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Date | Defendant | Prosecutor | Type | Description |
6/30/08 | LARRY M. PUGH | Alan Jackson | Sentencing | A 34-year-old former Jacksonville police officer has been sentenced to 18 months in prison on a charge of making a false declaration before a federal court in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/27/08 | JAMES A. CHAPMAN | Robert Rawls | Sentencing | An Orange, Texas man was sentenced today for charges of fraudulently receiving Social Security benefits in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/27/08 | RICHARD HUDSON, JR. | John Craft | Sentencing | A Rusk, Texas man was sentenced today for charges of possessing with the intent to distribute "crack" cocaine in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/26/08 | BRIAN KEITH BABIN | Randall Fluke | Sentencing | A Houston, Texas man was sentenced today for charges of escaping from a federal prison in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/26/08 | MARTIN L. RAABE | Robert Rawls | Sentencing | A Conroe, Texas Pharmacist has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to probation today for charges of structuring of currency transactions in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/26/08 | BRIAN KEITH WILSON, ARMANDO MARTINEZ CARMONA, JIMMIE ADAMS | Chris Tortorice and Robert Rawls | Sentencing | Three east Texas men have been sentenced for health care fraud offenses in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/26/08 | LARRY BRUCE BEAN | John Craft | Sentencing | A 26 year old Huffman, Texas man has been sentenced to sixty months for federal drug in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/26/08 | WILLIAM ALLEN PIPES | Bill Baldwin | Plea | A 35 year old Gilmer, Texas man, has pleaded guilty to the charge of possession of material involving the sexual exploitation of minors in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/26/08 | PASQUAL TELLEZ-ROSALES, OFELIO CARVAJAL-RAMIREZ, ALFONSO HERNANDEZ-TAPIA | Allen Hurst | Plea | Three Mexican citizens who had been living unlawfully in Northeast Texas have pleaded guilty to immigration crimes and a federal firearm violation in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/25/08 | PATRICK JEROME LEVIAS | Robert Rawls | Plea | A Newton, Texas man has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank robbery charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/25/08 | RUBEN LOZANO | Richard L. Moore | Plea | A Gregg County man has pleaded guilty to drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/25/08 | COREY MONTEZ ALLEN | Richard L. Moore | Plea | A Gregg County man has pleaded guilty to drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/24/08 | TREASURY OFFSET PROGRAM | FLU | Information | Since January 2008 the Eastern District of Texas has seized more than $170,000 in federal tax refund checks to pay outstanding criminal debts. |
6/24/08 | CURTIS O'NEIL FORD | Richard L. Moore | Plea | A Tarrant County man has pleaded guilty to drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/24/08 | CASEY LEE BRIGGS, JR. | Richard L. Moore | Sentencing | A Gregg County man has been sentenced for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/19/08 | Mortgage Fraud-Related Cases | Department of Justice | News Conference | A news conference held this afternoon at FBI Headquarters in Dallas announced the Department of Justice’s and FBI’s latest national takedown of mortgage fraud schemes. |
6/19/08 | JUSTIN JAKE NEWMAN, and THOMAS DALE AMBURN | Richard L. Moore | Sentencing | A Harrison County man and a Gregg County man have been sentenced for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/19/08 | JESSE JOSEPH MONTOYA | Richard L. Moore | Sentencing | A Gregg County man has been sentenced for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/17/08 | TENIKA NICOLE SEAL | Denise Simpson | Sentencing | An 18 year old woman has been sentenced for federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/17/08 | SHANNON SHUNKIE HOOPER | Lisa Flournoy | Conviction | A 28-year-old Lufkin man has been found guilty and convicted of using and carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking offense in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/17/08 | KEANE LAMAR LEWIS | Denise Simpson | Plea | A federal inmate has pleaded guilty to possessing contraband while incarcerated in prison in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/17/08 | HAROLD EARL SCALLON | Bill Baldwin | Sentencing | A 60 year old Jacksonville, Texas man, was sentenced for possession of material involving the sexual exploitation of minors in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/17/08 | SENEKA WILLIAMS | Denise Simpson | Sentencing | An inmate incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution in Texarkana, Texas has been sentenced to an additional six month sentence for a federal violation in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/12/08 | Multiple Individuals | Randall Blake, Errin Martin, Stevan Buys, Shamoil T. Shipchandler, M. Andrew Stover | Indictments | Multiple indictments have been returned charging individuals with separate criminal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/11/08 | JARROD WAYNE GEE | Lisa Flournoy | Plea | A 30 year old Lufkin, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal firearm violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/11/08 | DANNY RAY POOL | Lisa Flournoy | Plea | A 28 year old Lufkin, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/11/08 | DERIC ANTWAN JACKSON | Richard L. Moore | Plea | A Gregg County man has pleaded guilty to drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/10/08 | PAUL GREGORY, and MILLIE GREGORY | Denise Simpson | Sentencing | Two Simms, Texas residents have been sentenced to five years probation for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/5/08 | JASON AARON ENLOE | John Craft | Sentencing | A 33 year old Cleveland, Texas man has been sentenced to 110 months for federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/5/08 | Multiple Individuals | Alan R. Jackson | Plea | Twenty individuals from the Mt. Pleasant area have pleaded guilty to misuse of Social Security Account numbers in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/5/08 | MELVIN BRADLEY BOUTTE | Dave Henderson | Sentencing | A 30 year old Lake Charles, Louisiana man has been sentenced to 87 months for federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/5/08 | BRIAN ONEAL HOWARD | Randall Fluke | Sentencing | A 29 year old Silsbee, Texas man has been sentenced to 120 months for federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/5/08 | ALFRED JOSEPH FONTENOT | Dave Henderson | Plea | A 70 year old Liberty, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/5/08 | JUAN PINEDA | Robert Rawls | Sentencing | A 26 year old Houston, Texas man has been sentenced to 30 months for federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/4/08 | JAYNA MARIE SPURLOCK | John Craft | Sentencing | A 21 year old Conroe, Texas woman has been sentenced to 30 months for federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/4/08 | GLENN ERIC AUBRY, JR. | Randall Fluke | Sentencing | A 30 year old Beaumont, Texas man has been sentenced to 57 months for federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/4/08 | ROBERT AYALA | Dave Henderson | Sentencing | A 37 year-old Richmond, Virginia man has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for accepting bribes in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/4/08 | JOSE FEDERICO CRUZ | Robert Rawls | Plea | A Burkeville, Texas man has pleaded guilty to bank robbery charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/4/08 | JERRY RAY PHILLIPS, KAWANDA JOHNSON | Denise Simpson | Indictments | Multiple indictments have been returned charging individuals with separate criminal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/3/08 | MICHAEL GUY CARY, SR., RICHARD KIRKPATRICK | Shamoil T. Shipchandler | Plea | A Florida businessman and a Fort Worth real estate appraiser have pleaded guilty in connection with their roles in an extensive mortgage fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas. |
6/3/08 | CEDRIC SHAW MITCHELL PAYNE | Richard L. Moore | Sentencing | A Louisiana man has been sentenced to 188 months for federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
5/30/08 | REGINALD STANLY STROTHER | John A. Craft and David H. Henderson | Conviction | A 44-year-old San Antonio man has been found guilty and convicted of possession with intent to distribute over 50 grams of "crack” cocaine in the Eastern District of Texas. |
5/28/08 | Multiple Individuals | Richard L. Moore | Arrests | A combined task force of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies began arresting individuals charged with involvement in a drug trafficking criminal enterprise in the Gregg County, Texas, area in the Eastern District of Texas. |
5/28/08 | JESSE RICHARD EVANS | Denise Simpson | Sentencing | A 29 year old Malvern, Arkansas man has been sentenced to 42 months for robbing a bank in the Eastern District of Texas. |
5/28/08 | STEPHANIE SMITH | Denise Simpson | Sentencing | A 40 year old Frisco, Texas woman has been sentenced to two years probation for theft of funds in the Eastern District of Texas. |
5/28/08 | JUAN GUEVARA-RODRIGUEZ | Randall Fluke | Plea | A 41 year old illegal alien has pleaded guilty to reentry into the United States in the Eastern District of Texas. |
5/28/08 | DENISE SLOANE | Joe Batte | Indictment | A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging a Deweyville, Texas woman with falsifying entries made into a log related to her official duties in the Eastern District of Texas. |
5/28/08 | JAMES EDMOND JUNIOR JACKSON | John Craft | Sentencing | A 35 year old Fresno, Texas man has been sentenced to 51 months for federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
5/27/08 | EDDIE WAYNE LEVIAS, FREDERICO JOHNSON, JR. | Robert Rawls | Plea | Two Newton, Texas men have pleaded guilty to conspiring to rob and robbing a bank in the Eastern District of Texas. |
5/23/08 | OTIS D. POWELL | John Craft | Plea | A 35 year old Urbana, Illinois man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
5/22/08 | ROBERT TYRONE GREEN | Randall Fluke | Sentencing | A 22 year-old Cleveland, Texas man has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for receiving a firearm while under indictment in the Eastern District of Texas. |
5/22/08 | BRIAN KEITH BABIN | Randall Fluke | Plea | A 44 year old Houston, Texas man has pleaded guilty to escaping from a federal prison in the Eastern District of Texas. |
5/20/08 | SHAMEEK FILLS | Dave Henderson | Sentencing | A 32 year-old Port Arthur, Texas woman has been sentenced to 22 months in federal prison for accepting bribes in the Eastern District of Texas. |
5/20/08 | DILE KENT MCNAIR | Jim Noble | Plea | A Emory, Texas man has pleaded guilty to the felony offense of Bribery in connection with his attempt to " pay off " a Rains County Assistant D.A. in the Eastern District of Texas. |
5/20/08 | DILE KENT MCNAIR | Jim Noble | Plea | A Emory, Texas man has pleaded guilty to the felony offense of Storage of Hazardous Waste Without a Permit in the Eastern District of Texas. |
5/15/08 | JACKIE WAYNE REDD | John Craft | Sentencing | A 46-year-old Wells, Texas man has been sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
5/15/08 | DAVID SHAWN GROSS | Richard L. Moore | Plea | A 29-year-old Upshur County man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
5/15/08 | Multiple Individuals | M. Andrew Stover, Randall Blake, Maureen Smith, Michele A. Ratcliffe | Indictments | A federal grand jury returned multiple indictments charging individuals with separate criminal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
5/13/08 | Multiple Individuals | Multiple AUSAs | Indictments | A federal grand jury returned multiple indictments charging individuals with separate criminal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
5/13/08 | HARRISON JACK HAVENS, JR. | Sarah Wannarka | Sentencing | A 56-year-old Mabank, Texas man has been sentenced to 210 months in federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
5/13/08 | MIGUEL ALERTO JUAREZ-JUAREZ | Michele A. Ratcliffe | Sentencing | A 22-year-old Mexican National residing in McKinney, Texas has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for illegally re-entering the United States in the Eastern District of Texas. |
5/12/08 | DERRELL BOATNER | Michele A. Ratcliffe | Sentencing | A 50-year-old Melissa man has been sentenced to 9 months in federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
5/12/08 | MICHAEL ANTHONY VICTORIA | Randall L. Fluke | Plea | A 26-year-old Beaumont man has pleaded guilty to federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
5/9/08 | CHARLIE MONROE REID, Jr. | Randall L. Fluke | Sentencing | A 24-year-old Silsbee man has been sentenced to 6 months in federal prison for hurricane related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
5/9/08 | ALICIO YANES a/k/a ABRAN TORRES | John Ross | Sentencing | A 31-year-old illegal alien has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for smuggling cash in the Eastern District of Texas. |
5/8/08 | CARROLL DEWAYNE LOUIS, ROBERT DANIEL HARLAN, EWORTH ROBERTS aka PAUL NUNEZ, CHEMEKA DAIGLE, DAVID JOHNSON | David H. Henderson, | Indictments | A federal grand jury returned indictments today charging multiple individuals in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
5/7/08 | SIMPLY AQUATICS, INC., KEVIN WAYNE HESTER, LYLE HESTER | Jim Noble | Indictment | A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a Kirbyville man and his father with environmental crimes in the Eastern District of Texas. |
5/1/08 | DAVID JACOBS, AMBER JARRELL, MATTHEW WILLIAMS | Sentencing | Three North Texas residents have been sentenced for their participation in a conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids in the Eastern District of Texas. | |
5/1/08 | TINA RAQUEL GONZALES | Richard L. Moore | Plea | A Gregg County woman has pleaded guilty to drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
5/1/08 | TERRY GLENN DOTREY | Richard L. Moore | Plea | A Gregg County man has pleaded guilty to drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
4/30/08 | HEATHER WILSON | Mary Ann Cozby | Sentencing | A 24-year-old Palestine, Texas woman has been sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for federal drug crimes in the Eastern District of Texas. |
4/30/08 | MICHAEL HUDSON | Mary Ann Cozby and Gregg Marchesasault | Sentencing | A 32-year-old Lufkin man has been sentenced to 108 months in federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
4/30/08 | THOMAS ERIC EDMONSON | Richard L. Moore | Sentencing | A 31-year-old West Tawakoni, Texas man has been sentenced to 72 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
4/30/08 | JOHNNY LEON DAVIDSON, JR. | Jim Middleton | Sentencing | A former deputy with the Rusk County Sheriff’s Office has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for civil rights violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
4/29/08 | Announcement | John L. Ratcliffe | Departure | United States Attorney John L. Ratcliffe announced today that that he will leave his current post at the Department of Justice in the Eastern District of Texas. |
4/29/08 | MARK WAYNE JASTER | Denise Simpson and Gregg Marchesasault | Sentencing | A 48-year-old Texarkana, Texas man has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for wire fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
4/29/08 | WILLIAM T. WASHINGTON | Mary Ann Cozby and Gregg Marchesasault | Sentencing | A 29-year-old Sulphur Springs, Texas man has been sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
4/25/08 | JEREMY JOSEPH VALLE | Richard L. Moore | Plea | A 20-year-old Gregg County man has pleaded guilty to drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
4/25/08 | RAY EDWARD COX | Mary Ann Cozby | Plea | A 48-year-old Shreveport, Louisiana man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
4/25/08 | FRANK WILLIAMS | Lisa Flournoy and J. Malcolm Bales | Arrest | A 33-year-old Nacogdoches man has been arrested after having been charged with crack cocaine drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas. |
4/24/08 | DEMITRI LEE DAVIS | Randall L. Fluke | Plea | A 44-year-old Beaumont man has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to federal prison for hurricane-related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
4/24/08 | MILTON KEITH BUNN | Mary Ann Cozby | Plea | A 43-year-old Gilmer, Texas man pleaded guilty to child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
4/18/08 | MARTIN OCON JR., DANNY RAY POOL, DERRICK TATUM, RODNEY MORRIS, JUSTIN BURLEIGH, KELWIN BERRY | Lisa Flournoy and J. Malcolm Bales | Arrests | A combined task force of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies began arresting individuals involved in crack cocaine drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas. |
4/16/08 | JIMMY MAX WILSON | J. Andrew Williams | Sentencing | A 53-year-old Euless man has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for tax fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
4/16/08 | 45 Arrests | U.S. Attorney's Office | Arrests | Federal agents with the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) initiated an enforcement operation early this morning resulting in 45 arrests in the Eastern District of Texas. |
4/14/08 | CURTIS STROMME | Mary Ann Cozby | Plea | A 29-year old Irving man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
4/10/08 | KENNETH WILLIAM ELGIN | Alan R. Jackson | Sentencing | A 39-year-old Tyler man has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for wire fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
4/10/08 | VINITA KINCAID LEWIS | Mary Ann Cozby | Plea | A 46-year old Louisiana woman has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
4/10/08 | Multiple Individuals | Multiple AUSAs | Indictments | A federal grand jury returned indictments late yesterday charging multiple individuals in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
4/9/08 | GREGGORY DEWAYNE WILLIAMS | Richard L. Moore | Plea | A 23-year-old Gregg County man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
4/8/08 | HAROLD EARL SCALLON | Bill Baldwin | Plea | A 60-year-old Jacksonville, Texas man has pleaded guilty to child pornography charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
4/8/08 | DALE A. LOWERY and BRENDA G. LOWERY |
Jim Noble | Plea | A Troup couple has pleaded guilty to Social Security benefits fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
4/8/08 | AKEEM BERNARD STROUPE, BRANDON SCOTT LOVE and ZACHARY DAVID KISER |
Mary Ann Cozby | Sentencing | Three East Texas men have been sentenced for a federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
4/8/08 | WILLIAM LAMAR STONER | Jim Noble | Plea | A 55-year-old San Antonio man has pleaded guilty to transporting harmful fish without a license in the Eastern District of Texas. |
4/7/08 | MARCUS DESHAWN HUNTER | Denise Simpson | Sentencing | A 26-year-old federal prisoner has been sentenced for a violation involving illegal drugs in the Eastern District of Texas. |
4/7/08 | LATASHA JAMES | Denise Simpson | Sentencing | A 29-year-old Texarkana, Texas woman has been sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for selling crack cocaine in the Eastern District of Texas. |
4/7/08 | RICHARD ANTHONY SOARES | Denise Simpson | Plea | A 49-year-old Houston man has pleaded guilty to federal DWI charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
4/7/08 | JASON RAY MCCAIN | Richard L. Moore | Sentencing | A 28-year-old Longview man has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
4/3/08 | DAVID MICHAEL ANDERSON,JAVIER ABRAHAM CARILLO and JACK CALHOUN MOORE | Mary Ann Cozby | Plea | Three men have pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
4/2/08 | EFRAIN FIGUEROA, FRANCISCO JAVIER FIGUEROA | William Baldwin | Plea | Two men have pleaded guilty to federal drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
4/2/08 | JUAN CAMACHO CALDERON | Allen Hurst | Plea | A 40-year-old Tyler man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
4/2/08 | KEANE LAMAR LEWIS, JOSE CANDELARIO RIOS, WILLIAM EARL PEMBERTON, DAVID SHAWN GROSS | Denise Simpson, Jim Middleton, Richard Moore | Indictments | A federal grand jury returned several indictments late yesterday on cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
3/31/08 | JOHN CHARLES "CHUCK" MAZOCH | Jim Noble | Plea | A Beaumont business executive has pleaded guilty to environmental crimes in the Eastern District of Texas. |
3/31/08 | BOB ALLEN HAYES, Jr. | Robert Hobbs | Sentencing | A 32-year-old Houston man has been sentenced to 6 months in federal prison for hurricane related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
3/27/08 | CESAR LUIS ALVAREZ, FABIAN ARTHUR GONZALES, JR., SALVADOR ALVAREZ, a/k/a CARLOS NEVAREZ, JR. | William Baldwin | Plea | Three men have pleaded guilty to federal drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
3/27/08 | WILLIAM CHAD MERCER, a/k/a BRYSON MERCER | Terri L. Hagan | Sentencing | A 36-year-old Plano man has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for mail fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
3/27/08 | MILTON KEITH BUNN | Mary Ann Cozby | Detention | A 43-year-old Gilmer, Texas man appeared in court today for a detention hearing after having been charged with multiple counts of child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
3/25/08 | DANIEL “DUSTY” FLANAGAN | Jim Middleton | Sentencing | A former deputy with the Rusk County Sheriff’s Office has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for civil rights violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
3/25/08 | JAMES JARRETT GLASS | Shamoil T. Shipchandler | Sentencing | A 63-year-old former University of North Texas professor has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for public corruption in the Eastern District of Texas. |
3/24/08 | CAROL RIBAUDO, and SONJA RITZ | Shamoil T. Shipchandler and J. Andrew Williams | Sentencing | Two former McKinney travel agents have been sentenced to federal prison for mail and wire fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
3/19/08 | ALBERT LEE CLARK | John Craft | Plea | A 24-year-old Houston man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
3/19/08 | DERRICK JERMOND COLLINS | John Craft | Sentencing | A 30-year-old Orange, Texas man has been sentenced to 188 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
3/19/08 | STEVEN RAY ANGELLE | John B. Ross | Indictment | A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging a 31-year-old Nederland man with drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
3/19/08 | MILTON KEITH BUNN | Mary Ann Cozby | Indictment | A 43-year-old Gilmer, Texas man appeared in court today after having been charged with multiple counts of child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
3/14/08 | AVERY OSHE BUSH | Richard L. Moore | Plea | A 30-year-old Dallas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
3/13/08 | JAMES WILEY STINNETT, JR. | John Ross | Sentencing | A 44-year-old Tahlequah, Oklahoma man, has been sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for threatening to bomb a federal facility and kill a federal agent in the Eastern District of Texas. |
3/12/08 | MICHAEL PAUL KENNEDY | Sarah Wannarka | Sentencing | A former Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s Deputy has been sentenced to 97 months in federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
3/12/08 | MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS | Errin Martin, Randall Blake, M. Andrew Stover, Stevan Buys and Michele A. Ratcliffe | Indictments | A federal grand jury has returned indictments today charging multiple individuals in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
3/11/08 | LAROMANAIN DONTE ANDERSON, PERCY LEE OLIVER | Robert L. Hobbs | Sentencing | Two men have received lengthy prison sentences for a kidnapping on Interstate-10 in the Eastern District of Texas. |
3/11/08 | MOLTEN CLEMON SMITH, JR. | Randall L. Fluke | Sentencing | A 29-year-old Port Sulphur, Louisiana man has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
3/11/08 | ERICA ANN PHILLIPS, TIMOTHY COOPER | Mary Ann Cozby | Plea | Two persons have pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
3/6/08 | ERIC CHAD AARON | Richard L. Moore | Sentencing | A 27-year-old Gladewater man has been sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
3/6/08 | TONY DONDRE WILLIAMS | Randall L. Fluke | Sentencing | A 41-year-old Port Arthur man has been sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
3/6/08 | PAUL PERRITT | Joseph R. Batte | Sentencing | A former Beaumont Police officer has been sentenced for mail fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
3/6/08 | EDDIE WAYNE LEVIAS, PATRICK JEROME LEVIAS, FREDERICO JOHNSON, JR., JOSE FEDERICO CRUZ | Robert L. Rawls | Indictment | A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging four Newton residents with armed bank robbery in the Eastern District of Texas. |
3/5/08 | ARTURO HERRERA | John Craft | Sentencing | A 25-year-old Gainesville, Georgia man has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
3/4/08 | JOSE REYES-GARCIA | Reynaldo P. Morin | Sentencing | The ring leader in the drug investigation known as "Operation Kings Court" has been sentenced to 275 months in federal prison in the Eastern District of Texas. |
3/4/08 | RIGOBERO MERCADO TORRES, HAROLD EARL SCALLON, BILLY JOE HUFF, STEVEN BRENT LEMONS, DENISE WARD | Lisa Flournoy, Bill Baldwin, Jim Noble | Indictments | A federal grand jury returned several indictments this week on cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
3/3/08 | TENIKA NICOLE SEAL | Denise Simpson | Plea | An 18-year-old Morristown, TN woman has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
2/28/08 | CHANCELLOR GUNTER, LUIS RUBEN FLORES, ROMIE WESLEY BROWN | Jim Noble | Sentencing | Three men have been sentenced to federal prison for separate federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
2/28/08 | LARRY WAYNE DUNCAN | Randall L. Fluke | Plea | A 36-year-old Cleveland, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal firearms charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
2/27/08 | SHAMEECK ADUNDA FILLS | John Craft and David Henderson | Conviction | A jury in the United States Federal Court in Beaumont, Texas, returned verdicts of guilty against a former Federal Bureau of Prisons corrections officer in the Eastern District of Texas. |
2/26/08 | KYLE BATTS | Jim Middleton | Plea | A 38-year-old Hughes Springs, Texas man has pleaded guilty to embezzling over $40,000.00 of labor union assets in the Eastern District of Texas. |
2/26/08 | ROBERT LAWRENCE EICHENOUR, BRIAN BECKER | Shamoil Shipchandler | Plea | Two men have pleaded guilty to illegally importing wildlife in the Eastern District of Texas. |
2/26/08 | HUNTER QUIN TILLERY, BILLY SHANE FORD | Richard Moore | Sentencing | Two men have been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
2/26/08 | VINCENT WING-SHING WONG, ALVIN RAY GIPSON, JR. | Terri L. Hagan | Plea | Two Texas men have pleaded guilty to separate federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
2/26/08 | WILLIAM JAMES OLIVER | Bill Baldwin | Sentencing | A 22-year-old Wills Point man has been sentenced to 97 months in federal prison for possession of child pornography in the Eastern District of Texas. |
2/25/08 | MARVIN LAMONT WHITE | Jim Noble | Sentencing | A 35-year-old Houston man has been sentenced to 64 months in federal prison for credit card fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
2/21/08 | ELLIS JOSEPH MOSHER | Joseph R. Batte and J. Malcolm Bales | Sentencing | A 34-year old federal inmate has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a fellow prisoner at the United States Penitentiary in Beaumont in the Eastern District of Texas. |
2/21/08 | JOHN FITZGERALD RICE, JR., JOSHUA JEROME HAYWARD, aka BRANDON METOYER, SARAH LYNN CORMIER, ALDRAIN JERAY BOOKER, WILLIAM GENE STANTON, and KEISHA GUIDRYN |
Michelle Englade | Indictments | A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging six Jefferson County residents with federal charges related to a December car-jacking in the Eastern District of Texas. |
2/19/08 | WILYUM HENDERSON | Randall L. Fluke | Plea | A 50-year-old Beaumont man has pleaded guilty to hurricane related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
2/19/08 | SITE CONCRETE, INC. | Shamoil T. Shipchandler | Sentencing | A Grand Prairie Corporation has been sentenced for making false statements to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the Eastern District of Texas. |
2/15/08 | ARMANDO MARTINEZ CARMONA, NICOLA JANE HOLTZMAN and JIMMIE ADAMS | Christopher Tortorice and Robert Rawls | Plea | Three Southeast Texans pleaded guilty in connection with a health care fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas. |
2/15/08 | BRYAN DURELL LYNCH | Richard L. Moore | Plea | A 25-year-old Longview man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
2/15/08 | DR. PRIYA RAMNATH | Reynaldo P. Morin | Waive Extradition | A 39-year-old Lufkin anesthesiologist has agreed to waive extradition in the Eastern District of Texas. |
2/14/08 | MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS | Randall Blake, Shamoil T. Shipchandler, M. Andrew Stover, Andrew Williams, Maureen Smith, Sam Cantrell, Stevan Buys, Michele A. Ratcliffe | Indictments | A federal grand jury has returned indictments late Wednesday, February 13, 2008, charging multiple individuals in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
2/7/08 | ROBERT DANIEL DAVIS | David H. Henderson, Jr., Gerard Rawls | Sentencing | A 54-year-old inmate at the Beaumont Federal Prison has been sentenced to 144 months in federal prison for filing a false lien in the Eastern District of Texas. |
2/7/08 | JOSE DEJESUS RAMOS-CASTILLO, JOSE MARTINEZ-RAMIREZ, GERMAHIN ANGINO, JOSE EDUARDO ARELLANO-VASQUEZ, SERGIO ALEJANDRO CLAUDIO-HERNANDEZ | Alan R. Jackson | Plea | Five Mt. Pleasant men have pleaded guilty to misuse of Social Security Account numbers in the Eastern District of Texas. |
2/6/08 | MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS | Jim Noble, Denise Simpson, Bill Baldwin | Indictments | A federal grand jury returned several indictments this week on cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
2/5/08 | TERRI LYNN REYNOLDS | Allen Hurst | Sentencing | A 37-year-old Longview woman has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for wire fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
2/5/08 | RICKY LEE SMITH | Denise Simpson | Plea | A 51-year-old Dallas man has pleaded guilty to federal firearms and drug trafficking charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
2/5/08 | JAVIER CORTEZ | Errin Martin and Maureen Smith | Plea | A 31-year-old McKinney man has pleaded guilty to federal firearms charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
2/5/08 | MATTHEW BILLING SCHLATRE | Denise Simpson | Plea | A 49-year-old Queen City, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal bank robbery charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
2/4/08 | CALANDRIS DEANDRE LAMB | William Baldwin | Plea | A 27-year-old Lufkin man has pleaded guilty to federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
2/4/08 | ERIC DESHUN HEAD | Richard L. Moore | Plea | A 30-year-old Longview man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
2/4/08 | PAUL GREGORY AND MILLIE GREGORY | Denise Simpson | Plea | A Texarkana, Texas couple have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to use unauthorized access devices and use of unauthorized access devices in the Eastern District of Texas. |
2/1/08 | THOMAS DALE AMBURN, JESSE JOSEPH MONTOYA | Richard L. Moore | Plea | Two men have pleaded guilty to separate drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
1/30/08 | ANTHONY ANDREW BRUNNER, ESTEBAN ROBLEZ SOLIS, JR. | Richard Moore | Sentencing | Two men have been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
1/29/08 | BRIAN KEITH WILSON | Christopher Tortorice and Robert L. Rawls | Plea | A 34-year-old Orange, Texas man has pleaded guilty to health care fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
1/29/08 | RONALD CHAD FERGUSON | John Craft | Plea | A 29-year-old Beaumont man has pleaded guilty to federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
1/23/08 | STEPHANIE SMITH | Denise O. Simpson | Plea | A 40-year-old Frisco woman has pleaded guilty to federal charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
1/23/08 | MICHAEL EDWARD BROWN, AKA MIKE JONES | Richard L. Moore | Plea | A 33-year-old Longview man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
1/23/08 | MARCUS DESHAWN HUNTER, SENEKA WILLAMS | Denise O. Simpson | Plea | Two federal prisoners have pleaded guilty to separate violations involving illegal drugs in the Eastern District of Texas. |
1/23/08 | PAUL KEITH DICKEY, WILBUR CRAIG SMITH | Randall L. Fluke | Sentencing | Two men have been sentenced to prison for separate federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
1/23/08 | CURTIS JOSEPH HERMAN, ORLANDO THOMAS HOLLIDAY, III. | John Craft | Plea | Two men have pleaded guilty to separate drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
1/23/08 | ROBERT EARL WILSON, ANTHONY LIONEL JONES, JEFFERY JAMON GRANT | John Ross | Indictment | A federal grand jury has returned a 9-count indictment today charging three Beaumont men with federal gun and drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
1/22/08 | CHARLIE MONROE REID, JR. | Randall L. Fluke | Plea | A 24-year-old Silsbee man has pleaded guilty to charges of hurricane related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
1/17/08 | ALEXIS BERNARD TERRY | Michelle S. Englade and Robert L. Hobbs | Sentencing | A 35-year-old Port Arthur man has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for a fatal carjacking in the Eastern District of Texas. |
1/16/08 | MARIANNA MILLER, JASON CORY FREGIA | John Craft | Conviction | A Sour Lake, Texas couple has been convicted of hurricane related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
1/16/08 | MICHAEL LLOYD FRANCIS | Richard L. Moore | Sentencing | A 48-year-old Richmond, Texas man has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
1/15/08 | FLORENCE UBAK-OFFIONG | Dave Henderson | Conviction | A medical equipment supplier has been convicted of health care fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
1/15/08 | BOB ALLEN HAYES, Jr. | Robert Hobbs | Plea | A 32-year-old Houston man has pleaded guilty to charges of hurricane related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
1/11/08 | ANTONIO TAMEZ, JR., BUOAKAI SONSING PEELER | John A. Craft, Robert L. Rawls | Sentencing | A man and a woman have been sentenced for separate drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
1/11/08 | CRAIG TIMOTHY KEE | Mary Ann Cozby | Sentencing | A 46-year-old Whitehouse, Texas man has been sentenced to six months in federal prison and ordered to forfeit his home for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
1/11/08 | DWAYNE LEE POTTER | Randall L. Fluke | Sentencing | A 43-year-old Orange, Texas man has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for possession of child pornography and obstruction of justice in the Eastern District of Texas. |
1/10/08 | ROBERT LAMASCUS | Sentencing | A 39-year-old former Frisco High School teacher and soccer coach has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for possessing child pornography in the Eastern District of Texas. | |
1/10/08 | BRENDA KAY HENDERSON, THOMAS CHRISTOPHER REESE, FELEMON FLORES-DON JUAN, CARLOS OLIVAS DOZAL,JESUS OLIVAS DOZAL, OMAR ALONZO-MARTINEZ | M. Andrew Stover, Stevan A. Buys, Errin Martin | Indictments | A federal grand jury has returned several indictments this week charging multiple individuals in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
1/9/08 | MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS | Alan Jackson, Jim Noble | Indictments | A federal grand jury has returned several indictments this week on cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
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