| Date |
Defendant |
Prosecutor |
Type |
Description |
| 12/27/06 |
PERCY LEE OLIVER and LAROMANAIN DONTE ANDERSON |
Robert Hobbs |
Arrests |
Two men have been arrested pending indictments on federal kidnapping charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 12/19/06 |
OVERSEAS SHIPHOLDING GROUP INC. |
|
Plea |
Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. (OSG) has today agreed to plead guilty to 33 felony counts related to deliberate vessel pollution from nine ships and false pollution log entries in three additional ships, in six U.S. ports around the nation. |
| 12/11/06 |
DEBRA HICKS and TERRY MCNEELY |
Arnold Spencer, Malcolm Bales and Robert Rawls |
Plea |
Two additional Helena Lab employees have pleaded guilty in a complex mail fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 12/5/06 |
IDAEL VIERA |
Bill Baldwin and Denise Simpson |
Sentencing |
A 45-year-old Cuban native has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 12/5/06 |
RAMON RAMOS-GUEVARA |
Allen Hurst |
Sentencing |
A 38-year-old Mexican citizen has been sentenced to federal prison for immigration violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 12/4/06 |
ISAAC GOMEZ CUELLAR |
Mary Ann Cozby |
Plea |
A 30-year-old Tyler man has pleaded guilty to federal drug and gun charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 12/1/06 |
PHILIP GUADAGNO, SONIA ELEFANO, and AUNGNAPA TANSAMRIT |
Arnold Spencer, Malcolm Bales and Robert Rawls |
Plea |
Three Helena Lab employees have pleaded guilty in a complex mail fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/30/06 |
WENDELL “Chip” RADFORD, JR., PHILIP GUADAGNO, SONIA ELEFANO, and AUNGNAPA TANSAMRIT |
Arnold Spencer, Malcolm Bales and Robert Rawls |
Indictment |
Four people were identified today in various court documents alleging a complex mail fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/30/06 |
BEAUMONT COMMUNITY LEADERS
LEARN FBI TECHNIQUES
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Information |
Beaumont Mayor Guy Goodson and Entergy President Joe Domino have completed the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Citizens Academy in Houston in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/29/06 |
BRIDGET ORTIGO, DOMINIC KEVIN WARD, TOM RECE MCPHERSON, and MICHAEL SHANE BELL |
Richard Moore |
Sentencing |
One woman and three men from Gregg County have been sentenced for federal drug and firearm violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/29/06 |
US ATTORNEY’S OFFICE JOINS STATE REPRESENTATIVE FOR METH AWARENESS PROGRAM |
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Information |
The United States Attorney’s Office will be joined by State Representative Leo Berman in support of National Methamphetamine Awareness Day in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/29/06 |
NATIONAL METH AWARENESS PROGRAM |
|
Information |
The United States Attorney’s Office was joined by local, state and federal law enforcement agencies today in Beaumont in support of National Methamphetamine Awareness Day in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/29/06 |
OLAN ROGER GLASSCOCK |
Jim Noble |
Sentencing |
A 43-year-old Tyler man has been sentenced for federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/29/06 |
REX EUGENE STUCK, and SUE ANN WALKER |
Mary Ann Cozby |
Sentencing |
Two Jacksonville residents have been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/29/06 |
EDUARDO VASQUEZ, JR., MARK ANTHONY GOMEZ aka MOCO, and TANYA SMITH, aka CC |
William Baldwin and Mary Ann Cozby |
Sentencing |
Three Tyler residents have been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/28/06 |
SAM LEAL, JOHN CARROL, STANLEY DREW BURKHART, and JOEY PAUP |
William Baldwin and Mary Ann Cozby |
Sentencing |
Four men have been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/28/06 |
HOWARD CHOY |
Richard Moore |
Plea |
A 36-year-old Longview man has pleaded guilty to federal gun and drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/20/06 |
KETANBHAI GAMANBH PATEL |
Gregg Marchessault and Alan Jackson |
Plea |
A 29-year-old Marshall man has pleaded guilty to mail fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/20/06 |
DJOSE REYES-GARCIA, RAUL GUTIERREZ-PEREZ, and JAVIER LOPEZ. |
Reynaldo P. Morin |
Plea |
Three defendants in the drug investigation known as Operation Kings Court, have pleaded guilty to federal drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/20/06 |
JAMES BRYANT LATHAM, JR., and MICHAEL RICHARD URPANI |
Joshua T. Burgess |
Sentencing |
Two men have been sentenced for federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/17/06 |
DONALD LEROY COSGROVE, JR. |
Joshua T. Burgess |
Sentencing |
A 34-year-old Gainesville man has been sentenced for federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/17/06 |
TINA ANN JONES |
Joshua T. Burgess |
Sentencing |
A 38-year-old Sherman woman has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for threatening a witness in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/16/06 |
DOMINIE LARAY JOHNSON, PATRICK DELEON SHEFFIELD, and QUINCY LEE HENDERSON |
Josh T. Burgess |
Sentencing |
Three men have been sentenced for federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/15/06 |
BRADLEY WAYNE SHAW |
Richard Moore |
Plea |
A 26-year-old Longview man has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/14/06 |
JUNIOR WALKER |
Robert Hobbs |
Sentencing |
A 42-year-old Orange, Texas man has been sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for dealing drugs in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/13/06 |
JULES B. FLEDER, JACK A. BROWN, ROGER SHERMAN |
Wes Rivers and Arnold Spencer |
Sentencing |
Three men have been sentenced in a massive real estate scheme that defrauded investors of more than $27 million in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/13/06 |
DAVID LEE JACKSON |
Joe Batte and Jim Jenkins |
Sentencing |
A 46-year-old federal prison inmate has been sentenced to the Death Penalty for the murder of a fellow prisoner at the federal penitentiary in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/13/06 |
RYAN JAMES EFF |
Malcolm Bales and Lisa Flournoy |
Conviction |
A 33-year-old Kennard firefighter has been convicted of setting three arson fires in the Davy Crockett National Forest in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/9/06 |
DUANE RAY CLARK |
Randall Blake |
Indictment |
A 34-year-old Gainesville man has been indicted for hurricane related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/9/06 |
DOYLE LEEROY GREENE |
Richard Moore |
Sentencing |
A 46-year-old Jefferson man has been sentenced to 160 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/9/06 |
KENNETH DEAN MAYES, LESLIE MARIE JACKSON, RUBEN IBARRA SALAZAR, TAMMIE SIMPSON SALAZAR, FARRIS KHALID SAWAN, JOE MONTELONGO II, CHANNING ALEXANDER, JOSE FELIMON RESENDIZ, FERNANDO GARCIA, MARY TELL BENITEZ, MANUEL MEJIA-ORDONEZ, CESAR URIOSTEGUI-SALGADO, FELIPE DARIO BAUTISTA-OLVERA, CHARLTON RAY MCDONALD, BYRON TODD HALL, KEVIN ANDREW PACK II, NATHAN WAYLON SCARBROUGH, KANDI ELAINE SCARBROUGH, GEORGE THOMAS ROBERTS, JR, KAYLON PERCEL STEWARD, and THOMAS ALBERT MCCLOUD |
Stevan Buys, M. Andrew Stover, Michele A. Ratcliffe, Randall Blake, Josh Burgess, Maureen Smith, and, Ernest Gonzalez |
Indictment |
A federal grand jury has returned numerous indictments this week charging 21 defendants of various federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/8/06 |
CARL CARVER, FREDY VILLEGAS-GAONA, SAUL ZAMORA MUNOZ, FERNANDO VARGAS, RAUL MARTINEZ RIVERA, JUAN REYES JASSO, FRANCISCO VERA, CLIFFTON TERAN, JOHNNY E. ROBINSON, ROBERT BRAMMER, JOSHUA ALLEN, SACRAMENTO SILVA-ALVAREZ, THOMAS BURNS, MATTIE BURNS, DAVID KEGLEY, and MARION KEGLEY |
Lisa Flournoy, Allen Hurst, Jim Middleton, Barry Bryant, Gregg Marchessault, Jim Noble |
Indictment |
A federal grand jury has returned numerous indictments this week charging 15 defendants in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/8/06 |
JONATHAN EDDINGTON |
Richard Moore |
Plea |
A 37-year-old Gladewater man has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/6/06 |
MAURO ESTRADA |
Tracey Batson |
Plea |
A 23-year-old Dallas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/3/06 |
DANIEL PATRICK JONES, CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR, and ANTHONY WAYNE WILSON |
Michelle Englade |
Sentencing |
Two Port Arthur men and a Woodville man were sentenced to federal prison by United States District Judge Marcia Crone in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/2/06 |
BETO TORRES-BERNAL |
Allen Hurst |
Sentencing |
A 24-year-old Mexican man has been sentenced to twelve months and one day in federal prison for transporting illegal immigrants within the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/1/06 |
ANTHONY C. PRICE |
Robert L. Rawls |
Indictment |
A 50-year-old Beaumont man has been indicted on charges of embezzling union funds in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/1/06 |
ABRAN GONZALEZ SOLIS |
Richard Moore |
Plea |
A 26-year-old Hallisville has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/1/06 |
PAUL WILLIAM SMITH |
Terri L. Hagan |
Sentencing |
A 44-year-old Texarkana man has been sentenced to 110 months in federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/31/06 |
CHARLES E. HARRIST, JR. |
Alan Jackson and Gregg A. Marchessault |
Sentencing |
A 56-year-old Atlanta, Texas man has been sentenced to 97 months in federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/31/06 |
UHKOTO DELEE CHATMAN |
Alan Jackson |
Sentencing |
A 28-year-old Lancaster man has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess stolen mail in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/31/06 |
TERESA FIELDS |
Malcolm Bales |
Sentencing |
A 26-year-old Nacogdoches woman has been sentenced to seven months in federal prison for bank fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/31/06 |
NATHANIEL EDWARD GONZALEZ |
Tracey Batson |
Sentencing |
A 21-year-old Richardson man was sentenced to 72 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/31/06 |
NATHANIEL RASHAD CLEVELAND, JEFFERY TODD MERCHANT, JANICE KOONTZ, SAMUEL PERRY, and ROBERT OLAN DOOLEY |
Barry Bryant |
Sentencing |
Five people were sentenced in Texarkana for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/31/06 |
DENA FUSELIER |
Barry Bryant |
Sentencing |
A 64-year-old Atlanta, Texas woman has been sentenced for submitting false claims to the Red Cross following Hurricane Katrina in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/30/06 |
Gang Prevention Seminar |
|
Informantion |
United States Attorney Matthew D. Orwig, in conjunction with Jefferson County Crime Stoppers and Region V Education Center, is sponsoring a Gang Prevention Seminar for school officials in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/27/06 |
WILLIAM DANIEL PICKETT, JR. |
John A. Craft |
Conviction |
A 35-year-old Woodville man has been convicted of federal drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/25/06 |
SAUL ZAMORA MUNOZ, FERNANDO VARGAS, and RAUL MARTINEZ RIVERA |
Jim Middleton |
Arrest |
Three men have been arrested pending indictments on federal charges in an identity fraud case in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/25/06 |
LETTERICK RODGERS |
Reynaldo P. Morin |
Sentencing |
A 26-year-old Nacogdoches man has been sentenced to 54 months in federal prison for bank robbery in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/25/06 |
VICTOR FUNDORA |
Joshua T. Burgess |
Sentencing |
A 48-year-old Ft. Worth man has been sentenced to 262 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/25/06 |
MICHAEL ZIRKLE |
Jim Noble |
Plea |
A 41-year-old licensed gun dealer in Gladewater has pleaded guilty to falsifying records in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/25/06 |
TROY MATTHEW PHILLIPS |
Reynaldo P. Morin |
Sentencing |
A 32-year-old Huntington man has been sentenced to 151 months in federal prison for distributing images of child pornography in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/25/06 |
ANTWON DERAY MEDRANO |
Maureen Smith |
Sentencing |
A 26-year-old Sherman man was sentenced to 140 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/24/06 |
KEVIN TRACY WISEMAN |
Reynaldo P. Morin |
Plea |
A 46-year-old Tennessee Colony man has pleaded guilty to manufacturing child pornography in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/23/06 |
CHRISTOPHER JACK COLLUM |
Richard Moore |
Sentencing |
A 25-year-old Longview man has been sentenced to 360 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/20/06 |
SAMMY EARL BRUMLEY,HUMBERTO MONTELONGO-CUELLAR, FELIPE LUCERO-AHUMADA, KEVIN SAMUELS, KELLY JACKSON and LAMONT CEPHUS |
Michele A. Ratcliffe, Randall A. Blake and Heather Rattan |
Sentencing |
Nine people were sentenced for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/20/06 |
EDWARD DEL COFER, TERRI LEE FELTS, MICHAEL ALLEN HAMMONDS, VICETH RATH, BRANDON HIGH and CHAD LOWER BROWN |
Shamoil T. Shipchandler, Joshua Burgess, Randall Blake and Maureen Smith |
Sentencing |
Six people were sentenced for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/20/06 |
FELICIA-SHEPPARD RUSHING, MELVIN DEMON GRIFFIN, MELVIN CHARLES GRIFFIN, JEROME KEITH GRIFFIN, BYRON EUGENE JAGOURS, ANTONION FRANCISCO WASHINGTON, JOHNNY EDWARD JACKSON, EUGENE GRIFFIN, JERRY MATTHEWS GRIFFIN, and SHANNON N. GRIFFIN, TEVARIAN DANIEL LEWIS, ANTHONY QUINN DUCKETT, BRIAN O’NEAL CLARK, JAMES EDWARD GRIFFIN and EUGENE GRIFFIN, JR. |
Maureen Smith and Heather Rattan |
Sentencing |
The sentencing of fifteen defendants, who were part of a roundup in McKinney for federal drug violations involving illegal conspiracy, distribution of crack cocaine and the illegal possession of firearms. |
| 10/18/06 |
PATRICK CRAWFORD FITZSIMMONS, OMAR NAVA and RICHARD BROWN |
Maureen Smith, Joshua Burgess and Randall Blake |
Sentencing |
Three people were sentenced for individual federal crimes in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/18/06 |
MARCUS L. BASSHAM |
Andy Williams |
Plea |
The Delta County Sheriff has pleaded guilty to federal charges committed while he served in that capacity. |
| 10/18/06 |
SIMON BALDERAS, SR. |
Mary Ann Cozby and William Baldwin |
Plea |
A 59-year-old Tyler man has pleaded guilty to federal gun charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/17/06 |
RAY SLAUGHTER |
Michele A. Ratcliffe |
Indictment |
A 66-year-old Lewisville man has been arrested today on child pornography charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/17/06 |
BRUCE EDMONDS DUNLAP |
Gregg A. Marchessault |
Sentencing |
A 65-year-old Wilmington, Delaware man has been sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for distributing child pornography in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/12/06 |
ERICA JEANNE DELGREGO |
Randall L. Fluke |
Sentencing |
A 32-year-old Beaumont woman has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/12/06 |
BILLY GENE MCGEE |
Randall L. Fluke |
Sentencing |
A 45-year-old Missouri man has been sentenced to 108 months in federal prison for federal firearms charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/11/06 |
THEODORE EARL WHITE |
Alan Jackson |
Sentencing |
A 25-year-old Little Rock, Arkansas man has been sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for possession of stolen mail in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/10/06 |
PEDRO ZUNIGA |
Richard Moore |
Plea |
A 30-year-old Longview man has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/6/06 |
STEVEN J. WARD |
Jim Middleton and Arnold Spencer |
Sentencing |
A 43-year-old Marshall man has been sentenced to one year of probation for filing a false income tax return in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/6/06 |
FERNANDO CHAVIRA |
Jim Middleton |
Sentencing |
A 45-year-old Plano man has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/5/06 |
GAYLA R. THURMAN |
Robert L. Rawls |
Indictment |
A 57-year-old West Orange woman has been indicted and charged with 15 counts of health care fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/3/06 |
TOMISHA EMBRY |
Alan Jackson |
Sentencing |
A 29-year-old Longview Woman has been sentenced for posing as a Hurricane Katrina victim and attempting to defraud the federal government in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/3/06 |
LAMARK FRUGA |
Joseph R. Batte |
Sentencing |
A 24-year-old New Orleans man has been sentenced to 46 months in prison for federal drug and gun violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/3/06 |
JABARIAN GACOBE ELAM |
Michelle S. Englade |
Plea |
A 20-year-old Silsbee man has pleaded guilty to federal drug and gun charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 9/29/06 |
JASON LAMAR KAY |
Robert L. Rawls |
Plea |
A 38-year-old Port Arthur man has pleaded guilty to a federal mail fraud charge in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 9/28/06 |
KENNETH EARL MCBRYDE |
Randall L. Fluke |
Plea |
A 33-year-old Beaumont man has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 9/28/06 |
SEAN ALLEN STUDNICKA |
Randall L. Fluke |
Sentencing |
A 37-year-old inmate housed at the Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Facility in Beaumont has been sentenced to an additional 120 months for assaulting a correctional officer in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 9/28/06 |
LARRY M. PUGH |
Alan Jackson and Wes Rivers |
Plea |
A 33-year-old former Jacksonville police officer has pleaded guilty to civil rights violations and retaliating against a witness in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 9/27/06 |
JACKIE JEELANI AUSTIN |
Jim Middleton |
Plea |
A 25-year-old Troup man has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 9/26/06 |
THOMAS LEE LEWIS and ANTHONY BENJAMIN |
James O. Jenkins, Jr. |
Sentencing |
Two Port Arthur men have been sentenced to federal prison for separate federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 9/25/06 |
JAMES VAN METER and ANITA VAN METER |
Shamoil T. Shipchandler and J. Andrew Williams |
Conviction |
A Flower Mound couple has been convicted of tax evasion in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 9/25/06 |
STEVEN OREN RAY |
Jim Noble |
Sentencing |
A 45-year-old Longview man has been sentenced to 51 months in prison for federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 9/20/06 |
JAMES C. COLEMAN |
Alan Jackson |
Arrest |
A 73-year-old Longview man has been arrested on charges of wrongfully withholding Veterans Administration benefits in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 9/20/06 |
RICHARD LEE JONES |
Alan Jackson |
Sentencing |
A 38-year-old McLeod man has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for burglarizing the McLeod Post Office in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 9/20/06 |
Gang Prevention Summit |
|
Information |
United States Attorney Matthew D. Orwig, in conjunction with the Jefferson County Crime Stoppers and the Port Arthur Independent School District, is sponsoring a Gang Prevention Summit for members of the Port Arthur community in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 9/20/06 |
DAVID LEE GREEN |
Jim Middleton |
Plea |
A 64-year-old Flint man has pleaded guilty to being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 9/20/06 |
ANTONIO GARCIA, Jr., THOMAS LYNN EDWARDS, STACY DEAN MOSELEY, KARA LEANN WELCH, and CONNIE GOSHORN |
Mary Ann Cozby |
Indictment |
Five East Texans have been indicted on federal drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 9/18/06 |
ISAURO ALANIS-BOTELLO, OMAR ALEJANDRO PICHARDO-PERALTA, JOSE LUIS PESCADOR-ARRIAGA |
Allen Hurst |
Sentencing |
Three Mexican citizens have been sentenced to federal prison for immigration violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 9/13/06 |
BENNIE FRANK PARRISH |
Jim Noble |
Plea |
A 46-year-old Anderson County man has pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 9/13/06 |
THEODIS LYNN BARRETT, DAVID PEREZ-JULIAN, DAVID LEE GREEN, DEREK CHAD MADDOX, LARRY PUGH |
Gregg Marchessault, Allen Hurst, Jim Middleton, Denise Simpson, Alan Jackson |
Indictment |
A federal grand jury has returned numerous indictments charging defendants in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 9/11/06 |
SCOTT ALLEN NEWTON |
Randall Blake |
Sentencing |
A 31-year-old Denton man has been sentenced to nine months in federal prison for posing as a Hurricane Katrina victim and attempting to defraud the federal government in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 9/8/06 |
ABDUL KARIEM LUQMAN, SHALIMAR WILLIAMS and CECIL O’NEAL OWENS |
Richard L. Moore |
Sentencing |
Federal prison sentences for three men in separate cases in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 9/8/06 |
WALLY ABDER RAHMAN |
Bill Baldwin |
Sentencing |
A 47-year-old Tyler convenience store owner has been sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 9/8/06 |
JOHNNY FLOYD CROCKER |
Gregg A. Marchessault |
Sentencing |
A 47-year-old Gladewater man has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for possession of child pornography and federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 9/8/06 |
NINA JYLLANE TAYLOR |
Randall L. Fluke |
Plea |
A 43-year-old Orange, Texas mail carrier has pleaded guilty to federal charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 9/8/06 |
RAFAEL ZACHARY LEOS |
Jim Middleton |
Plea |
A 25-year-old Tyler man has pleaded guilty to robbing a credit union in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 9/7/06 |
JOE PAUL FISHER |
Jim Noble |
Plea |
A 30-year-old Palestine, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal gun charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 9/7/06 |
CLAUDE EARL CARNES and TONY BENARD RICHARDSON |
Richard L. Moore |
Sentencing |
Two men have been sentenced to federal prison for separate federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/30/06 |
HENRY JEROME BAKER |
Sarah Wannarka and Randall Fluke |
Sentencing |
A 39-year-old Fresno, Texas man has been sentenced to 121 months in federal prison for dealing drugs in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/24/06 |
AMBER LAWHORN and CHRISTOPHER LEE SNELSON |
Richard Moore |
Plea |
Two Longview residents have pleaded guilty to federal drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/21/06 |
GARY KIM YOUNG |
Randall Fluke |
Plea |
A 47-year-old Nederland man has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on a computer in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/17/06 |
DEBRA GODWIN |
Reynaldo P. Morin |
Plea |
A 45-year-old Grapeland woman has pleaded guilty to tax evasion in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/17/06 |
PROJECT SAFE CHILDHOOD SPONSORS TRAINING |
Terri L. Hagan |
Information |
The completion of a training session held in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/17/06 |
LARRY LIPPMAN |
Malcolm Bales |
Indictment |
A 56-year-old Eagle Lake, Texas man has been indicted for embezzling from a HUD-funded apartment complex in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/16/06 |
WILLIAM BRADLEY SMITH |
Jim Middleton |
Plea |
A 27-year-old Longview man has pleaded guilty to being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/14/06 |
JACKIE JEELANIE AUSTIN |
Jim Middleton |
Indictment |
A 25-year-old Troup man appeared today before Untied States Magistrate Judge John Love on federal drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/11/06 |
TORIBIA GLORIA MEDINA |
Mary Ann Cozby and William Baldwin |
Plea |
A 41-year-old Tyler woman has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/10/06 |
MICHAEL ALLEN GILLMAN, JAMES D. JOHNSON and KNISHAWA BOYKINS |
Shamoil T. Shipchandler and Andrew Stover |
Indictment |
Three North Texans have been indicted in two separate cases of hurricane related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/8/06 |
SHAUN DALE WEEKS |
Richard Moore |
Plea |
A 30-year-old Gilmer man has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/8/06 |
BRAD TODD BROWN |
Richard Moore |
Plea |
A 33-year-old Lindale man has pleaded guilty to a federal explosives violation charge in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/8/06 |
KETANBHAI GAMANBHAI PATEL |
Alan Jackson and Gregg Marchessault |
Arrest |
A 29-year-old Marshall man was arrested today on a charge of arson and mail fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/7/06 |
DENA FUSELIER |
Barry Bryant |
Plea |
A 64-year-old Texarkana hotel manager has pleaded guilty to hurricane related fraud charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/7/06 |
MARVIN ORLANDO THORNE |
Jim Noble |
Plea |
A Dallas, Texas man pleaded guilty to possessing marijuana with intent to distribute in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/7/06 |
MICHAEL JEROME MCDANIEL |
Richard Moore |
Plea |
An Alabama man has pleaded guilty to the use of a communication facility to facilitate the commission of a felony in in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/4/06 |
JERIMIAH MAURICE JEFFCOAT |
Richard Moore |
Plea |
A Dallas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violation charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/3/06 |
MAURO CESAR FILETO |
John A. Craft |
Indictment |
The indictment of a Brazilian national for federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/2/06 |
RODERICK DEANDRA SPARKS, SALWILLEL THOMAS FIELDS, BILLY BRIAN PENNY, KENNETH ROSE, RUBEN GARCIA, JASMEON DECOLE O’QUINN, MANUEL SERVANDO FLORIAN-VELASQUES, JOSE SOLIS-ZIQUEIROS, DARAYMOSS LISTERS |
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Indictment |
A federal grand jury returned 9 indictments this week for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/2/06 |
PROJECT SAFE CHILDHOOD |
Terri L. Hagan |
Information |
The formation of the Eastern District of Texas Project Safe Childhood (PSC) Working Group. |
| 7/31/06 |
BRIAN DAVID HOBBS |
Jim Noble |
Sentencing |
A 49-year-old Gilmer, Texas man has been sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for unlawfully manufacturing firearms silencers in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/31/06 |
RAYBURN ELRAY NEWSOM |
Jim Noble |
Plea |
A 46-year-old Holiday, Texas man has pleaded guilty to possessing an unregistered machine gun in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/27/06 |
PAUL MICHAEL HORTON |
Jim Middleton |
Indictment |
A 42-year-old Cherokee County man has been indicted for possessing a destructive device in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/26/06 |
STEVEN MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ |
Richard Moore |
Plea |
A Gregg County man has pleaded guilty to federal drug and firearm violation charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/25/06 |
JEROME CUTWRIGHT |
Reynaldo P. Morin |
Sentencing |
A 33-year-old San Augustine man has been sentenced to 80 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/25/06 |
GERALD LYNN STILES II, and MICHAEL SHANE BELL |
Richard Moore |
Plea |
Two Gregg County men have pleaded guilty to federal drug and firearms violation charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/24/06 |
SAMATHA LEA LANE and RYAN THOMAS PITTS |
Shamoil Shipchandler |
Plea |
Samantha Lea Lane, 24, and Ryan Thomas Pitts, 26, both of McKinney, pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit fraud in connection with access devices in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/24/06 |
SUSAN GEORGE |
Gregg A. Marchessault |
Sentencing |
SUSAN GEORGE, a 44-year old Clarksville, Texas woman has been sentenced for mail fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/21/06 |
SHARLENE RICE |
Shamoil Shipchandler |
Sentencing |
SHARLENE RICE, 33, was sentenced for her role in a conspiracy to commit computer fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/20/06 |
ROBERT DANIEL BAILEY and ERIK MARQUEZ ORTEGA |
Josh Burgess |
Sentencing |
Two men have been sentenced to federal prison for federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/20/06 |
SHERMAN CLAY EDWARDS and MARILYN ANN EDWARDS |
Shamoil Shipchandler |
Sentencing |
SHERMAN CLAY EDWARDS, 54, and MARILYN ANN EDWARDS, 52, a couple from Bowie, were sentenced by United States District Judge Ron Clark for their roles in a conspiracy to commit bank fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/19/06 |
JAMEEL CASEY |
Shamoil Shipchandler |
Sentencing |
A 30-year-old Dallas man has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison, a $5,000 fine and three years of supervised release in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/19/06 |
JERRY LYNN MEYER |
Alan Jackson |
Plea |
A 27-year-old, Longview man has pleaded guilty to possession of stolen mail in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/19/06 |
OVERSEAS SHIPHOLDING GROUP, INC |
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Indictment |
A Superceding Indictment had been returned by a federal grand jury charging the owner and operator of the M/T Pacific Ruby in a pending case against the ship’s Chief Engineer in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/19/06 |
FREDDY EARL PETERS |
Robert L. Rawls |
Indictment |
Former Jasper County Constable FREDDY EARL PETERS has been indicted for federal drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/19/06 |
ELLIS JOSEPH MOSHER |
James O. Jenkins, Jr. and J. Malcolm Bales |
Indictment |
A 32-year-old federal inmate was indicted today for the first degree murder of another prisoner at the United States Penitentiary in Beaumont. |
| 7/19/06 |
JUDD DAVID JONES and JODY MARLIN LYONS |
Ernest Gonzalez |
Sentencing |
Two former Cooke County Sheriff’s deputies have been sentenced for civil rights violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/19/06 |
KYLE RODNEY WILSON |
Mary Ann Cozby and Alan Jackson |
Plea |
Another defendant has pleaded guilty to federal charges related to a drug bust earlier this year in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/18/06 |
ROLANDO MUNOZ-MENA |
Allen Hurst |
Sentencing |
A 33-year-old Mexican man, who has been living in Jacksonville illegally, has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for selling cocaine in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/18/06 |
MARTIN VILLEGAS-RODRIIGUEZ |
Allen Hurst |
Sentencing |
A 21-year-old illegal alien from Mexico has been sentenced to five months in federal prison for immigration violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/18/06 |
DAVID SANCHEZ |
Barry Bryant |
Sentencing |
A 30 year-old Mexican national has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for smuggling bulk cash in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/17/06 |
RANDY LYNN WILLIAMS, THOMAS JEAN HILL and RODNEY RAY WEST |
Mary Ann Cozby |
Plea |
Three additional defendants have pleaded guilty to federal charges related to a drug bust earlier this year in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/17/06 |
REESE MCPHERSON and RICARDO PEREZ, II |
Richard L. Moore and Lance Larison |
Plea |
Two Gregg County men have pleaded guilty to federal drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/13/06 |
HAROLD KIRK SAMUEL |
Randall L. Fluke |
Plea |
A 40-year-old Beaumont, Texas man has been sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/13/06 |
NINA JYLLANE TAYLOR |
Randall Fluke |
Indictment |
A 43-year-old Orange, Texas, woman has been indicted for theft of mail by a postal employee in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/13/06 |
JABARIAN GACOBE ELAM |
Michelle Englade |
Indictment |
A 19 year-old Silsbee man has been indicted for possession with the intent to distribute a controlled substance within 1000 feet of a playground and brandishing a firearm in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/13/06 |
RONALD GREG NULL and RENELL GRACE PAYNE |
Mary Ann Cozby |
Plea |
A 55-year-old Van Zandt man and a 27-year-old Dallas woman have pleaded guilty to federal charges related to a drug bust earlier this year in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/12/06 |
MICHAEL ZIRKLE, ABRAN GONZALES SOLIS, HOWARD CHOY, JASON RAYSHARD WILLIAMS, LONNEY CHARLES WILLIAMS, MICHAEL BOYD and LAVERNE GRAY |
Lisa Flournoy |
Plea |
A federal grand jury returned six indictments this week for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/12/06 |
NATHANIEL RASHAD CLEVELAND |
Barry Bryant |
Plea |
A 21-year-old Texarkana, man pleaded guilty to theft from a licensed firearms dealer today before United States Magistrate Judge Caroline Craven. |
| 7/12/06 |
DERIC LAMONT SHEPPARD |
Jim Middleton |
Plea |
A 26-year-old Henderson man has pleaded guilty to being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/11/06 |
JEFFERY TOD MERCHANT |
Barry Bryant |
Plea |
A 40-year-old Texarkana man has pleaded guilty to robbing a bank in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/7/06 |
CLYDE PARRISH |
Alan Jackson |
Plea |
A 56-year-old Athens man has pleaded guilty to misprision of a felony in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/7/06 |
COREY DEWAYNE ROBINSON |
Jim Jenkins |
Plea |
A 26-year-old Houston man has pleaded guilty to possession with the intent to distribute 5 grams or more of "crack" cocaine in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/7/06 |
TANYA SMITH |
Bill Baldwin |
Plea |
A 25-year-old Jacksonville woman has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/7/06 |
ROBERT OLAN DOOLEY |
Barry Bryant |
Plea |
A Texarkana, Texas, man pleaded guilty to conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Matt D. Orwig announced today. |
| 7/6/06 |
LETERRICK TWUANE RODGERS |
Rey Morin |
Plea |
A 26-year-old Garrison, Texas, man has pleaded guilty to federal bank robbery charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/6/06 |
LAVERNE STERNS SIRLS, ODIS DON STERNS and ROSETTA STERNS |
Rey Morin |
Plea |
Three members of a Nacogdoches family pleaded guilty today to charges presented in a grand jury indictment on May 3, 2006. |
| 7/6/06 |
LARON MALLET |
Rey Morin |
Plea |
A 34-year-old Nacogdoches man has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/6/06 |
CHRISTOPHER ERIC WALTRIP |
Jim Noble |
Plea |
A 27-year-old Carthage man has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/5/06 |
MURRY WALLACE |
Randall Fluke and Sarah Wannarka |
Sentencing |
A 64-year-old Beaumont man has been sentenced to 121 months in federal prison, 5 years of supervised release and $100 special assessment for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/5/06 |
ARTHUR MARCUS BOYD |
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Sentencing |
A 57-year-old Colbert, Oklahoma man was sentenced today after being previously found guilty of 8 counts of mailing threatening communications. |
| 6/30/06 |
JULIUS LEQUINTE HOUSTON |
Joe Batte |
Sentencing |
A 28-year-old Beaumont man has been sentenced to 108 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/29/06 |
ZACHARY MICHAEL JAMES WHITTAKER |
Jim Jenkins |
Sentencing |
A 23-year-old Dayton man has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/29/06 |
MICHAEL RAY HARRISON |
Robert Rawls and Sarah Wannarka |
Sentencing |
A 48-year-old Orange County man has been sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/29/06 |
CIPRIANO BARRAZA-CARRILLO |
Allen Hurst |
Plea |
A 47-year-old illegal alien from Mexico has pleaded guilty to a federal immigration charge in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/29/06 |
DOYLE LEEROY GREENE and JESSICA MARIE MCcREERY |
Mary Ann Cozby |
Plea |
A Marion County couple has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/28/06 |
ARZELL GULLEY |
Joe Batte |
Conviction |
A 35-year-old federal prison inmate has been convicted of murdering a fellow prisoner at the federal penitentiary in Beaumont. |
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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