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Date Defendant Prosecutor Type Description
10/9/08 HOPE ANGUIANO Alan R. Jackson Arrest A 41-year-old Mount Pleasant woman has been arrested on charges of identification document fraud in the Eastern District of Texas.
10/9/08 JAMES H. JAGOU, JR., Terri L. Hagan Plea A 39-year-old Carrollton, Texas man has pleaded guilty to child pornography charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
10/9/08 DAJAMUEL DIONE FLOYD Richard L. Moore Plea A 30-year-old Longview, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal gun and drug crimes in the Eastern District of Texas.
10/9/08 MARTY GREEN Terri L. Hagan Plea A 46-year-old Lewisville, Texas man has pleaded guilty to child pornography charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
10/9/08 ANNE MARIE EBERLY, JAMES BURKE, ZACHARY LOUIS WARREN, EUGENIO PESINA-ALONSO, a.k.a. Eugenio Pesina Alonso, MATTHEW JOHNSTON, TIMOTHY N. MARKS M. Andrew Stover, Randall Blake, Terri L. Hagan, J. Andrew Williams Indictments A federal grand jury returned indictments yesterday charging multiple individuals in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
10/8/08 Multiple Indictments Multiple AUSA's Indictments A federal grand jury returned indictments late yesterday charging multiple individuals in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
9/25/08 CHARLES KEVIN CLAYTON Denise Simpson Sentencing A 33-year-old Texarkana, Texas man has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for a counterfeit scheme in the Eastern District of Texas.
9/25/08 JODY L. WILSON Denise Simpson Plea A former Red River Army Depot employee has pleaded guilty to theft of government property in the Eastern District of Texas.
9/25/08 HAROLD WAYNE LEWIS Denise Simpson Plea A 66-year-old Texarkana, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal sex offender registry violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
9/10/08 CHARLES ERIC MORMAN, QUENTAL MILLER, JOHN RICHARD HARMON, JR., DEDRIC MANDELL THOMAS, DEVETRICK TRAMEL JOHNSON, ANTHONY WAYNE MATHIS, DANGELO LASERRE THOMAS, CHRISTOPHER CASH CLARK, JUSTIN RAY MULLINS Jim Noble, Richard Moore, Allen Hurst, Denise O. Simpson Indictments A federal grand jury returned indictments late yesterday charging multiple individuals in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
9/9/08 JEREMY JOSEPH VALLE, JAMES BRYANT TEAGUE, TERRY GLENN DOTREY Richard L. Moore Sentencing Three Longview, Texas men have been sentenced to federal prison for drug-related crimes in the Eastern District of Texas.
9/9/08 MICHAEL TODD LACEY Stevan A. Buys Plea A former Oak Ridge, Texas Police Chief has pleaded guilty to extortion in the Eastern District of Texas.
9/9/08 GEORGE D. HUDGINS Malcolm, Bales Plea A 57-year-old Nacogdoches man has pleaded guilty to three counts of criminal conduct relating to his operation of a commodity trading pool in the Eastern District of Texas.
9/8/08 ERIC JEFFREY BARRON Robert L. Hobbs Sentencing A 35-year-old Miami, Florida man has been sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
9/4/08 JASON DAVID FALLICK Terri L. Hagan Sentencing A 33-year-old McKinney man has been sentenced to 151 months in federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
9/3/08 LESLIE RAY WHITE Alan R. Jackson Plea A 58-year-old Texarkana man has pleaded guilty to trafficking in counterfeit labels in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/29/08 JOHN CHARLES "CHUCK" MAZOCH Jim Noble Sentencing A Beaumont business executive has been sentenced to 8 months in federal prison for environmental crimes in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/27/08 JEFFREY L. SPILLER Denise O. Simpson Plea A 39-year-old Texarkana man has pleaded guilty to federal driving while intoxicated charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/27/08 DANA D. BROWN Denise O. Simpson Plea A 32-year-old Dallas woman has pleaded guilty to federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/26/08 HUY NGUYEN Terri L. Hagan Plea A 22-year-old Lewisville man has pleaded guilty to selling stolen gift cards on eBay in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/21/08 JESSE JAMES TAYLOR Randall L. Fluke Plea A 35-year-old Port Arthur man has pleaded guilty to federal firearms charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/21/08 VINCENT WING-SHING WONG Terri L. Hagan Sentencing A 29-year-old Allen, Texas man has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for a counterfeit postage scheme in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/20/08 WILLIE CHAMBERS, III Denise Simpson Plea A 43-year-old former labor union president has pleaded guilty to embezzlement in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/20/08 MICHAEL HERBERT JAMES Reynaldo P. Morin Conviction A 44-year-old Westminster, California man has been found guilty by a jury of federal drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/20/08 BRENT STEVEN LEMONS Jim Noble Plea A 52-year-old former bank official has pleaded guilty to transporting stolen funds in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/19/08 LISA ARNOLD Denise Simpson Sentencing A 47-year-old Atlanta, Texas woman has been sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for embezzling funds in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/19/08 ALFREDO LIRA Bill Baldwin Plea A 23-year-old Dallas man has pleaded guilty to drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/15/08 Multiple Indictments Multiple AUSA's Indictments A federal grand jury returned indictments yesterday charging multiple individuals in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/13/08 KEVIN WAYNE HESTER Jim Noble Plea A 34-year-old Kirbyville man has pleaded guilty to environmental crimes in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/12/08 CORY TEDERRELL DAWKINS Richard L. Moore Plea A 31-year-old Gregg County man has pleaded guilty to drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/11/08 RICHARD GONZALEZ Michelle Englade Sentencing A 44-year-old Houston man has been sentenced to 188 months in federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/11/08 KENNETH POLLARD Bill Baldwin Plea A 54-year-old Henderson man has pleaded guilty to drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/11/08 JOHN FITZGERALD RICE, JR., and SARAH LYNN CORMIER Michelle Englade and David H. Henderson Conviction A man and woman from Port Arthur have been found guilty by a jury for charges related to a December carjacking in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/8/08 LYLE HESTER Jim Noble Plea A 60-year-old Buna man has pleaded guilty to environmental crimes in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/6/08 MILTON KEITH BUNN Mary Ann Cozby Sentencing A 43-year-old Gilmer, Texas man has been sentenced to 300 months in federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/6/08 LUCIO RAMIREZ, JODY L. WILSON, HAROLD WAYNE LEWIS, BRADLEY WAYNE TAYLOR Alan Jackson, Denise Simpson Indictments A federal grand jury returned indictments late yesterday charging multiple individuals in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/30/08 CALANDRIS DEANDRE LAMB William Baldwin Sentencing A 27-year-old Lufkin man has been sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/30/08 BRYAN DURELL LYNCH Richard L. Moore Sentencing A 25-year-old Longview man has been sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/30/08 AVERY OSHE BUSH Richard L. Moore Sentencing A 30-year-old Dallas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/30/08 RAUL BERUMEN BRISENO Richard L. Moore Sentencing A 29-year-old Longview man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/29/08 ALBERT LEE CLARK John Craft Sentencing A 24-year-old Houston man has been sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for drug crimes in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/29/08 COREY LEE JOHNSON John Ross Sentencing A 25-year-old Port Arthur man has been sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/29/08 JEROME LEE HARRIS John Craft Sentencing A 28-year-old Beaumont man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for drug crimes in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/28/08 ARTHUR JAMES LEONARD Michelle Englade Plea A 35-year-old Baton Rouge man has pleaded guilty to drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/28/08 JOHN LEROY CHAMBERS, III, Brit Featherston Sentencing A former Corrections Officer with the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Beaumont has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for attempting to smuggle contraband to federal inmates in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/25/08 GEORGE D. HUDGINS Malcolm Bales Information A 57-year-old Nacogdoches man was charged with three counts of criminal conduct relating to his operation of a commodity trading pool in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/25/08 DENISE WARD Jim Noble Plea A 51-year-old Overland Park, Kansas woman has pleaded guilty to child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/23/08 TAMARIND DEEMON Bill Baldwin Plea A 28-year-old Henderson man has pleaded guilty to drug violationsin the Eastern District of Texas.
7/22/08 CLARA ARNETTE WHITE Richard L. Moore Sentencing A 31-year-old Longview woman has been sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/22/08 MICHAEL EDWARD BROWN, also known as MIKE JONES Richard L. Moore Sentencing A 33-year-old Gregg County man has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/22/08 RAMADAN TAJEDEEN SHABAZZ Jim Noble Sentencing A 26-year-old Fort Worth man has been sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute forged checks in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/16/08 THOMAS B. PARKER and MARGARET A. PARKER Robert L. Rawls Arrests A Vidor couple has been charged with multiple counts of tax evasion and failure to file a tax return in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/15/08 TIMOTHY ADCOCK Bill Baldwin Plea A 25-year-old Whitehouse, Texas man has pleaded guilty to child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/10/08 Multiple Individuals Alan R. Jackson Plea Nineteen individuals from the Mt. Pleasant area have pleaded guilty to misuse of Social Security Account numbers in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/9/08 JASON DONELL GIVENS, ZACHARY THOMAS OTTO, KASEY ENGLE, THOMAS LOPEZ, III, PHILIP G. KELLAR, MICHELE G. KELLAR Errin Martin, M. Andrew Stover, Shamoil Shipchandler Indictments A federal grand jury returned indictments today charging multiple individuals in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/8/08 EUFROCINO RIOS-BENITEZ Michele A. Ratcliffe Sentencing A 26-year-old man residing in Dallas has been sentenced for illegally being in the United States in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/8/08 EDWIN YOBONY HERRERA Robert L. Rawls Plea A 19-year-old Houston man has pleaded guilty to drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/3/08 HOMERO ZAMBRANO ARTEAGA Richard L. Moore Plea A Hidalgo County man has pleaded guilty to drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/3/08 ANGEL AVILEZ-FAJARDO, a/k/a MOISES HUERTA Randall Fluke Sentencing A 43 year old illegal alien has been sentenced for reentry into the United States in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/3/08 DAVID ANDREW MCNEEL Richard L. Moore Plea A Gregg County man has pleaded guilty to drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/2/08 LOUIS LEON WALTERS Randall Fluke Sentencing A 50 year old Cleveland, Texas man has sentenced for federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/2/08 RICKY LEE SMITH Denise Simpson Sentencing A 51 year old Dallas, Texas man was sentenced for federal drug and firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/2/08 MATTHEW BILLING SCHLATRE Denise Simpson Sentencing A 49 year old Queen City, Texas man was sentenced for a bank robbery committed in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/2/08 RICHARD ANTHONY SOARES Denise Simpson Sentencing A 49 year old Houston, Texas man was sentenced for driving under the influence in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/2/08 BRIAN KEITH HUBBARD John Craft Plea A 23 year old Ocala, Florida man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/2/08 ALVIN RAY GIPSON, JR. Terri L. Hagan Sentencing A 34-year-old Frisco man was sentenced on charges of criminal copyright infringement in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/1/08 ULRIC JACK SWEESY a/k/a JACK TAYLOR, BLAKE LANG CUMMINGS Terri L. Hagan Sentencing A 57-year-old Richardson man, and a 36-year-old Allen man were sentenced for raising over $65 million in a fraudulent oil and gas scheme in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/1/08 JOHN EDWARD YOUNG Michele A. Ratcliffe Plea A 42-year-old Wylie, Texas, man has pleaded guilty to the receipt of visual depictions of minors involved in sexually explicit conduct in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/1/08 GEOFFREY RHODES Michele A. Ratcliffe Plea A 58-year-old, Denton, Texas man has pleaded guilty to possession of visual depictions of minors involved in sexually explicit conduct in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/1/08 APRIL NICOLE JONES, GARY DON KIRKLAND, TONYA JANAY HOUSTON Richard L. Moore Plea Three Gregg County residents have pleaded guilty to drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/1/08 PATRICK NEIL WOMACK, SHANE POWERS, LAWRENCE REYNOLDS, TRAMPAS STANLEY Denise Simpson, Alan Jackson, Jim Noble Indictments Multiple indictments have been returned charging individuals with separate criminal violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
Indictments and criminal informations are formal accusations of criminal conduct, not evidence. Defendants are presumed innocent unless and until convicted through due process of law.

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