News Releases and Statements

Douglas H. Spensley, 44, a former, part-time police officer in Warrensburg, Ill., was sentenced Oct. 7 in the Central District of Illinois. Chief U.S. District Judge Michael P. McCuskey accepted the terms of a stipulated plea agreement reached by Spensley and the government in June 2011.

Michael Goddard, 52, of Bellingham, Wash., was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for using a computer and cell phone to induce and entice a child for sex.

Jeng 'Jay' Shih, 54, a U.S. citizen, and his Queens, N.Y., company, Sunrise Technologies and Trading Corporation, pleaded guilty in the District of Columbia to conspiracy to illegally export U.S.-origin computers from the United States to Iran through the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

William Hurlbut, 29, of Fredericksburg, Va., was sentenced on Thursday to 250 months in prison for producing child pornography. This sentence follows a joint investigation led by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Fidel Martinez of California was sentenced to 24 years in federal prison on Friday for possessing with intent to deliver 16.4 pounds of methamphetamine, which was found hidden within the engine of his truck. The case was investigated by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Mauro Antonio Rivera-Romero, an El Salvadoran national in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) passed away Wednesday evening at Del Sol Medical Center in El Paso, Texas.

Jason Henderson of Higginsport, Ohio was charged in a four-count indictment Thursday for the sexual exploitation of a child following an investigation by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). During a Sept. 30 search warrant executed at Henderson's home, agents seized computers, digital cameras, and media storage devices belonging...

A local 'insurer' pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson, Southern District of Texas.

Jordan T. Allen, 24, of London, Ohio, faces up to 20 years in federal prison.

Four non-citizens were charged in two separate criminal complaints in connection with the filing of false and fraudulent documents with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The filings related to the defendants' ability to enter and remain in the United States. The investigation is being conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations.

Special Agent Michael Tarantino with ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) was honored at an awards ceremony yesterday for his work in locating and arresting former Argentine police officer Juan Miguel Mendez. Mendez was allegedly involved in torture and extrajudicial killings in at least two clandestine detention centers...

Paul Pavulak of New Castle, DE was sentenced today to life in prison for various child exploitation offenses as the result of an investigation conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Delaware State Police's Child Predator Task Force and High Technology Crimes Unit.

After the fall of drug lord Pablo Escobar, a number of cartels leapt at the chance to seize control of the Colombian drug trade.

Sharon Anderson, 38, formerly of Ennis, Texas, and her husband, Buddy Anderson, 39, were arrested March 24 by ICE HSI special agents on charges outlined in a federal criminal complaint.

A 26-year-old University of Texas at El Paso student was sentenced Friday to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to downloading and possessing child pornography. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) investigated the case. A forensics examination of confiscated laptops belonging to Luis Enriquez-Alonso revealed 5,400 images...

A man who fled to the United States after previously being deported to Mexico in 2004 was deported again on Friday to face charges in Mexico of aggravated robbery with a firearm.

An upstate New York man pleaded guilty to the unauthorized use, transfer, acquisition, alteration and possession of food stamp benefits. The plea is the culmination of an investigation being conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the USDA, Office of the Inspector General.

A native and citizen of Mexico, who was convicted of harboring illegal aliens for commercial advantage, was sentenced to 12 months in prison. The sentence is the result of an investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Esteban Ochoa-Almendariz, 24, who resided in Wichita at the time of his arrest, was sentenced Oct. 3 in U.S. District Court in Wichita.

Christopher Thomas Davis, 32, of Dahlonega, Ga., was a deputy sheriff at the White County, Ga., Sheriff's Office prior to his arrest on Aug. 25. He was indicted Sept. 20.

A 33-year-old El Salvadoran national in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) passed away Sunday afternoon at the University of Virginia (UVA) Medical Center in Charlottesville, Va.

A Mexican national residing in Wisconsin was sentenced to one year and a day in prison Friday for illegally re-entering the United States after deportation.

A Virginia painting company, Thesis Painting, is partnering with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) IMAGE program, or ICE Mutual Agreement between Government and Employers, to reduce fraud and the hiring of illegal workers.

Alejandro Tovar, 44, of Houston, was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison without parole for conspiring to transport illegal aliens within the United States for commercial advantage and private financial gain by U.S. District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal.