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Operation Broken Star “The Multi-Agency Gang Task Force is a prime example of the successes that can be achieved with cooperative law enforcement efforts,” acting United States Attorney Tim Johnson (c.) said as he announced the return of a five-count indictment charging 14 individuals in an alleged marijuana and cocaine trafficking conspiracy. Johnson announced Operation Broken Star accompanied by (from l.) FBI-Houston Special Agent in Charge Andrew R. Bland III, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge J. Dewey Webb, Houston Police Chief Harold Hurtt, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Associate Special Agent in Charge Thomas Hinojosa,Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Special Agent in Charge Rodney E. Clarke and Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Criminal Intelligence Service Captain George E. Rhyne Jr. (Read more) |
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May 8, 2009 - Aurignac
McALLEN CARDIOLOGIST PLEADS GUILTY TO HEALTH CARE FRAUD
(McALLEN, Texas) – Dr. Fabian Aurignac has pleaded guilty to submitting thousands of dollars in false and fraudulent claims to the Medicare and the Medicaid health care programs (Read more)
May 7, 2009 - Lopez, Caballaro and Vera
SECOND GROUP NABBED FOR ALLEGEDLY SENDING PARCELS OF MARIJUANA THROUGH U.S. MAIL
(MCALLEN, Texas) – For the second time this week, inspectors of the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) have arrested several McAllen area men allegedly involved in mailing packages containing marijuana through the U.S. Mail system (Read more)
May 7, 2009 - Hogan
CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
(HOUSTON) – Thomas David Hogan, 47, a convicted sex offender, has pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and faces no less than 10 years in federal prison without parole and up to a lifetime term of supervised release (Read more)
May 6, 2009 - Essien and Essien
BROTHER AND SISTER INDICTED IN ADULT DIAPER FRAUD CASE
(HOUSTON) – Benjamin B. Essien and his sister, Rose B. Essien, of Houston, have been charged by a federal grand jury with conspiracy, multiple counts of health care fraud and aggravated identity theft arising from a scheme to defraud Medicaid through the fraudulent filing of claims for adult urinary incontinence supplies (Read more)
May 5, 2009 - Rodriguez, Hernandez, Mares, et al
U.S. POSTAL INSPECTORS NAB FOUR AND CHARGE SIX FOR SENDING PARCELS OF MARIJUANA THROUGH U.S. MAIL
(MCALLEN, Texas) – A 10-month investigation by inspectors of the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) has lead to the filing of criminal charges against six area residents for allegedly mailing more than 200 packages containing marijuana through the U.S. Mail system (Read more)
May 5, 2009 - Ramirez, Alvarez-Reyes, Rubio-Garcia, et al
ANONYMOUS TIP LEADS TO SEIZURE OF 250+ KILOGRAMS OF COCAINE AND THE ARREST OF FOUR
(McALLEN, Texas) - An anonymous tip lead High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) task force officers to follow a truck bearing City of La Grulla decals to a Rio Grande City residence and initiate an investigation which resulted in the seizure of more than 250 kilograms of cocaine, and the arrest of four men including the driver of the truck on drug trafficking charges (Read more)
May 4, 2009 - Brown
ER WORKER INDICTED FOR THEFT OF PATIENT’S IDENTITY
(HOUSTON) – A federal indictment has been returned against Nakeshia Brown, 29, of Rosenberg, Texas, for identity theft and bank fraud (Read more)
May 1, 2009 - Alvarez-Rodriguez, Alvarez and Mireles
THREE MEMBERS OF A CRACK COCAINE DISTRIBUTION RING IN STARR COUNTY CONVICTED
(McALLEN, Texas) – Three members of a crack cocaine distribution ring which operated in Starr County have pleaded guilty to felony drug trafficking charges (Read more)
May 1, 2009 - Garcia Jr. and Serna
LAREDO MEN SENTENCED FOR NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING AND MONEY LAUNDERING
(LAREDO, Texas) – Juan Roman Garcia Jr., 40, and Adrian Serna, 29, both of Laredo, have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms for their roles in narcotics trafficking and money laundering conspiracies (Read more)
May 1, 2009 - Coronado and Zieger
BROWNSVILLE MAN AND WOMAN ARRESTED FOR SMUGGLING ALIENS FOR PROSTITUTION
(BROWNSVILLE, Texas) - A Brownsville man and woman have been arrested on warrants that issued following the return of a six-count indictment by a Brownsville grand jury charging them with importing and harboring aliens for prostitution (Read more)
May 1, 2009 - Orozco-Barajas
MAN EXTRADITED FROM MEXICO CITY TO FACE CHARGE ALLEGING METHAMPHETAMINE TRAFFICKING
(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) – Sergio Orozco-Barajas, a Mexican citizen, has been extradited to the United States to face charges of methamphetamine trafficking in Corpus Christi, Texas (Read more)
May 1, 2009 - Guerra
FORMER SHERIFF PLEADS GUILTY TO DRUG TRAFFICKING
(McALLEN, Texas) – Reymundo Guerra, 52, of Rio Grande City, Texas, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances (Read more)
May 1, 2009 - Duann
COMPUTER ADMINISTRATOR PLEADS GUILTY TO HACKING FORMER EMPLOYER’S COMPUTER SYSTEM
(HOUSTON) - A Seabrook resident has been ordered held in federal custody without bond pending his trial on charges of possessing child pornography (Read more)
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