Friday, July 20, 2012

Ex-Ice Chief Anthony Mangione pleads guilty

And he was immediately taken into custody.  He's looking at a minimum of 5 and max of 20 under his plea deal. Judge Marra is his judge.

 From the Sun-Sentinel:

The former leader ofU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcementin South Florida has gone from spearheading the local fight against child pornography to facing at least five years in prison for transmitting sexually explicit images of children.
Anthony V. Mangione, 51, pleaded guilty Friday morning to a child pornography charge in the shocking case against the former ICE chief who once oversaw investigations of countless predators who exploited children. The 27-year law enforcement veteran was brought down the same way as many of those other defendants: an Internet provider flagged files being sent from Mangione's email account and alerted authorities.
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Federal prosecutors said Mangione transmitted at least 15 images of children between the ages of 3 and 15 years old with their genitals exposed.
According toBroward Sheriff's Officesearch warrants, his suspicious Internet activity dated back to 2003 with Mangione using a multitude of online screen names in recent years, including thismomspanks33 and PastorRobertM.
Mangione had no visible supporters in the courtroom Friday morning. He arrived at the West Palm Beach federal courthouse with his attorney, David Howard.
He answered U.S. Magistrate Judge James Hopkins' questions in a clear, steady voice. After the hearing, he took off his suit jacket, tie and belt, and held his hands out to be handcuffed by two U.S. marshals.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

This case is wild. But David Howard is a great lawyer; tough case for him.

Anonymous said...

suprised david pled him. david is a scrappy street lawyer who tries cases

Anonymous said...

and of course those two comments are from ex federal p.d.s who worked with Mr. Howard. Is there anyone else other than federal pds reading this ridiculous blog?

Anonymous said...

12:42, Just to be clear: is your anger and resentment against David Howard, all former federal public defenders or just everyone? And if it is such a ridiculous blog...just exactly why are you reading it?

Anonymous said...

I am a civil litigator. The closest experience I have to taking on criminal work is when I plead no contest to my last traffic ticket (hey, no points!).

I read this blog regularly and enjoy it.

Anonymous said...

Hey, 12:42, this is 11:58: I'm a former federal proseuctor that had cases against David Howard. I now do civil work. Believe it or not, lawyers on opposite sides of a case can actually have a mutual respect for each other's skills and role.