Border Patrol.

James Tabolt Jr. pleaded guilty Sept.13 to possession of more than 1,300 images of child pornography on a home computer. The plea follows a joint investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and local law enforcement.

David O'Sada was sentenced Tuesday to 72 months in federal prison for distributing child pornography. Law enforcement officers searched O'Sada's computers and found 61 videos and 984 visual depictions of sexually abused children. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Brevard County Sheriff's Office investigated this case.

On Feb. 15, HSI and its task force partners executed a search warrant at the residence of Joseph Richard Robson Sr., 72. The HSI special agents seized a number of computers, cameras and storage devices, among other items. Subsequent forensic analysis revealed that between 2010 and 2012, Robson received and stored more than 6,000 files that contained images and/or videos of child pornography.

Bruce Lee Jennings was charged with distribution and possession of child pornography Tuesday, following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Brevard County Sheriff's Office and the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.

Gregory Sean O'Neall, 51, of Des Moines, Wash., admitted to possessing over 30,000 images of child pornography.

A Camden, N.J., man, Ramon Martinez-Ruiz, was sentenced Tuesday to 85 months in prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to possess and distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine in a case investigated by ICE's HSI.

Clyde Rudolph Allen Jr., 64, was arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers Feb. 29 after he applied for admission into the United States at the Port of Entry in Presidio. Allen is the president of A Natures Sanctuary, Inc., a non-profit company established to preserve nature.

Teofanes Salas-Campos, 40, of Mission, Texas, entered his plea on Sept. 17 before U.S. District Court Judge Randy Crane.

A Florida man was sentenced Monday to nearly three years in prison on access device fraud and aggravated identity theft charges. The sentencing follows an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

The U.S. government has delivered a check to the Bailiwick of Jersey, a United Kingdom Crown Dependency, for $2 million.

Micah Monroe Argyle, an Idaho Falls man who was a member of the FEMA reservist program, was sentenced Monday to 42 months in federal prison for possession of more than 600 sexually exploitive images of a minor.

As part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) ongoing commitment to prioritizing the removal of criminal aliens and egregious immigration law violators, 36 convicted criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and immigration violators were arrested during a five-day operation in the Gulf Coast area.

Bimbo Peter Oyewole, A Nigerian man who came to the U.S. in 1989 and assumed the identity of a murder victim to remain in the country illegally, has pleaded guilty to exhibiting a false government document in a case investigated by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI),The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's Office of Inspector...

With a presidential nominee and several high profile elected officials in attendance, law enforcement agencies had to secure the entire area surrounding the both events.

Robert Vincent Peace, a former youth recreational soccer coach, was sentenced Friday to eight years and eight months in state prison for coercing teenage girls into sending him sexually explicit videos of themselves after meeting in an online chat room.