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Fake ICE Agent Sparks Investigation, Police Say Fake ICE Agent Sparks Investigation, Police Say
Fake ICE Agent Sparks Investigation, Police Say A man was allegedly caught posing as a Customs and Border Protection Officer on Long Island, prompting police to investigate potential fraud. On Wednesday, Nov. 1, Andy Kwok, age 53, was arrested in a Levittown restaurant for pretending to be a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent, according to Nassau County Police. At approximately 11:20 a.m., Kwok, a resident of the hamlet of Delmar in Albany County, was dining at K City Hot Pot and Sushi, located at 3056 Hempstead Turnpike. He was dressed as a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officer, complete with a fraudulent ID car…

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by Sophie Grieser
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Former NY Restaurant Owner Retaliated Against Workers For Filing Wage Lawsuit, Feds Say Former NY Restaurant Owner Retaliated Against Workers For Filing Wage Lawsuit, Feds Say
Former NY Restaurant Owner Retaliated Against Workers For Filing Wage Lawsuit, Feds Say The US Department of Labor is suing a former New York restaurant owner for allegedly retaliating against employees who filed a class action lawsuit over wage theft. David Ip, the former owner and operator of Ichiban restaurant in Albany, tried to intimidate three workers and prevent them from participating in the lawsuit, the department alleges in a suit filed Thursday, Aug. 25 in federal court in Albany. The lawsuit claims that Ip shared personal and other sensitive information about the three workers with a Rensselaer County sheriff’s deputy who worked for his security business when off d…

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by Michael Mashburn
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ICE Arrests 83 In NY Area, Including Hudson Valley, In Nationwide Enforcement Operation ICE Arrests 83 In NY Area, Including Hudson Valley, In Nationwide Enforcement Operation
ICE Arrests 83 In NY Area, Including Hudson Valley, In Nationwide Enforcement Operation A total of 83 arrests were made in the New York metro area as part of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) nationwide enforcement operation in which more than 2,000 were charged. Deportation officers made arrests throughout New York City, Long Island, the Hudson Valley, and Jersey City, New Jersey. The 83 arrested were from 25 countries, including Albania, Argentina, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, India, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Russia, Trinidad, a…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Area Trio Charged By ICE Area Trio Charged By ICE
Area Trio Charged By ICE Three people in Westchester were arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as part of ongoing enforcement efforts in and around New York City. ICE announced that it arrested 35 people in the Metro area between Monday, Feb. 17 and Saturday, Feb. 25, including three from Westchester County.  Arrests were made in Mount Kisco, Peekskill, and Yonkers, of suspects with pending charges against them, including assault and drug offenses. In Mount Kisco, a 35-year-old Guatemalan national had pending assault, aggravated harassment and criminal possession of controlled substance charge…

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by Zak Failla
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ICE Arrests 82 During Hudson Valley, NYC, Long Island Enforcement Sweep ICE Arrests 82 During Hudson Valley, NYC, Long Island Enforcement Sweep
ICE Arrests 82 During Hudson Valley, NYC, Long Island Enforcement Sweep A total of 82 illegal immigrants were arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers during a five-day sweep in New York City, the Hudson Valley and on Long Island, officials announced. Of those arrested during the enforcement effort, which ended Wednesday, Sept. 25, more than 40 had been previously released from local law enforcement custody with an active detainer. Ten of those arrested were previously removed from the United States and returned illegally.  Several had prior felony convictions for serious or violent offenses, such as sexual crimes, weapons charges, and a…

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by Joe Lombardi
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NY Attorney General Vows To Protect Undocumented Immigrants During Planned ICE Raids NY Attorney General Vows To Protect Undocumented Immigrants During Planned ICE Raids
NY Attorney General Vows To Protect Undocumented Immigrants During Planned ICE Raids New York is among as many as 10 cities nationwide that are going to be the target of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids targeting illegal immigrants, which are expected to begin this weekend and the state's attorney general is vowing to protect those undocumented immigrants. The raids come weeks after President Donald Trump tweeted ICE’s plans to conduct them, forcing the commander-in-chief to postpone the operation due to the leaked information and public outcry. They have now been re-scheduled to begin on Sunday, July 14, though few details have been released. The raids, which w…

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by Zak Failla
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ICE Five-Day NYC-Area Enforcement Crackdown Includes Arrests In Rockland ICE Five-Day NYC-Area Enforcement Crackdown Includes Arrests In Rockland
ICE Five-Day Nyc-area Enforcement Crackdown Includes Arrests In Rockland Individuals from four Hudson Valley counties were among 118 people from southern New York arrested for violating U.S. immigration laws during a five-day crackdown in mid-January by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The detail, called "Operation Cross Check,"  was conducted in New York City, Long Island and the Hudson Valley from Jan. 14-18. Persons in Westchester, Dutchess, Putnam and Rockland were among those arrested. ICE did not release a breakdown of the number of arrests by region. Of those arrested, more than 107 were convicted criminals or…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Federal Judge Orders Spring Valley Man Held In 7-Pound Heroin, Fentanyl-Related Bust Federal Judge Orders Spring Valley Man Held In 7-Pound Heroin, Fentanyl-Related Bust
Federal Judge Orders Spring Valley Man Held In 7-Pound Heroin, Fentanyl-Related Bust A federal judge in New Jersey ordered a Spring Valley man held without bail after authorities said they found more than seven pounds of heroin and a fentanyl precursor in his car and home. Authorities learned that David Valle Campos, 45, “planned to sell a substantial quantity of either heroin, fentanyl or both to a buyer in the Trenton area,” U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said. Investigators stopped Campos on Monday as he drove from a parking lot in Hamilton Township after meeting with another individual, the U.S. attorney said. In his vehicle they found 1.2 kilograms of 4-…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Illegal Immigrant Among 16 Sex Offenders Busted By ICE Illegal Immigrant Among 16 Sex Offenders Busted By ICE
Illegal Immigrant Among 16 Sex Offenders Busted By ICE The Hudson Valley was among three areas targeted by federal officers from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations, which led to the arrest of several sexual predators during a two-day operation this week. As part of “Operation SOAR” (Sexual Offender Alien Removal), ICE officers arrested 16 undocumented sex offenders, with arrests taking place in Rockland County, on Long Island and throughout New York City. The two-day enforcement effort ended on Sept. 11. During the course of the operation, each of the suspects taken into custody had criminal histor…

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by Zak Failla
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Suspect Being Held After Amber Alert For Infant Following Death Of Mother Suspect Being Held After Amber Alert For Infant Following Death Of Mother
Suspect Being Held After Amber Alert For Infant Following Death Of Mother Update: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is holding a twice-deported suspect in a 14-month-old upstate boy's disappearance and his mother's death that prompted an Amber Alert on Friday, May 25. Charges have not yet been filed against 25-year-old Alberto Ebavardo Guiterrez-Reyes, an alias for Evarardo Donoteo-Reyes, a Mexican citizen, ICE said in a statement. The baby's mother, Selena Hidago-Calderon of Guatemala, was found dead last week in a wooded area of the farm where she worked and lived with Reyes. Original report: A statewide Amber Alert has been issued for a 14-mont…

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by Joe Lombardi
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State-Wide Amber Alert Issued For Infant After Mother Found Dead State-Wide Amber Alert Issued For Infant After Mother Found Dead
State-Wide Amber Alert Issued For Infant After Mother Found Dead Update: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is holding a twice-deported man suspected in a 14-month-old upstate boy's disappearance and his mother's death that prompted an Amber Alert on Friday, May 25. Charges have not yet been filed against 25-year-old Alberto Ebavardo Guiterrez-Reyes, an alias for Evarardo Donoteo-Reyes, a Mexican citizen, ICE said in a statement. The baby's mother, Selena Hidago-Calderon of Guatemala, was found dead last week in a wooded area of the farm where she worked and lived with Reyes. Original report: A statewide Amber Alert has been issued for a 1…

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by Joe Lombardi
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225 New ICE Arrests In NYC Area Include Rockland 225 New ICE Arrests In NYC Area Include Rockland
225 New ICE Arrests In NYC Area Include Rockland Officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 225 during a six-day period that ended on Saturday, April 14 in the New York City area, including four counties in the Hudson Valley. The 225 were apprehended for violating U.S. immigration laws, officials announced on Tuesday, April 17. Of those arrested, more than 180 were convicted criminals or had criminal charges pending, more than 80 had been issued a final order of removal and failed to depart the United States, or had been previously removed from the United States and returned illegally.  Several had prior felony …

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by Joe Lombardi
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Rockland Gang Member's Accomplice Gets 3 Years In Cabbie Carjacking Rockland Gang Member's Accomplice Gets 3 Years In Cabbie Carjacking
Rockland Gang Member's Accomplice Gets 3 Years In Cabbie Carjacking The confessed accomplice of a Rockland gang member was sent to federal prison for three years Wednesday for smashing a carjacked cab driver in the head with a beer bottle before others dumped the victim on the side of the New York State Thruway in Orange County. Arlyn Jowany Carrasco Cruz, 28, will have to serve just about all of the sentence because there is no parole in the federal prison system. Cruz and five accomplices carjacked the driver of a 2008 Dodge Caravan in the early morning hours of Dec. 26, 2016, in Ridgewood, N.J., forcing him into the back of the vehicle, authorities said.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEEN HIM? Manhunt On For Deportee Who Escaped ICE Agents At JFK SEEN HIM? Manhunt On For Deportee Who Escaped ICE Agents At JFK
Seen HIM? Manhunt On For Deportee Who Escaped ICE Agents At JFK A Senegalese national escaped ICE agents who were deporting him at JFK Airport, said authorities who were searching for him. Mohamadou Lamine Mbacke, 31, "was in ICE custody awaiting removal via a commercial airline flight through JFK Tuesday before absconding" at Terminal 4's Gate B23, said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Khaalid Walls. The agents apparently had removed Mbacke's handcuffs to bring him through screening when he bolted, authorities said. He hopped into a cab around 9 p.m. and was gone, Walls said surveillance video show. Mbacke, who'd been living in D…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Palisades Park Laborer Charged With Sexually Assaulting Girl, 7 Palisades Park Laborer Charged With Sexually Assaulting Girl, 7
Palisades Park Laborer Charged With Sexually Assaulting Girl, 7 PALISADES PARK, N.J. – A Guatemalan national living and working as a laborer in Palisades Park was charged with sexual assault after authorities said he inappropriately touched a 7-year-old girl. Tomas Gonzalez-Teletor, 36, remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Friday following his arrest the day before. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) placed a detainer on him – meaning he would remain in custody even if a local judge orders his release on the charges. Palisades Park on Saturday “received that a 7-year-old female was inappropriately touched” by Gonzalez-Teletor in the …

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by Jerry DeMarco