SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – In a shocking turn of events, Terri Ann Bush, a 43-year-old resident of Hogansburg, New York, and St. Regis, Quebec, has been sentenced to 36 months in prison for her involvement in a human smuggling conspiracy.
According to U.S. Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and John C. Pfeifer, U.S. Border Patrol’s Chief Patrol Agent for the Swanton Sector, Senior U.S. District Judge Senior Frederick J. Scullin, Jr. imposed the sentence, which also included 2 years of post-imprisonment supervised release.
Bush pled guilty on June 21, 2016, and her sentencing marked the culmination of a lengthy investigation.
The case began on November 17, 2015, when a New York State Police (NYSP) Trooper performed a traffic stop on a southbound vehicle in rural northern New York. The vehicle was occupied by Bush, a male citizen of Israel, and the driver, also from Hogansburg. The trio claimed they were headed to New York City from the international border area.
However, the NYSP and Border Patrol soon discovered that the Israeli man was known to immigration officials and not lawfully in the United States. The next morning, on November 18, 2015, Border Patrol agents stopped the same vehicle northbound, and the Israeli man was absent. After a search, federal agents found and arrested him in Philadelphia. He was brought back to the Northern District of New York for prosecution for illegal entry to the United States from Canada and later pled guilty.
The driver from Hogansburg also pled guilty to an alien smuggling charge. This case was investigated by the U.S. Border Patrol Burke Station, aided by its Sector Intelligence Unit, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement Fugitive Alien investigators in Philadelphia. The New York State Police, the Massena Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST), and the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Police assisted in the investigation.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Horsman.
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Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Human Trafficking|Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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