NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release:

Local authorities turned the suspects over to ICE custody

WASHINGTON - The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested an illegal alien couple from Romania who have been charged with allegedly stealing jewelry across multiple states.

According to local reporting, police in Nassau County, New York arrested Rudi Lacatusu and Mirabela Lacatusu, illegal aliens from Romania, on October 5, and charged them each with THREE counts of grand larcenyafter a series of jewelry thefts. Police said that the pair's scheme involved driving up to a victim ...