News Releases and Statements

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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).

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).

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.

ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents, working jointly with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Cyril E. King Airport in St. Thomas on Monday, arrested Manati, Puerto Rico, resident Jesus Mejias-Febles and seized approximately 12 kilograms of cocaine.

A Massachusetts man was sentenced Wednesday to more than 13 years in prison, following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Gulf Coast Border Enforcement Security Taskforce (GC BEST).

The San Juan-based, multi-agency Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST) seized approximately 28 kilograms of cocaine Tuesday hidden in a container arriving at the Port of San Juan onboard the M/V Freemantle Express from the Dominican Republic.

A California man and a second defendant in New Jersey were taken into custody Tuesday morning on federal child pornography charges, the latest development in a multi-agency probe targeting a far-reaching pedophile ring that began with the arrest of a recreational youth soccer coach in Calif. and has resulted in the indictment of 18 defendants...

Earl Seth David, an attorney based in Canada who headed a New York law firm, pleaded guilty Monday to operating a massive immigration fraud mill through his Manhattan-based practice. This plea comes as a result of an investigation led by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Department of Labor's Office of Inspector General (DOL-OIG)

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has announced special relief for certain F-1 Syrian students who have suffered severe economic hardship as a direct result of the civil unrest in Syria since March 2011.

Providing quality health care to detainees in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) custody is an important and challenging task - one that Assistant Director for ICE Health Service Corps (IHSC) Dr. Jon Krohmer takes very seriously.