News Releases and Statements

Since 2007, ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection have repatriated more than 2,500 objects to more than 23 countries.

The complaint alleges that between May 1, 2011 and April 1, Robert McChester Jr., 25, began communicating with a girl he knew to be 15 years old. Shortly thereafter, the victim allegedly made an outcry to medical professionals regarding the inappropriate relationship she had been engaged in with a Corpus Christi Police Department (CCPD) officer.

Jose Hernandez-Santana, who was at-large since April 5, made his initial appearance in federal court Tuesday morning following his arrest by ICE's HSI special agents for the illegal possession of firearms.

A Honduran national residing in Randallstown, Md., wanted in his native country for homicide and robbery was arrested Monday by officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS).

The U.S. ICE-led National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) and the Department of Justice seized more than $896,000 in proceeds from the distribution of counterfeit sports apparel as the result of an investigation into the sale of counterfeit goods on commercial websites.

Two brothers were arrested Tuesday for allegedly smuggling more than 6,000 rounds of ammunition and hundreds of firearm magazines into Mexico, announced U.S. Attorney Robert Pitman, Western District of Texas.

Michael Scott Norris, a former Oregon youth pastor, was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison and lifetime supervised release for production of child pornography following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Two leaders of a sex-trafficking organization, who forced Mexican females to work at Houston-area bars and restaurants, were sentenced Monday to federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson, Southern District of Texas.

A Florida business man pleaded guilty Friday to employing illegal aliens in Cayuga County, N.Y. This case is being investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

VT Halter Marine, United States Marine, INC., and DCD Construction, INC., joined IMAGE, which provides businesses an opportunity to partner with the agency to develop a more secure and stable workforce.

Collier Bennett Harper is expected to make his initial appearance in federal court Monday morning following his arrest by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents for importing more than 1,000 counterfeit Microsoft Office CD-ROMs and selling them to unsuspecting customers over the Internet.

John Mark Felton, 48, was convicted of traveling from Boston to Anchorage in November 2009 to meet a grandfather and engage in the planned sexual abuse and rape of a boy. He was met by law enforcement and arrested. At the time of his arrest, investigators determined Felton had amassed a collection of more than 1,200 images and at least 70 videos of boys and girls being sexually abused.

Calib Webster, 29, and Jamhila Hodge, 23, were arrested by HSI special agents for production of child pornography after a forensic analysis of a video, received by HSI from the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department, revealed Webster engaging in sexual intercourse with a female minor while Hodge recorded the event.

Two Pennsylvania business executives have been sentenced for the unlawful employment of illegal aliens and tax evasion.

Trevor R. McDonald, 20, of Maplewood, Minn., was charged with violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

An English teacher at a private high school in Irvine was arrested Thursday night on suspicion of allegedly sending sexually explicit photos and text messages to a female student at the school.

Balvinder Singh Chadha, a former Bay Area manager for the U.S. Postal Service, pleaded guilty this week to wire fraud charges and conspiring to violate the federal conflict of interest statute for orchestrating a fraudulent billing scheme involving a truck leasing company he operated with this wife.

A Washington state man and three men from Hill City, S.D., were indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute more than a pound of methamphetamine.

Nine of 11 individuals indicted for illegally selling firearms were arrested Wednesday in four different municipalities in Puerto Rico.

Casey Loveall was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison Thursday for wire fraud, following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Horst Walther Overdick-Mejia was charged and arrested in Guatemala Tuesday for conspiring to import cocaine into the United States and possessing firearms in furtherance of his narcotics importation activities. This arrest comes as a result of an investigation assisted ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) as part of the Drug Enforcement...

Joseph F. Zinkiewicz, a 72-year-old retired teacher residing in Raton, N.M., was arrested on Wednesday on a criminal complaint alleging that he distributed, received and possessed child pornography as the result of an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Ivan T. Hardt, the president of a Sierra Vista drywall company, was sentenced Thursday to one year of probation and ordered to pay fines totaling $450,000 following a probe by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) that revealed the business employed illegal aliens.

Larry James Kramer, 38, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison to 151 months in prison. After he completes his prison term, he is further ordered to a lifetime of supervised release and sex offender registration. Kramer pleaded guilty to the charges Jan. 13.

Registered sex offender Theodore Harmon was indicted Wednesday by a grand jury after arranging a sexual encounter with an undercover officer posing as the father of an underage girl. The indictment follows an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).