US attorney applauds ICE for its investigation of a teen prostitution ring
The guilty plea by Theodore Briggs, also known as "PeeJaye," 23, of Norwalk, Conn., was announced by Fein, who credited HSI and the Norwalk Police Department with bringing Briggs to justice.
View ArticleConnecticut man admits accessing images of child pornography while on federal...
Mark Porter of Bethany, Conn. waived his right to indictment and has pleaded guilty to one count of accessing child pornography. The guilty plea is the result of an investigation conducted by ICE's...
View ArticleConnecticut man pleads guilty to federal child pornography distribution charge
Dale Pearce, 53, of Cheshire, Conn., distributed child pornography by email March 8, 2009. Additionally, he distributed child pornography during an online chat Aug. 7, 2009.
View ArticleWanted Brazilian national deported from the US
Isaias Goncalves Dos Santos, a Brazilian national residing in Bridgeport, CT who was wanted in his home country for his involvement in a double homicide including a mayor of a Brazilian city, was...
View ArticleFormer Peace Corps volunteer admits sexually abusing children in South Africa
Jesse Osmun, 32, of Milford, Conn., has admitted that he sexually abused four minor girls, all under the age of 6, while he was a volunteer with the Peace Corps in South Africa.
View ArticleConnecticut man sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison for trading...
Thomas E. Stickle, 41, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Warren W. Eginton. According to court documents and statements made in court, from December 2009 to May 2010, Stickle traded images of...
View Article2 British nationals extradited from the United Kingdom, face...
Babar Ahmad, 38, and Syed Talha Ahsan, 33, were extradited Oct. 5, arriving in the United States early in the morning Oct. 6. They appeared before U.S. District Court Judge Janet C. Hall the same day....
View ArticleICE fines Connecticut companies hiring unlawful employees
Following an investigation and audit of Form I-9 documents by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), 12 Connecticut employers were fined a total of $132,584.25 in fiscal year (FY) 2012 for...
View ArticleFormer Connecticut teacher sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison...
Richard D. Hendricks, a former Connecticut middle school teacher, was sentenced today to 121 months in federal prison for child sexual exploitation offenses. Hendricks paid for and viewed live webcasts...
View ArticleMore than 100 arrested in HSI-led Connecticut drug bust
In a massive drug enforcement operation led by ICE's HSI, more than 100 individuals were arrested early Wednesday in five states and Puerto Rico on state and federal charges related to the large-scale...
View ArticleConnecticut man sentenced to 17 years on child pornography charges
Forensic analysis of his seized phone determined Heath Trahan had used it to take photographs of two minor children engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Examination of his computers also revealed...
View ArticleICE seeks public's help to identify 'John Doe' conspirator in one of the...
HSI special agents investigating this case believe "John Doe," whose real first name may be Shaun, is an adult male between 40 and 50 years old. They do not have a photo of the suspect. Based on...
View ArticleFormer Farmington private school teacher sentenced to 5 years in federal...
Joseph Rajkumar, 44, formerly of Farmington, pleaded guilty Nov. 18, 2013 in Hartford federal court to one count of attempted receipt of child pornography. The charge stems from Rajkumar‘s sexual...
View ArticleConnecticut man sentenced to 12 years for child pornography
Ryan Harding, 29, of Woodstock, was sentenced April. 17, by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 144 months of imprisonment, followed by 15 years of supervised release, for receiving and...
View ArticleConnecticut man sentenced to 10 years in child enticement sting
Miguel Torres, 45, of Waterbury, Connecticut, was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Bridgeport for enticing a minor. According to court documents and statements made in court, Torres met a...
View ArticleMassachusetts man sentenced to 37 months for dealing counterfeit military goods
Peter Picone, 42, of Methuen, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty on June 3, 2014, to conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit military goods. In addition to his prison term, Picone must pay $352,076 in...
View ArticleConnecticut man sentenced to 97 months for trying to send military tech to Iran
Mozaffar Khazaee, 61, of Manchester, Connecticut, was sentenced to 97 months in federal prison following conviction on one count of unlawful export and attempted export of defense articles from the...
View ArticleConnecticut announces new multi-agency task to combat human trafficking
Committed to a victim-centric model, the task force will partner with social service agencies and organizations, including the Connecticut Department of Children and Families and the International...
View ArticleCalifornia ringleader sentenced in Connecticut to 112 months for mortgage...
Aria Maleki, 33, of Santa Ana, California, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 112 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release.
View ArticleConnecticut man indicted for sex trafficking minors
Jason Prawl, aka “Boots,” 28, of Bridgeport, Connecticut made a first appearance Thursday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez in Hartford and entered a plea of not guilty...
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