Deadly Human Smuggling Organization, Canada Friday, Share Facebook — Member of Deadly Human Smuggling Organization Extradited from Canada | United States Justice Department.
Lawrence River.In June 2024, a federal grand jury in the Northern District of New York returned an indictment against Stephanie Square, 52, of the Akwesasne Mohawk Indian Reservation (AMIR), Canada, for conspiring to engage in alien smuggling, four counts of alien smuggling for profit, and four counts of alien smuggling resulting in death.Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Galeotti of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Acting United States Attorney John A. announcement Member of Deadly Human Smuggling Organization Extradited from Canada Friday, October 31, 2025 Share Facebook X LinkedIn Email For Immediate Release
Office of Public Affairs A dual Canadian American citizen made her initial appearance in court in Plattsburg, New York today after being extradited to New York from Canada to face charges relating to her role in a deadly human smuggling conspiracy that left a family of four, including two small children, dead in the St. U.S.-based co-conspirators Dakota Montour, 31, and Kawisiiostha Celecia Sharrow, 43, both of Akwesasne, New York, and Janet Terrance, 45, of Hogansburg, New York, entered guilty pleas on Jan. Sarcone III, and Erin Keegan, Special Agent in Charge
of the Buffalo Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), made the announcement.Square was taken into custody in Canada in August 2024 at the request of the U.S. Co-conspirator Timothy Oakes, 34, from the AMIR, was taken into custody on June 15, 2025, and remains detained pending trial for his role in the deadly conspiracy. In furtherance of the conspiracy, Square is alleged to have recruited multiple co-conspirators to assist with the smuggling of the family, though one refused to assist due to the high winds on the St. At the same time, Square instructed Montour