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United States Attorney Don DeGabrielle (c.) announces the results of Operation Road King II during a recent news conference. John P. Walters (r.), the Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, commented upon the positive impact the coordinated and cooperative effort federal, state and local law enforcement action has had on reducing the supply of drugs and the concomitant reduction in demand. Several law enforcement partners were a part of the investigation and were in attendance. (Read more)
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Sept. 17, 2008 - Espinoza
FORMER BP OFFICER SENTENCED FOR MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS OR ENTRIES
(McALLEN, Texas) - A former Border Patrol (BP) agent has been sentenced for making a false statement or entry for failing to report his seizure of cocaine (Read more)
Sept. 17, 2008 - Trevino-Venegas
MOTHER CARRYING COCAINE STRAPPED TO BODY PLEADS GUILTY
(BROWNSVILLE, Texas) – Maria Guadalupe Trevino-Venegas, 60, has been convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute kilogram quantities of cocaine (Read more)
Sept. 11, 2008 - Ochoa
CAMERON COUNTY PRECINCT 1 CONSTABLE SENTENCED
(BROWNSVILLE, Texas) - Saul Ochoa, Cameron County Precinct 1 Constable, has been sentenced to 57 months for possessing with intent to distribute marijuana (Read more)
Sept. 11, 2008 - Torres
TEXAS NATIONAL GUARDSMAN SENTENCED FOR TO CONSPIRACY TO TRANSPORT UNDOCUMENTED ALIENS
(LAREDO, Texas) – Pfc. Jose Rodrigo Torres has been sentenced for his role in a conspiracy to transport illegal aliens (Read more)
Sept. 11, 2008 - Lohrman & Frazier
TELEMARKETERS CONVICTED IN FEDERAL TRIAL
(HOUSTON, Texas) - Allen Dean Lohrman, 47, and Jimmy Charles Frazier, 55, have been convicted by a federal jury of charges of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and mail fraud (Read more)
Sept. 10, 2008 - De La Cruz
BROWNSVILLE RESIDENT CHARGED WITH TRAFFICKING HUNDREDS OF POUNDS OF METHAMPHETAMINE
(BROWNSVILLE, Texas) - A three-count indictment charging Pedro De La Cruz with drug trafficking was returned by a McAllen, Texas, grand jury on Sept. 9, 2008 (Read more)
Sept. 10, 2008 - Sandoval & Jimenez
ALIEN SMUGGLING ORGANIZATION RESPONSIBLE FOR HOLDING ALIEN HOSTAGE DISMANTLED
(LAREDO, Texas) – Manuel Sandoval, 25, and Juan De Dios Jimenez, 39, have been sentenced for their roles in the smuggling of an undocumented alien that resulted in the alien’s forced detention (Read more)
September 8, 2008 - Ramirez, Garcia, Guillen, et al.
SEVERAL ARRESTED FOR PURCHASING WEAPONS IN VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW
(BROWNSVILLE, Texas) – Fifteen area residents have been charged in a 16-count indictment charging them with what is commonly known as “straw purchasing of handguns” (Read more)
September 8, 2008 - Taqueria Arandas
HOUSTON-AREA TAQUERIA ARANDAS RESTAURANT OWNERS CHARGED WITH FILING FALSE TAX RETURNS
(HOUSTON, Texas) – Eight Taqueria Arandas owners have been charged with filing false federal income tax returns that deprived the National Treasury of more than $4 million dollars in income and employment taxes (Read more)
September 5, 2008 - Shipley Do-Nut
LOCAL DOUGHNUT COMPANY AND MANAGERS CONVICTED OF IMMIGRATION VIOLATIONS
Shipley Do-Nut Flour and Supply Company, Inc. pleaded guilty to felony charge today
(HOUSTON, Texas) - Shipley Do-Nut Flour and Supply Company Inc. pleaded guilty this afternoon to conspiring to harbor illegal aliens (Read more)
September 5, 2008 - Garza
CBP INSPECTOR ARRESTED FOR ALIEN SMUGGLING AND BRIBERY
(BROWNSVILLE, Texas) – Customs and Border Protection (CBP) inspector Guadalupe Garza, 64, has been arrested for alien smuggling and bribery (Read more)
September 5, 2008 - Tukes
FORMER MEDICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY OWNER PLEADS GUILTY TO MEDICARE/MEDICAID FRAUD
(HOUSTON, Texas) - Margaret Tukes, one of the former owners of M and M Medical Equipment and Supplies Company, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and pay kickbacks for the referral of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries for health care services related to receiving medical equipment (Read more)
September 5, 2008 - Calvillo, et al.
Four Men Sentenced For Ammunition Exportation
(McALLEN, Texas) - Noe Guadalupe Calvillo, 29, Juan Luis Hernandez-Ramos, 37, and Guadalupe Ramiro Munoz-Mendez, 34, all of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico; and Rogelio Garcia, 47, of Edinburg, Texas, have been sentenced to varying terms in federal prison for their roles in the illegal exportation of ammunition from the U.S. to Mexico (Read more)
September 5, 2008 - Garcia
THE GETAWAY DRIVER IN ALICE BANK ROBBERY SENTENCED
(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) – John R. Garcia of Benavides, Texas, the getaway driver in a bank robbery that resulted in the death of his accomplice, has been sentenced for his involvement in a bank robbery which occurred at the Wells Fargo bank in Alice, Texas, earlier this year (Read more)
September 5, 2008 - Saavedra
HOUSTON RESIDENT SENTENCED FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGE
(HOUSTON, Texas) - Victor Saavedra, 55, of Houston, was sentenced in federal court for receipt of child pornography (Read more)
September 5, 2008 - Woods & Cheney
FORMER CITY OF BROOKSHIRE OFFICIALS SENTENCED FOR BRIBERY
(HOUSTON, Texas) – Two former City of Brookshire officials have been sentenced for convictions arising from a bribery scheme involving City of Brookshire contracts (Read more)
September 2, 2008 - Kim
HOUSTON PHYSICIAN CONVICTED OF DEFRAUDING MEDICARE IN WHEELCHAIR FRAUD SCHEME
(HOUSTON, Texas) – Dr. Michael D. Kim, 68, has been convicted of conspiracy to defraud the Medicare program and 17 counts of health care fraud in a scheme to defraud Medicare of $29 million. (Read more)
September 2, 2008 - Young
PASADENA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO RECEIPT OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
(HOUSTON, Texas) - Trent Alan Young, 40, of Pasadena, pleaded guilty today to one count of receipt of child pornography before U.S. District Judge David Hittner (Read more)
September 2, 2008 - Smith
COMPUTER TECH PLEADS GUILTY TO IDENTITY THEFT OF CALPINE CORPORATION EXECUTIVE
(HOUSTON, Texas) – A former contract employee of the Calpine Corporation has been convicted following his guilty plea to stealing the identity of a Calpine executive (Read more)
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