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| Date | Defendant | Prosecutor | Type | Description |
| 9/27/07 | CASEY LEE BRIGGS, JR. | Richard L. Moore | Plea | A 26-year-old Longview man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 9/20/07 | KIMBERLY MICHELLE KIRKWOOD, PAMELA TEZENO, TERA OWENS, KENNITHA CARNEY, TARUS OWENS | Joseph R. Batte, David H. Henderson | Indictments | A federal grand jury has returned indictments this week charging five individuals in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 9/18/07 | RAUL BERUMEN BRISENO | Richard L. Moore | Plea | A 29-year-old Longview man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 9/18/07 | ABRAN GONZALES SOLIS | Richard Moore | Sentencing | A 27-year-old Hallsville man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 9/18/07 | PSN NATIONAL CONFERENCE | Conference | The fifth Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) national conference is taking place this week in Atlanta. | |
| 9/11/07 | TYREN DEVON MATHEWS, NAKETTA VERON BROOKS, LESLIE RAY WHITE, JOSE CORONA MOLINA, JOSE LUIS ROMERO MORALES, MELISSA ROBERSON, a/k/a Lisa Houston, PATRINA MORELAND, a/k/a Patrina Shankle | Lisa Flournoy, Alan Jackson, Richard Moore, Reynaldo P. Morin | Indictments | A federal grand jury has returned indictments today charging seven individuals in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 9/6/07 | DEMASTERS LEE SAM, DAMARCUS LEE SAM, DEMITRI LEE DAVIS, and WILYUM HENDERSON | Randall L. Fluke | Indictments | 4 Beaumont men have been indicted today on separate charges of hurricane related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 9/4/07 | LORETTA TURNER | John A. Craft | Sentencing | A 45-year-old Dayton woman has been sentenced to 36 months probation for hurricane-related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/31/07 | ALEXIS BERNARD TERRY | Michelle S. Englade and Robert L. Hobbs | Plea | A 35-year-old Port Arthur man has pleaded guilty to federal carjacking charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/31/07 | LEROY RODRIGUEZ, JR. | Richard L. Moore | Plea | A 27-year-old Dallas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/30/07 | JAMES WILEY STINNETT, JR. | Randall L. Fluke, John Ross | Conviction | A 44-year-old Tahlequah, Oklahoma man has been convicted for threatening to bomb a federal facility and kill a federal agent in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/30/07 | SHANE EUGENE RUSHING | Randall L. Fluke and Chris Tortorice | Sentencing | A 40-year-old Hull man has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/30/07 | BILLY SHANE FORD, CLARA ARNETTE WHITE, SHARLANDA MCCOY | Richard L. Moore | Plea | Three individuals have pleaded guilty to various federal drug-related violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/30/07 | GREGORY BEAVER | William Baldwin and Mary Ann Cozby | Sentencing | a 35-year-old Canton man has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/30/07 | KENNETH CALVIN MARTIN | Gregg A. Marchessault | Plea | A 36-year-old former Rusk County Sheriff's deputy has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/30/07 | MICHAEL J. WING | Wes Rivers and Arnold Spencer | Sentencing | A 46-year-old Tyler lawyer has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison ordered to pay $9.1 million in restitution for wire fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/29/07 | REGINALD M. BLACK, MIKE ADAN FELIX | Gregg A. Marchessault | Sentencing | Two men have been sentenced to federal prison for separate drug-related charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/29/07 | WESLEY DALE DICKERSON, HUNTER QUIN TILLERY, ERIC CHAD AARON, ZACHARY DAVID EDWIN KISER | Richard L. Moore, Mary Ann Cozby | Plea | Four individuals have pleaded guilty to various federal drug-related violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/29/07 | MARK WAYNE JASTER | Gregg A. Marchessault | Plea | A 48-year-old Texarkana, Texas man has pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/29/07 | ALLEN SPRAYBERRY | Jim Noble | Sentencing | A former Texarkana, Texas man has been sentenced to five years probation and ordered to pay $346,235.76 in restitution for timber theft in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/29/07 | CARREL WAYNE NEWCOMB | Gregg A. Marchessault | Sentencing | A 48-year-old Texarkana man has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for possessing material involving the sexual exploitation of minors in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/29/07 | ROBERT LAMASCUS | Michele A. Ratcliffe | Plea | A 39-year-old former teacher and soccer coach has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/28/07 | JERRY LYNN METTLEN | Gregg A. Marchessault | Sentencing | A 30-year-old Lufkin man has been sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for possessing material involving the sexual exploitation of minors in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/28/07 | CARL GREEN MORGAN, ANDREA KAY FARMER | Alan R. Jackson | Sentencing | Two East Texans were sentenced today for separate federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/28/07 | LARRY KELLEY FORD | Richard Moore | Sentencing | A 23-year-old Alabama man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/28/07 | PAUL KEITH DICKEY. | John A. Craft | Plea | A28-year-old West Liberty man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/27/07 | CHRISTINA JEAN ROSS, OSCAR WADE SMITH, JESUS VELIZ-GARCIA | Gregg A. Marchessault | Plea | Three individuals pleaded guilty to various federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/24/07 | WENDELL "Chip" RADFORD, JR. | Arnold Spencer, Malcolm Bales, and Robert L. Rawls | Sentencing | A former Jefferson County Assistant District Attorney has been sentenced for his role in a complex mail fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/23/07 | JOSE RAFAEL RAMOS | Alan R. Jackson | Plea | A 36-year-old Marshall man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/23/07 | DAMON DEWAYNE DARDEN | Gregg A. Marchessault | Plea | A 20-year-old Gilmer man has pleaded guilty to federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/22/07 | ANDRES SAENZ REYNA | Richard L. Moore | Plea | A 35-year-old Dallas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/22/07 | ROBERTO RIVERA-PENA, JOSE PADRON-GOMEZ | Michele A. Ratcliffe | Sentencing | Two Mexican Nationals have been sentenced in the Eastern District of Texas for illegally being in the United States. |
| 8/22/07 | CAROL RIBAUDO, and SONJA RITZ | Shamoil T. Shipchandler and J. Andrew Williams | Conviction | Two former McKinney travel agents have been convicted of multiple counts of mail and wire fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/21/07 | RAMON PENA, JOSE LUIS ROJAS, JERRY HUDSON, DANIEL "DANNY" GOMEZ | William Baldwin and Mary Ann Cozby | Sentencing | Four men have been sentenced to federal prison for separate methamphetamine-related charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/16/07 | JAMES HAUCK | Robert L. Rawls | Plea | A 39-year-old Port Neches man has pleaded guilty to federal financial crimes in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/16/07 | DONNA LYNN BAINE | Michelle Englade | Indictment | A 46-year-old Beaumont woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/16/07 | MICHAEL BACOTE, JOSEPH EBRON, and CRESCENO SHERMAN | Joe Batte | Indictments | Three federal prison inmates have been indicted for their roles in the murder of a fellow prisoner while they were incarcerated in the United States Penitentiary in Beaumont in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/15/07 | Burlington Resources Inc. | Settlement | WASHINGTON – Burlington Resources Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $97.5 million to resolve claims that it underpaid royalties. | |
| 8/14/07 | MARCUS HENDERSON | Richard Moore | Sentencing | A 26-year-old Elysian Fields man has been sentenced to 56 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/14/07 | RUBEN VALLE | Richard Moore | Sentencing | A 35-year-old Tatum, Texas man has been sentenced to 200 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/13/07 | GODOLFREDO YERA GUZMAN and GODOLFREDO JUNIOR GUZMAN | Robert L. Hobbs | Sentencing | A 51-year-old California man and his 28-year-old son have been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/10/07 | 21 Pleaded Guilty | Robert L. Hobbs | Plea | Prison sentences were handed down to the lead defendants this week ending a four year investigation and prosecution into a cocaine trafficking organization in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/9/07 | JAVIER CORTEZ, REGINALD RAMOND ELLIS, CAMELLIA ROCHELLE LIPSCOMB, NICK JOSEPH ELINA, III, REBECCA LYN BASSETT, RAMIRO ALCANTAR-GARCIA, JOSE LUIS ALEMAN-RAMIREZ | Errin Martin, M. Andrew Stover, Michele A. Ratcliffe, Randall Blake | Indictments | A federal grand jury has returned indictments this week charging seven individuals in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/9/07 | LARRY PUGH | Alan Jackson | Indictment | A 33-year-old former Jacksonville police officer has been indicted on a charge of false declaration before a federal court in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/2/07 | BRIAN KEITH WILSON, 34, of Orange, Texas JOSEPH DUANE ARMSTRONG, 58, of Orange, Texas KENESAW LANDUS BERNSEN, JR., 56, of Beaumont, Texas ARMANDO MARTINEZ CARMONA, 52, of Vidor, Texas NICOLA JANE HOLTZMAN, 39, of Beaumont, Texas JIMMIE ADAMS |
Christopher T. Tortorice | Indictments | A six Southeast Texans have been indicted for health care fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/2/07 | RICHARD EMERY OAKES, JR. | Gregg A. Marchessault | Plea | A 56-year-old Cason, Texas man has pleaded guilty to child pornography charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/2/07 | JOHN ALEX WHITE and THOMAS ERIC EDMONSON | Richard L. Moore | Plea | Two men have pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/2/07 | JASON RAY MCCAIN | Richard L. Moore | Plea | A 28-year-old Gregg County man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/1/07 | CLIFTON MERRILL BROOKSHIRE | Robert L. Rawls | Sentencing | A 19-year-old Orange, Texas man has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/1/07 | Jerome Marks | Robert L. Hobbs | Plea | A 33-year-old Beaumont man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/1/07 | JOHNNY LEON DAVIDSON, JR. | Jim Middleton | Plea | A second former deputy with the Rusk County Sheriff’s Office has pleaded guilty to civil rights violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/26/07 | WES RIVERS | Information | A former United States Attorney and career prosecutor, passed away this morning at a Galveston hospital in the Eastern District of Texas. | |
| 7/18/07 | JAWORSKI DEWAYNE KING, JAMON EARL LEE, LARRY LEWIS, JR. | John Ross | Indictments | A federal grand jury has returned indictments today charging 3 Port Arthur men with federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/18/07 | DANIEL “DUSTY” FLANAGAN | Jim Middleton | Plea | A former deputy with the Rusk County Sheriff’s Office has pleaded guilty to civil rights violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/17/07 | JAROSLAW AMBROZUK | Shamoil T. Shipchandler | Plea | A 43-year-old Plano man has pleaded guilty to passport fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/17/07 | ALEJANDRO PEREZ | Richard L. Moore | Plea | A 27-year-old Upshur County man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/16/07 | ANTHONY ANDREW BRUNNER | Richard L. Moore | Plea | A 23-year-old Longview man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/13/07 | PERCY LEE OLIVER | Robert Hobbs | Plea | A Louisiana man, pleads guilty to kidnapping charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/12/07 | DANTONI BROWN, ANTHONY WAYNE MANGIAFICO, WILLIAM RANDALL BRANNAN, DEBRA SCHAFER, STEVE SCHAFER | Errin Martin, Andy Williams | Indictments | A federal grand jury returned several indictments this week on separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/11/07 | ROBERTO P. ARMENDARIZ-LOZANO, JESUS VELIZ-GARCIA, MAYKER SANCHEZ, CASEY LEE BRIGGS, JR., ROMIE WESLEY BROWN | Allen Hurst, Gregg Marchessault, Jim Middleton, Richard Moore, Jim Noble | Indictments | A federal grand jury returned several indictments this week on separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| Indictments and criminal informations
are formal accusations of criminal conduct, not evidence. Defendants
are presumed innocent unless and until convicted through due process
of law. |
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