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October 2008 Press Releases
Oct. 3, 2008 - Ortiz
CARRIZO SPRINGS CITY COUNCILMAN SENTENCED TO LENGTHY PRISON TERM FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
(LAREDO, Texas) - Herardo Ortiz, presently a Carrizo Springs City Councilman, has been sentenced to more than 16 years in federal prison, without parole, and fined $20,000 for marijuana trafficking (Read more)
Oct. 2, 2008 - Villarreal & Velasquez
LAREDO MAN AND FORMER CBP OFFICER SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR SELLING OFFICIAL TRAVEL PERMITS
(LAREDO, Texas) – A former Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer and Laredo man, who acted as one of his document vendors, have been sentenced to prison for their involvement in a scheme that falsely produced and brokered official travel documents (Read more)
Oct. 2, 2008 - De La Garza
BROWNSVILLE MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR FIREARMS TRAFFICKING
(BROWNSVILLE, Texas) – Miguel De La Garza, 30, has been sentenced to prison for trafficking in firearms (Read more)
Oct. 1, 2008 - Republic Services
REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC. ENTERS INTO AGREEMENT TO COOPERATE WITH ONGOING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
Company agrees to pay $1 million to the U.S. Treasury Department and $2 million to City of Houston
(HOUSTON, Texas) - Republic Services Inc. has entered into an agreement to cooperate with the United States in its ongoing criminal investigation into immigration violations by former employees at its Houston Wilson Road facility, to adhere to its revised immigration compliance program and to pay $2 million to the City of Houston to be used for recycling purposes and $1 million to the U.S. Department of Treasury as a monetary penalty (Read more)
Oct. 1, 2008 - Gutierrez
MEXICAN NATIONAL INDICTED FOR SHOOTING AT BORDER PATROL
(LAREDO, Texas) - Bernardo Javier Gutierrez, 25, a Mexican national, has been indicted for assaulting a United States Border Patrol agent with a deadly weapon, illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition, and of discharging a firearm while in the commission of a violent offense (Read more)
Oct. 1, 2008 - Merrick
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES EMPLOYEE CHARGED WITH NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING
(HOUSTON, Texas) - A federal grand jury has indicted Carthon Lee Merrick, 34, a Southwest Airlines employee, for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine (Read more)
Oct. 1, 2008 - Nordstrom
HOUSTON WOMAN CONVICTED OF DEFRAUDING FEMA AFTER BENCH TRIAL
(HOUSTON, Texas) - Belinda Gayle Nordstrom, 33, of Houston, has been convicted of filing a fraudulent claim with FEMA for Hurricane Rita disaster assistance (Read more)
Oct. 1, 2008 - Perez
FORMER USDA PLANT PROTECTION OFFICER SENTENCED FOR PERMITTING PESTS TO ENTER COUNTRY
(LAREDO, Texas) – Robert Perez, a former United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) plant protection and quarantine officer (PPQ), was sentenced for permitting trucks carrying agricultural products into the United States without proper fumigation (Read more)
Oct. 1, 2008 - Polanco
FORMER ICE AGENT PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT CHARGE
(BROWNSVILLE, Texas) – A former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent has been convicted of theft of government property (Read more)