Boise-area man receives 30 months on child pornography charges
Troy A. Paul, 48, pleaded guilty Aug. 16 admitting to viewing images of child pornography on a Russian photo sharing website several times between January and June 2014. Paul further confessed to...
View ArticleBoise man pleads guilty to receiving child pornography
Travis L. Spradlin, 37, first caught the attention of HSI special agents in September 2015 when a Yahoo account linked to his residence was used to send and receive child pornography. Agents also...
View ArticleIdaho man sentenced to 25 years on child pornography charges
Erik Rodriguez, 25, pleaded guilty Aug. 24 and, according to court documents, admitted to possessing and producing child pornography.
View ArticleIdaho man sentenced to 25 years on federal child pornography charges
Fernando Morales, 50, was initially contacted by the Nampa Police Department in August after a 16-year-old living at his residence called 911. According to the plea agreement, the minor victim informed...
View ArticleIdaho man sentenced to 25 years for child enticement
According to the March 2 plea agreement, Jesus Nieto, 20, used social media sites to communicate with the minor girls, ages 11 and 15, for the purpose of soliciting sexually explicit pictures. He also...
View ArticleRigby man pleads guilty to sexual exploitation of a minor child
Joseph Lavern Harris, 31, of Rigby, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday to sexual exploitation of a minor child, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis and Special Agent in Charge Brad Bench of U.S. Immigration and...
View ArticleFederal jury convicts Pocatello man of producing child pornography
Special Agent in Charge Brad Bench of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Seattle Field Office and U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today...
View ArticleSouth African mother and daughter sentenced to prison for defrauding...
According to court records, while living in California, Gloudina and Chantelle Robbertse devised and executed a scheme to defraud the CEDD. They continued the scheme when they moved to Idaho in April...
View ArticleBaker City, Oregon man sentenced to 5 years in prison for attempted travel...
Shawn Thomas Conaway, 45, of Baker City, Oregon, was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court to 60 months in federal prison for attempted travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, Special...
View ArticleMeridian man sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for attempted coercion...
Vincent Paul Ingolia, 45, of Meridian, was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court to 120 months in federal prison for attempted coercion and enticement of a minor, Special Agent in Charge Brad Bench...
View ArticlePost Falls woman admits to hiring hitman
Katrina (Katie) Lynn Danforth, 32, of Post Falls, Idaho, pled guilty this week to two counts of use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder for hire.
View ArticleRigby woman sentenced to 15 years in prison for possessing sexually explicit...
Elizabeth Dawn Evans, 28, of Rigby, Idaho, was sentenced last Friday in U.S. District Court to 15 years in prison for possessing sexually explicit images of minors.
View ArticleSoda Springs man sentenced to 17 years in prison for running drug trafficking...
According to court records, Ryan Fitzgerald Dalley, 44, of Soda Springs, admitted that from September 2013 to October 2017, he acted as an organizer, supervisor or manager over at least five...
View ArticlePocatello man sentenced to 100 years in prison for producing child pornography
Lex Bennett Goodwin, 34, of Pocatello, was sentenced to 100 years in federal prison for producing, transporting, and possessing child pornography, Brad Bench of U.S. Immigration and Customs...
View ArticleRigby man sentenced to 25 years in prison for producing child pornography
Joseph Lavern Harris, 32, of Rigby, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court to 300 months in prison, for sexual exploitation of a minor child, Brad Bench of U.S. Immigration and Customs...
View ArticleChubbuck man sentenced to over 19 years in federal prison for distributing...
Vincent Miera, 53, of Chubbuck, Idaho, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 235 months in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for distributing sexually explicit images...
View ArticleDowney man sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for possessing sexually...
James Clifford Goodwin, III, 46, of Downey, Idaho, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 120 months in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for possessing sexually explicit images of...
View ArticleBoise septuagenarian pleads guilty to distributing methamphetamine
Clinton DeWitt Bays, Jr., 77, of Boise, pleaded guilty to distributing methamphetamine, Eben Roberts, acting special agent in charge of ICE's HSI Seattle field office and U.S....
View ArticleFederal jury convicts Post Falls man in drug distribution case
ICE's HSI acting Special Agent in Charge Eben Roberts and U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced Friday that a federal jury sitting in Coeur d’Alene convicted Adam Christopher...
View ArticleICE HSI, law enforcement partners, announce results of joint operation...
The Friday, Saturday and Sunday operation resulted in the arrests of nine people. Five face prosecution for state charges and four have been referred for federal charges. Suspects were booked into the...
View ArticleBuhl man must register as sex offender after conviction
Larry James Cline, 31, of Buhl, Idaho, was sentenced on Nov. 19, 2019 in U.S. District Court to 60 months in federal prison followed by five years’ supervised release, for attempted use of...
View ArticleICE HSI, USMS joint investigation puts Twin Falls man behind bars for 60...
Seth Anthony Johnson, 35, of Twin Falls, Idaho, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 60 years in prison for sexual exploitation of a minor, possession of child pornography, and sexual exploitation...
View ArticleTwin Falls man sentenced to over 16 years in federal prison for sexual...
Bryan Lee Thieme, 39, of Twin Falls, was sentenced to 200 months in federal prison for sexual exploitation of children, ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) acting Special Agent in Charge Eben...
View ArticlePocatello man sentenced to over 19 years in federal prison for receipt of...
Carlos Brewer, 42, of Pocatello, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 235 months in federal prison for receiving sexually explicit images of minors.
View ArticleIdaho Falls man sentenced to over 16 years for sexual exploitation of children
Richard Neils Dutton, 52, of Idaho Falls, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 200 months in federal prison for sexual exploitation of children, HSI Special Agent in Charge Robert Hammer and Acting...
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