North Texas man admits possessing child pornograph

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WICHITA FALLS, Texas - A man from Burkburnett, Texas, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to one count of possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. This case is being investigated by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
William L. Ferguson, 38, was arrested Sept. 2 on a related charge outlined in a federal criminal complaint, but was released on bond. He faces a maximum statutory sentence of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and a lifetime of supervised release; sentencing is set for Feb. 15 before U.S. District Judge Reed C. O'Connor.
According to court documents filed, ICE HSI special agents visited the Ferguson residence on Dec. 23, 2009 based on a lead from the ICE Cyber Crimes Center. The lead concerned a target at the Ferguson residence who was accessing and possessing child pornography, via the Internet, using peer-to-peer software. An examination of Ferguson's computer and related storage media was performed, and agents discovered child pornography.
Ferguson, a member of the U.S. Air Force, admitted that he used the Internet to acquire child pornography and that he viewed and saved to his computer images of girls engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
This investigation is part of Operation Predator, a nationwide ICE initiative to protect children from sexual predators, including those who travel overseas for sex with minors, Internet child pornographers, criminal alien sex offenders, and child sex traffickers.
ICE encourages the public to report suspected child predators and any suspicious activity through its toll-free hotline at 1-866-DHS-2ICE. This hotline is staffed around the clock by investigators.
Suspected child sexual exploitation or missing children may be reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, an Operation Predator partner, at 1-800-843-5678 or http://www.cybertipline.com.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Alex C. Lewis, Northern District of Texas, is prosecuting this case.

CBP Officers Apprehend 28 Wanted Fugitives This Weekend

San Diego – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers along the California border with Mexico apprehended 28 wanted fugitives this past weekend.

CBP officers encountered wanted persons with warrants ranging from parole violations to larceny, to dangerous drugs and homicide.

On Nov. 6, at 12 a.m. Mexican law enforcement officers turned over Julio Angel Garcia Puente, a 50-year-old Mexican citizen and legal permanent resident of San Diego to CBP enforcement officers and San Diego Police detectives at the San Ysidro port of entry. Garcia Puente had a no-bail felony homicide warrant out of San Diego, for the alleged murder of his estranged wife. Once CBP enforcement officers verified the identity of Garcia Puente he was turned over to the custody of San Diego Police detectives for processing.

Later that same day at 10:50 p.m., at the San Ysidro border station a CBP officer conducting inspections encountered Nancy Islas, a U.S. citizen and resident of Adelanto, Calif. when she entered the port as a passenger in a vehicle. Islas had a felony warrant for dangerous drugs with a bail amount of $25,000 out of San Bernardino, Calif. She was arrested and booked into Las Colinas Women’s Detention Facility awaiting extradition.

On Nov. 7, at 3:25 a.m. Lorena Sanchez a 41-year-old U.S. citizen and resident of El Monte, Calif., applied for entry at the San Ysidro border station as a passenger in a vehicle. As the CBP officer conducted his inspection, he was alerted that Sanchez was wanted on a felony warrant for dangerous drugs with a bail amount of $50,000 out of Monrovia, Calif. She was arrested and taken to Las Colinas Women’s Detention Facility to await extradition.

“The apprehension of so many wanted fugitives demonstrates the dedication of our officers to securing our border and keeping criminals out of our community,” said Pete Flores Acting director of San Diego Field Operations.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.