Eastern District of Tennessee
Press Releases
- Monday, October 6, 2008 - VA Nurse Ruth Annette Wilson Sentenced To 12 Months For Diverting Drugs
- Wednesday, October 8, 2008 - David C. Kernell Indicted for Alleged Hack of Governor Sarah Palin's E-mail Account
- Monday, October 20, 2008 - Justice Department's Nationwide Election Day Program
- Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - Daniel Henry Lane, Jr., Sentenced for Firearms Violation
- Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - Charles Steven Bradley Sentenced for Possession of Child Pornography
- Thursday, October 23, 2008 - Ten Arrested on Federal Chargs in Fayetteville, Tennessee
- Monday, October 27, 2008 - Virginia Men Arrested in Tennessee for Extortion
- Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - Winchester Tennessee M.D Elizabeth Reimers, Indicted Illegally Dispensing Controlled Substances
- Wednesday, September 3, 2008 - Retired University of Tennessee Professor Dr. J. Reece Roth Convicted of Arms Export Violations
- Friday, September 5, 2008 - Ten indicted in Oxycodone and Hydrocodone Distribution Conspiracy
- Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - Former Hawkins County Doctor Arrest for Health Care Fraud, Drug and Tax Charges
- Friday, September 19, 2008 - Federal Involvement in Chattanooga Gang Roundup
- Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - Equitable Sharing In Chattanooga
- Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - Former Hamblen County Deputy Arrested for Civil Rights Violations
- Thursday, September 25, 2008 - Former Comptroller Sentenced to 46 Months for Wire Fraud
October 2008
September 2008
- Friday, August 8, 2008 - Three Guatamalans Plead Guilty to Identification Document Fraud
- Monday, August 18, 2008 - Convicted Child Pornographer, Michael Eugene Noel, Receives Twenty-six (26) Year Sentence
- Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - Atmospheric Glow Technologies, Inc. Pleads Guilty
- Thursday, August 21, 2008 - Mexican National Humberto Otero Cea Pleads Guilty to Operating a Document Mill
- Thursday, August 21, 2008 - Mexican National Aron Herrera-Juarez Pleads Guilty to Operating a Document Mill
- Tuesday, August 28, 2008 - Stanley Eldridge McCleave Sentenced for Child Pornography Conviction
August 2008
- Thursday, July 10, 2008 - Guilty Plea of Rene Otera Bautista to False Document Charge
- Thursday, July 10, 2008 - Clinical Psychologist Pleads Guilty to Tax Charge
- Thursday, July 24, 2008 - Former Sevier County Judge Sentenced for Child Pornography
- Monday, July 28, 2008 - Washington County Man Pled Guilty to Producing Child Pornography and Interstate Solicitation of a Minor
July 2008
- Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - North Carolina Man Sentenced in Johnson City Methamphetamine Case
- Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - Johnson City Man Pleads Guilty to Being Felon in Possession of Firearm
- Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - Kingsport Tennessee Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty
- Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - Johnson City Man Pleads Guilty to Firearm Charge After Shooting At Wife
- Thursday, June 19, 2008 - Gary Kevin Adkins Convicted On Methamphetamine Conspiracy and Firearms Charges
- Monday, June 23, 2008 - Convicted Child Pornographer Jimmy E. Sprague, 62, Formerly of Kingsport, Receives 30 Year Sentence
June 2008
- Friday, May2, 2008 -Jack Allen Nash, Dr. Joseph Simmons Bird, Jr., and Dr. Barry Donesky Sentenced For Tax Fraud.
- Friday, May2, 2008 -Shelbyville Convenience Store Owner Sentenced in Tax Fraud Case.
- Monday, May5, 2008 -Former Chattanooga Sheriff, William Horace "Billy" Long, Pleads Guilty to Extortion, Money Laundering, Providing a Gun to a Felon and Drug Trafficking.
- Tuesday, May13, 2008 -Gary Lynn Williams, 31, of Johnson City Pleads Guilty to Possession of Cocaine Base (Crack) and Cocaine.
- Wednesday, May14, 2008 -42 Chattanooga Area Residents Including Chattanooga City Councilman, Charged with Cocaine Trafficking and Related Charges.
- Tuesday, May20, 2008 -University Professor and Tennessee Company Indicted for Arms Export Control Act Violations
- Tuesday, May27, 2008 - Former Morristown, Tennessee, Bank Teller, Shelley Roberts, 24, of Tazewell, Tennessee, Plead Guilty to Bank Fraud.
- Friday, May30, 2008 - Upward Departure Ordered for Endangering Public Safety
- Tuesday, April 1, 2008 -Morristown Illegal Alien, Jesus Ramos Morales, Sentenced for Possession of a Firearm
- Tuesday, April 1, 2008 - Two Johnson City Men Sentenced and One Enters Guilty Plea
- Thursday, April 3, 2008 -Former Comptroller, Phyllis A. Giger of Knoxville, Tennessee, Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud
- Wednesday, April 9, 2008 -Federal Grand Jury Indicts Johnathan A. McInturff of Johnson City, Tennessee on Charge of Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm
- Wednesday, April 9, 2008 -Federal Grand Jury Indicts Yancy Leon Radford of Johnson City, Tennessee on Charge of Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm
- Wednesday, April 9, 2008 - Blountville Kennel Owner Indicted on Fraud Charges
- Friday, April 11 2008 -Chattanooga Man Indicted on Filing False Income Tax Returns
- Monday, April 14 2008 -Knoxville Area Couple Arrested on Tax Fraud Charges
- Tuesday, April 15 2008 -Physicist Pleds Guilty to Conspiracy to Violate the Arms Export Control Act
- Thursday, April 17, 2008 -Former Hawkins County Teacher, Micahel Eugene Noel, Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography and Obstruction of Justice Charges
- Tuesday, April 22, 2008 -Marichal "Brother" Hairston Sentenced for Guilty Plea to Conspiracy to Possess With Intent To Distribute Cocaine
- Tuesday, April 22, 2008 -Johnson City Woman and Elizabethton Woman Plead Guilty to Conspiracy Drug Charge
May 2008
April 2008
- Monday, March 3, 2008 - Former Veteran's Administration Nurse, Karen Jewell Whitaker, age 30, of Big Stone Gap, Virginia, pleaded guilty to diverting drugs.
- Thursday, March 6, 2008 - Archer Daniels Midland Pleads Guilty to Clean Water Act Misdemeanors
- Monday, March 10, 2008 - Johnson City Illegal Alien, Edgar Llamam Gaytan Sentenced
- Monday, March 10, 2008 - Illegal Alien Joaquin Ajactle Namictle Sentenced
- Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - Johnson City Man Indicted on Felon in Possession Charges
- Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - Kingsport Man Sentenced for Possession of Child Pornography
- Thursday, March 13, 2008 - Newport Man please guilty to cocaine distribution and possession of firearm to further drug trafficking
- Friday, March 14, 2008 - Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton Arrested on Federal Fireamrs and Moonshining Violations in Cocke County
- Thursday, March 20, 2008 - Consent Judgement Entered Against Gulshan Sultan, M.D.
- Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - Johnson City Man Sentenced to 11 Years as Career Offender.
- Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - Johnson City Man Sentenced to 16 Years as Career Offender.
- Saturday, February 2, 2008 - Hamilton County Tennessee sheriff arrested by FBI for federal bribery, money laundering and other offenses.
- Thursday, February 7, 2008 - Shelbyville business owner, Dharmendra B. Patel, pleads guilty to tax evasion.
- Monday, February11, 2008 - Willie A. Freeman of Atlanta, Georgia, and Marion Russell of Stone Mountain, Georgia, convicted on federal drug charges.
- Tuesday, February12, 2008 - Johnson City resident, Darius Deshawn Little, indicted for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
- Thursday, February14, 2008 - Donna K. Blessing of Kingsport, Tennessee,, indicted for preparing false tax returns.
- Thursday, February14, 2008 -Michael Eugene Noel indicted on three federal counts relating to child pornography.
- Tuesday, February19, 2008 - Elliot Ellis Lopez, 42, of Kingsport, TN, pleaded guilty to drug and gun charges.
- Tuesday, February19, 2008 - Patsy Gobble, 61, of Bristol, Virginia, pleads guilty to tax and Social Security Fraud.
- Tuesday, February 26, 2008 - Hamilton County Sheriff William Long, Indicted for extortion, money laundering, providing a gun to a felon, and trafficking and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
March 2008
February 2008
January 2008
- Thursday, January 3, 2008 - Harold Raymond Barker, Jr. 36, of Sylva, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to posession with intent to distribute five (5) grams or more of methamphetamine.
- Friday, January 25, 2008 - Matthew Ryan Neal, 24, of Piney Flats, Tennessee plead guilty to using a firearm to rob Walgreens in Johnson City twice.
- Friday, January 25, 2008 - Illegal alien, Alanis Elizondo, 28, of San Nicolas de los Garzas, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, sentenced to one year and one month in prison for being an illegal alien in the United States and possessing a .22 caliber handgun and ammunition.
- Friday, January 25, 2008 - Illegal alien, Joes Luis Sarabia, 31, of Pueblo Nuevo, Durango, Mexico, sentenced to one year in prison for being an illegal alien in the United States and possessing a .22 caliber handgun and ammunition.