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12.29 - MIDLAND MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CURRENCY STRUCTURING CHARGES
12.15 - HOUSTON AREA RADIOLOGIST SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON ON TAX CHARGES
12.13 - COCAINE DISTRIBUTION RING BASED IN FLORESVILLE–MONEY LAUNDERING RING BASED IN EAGLE PASS INDICTED BY FEDERAL GRAND JURY
12.13 - WHITNEY MAN INDICTED BY FEDERAL GRAND JURY IN FIREARMS THEFT CASE
12.11 - AUSTIN MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CARJACKING SPREE
12.8 - DEL RIO MAN SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON IN COCAINE-FOR-HAND GRENADES CASE
12.6 - FORMER U.S. ARMY FIRST LIEUTENANT ADMITS TO PRODUCING AND DISTRIBUTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
12.5 - GUILTY PLEA ENTERED IN SCANNING DEVICE STRAW PURCHASE CASE
12.1 - ROCKSPRINGS DEPUTY CONVICTED OF CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION
11.28 - THURSDAY IS NATIONAL METHAMPHETAMINE AWARENESS DAY
11.22 - FEDERAL JURY FINDS RAPPER “TWISTED BLACK” GUILTY IN DRUG CONSPIRACY CASE
11.15 - MIDLAND CONTRACTOR SENTENCED TO 33 MONTHS IN PRISON
11.15 - FORMER NURSING HOME OPERATOR PLEADS GUILTY TO HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGES
11.13 - EL PASO BROTHERS PLEAD GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY CHARGES
11.13 - ODESSA MAN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON IN IDENTITY THEFT CASE
11.9 - EL PASO BAIL BONDSMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO PROVIDING FEDERAL JUDGE WITH FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTATION
11.7 - FORMER SOUTHWEST AIRLINES EMPLOYEE SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON IN FRAUDULENT TICKETS SCAM
11.6 - STATEMENT BY UNITED STATES ATTORNEY JOHNNY SUTTON REGARDING NOVEMBER 2006 ELECTIONS
11.3 - JURY CONVICTS SAN ANTONIO MALE IN HEROIN CASE
11.2 - SAN ANTONIO MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGE
10.31 - JOHN SKELTON SENTENCED
10.27 - MIDLAND MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN NATIONWIDE OPERATION EMISSARY CASE
10.26 - EIGHT FORMER SOUTHWEST AIRLINES EMPLOYEES PLEAD GUILTY IN FRAUDULENT TICKETS SCAM
10.26 - CODE RED TASK FORCE ENGAGED IN 2006 RED RIBBON CAMPAIGN
10.24 - SAN ANTONIO MAN RECEIVES LIFE IN FEDERAL PRISON; WIFE, 11 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON ON DRUG CHARGES
10.23 - RESPONSE OF UNITED STATES ATTORNEY JOHNNY SUTTON TO SENTENCING OF BORDER PATROL AGENTS COMPEAN AND RAMOS
10.20 - MARGARET LEACHMAN HONORED AT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
10.19 - FORMER BORDER PATROL AGENTS SENTENCED
10.13 - EL PASO MAN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR ALIEN SMUGGLING
10.12 - SAN ANTONIO MAN SENTENCED TO FIFTY YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON AS A RESULT OF VIEWING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ON ST. MARY’S UNIVERSITY LIBRARY COMPUTER
10.5 - FORMER SAN ANTONIO DOCTOR AND WIFE INDICTED FOR DEFRAUDING THE I.R.S. AS PART OF A NATIONWIDE SCHEME
10.2 - MOTHER & SON PLEAD GUILTY IN METHAMPHETAMINE CONSPIRACY CASE
9.27 - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AWARDS MARLIN WEED AND SEED SITE $175,000 GRANT
9.26 - TWO EL PASO MEN SENTENCED IN MOVIE PIRACY CASE
9.21 - ODESSA NURSE PLEADS GUILTY TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
9.21 - JURY FINDS THREE GUILTY FOR ROLES IN MARIJUANA TRAFFICKING OPERATION - ONE ALSO GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MURDER IN FURTHERANCE OF THE DRUG TRAFFICKING OPERATION
9.19 - ADDITIONAL CHARGES HANDED DOWN IN AUSTIN BROTHEL CASE
9.8 - RESPONSE OF THE GOVERNMENT TO REPORTING INACCURACIES REGARDING THE COMPEAN AND RAMOS PROSECUTION
9.8 - CHILD PORNOGRAPHER GETS MAXIMUM SENTENCE
9.7 - "OPERATION FASTLINK" DEFENDANT SENTENCED FOR ONLINE SOFTWARE PIRACY
9.7 - DRUG ADDICTED ROBBERS GIVEN LENGTHY PRISON SENTENCES
9.6 - BORDER PATROL AGENT ADMITS TO FRAUDULENT FIREARM PURCHASE AND POSSESSION OF UNREGISTERED FIREARMS
9.1 - FORMER EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO EMBEZZLING MONEY FROM UNION
8.31 - GATES ENOCH SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
8.31 - DEL RIO MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN COCAINE-FOR-HAND GRENADES CASE
8.30 - FEDERAL JURY CONVICTS HOUSTON AREA RADIOLOGIST ON TAX CHARGES
8.30 - MIDLAND CONTRACTOR PLEADS GUILTY IN FEDERAL FRAUD CASE
8.30 - MIDLAND MEN PLEAD GUILTY IN FEDERAL DRUG/FIREARMS CASE
8.29 - AGENTS ARREST EL PASO BAIL BONDSMAN FOR OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE
8.29 - MIDLAND BUSINESSMAN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR ROLE IN PONZI SCHEME
8.16 - FORMER SPECIAL AGENT FOUND GUILTY OF MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS
8.16 - FEDERAL JURY IN MIDLAND CONVICTS OILMAN
8.15 - INDICTMENTS HANDED DOWN IN AUSTIN BROTHEL CASE
8.11 - STATEMENT OF UNITED STATES ATTORNEY JOHNNY SUTTON REGARDING THE CONVICTION OF FORMER BORDER PATROL AGENTS COMPEAN AND RAMOS
7.28 - FORMER DIRECTOR OF FINANCE CONVICTED OF FRAUD
7.26 - FORMER NFL PLAYER SENTENCED
7.20 - FEDERAL GRAND JURY INDICTS FABENS MAN FOR ALIEN SMUGGLING RESULTING IN DEATH OF 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL
7.19 - FORMER WACO POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
7.19 - MEN PLEAD GUILTY IN ANTIQUITIES HEIST
7.19 - DEFENDANTS SENTENCED IN OPERATION ROLLING WHEELS
7.12 - FEDERAL JURY CONVICTS KILLEEN MAN OF ASSAULTING STEP-DAUGHTER ON FORT HOOD
7.5 - TWO PLEAD GUILTY IN FEDERAL MOVIE PIRACY CASE
6.30 - STATEMENT OF UNITED STATES ATTORNEY JOHNNY SUTTON COMMEMORATING THE LIFE OF ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY DAVID NICHOLS
6.27 - ODESSA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES
6.22 - THE INVESTIGATION OF THE SHOOTING DEATH OF JESSIE LEE OWENS BY AN AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICER HAS BEEN CLOSED
6.21 - FORMER PRISON GUARD PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL DRUG CHARGE
6.21 - DRUG ADDICTED ROBBERS PLEAD GUILTY IN HOME INVASION CASE
6.21 - BANK ROBBERS NET YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
6.20 - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CREATES NEW COMPUTER HACKING AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY UNITS IN SEVEN CITIES INCLUDING AUSTIN
6.15 - MEN INDICTED IN ANTIQUITIES THEFT
6.15 - LAS VEGAS COUPLE SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON AFTER MARIJUANA DISCOVERED INSIDE THEIR R.V.
6.14 - CRYSTAL CITY MAN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR CONSPIRING TO TRANSPORT AND HARBORING ILLEGAL ALIENS
6.14 - SERIAL BANK ROBBER SENTENCED IN AUSTIN
6.8 - FORMER SOUTHWEST AIRLINES EMPLOYEE AND HUSBAND INDICTED IN FRAUD SCHEME
6.7 - FORMER ECTOR COUNTY JAILER SENTENCED TO 21 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON
5.24 - FEDERAL GRAND JURY RETURNS SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT AGAINST BORDER PATROL AGENT FOR FRAUDULENT FIREARM PURCHASE AND POSSESSING UNREGISTERED FIREARMS
5.18 - FORMER WACO POLICE OFFICER ADMITS TO POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
5.18 - MIDLAND MAN SENTENCED FOR HURRICANE KATRINA FRAUD
5.17 - S.A.P.D. OFFICER INDICTED ON DRUG CHARGES
5.17 - S.A.P.D. OFFICER INDICTED AND ARRESTED ON CIVIL RIGHTS CHARGES
5.17 - FEDERAL GRAND JURY IN SAN ANTONIO INDICTS $3.9 MILLION HEALTHCARE FRAUD CASE
5.3 - HUSBAND AND WIFE SENTENCED FOR FORCED LABOR INVOLVING 12 YEAR OLD GIRL
5.2 - LOCAL TEAM MEETS WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO R. GONZALES, ENHANCES STRATEGIES TO COMBAT GANG VIOLENCE AND GUN CRIMES
4.27 - FORMER DIRECTOR OF FINANCE CONVICTED OF FRAUD
4.24 - REMAINING DEFENDANTS ENTER GUILTY PLEAS IN OPERATION ROLLING WHEELS
4.13 - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AWARDS AUSTIN WEED AND SEED SITE $175,000 GRANT
4.12 - FORMER SPECIAL AGENT INDICTED
4.11 - MIDLAND CAREER CRIMINAL PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL WEAPONS CHARGES
4.7 - AUSTIN MAN CONVICTED OF FEDERAL MAIL, BANK AND WIRE FRAUD
4.7 - HOUSTON AREA RADIOLOGIST INDICTED ON TAX CHARGES
4.4 - FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERS THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO PAY IN SETTLEMENT OF A DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT
3.30 - FORMER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR OSHA IN EL PASO SENTENCED FOR ROLE IN BRIBERY SCHEME
3.28 - ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES APPOINTS JOHNNY SUTTON AND SUSAN BROOKS TO LEAD ATTORNEY GENERAL'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF U.S. ATTORNEYS
3.21 - WACO MAN SENTENCED ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES
3.20 - EIGHT FORMER SOUTHWEST AIRLINES EMPLOYEES CHARGED IN FRAUDULENT TICKETS SCAM
3.20 - DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY OFFICIAL ARRESTED ON EXTORTION CHARGE
3.8 - TWO U.S. BORDER PATROL AGENTS CONVICTED OF ASSAULT CHARGES
3.8 - COURT UPHOLDS ARMY'S DENIAL OF TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIER'S CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR APPLICATION
3.6 - TESTIMONY OF U.S. ATTORNEY JOHNNY SUTTON BEFORE THE U.S. SENTENCING COMMISSION ON IMMIGRATION AND FEDERAL SENTENCING POLICY IN SAN DIEGO, CA.
2.27 - FORMER SUMMER CAMP DIRECTOR SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
2.23 - FORMER NFL PLAYER CONVICTED
2.17 - AUSTIN MAN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR STRING OF ARMED ROBBERIES
2.15 - MIDLAND MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN KATRINA FRAUD
2.14 - ODESSA MAN CONVICTED ON FEDERAL DRUG CHARGES
2.14 - LOCAL DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO 240 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON
2.10 - ATTEMPTED BANK ROBBERY NETS SAN ANTONIO MAN 20 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
2.8 - ODESSA MAN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON ON DRUG CHARGE
2.7 - WACO MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO HURRICANE KATRINA FRAUD
2.3 - FORMER BANK VICE PRESIDENT SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR EMBEZZLING $1.2 MILLION
2.3 - REPEAT OFFENDER PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL WEAPONS CHARGE
2.2 - SECOND GUILTY PLEA ENTERED IN MILLION DOLLAR INSURANCE FRAUD CASE
2.2 - EL PASO BANK ROBBER NETS 15 YEAR FEDERAL PRISON SENTENCE
2.1 - TWO MEXICAN NATIONALS SENTENCED ON ALIEN SMUGGLING CHARGES
1.31 - EL PASO MAN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR POSSESSING CHILD PORN
1.26 - EBAY SCAM NETS LENGTHY PRISON TERMS
1.26 - KILLEEN WOMAN SENTENCED TO 210 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF HER CHILDREN
1.19 - EL PASO BUSINESSMAN CONVICTED IN FOREIGN EARNED INCOME EXCLUSION CASE
1.19 - EAGLE PASS DOCTOR SENTENCED FOR MEDICAID FRAUD
1.18 - FORMER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR O.S.H.A. IN EL PASO PLEADS GUILTY TO ROLE IN BRIBERY SCHEME
1.18 - MEXICAN NATIONAL SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON ON DRUG CHARGE
1.11 - FORMER HOUSTON LAWYER FOUND GUILTY OF MAIL FRAUD
1.10 - KYLE MAN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR FRAUD AND THEFT OFFENSES

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