News Releases and Statements

Jeremy Joseph Box, 29, of Hazleton City, Pa., was charged by a federal grand jury with allegedly committing the offenses between 2011 and 2013. Box was taken into custody Dec. 6, 2012, on related state charges.

Armando Rodriguez Rodriguez, 42, was charged with enticing and inducing minors to engage in sexually explicit conduct.

Sixing Liu, a former employee of a New Jersey-based defense contractor, was sentenced Monday for exporting sensitive military technology to China, stealing trade secrets and lying to federal agents.

Robert Lee Raeder Jr. of Tamaqua, Pa., was charged Tuesday with producing and possessing child pornography between January 2001 and December 2012.

Miguel Aceves and Valentine Pena-Roman received significant federal prison sentences Monday for smuggling aliens into the United States, and raping and threatening individuals in their smuggling load.

Two Brazilian nationals were sentenced in federal court Friday for smuggling undocumented immigrants into the United States for profit. The guilty plea follows an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Jose Navarro-Parra and Libia Bustillos-Gonzalez, two Mexican nationals convicted of operating a large-scale counterfeit document mill and selling the phony cards at area swap meets, have been sentenced to multi-year prison terms following an undercover probe by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Dept.

A Mexican national, Juan David Alviso-Gonzalez, was sentenced Monday to five years in federal prison for smuggling illegal aliens into the United States and raping one of the women who was part of the smuggling load.

Jean-Claude "Kodjo" Toviave, 44, a native of Togo, West Africa, in addition to his prison sentence, was ordered to pay his victims more than $130,000 in restitution which represents minimum wage for their hours of labor.

Joseph Martin Glass was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for possessing child pornography as the result of an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

An Indian national, Phani Raju Bhima Raju, pleaded guilty Wednesday for his role in a conspiracy to violate U.S. laws by filing fraudulent immigration documents and related offenses following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings ordered that Miles Robert Flinn, 26, formerly of Lubbock, Texas, who presently resides in Bradenton, Fla., surrender to the Bureau of Prisons April 26.

Joseph F. Zinkiewicz, 76, from Raton, N.M., was arrested April 2012 on a criminal complaint and charged with distributing, receiving and possessing child pornography in Colfax County, N.M., between October 2011 and April 2012. He has been in federal custody since that time.

Arthur James Chappell was sentenced to 336 months in federal prison. The evidence presented at trial proved that from August 2006 through July 2007, Chappell ran a multi-state prostitution ring. In the summer of 2007, he recruited two girls under the age of 18 to engage in commercial sex acts as part of his illegal business.

Christopher Aubrey Harlan pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to one count of receiving child pornography.

David Levy and Donna Levy of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., were convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and securities fraud.

These types of fraud pose a threat to national security and public safety.

Christopher Garcia, 34, of Clovis, N.M., must also register as a sex offender after he completes his prison sentence.

Mark Jeffrey Glover and his company, Discount Computers Inc. (DCI), were sentenced today for trafficking in counterfeit goods and services and violating environmental laws. The sentence is the result of an extensive investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA)...

Marco Garcia-Perez, a Mexican national who was convicted Friday of conspiracy to transport illegal aliens, is the fifth person so far convicted from eight who have been charged.

Jean Brown of Jamaica was one of the leaders of the Brown Organization, a criminal organization whose members distributed narcotics primarily in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Arizona, California and Jamaica. The conspirators transported as much as 1,000 pounds of marijuana per month.

ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), working jointly with the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) and other members of the Caribbean Corridor Strike Force (CCSF), arrested three individuals and seized 1,300 kilograms of cocaine with an estimated street value of $30 million Wednesday off the southern coast of Puerto Rico.

John Ellenbacher of Linden, N.J., was charged Thursday with distributing videos and images of child sexual abuse. The charge is the result of an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Jeremiah Paul Selman pleaded guilty Thursday to child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas. HSI special agents seized a computer during a search at Selman's residence and discovered that it contained more than 600 images of child pornography.

Troy Rowlette was sentenced Wednesday to more than nine years in federal prison for downloading child pornography following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Arkansas Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce, the Baxter County Sheriff's Office and the Mountain Home Police Department.