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| Date | Defendant | Prosecutor | Type | Description |
| 6/28/07 | JUAN REYES-JASSO, CLIFFTON TERAN and FRANCISCO VERA | Alan Jackson | Sentencing/Plea | Two men were sentenced, and a third pleaded guilty, on charges of assault on an inmate stemming from a fight in the Federal Correctional Institution in Texarkana, Texas in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/28/07 | TAURUS BENARD JACKSON | Robert L. Rawls | Sentencing | A 23-year-old Beaumont man has been sentenced to 175 months in federal prison for federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/28/07 | CRYSTAL MICHELLE MCELROY and RORY ILES, JR | Robert Hobbs | Plea | A two Jefferson County residents pleaded guilty today to separate charges of hurricane related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/27/07 | JASON ALLEN HIXON | Richard L. Moore | Plea | A 34-year-old Gilmer man has pleaded guilty to methamphetamine violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/27/07 | IVAN AVILA | Richard L. Moore | Sentencing | A 25-year-old Dallas man has been sentenced to 189 months in federal prison for federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/27/07 | MARSKA FLOYD MCDANIEL | Michelle S. Englade | Conviction | A 47-year-old Port Arthur man has been convicted of federal gun violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/27/07 | VERNETT T. WILLIAMS | Terri L. Hagan | Sentencing | A 45-year-old Plano woman has been sentenced for hurricane related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/27/07 | STEVEN NEIL JOHNSON | Gregg A. Marchessault | Sentencing | A 51-year-old Tyler man has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for possessing material involving the sexual exploitation of minors in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/26/07 | SPINDLETOP DRILLING COMPANY | Jim Noble | Plea | A Dallas based Production Company has pleaded guilty to a violation of the Migratory Bird Act Treaty in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/26/07 | ROB ROY ROBINSON | Sarah Wannarka and Robert Hobbs | Sentencing | A 52-year-old Kountze man has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for soliciting sex from an underage child in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/26/07 | CARMEN REGINA HOLLIE | Shamoil T Shipchandler | Plea | Two North Texas women have pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/26/07 | DR. JAMES JARRETT GLASS | Shamoil T. Shipchandler | Plea | A 63-year old former University of North Texas professor has pleaded guilty to federal public corruption charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/21/07 | JOSHUA ALLEN. | Gregg A. Marchessault | Sentencing | A 23-year-old Jacksonville, Texas man has been sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for possessing material involving the sexual exploitation of minors in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/21/07 | TIMOTHY SOUTHWELL, and ROBERT BESHIRS. | Arnold Spencer | Sentencing | Two North Texas businessmen have been sentenced to federal prison for their role in a corporate fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/21/07 | WESLEY ADAM TAYLOR. | Alan Jackson | Sentencing | A 24-year-old Mineola man has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for possessing child pornography in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/21/07 | HEIDI COLLARD. | Richard L. Moore | Sentencing | A 22-year-old Karnack woman has been sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/20/07 | OVERSEAS SHIPHOLDING GROUP INC. | U.S. Attorney’s Offices in the affected districts | Sentencing | WASHINGTON—Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. (OSG) was sentenced today in Beaumont in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/19/07 | CHRISTOPHER DON DEVEREAUX | Shamoil T. Shipchandler | Plea | A 37-year-old Fort Worth man has pleaded guilty to bank fraud charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/18/07 | MARCELLUS-JON ROWRY | Robert L. Hobbs | Plea | A 27-year-old Port Arthur man has pleaded guilty to bank robbery and federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/18/07 | DAMIEN DESHONE GUIDRY, MICHAEL DURAND MCDONALD | Randall Fluke | Plea | Two men have pleaded guilty to separate firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/14/07 | 13 Indictments | Stevan A. Buys, Errin Martin, Joshua Burgess, Sam Cantrell | Indictments | A federal grand jury has returned indictments this week charging 13 individuals in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/14/07 | BILLY DEAN DRIGGERS | Richard L. Moore | Plea | A 36-year-old Longview man has pleaded guilty to methamphetamine violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/12/07 | CHRISTOPHER HUDSON | Jim Noble | Sentencing | A 32-year-old El Dorado, Arkansas man has been sentenced to 96 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/12/07 | JAIME LONG | William Baldwin and Mary Ann Cozby | Sentencing | A 26-year-old Tyler man has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/12/07 | FERMIN DIAZ and FELIPE DIAZ | Richard Moore | Sentencing | Two Gregg County brothers have been sentenced for federal drug and firearm violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/12/07 | RANDY HUTTO | Sarah Wannarka and John L. Ratcliffe | Sentencing | A 26-year-old Spurger man has been sentenced for soliciting sex from an underage child in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/12/07 | SHERRI HARRIS | Dave Henderson | Sentencing | A 37-year-old Louisiana woman has been sentenced for hurricane related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/11/07 | ODELL ROBERTS, JR., JEFFREY SCOTT RAY, PAUL MICHAEL HORTON, ERNEST CHARLES STINSON, JR. | Gregg A. Marchessault, Richard Moore | Sentencing | Four men have been sentenced to prison for separate federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/11/07 | JESUS A. GONZALEZ-OLVERA | Richard L. Moore | Plea | A 29-year-old Mexican National has pleaded guilty to federal firearm violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/7/07 | CURTIS RAY SEVERNS | Tracey Batson and Terri Hagan | Sentencing | A 40-year-old Sherman man has been sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for his role in the arson fire that destroyed a retail firearms business in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/7/07 | JOSE ARMANDO MALAGON-PEREZ, CESAR URIOSTEGUI-SALGADO | Michele A. Ratcliffe | Sentencing | Two Mexican Nationals have been sentenced in the Eastern District of Texas for illegally being in the United States. |
| 6/6/07 | 18 Indictments | Jim Middleton, Richard Moore, Allen Hurst, Jim Noble, Lisa Flournoy, Wes Rivers, Ernest Gonzalez | Indictments | A federal grand jury returned several indictments this week naming 18 individuals in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/1/07 | PHILIP GUADAGNO | Arnold Spencer, Malcolm Bales, and Robert L. Rawls | Sentencing | A 56-year-old Helena Laboratories employee has been sentenced for his part in a complex mail fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 5/31/07 | LEJANDRO TIJERINA, and ERICK SCHMIDT | Richard L. Moore | Sentencing | Two men have been sentenced to federal prison for methamphetamine related charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 5/31/07 | RDOYLA HATZKY, and ROBERT HATZKY | Richard L. Moore | Sentencing | A Kilgore couple has been sentenced to federal prison for methamphetamine related charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 5/24/07 | MARTIN ALBARRAN LOPEZ | Richard L. Moore | Plea | A 41-year-old Upshur County man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 5/23/07 | WESLEY RYAN DUPUY | Robert L. Rawls | Plea | A 24-year-old LaBelle man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 5/23/07 | MICHAEL WRIGHT and JOHNNY GOMEZ | William Baldwin and Mary Ann Cozby | Plea | Two Tyler men involved in Operation Icebox have pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 5/22/07 | EAGLE AWARD | Information | A ceremony held at the Tyler Police Department, Special Agent Brandon Chenault and Tyler Police Department Detective Scott Bradley were presented with the United States Attorney’s Office “Eagle” award in the Eastern District of Texas. | |
| 5/21/07 | New U. S. Attorney | Information | John L. Ratcliffe assumed the duties of United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas on Saturday, May 19, 2007. | |
| 5/18/07 | RUFUS DELANTE McCLELLAND, JR. | Randall Fluke | Sentencing | A 30-year-old Beaumont man has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 5/16/07 | CHARITY DAWN GONZALES | Robert L. Rawls | Sentencing | A 33-year-old Baytown woman has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for forgery in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 5/16/07 | JAMAAL AKEEM BENJAMIN | Randall L. Fluke | Sentencing | A 23-year-old Port Arthur man has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for federal drug and gun crimes in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 5/15/07 | FREDDY EARL PETERS | Robert L. Rawls | Sentencing | A former Jasper County Constable, has been sentenced to five months in federal prison for methamphetamine-related charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 5/15/07 | THEODIS LYNN BARRETT | Gregg A. Marchessault | Sentencing | A 45-year-old Palestine, Texas, man has been sentenced to 180 months in prison for federal gun violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 5/07/07 | Dove Hunt Legal Seminar | Seminar | The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas is sponsoring a Dove Hunt Legal Seminar on Tuesday, May 8, 2007, at the Jefferson County Jury Impaneling Room, 1001 Pearl Street, Beaumont. | |
| 5/03/07 | RAY SLAUGHTER | Michele A. Ratcliffe | Sentencing | A 66-year-old Lewisville man has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for possession of child pornography in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 5/02/07 | SIMON BALDERAS, JR, JOSE ZAVALA, RENE ZAVALA | William Baldwin and Mary Ann Cozby | Sentencing | Three men have been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 5/02/07 | MICHAEL MIHALEY | Gregg A. Marchessault | Sentencing | A 45-year-old Tyler man has been sentenced to 12 months in federal prison for failing to register as a sex offender in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 5/02/07 | ROBERT BRAMMER | Gregg A. Marchessault | Sentencing | A 33-year-old Lufkin man has been sentenced to 240 months in federal prison for creating child pornography in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 5/02/07 | JOHN BRUCE GUTHRIE | Mary Ann Cozby | Plea | A 52-year-old Tyler man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 5/02/07 | DARRELL RAYBUN GLOSUP, CHARLES RALPH SHELTON | Mary Ann Cozby | Sentencing | Two East Texas men have been sentenced to federal prison for methamphetamine-related charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 5/02/07 | 11 Indictments | Jim Middleton, Richard Moore, Allen Hurst, Jim Noble | Indictments | A federal grand jury returned several indictments this week naming eleven individuals in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 4/30/07 | JERRY LYNN METTLEN | Gregg A. Marchessault | Plea | A 30-year-old Lufkin man has pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 4/30/07 | MATTHEW WEBB, ROBERT ERIC SMALL | Michelle Englade | Sentencing | Two men have been sentenced to federal prison for drug and gun violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 4/30/07 | JOSEPH DENNIS BIRD | Randall L. Fluke, Jennifer Lowery, and Robert Hobbs | Sentencing | A 36-year-old Van Nuys, California man has been sentenced to 210 months in federal prison for drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 4/27/07 | SONIA ELEFANO | Arnold Spencer, Malcolm Bales and Robert Rawls | Sentencing | One additional Helena Lab employee has been sentenced in a complex mail fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 4/26/07 | DEBRA HICKS, and AUNGNAPA TANSAMRIT | Arnold Spencer, Malcolm Bales and Robert Rawls | Sentencing | Two Helena Lab employees have been sentenced by United States District Judge Marcia Crone in a complex mail fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 4/20/07 | KETANBHAI GAMANBH PATEL | Gregg Marchessault and Alan Jackson | Sentencing | A 29-year-old Marshall, Texas man has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $296,164 in restitution for mail fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 4/20/07 | EDDIE BLACKNELL, DON EARL SINGLETON, ALONZO MACON | Richard L. Moore | Arrests | A combined task force of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies arrested three individuals involved in a criminal enterprise in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 4/19/07 | Kerr Real Estate, Inc. and Frank Kerr | Kevin McClendon | Settlement | A settlement has been reached regarding damages to the land and fish habitat at Lewisville Lake in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 4/19/07 | JUAN CARLOS MOSQUERA-AMARI, PERRY THOMPSON | Robert L. Hobbs | Sentencing | Two men have been sentenced to federal prison for separate drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 4/19/07 | THOMAS BURNS and MATTIE BURNS | Jim Noble | Plea | A Marshall, Texas couple has pleaded guilty to Social Security fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 4/18/07 | GEORGE SOUTHGATE BUSIEK | Andy Williams | Indictment | A 66-year-old Frisco man has been indicted for tax fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 4/18/07 | ALLEN SPRAYBERRY | Jim Noble | Plea | A 42-year-old former Texarkana, Texas man has pleaded guilty to transporting stolen timber in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 4/18/07 | ALI VAGEFI | Gregg A. Marchessault | Sentencing | A 61-year-old Tyler man has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for attempting to solicit sex from a minor in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 4/16/07 | JASON LAMAR KAY | Robert L. Rawls | Sentencing | A 32-year-old Port Arthur man has been sentenced to 51 months in prison for federal mail fraud charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 4/13/07 | 9 indictments | Randall A. Blake, Stevan A. Buys, Maureen Smith, Errin Martin, Sam Cantrell | Indictments | A federal grand jury has returned 9 indictments this week on separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 4/12/07 | MICHELLE LYNN POLSTER | Robert L. Hobbs | Sentencing | A 33-year-old Nevada woman has been sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 4/11/07 | VERNETT T. WILLIAMS | Terri L. Hagan | Plea | A 45-year-old Plano woman pleaded guilty today to charges of hurricane related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 4/09/07 | Retirement announcement | Matthew D. Orwig announced today his plans to leave his position as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas on May 18, 2007. | ||
| 4/04/07 | ANDRE DAVID LEFFEBRE | Robert L. Rawls | Conviction | A 44-year-old Vidor man has been convicted of armed bank robbery in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 4/04/07 | GILBERTO BORY | William Baldwin and Denise Simpson | Sentence | A Cuban national has been sentenced to 188 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 4/04/07 | MANUEL MIMILA-GUZMAN, ANTOMIO RAFAEL ROJAS-RIOS, ALBERT LEMOYNE SELLERS, CHERYLN MARCOS SELLERS, MICHAEL LLOYD FRANCIS, MARVIN LAMONT WHITE, MARICELA CANOA-CORRALES, ISAIAH MURPHY | Allen Hurst, Jim Middleton, Richard Moore, Jim Noble, Lisa Flournoy | Indictments | A federal grand jury has returned several indictments this week on separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 4/03/07 | WILLIAM “WILLIE” BROWN | Wes Rivers | Indictment | Former president of Plumbers and Pipefitters Local Union 237 has been indicted for embezzlement in the Eastern District of Texas. |
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are presumed innocent unless and until convicted through due process
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