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April 2009
4-28-2009 Former Police Officer Pleads Guilty To Passing Sensitive Information To Individuals Involved In Drug Trafficking....View Details
4-28-2009 Indictment Charges Local Man With Mail Fraud Involving Alleged ATM Investment Scheme ....View Details
4-24-2009 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week: April 26 – May 2, 2009 ....View Details
4-24-2009 Brothers Plead Guilty To Being Aliens In Possession of a Firearm....View Details
4-23-2009 Man Charged With Bankruptcy Fraud Allegedly Concealed a $1.5 Million Property....View Details
4-16-2009 Man Pleads Guilty To Unlawfully Accessing Information From A Protected Computer....View Details
4-16-2009 Local National City Methamphetamine Distributor Sentenced to 168 Months in Custody....View Details
4-15-2009 Former President Of Investment Company Sentenced To Serve 63 Months In Federal Prison For Fraud & Ordered To Pay $4.5 Million In Restitution....View Details
4-13-2009 Bank Robber Sentenced To Serve 60 Months in Federal Prison....View Details
4-13-2009 Man Sentenced To Serve 68 Months In Federal Prison For Conspiracy To Engage in Sex Trafficking of Children and Enticement of a Juvenile Into Prostitution....View Details
4-10-2009 Man Sentenced To Serve 70 Months in Federal Prison For Possession of Child Pornography....View Details
4-09-2009 Former Credit Union Employee Charged With $100,000 Theft and Tax Evasion....View Details
4-08-2009 Indictment Charges One With Sex Trafficking by Force and Three With Harboring Aliens For Prostitution....View Details
4-07-2009 Twenty-Four Individuals Charged In RICO Conspiracy Based On An Extensive Mortgage Fraud Scheme With Properties Sold For More Than $100 Million Dollars....View Details
4-06-2009 Man Sentenced To Serve 63 Months For Bringing In Illegal Aliens Resulting in Death....View Details
4-06-2009 Defense Contractor Sentenced To Prison In SPAWAR Bribery Scheme....View Details
4-02-2009 Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty To Preparing False Tax Returns....View Details
March 2009
3-24-2009 Employee Pleads Guilty To Theft of Government Property....View Details
3-23-2009 Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Assault on a Federal Officer....View Details
3-23-2009 Sentenced To 80 Months In Federal Prison For Robbing 10 Banks....View Details
3-18-2009 U.S. Sues Union Pacific Railroad for $37 Million For Allegedly Failing To Prevent Use of Rail Cars To Smuggle Narcotics Across Border....View Details
3-13-2009 Two Former Border Patrol Agents Extradited From Mexico To Face Smuggling Charges....View Details
3-04-2009 San Bernardino County Man Sentenced To Serve 210 Months In Federal Prison For Sexual Exploitation Of A Child....View Details
3-02-2009 San Diego Man Pleads Guilty To International Scheme Involving Debit Card Fraud And Conspiracy To Launder Money....View Details
February 2009
2-27-2009 Marijuana Grow Near Public School Yields 78-Month Federal Sentence For North San Diego County Man....View Details
2-25-2009 Man Pleads Guilty To Threatening Federal Officials In Arizona....View Details
2-19-2009 Jury Convicts Man For Sale of Unapproved Medical Device....View Details
2-13-2009 Man Sentenced To Serve 144 Months in Federal Prison For Distribution of Methamphetamine....View Details
2-13-2009 San Diego Street Gang Members Charged With Racketeering Conspiracy, Firearms Offenses, And Drug-Trafficking Violations....View Details
2-10-2009 Man Sentenced In Internet Pharmacy Scheme....View Details
2-10-2009 Former Teacher Pleads Guilty To Possession of Child Pornograp....View Details
2-06-2009 Judge Orders Defendant To Serve 78 Months In Federal Prison and Lifetime Supervision Based On Conviction For Possession Of Child Pornography....View Details
2-05-2009 Marijuana Growers Illegally Present In the United States Are Sentenced And Ordered To Forfeit Firearms Used In The Drug Conspiracy ....View Details
2-04-2009 Man Sentenced To 78 Months For Bringing In Illegal Aliens Resulting In Death....View Details
2-02-2009 Bank Robber Sentenced To 100 Months In Federal Prison....View Details
January 2009
1-22-2009 Former Federal Police Officer Pleads Guilty To Possession of Child Pornography....View Details
1-20-2009 Three Plead Guilty to Sex Trafficking of Children....View Details
1-16-2009 President of “Brixon Group” Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges....View Details
1-16-2009 Mexican Mafia Member Sentenced To Life in Prison....View Details
1-13-2009 Father Pleads Guilty To Sexual Exploitation of a Child....View Details
1-12-2009 Two Sentenced In Investment Scam....View Details
1-12-2009 Woman Sentenced For Unlawful Access To Stored Communications....View Details
1-08-2009 Former General Counsel and Acting Chief Executive Officer At Peregrine Systems, Inc., Pleads Guilty To Bank Fraud....View Details
December 2008
12-30-2008 Four Former Executives from Peregrine Systems, Inc. Sentenced....View Details
12-29-2008 A San Diego School Teacher Charged With Possession of Child Pornography....View Details
12-23-2008 Man Pleads Guilty to Assault on a Federal Officer....View Details
12-22-2008 Man Pleads Guilty Possession of Child Pornography....View Details
12-17-2008 Two Former Peregrine Systems, Inc. Executives Sentenced To Federal Prison....View Details
12-16-2008 Former President of xelan, Inc. Charged With Filing False Individual Income Tax Returns....View Details
12-15-2008 Man Sentenced To Serve 235 Months In Federal Prison For Conspiracy To Distribute Methamphetamine....View Details
12-11-2008 Two Sentenced In Nationwide Multi-Million Dollar Investment Scam....View Details
12-11-2008 Fourteen Defendants With Ties To China Indicted For Conspiracy To Distribute Ecstasy....View Details
12-11-2008 Former Peregrine Systems, Inc., CEO To Serve 97 Months In Federal Prison....View Details
12-10-2008 Bookkeeper Arraigned On Fraud Charges....View Details
12-08-2008 Western Titanium, Inc., and Four Executives Indicted on Fraud Charges....View Details
12-08-2008 Man Sentenced To Serve 51 Months In Federal Prison For Possession of Child Pornography....View Details
12-05-2008 Woman Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Construct and Detonate Pipe Bombs at Federal Courthouse....View Details
12-05-2008 Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney Karen P. Hewitt Unveil New Public Service Announcements To CombatOnline Exploitation of Children....View Details
12-04-2008 Woman Sentenced To Serve 50 Months In Federal Prison For Defrauding Investors ....View Details
12-04-2008 Man Pleads Guilty To Sex Trafficking of Children....View Details
12-01-2008 Man Sentenced To Serve 60 Months In Federal Prison For Possession of Child Pornography and Possession of A Firearm....View Details
November 2008
11-26-2008 Man Pleads Guilty To Sexual Exploitation of a Child....View Details
11-20-2008 Five Enter Guilty Pleas In Mortgage Fraud Scheme....View Details
11-17-2008 Man Sentenced To Serve 100 Months In Federal Prison For Intent To Distribute 274 Pounds of Marijuana....View Details
11-17-2008 Judge Orders Defendant To Pay $80,000 In Restitution For Criminal Tax Offenses....View Details
11-14-2008 Couple Charged With Wire Fraud and Money Laundering Arising From Mortgage Fraud....View Details
11-13-2008 A Former Tijuana Police Officer Was Sentenced For Possession With Intent to Distribute Heroin ....View Details
11-10-2008 Man Sentenced To Serve 188 Months In Federal Prison For Armed Bank Robbery and Being a Felon In Possession of A Firearm....View Details
11-10-2008 Man Sentenced To 15 Months In Prison For Violating Federal Hazardous Waste Law....View Details
11-04-2008 Jose Canseco Sentenced To 12 Months’ Probation....View Details
11-03-2008 Two Brothers Sentenced To Serve Life In Federal Prison For First Degree Murder ....View Details
11-03-2008 Two Plead Guilty To Multiple Bank Robberies....View Details
October 2008
10-31-2008 District Election Officer for the Southern District of California Announced....View Details
10-30-2008 Two Defendants Plead Guilty In Child Pornography Cases....View Details
10-27-2008 Man Charged in 44-count Indictment With Debit Card Fraud, Identity Theft, and Conspiracy to Launder Money....View Details
10-20-2008 Two Former Border Patrol Agents Charged With Smuggling Aliens Are Arrested In Mexico....View Details
10-20-2008 Hedge Fund Manager Sentenced To 60 Months In Federal Prison....View Details
10-17-2008 Man Sentenced To Serve 168 Months in Federal Prison For Receipt of Child Pornography....View Details
10-10-2008 North County Gang Members Charged In Federal Complaints....View Details
10-10-2008 Man Sentenced To Serve 78 Months in Federal Prison For Possession of Child Pornography....View Details
10-08-2008 Operation Money Train Results In Six Federal Indictments Charging 35 Members of Mexican Drug-Trafficking Organizations....View Details
10-07-2008 Man Charged With Federal Computer Hacking Charges For Defacing Web Page....View Details
10-06-2008 Teacher Charged With Federal Computer Hacking Charges For Illegally Accessing E-Mail Accounts....View Details
10-03-2008 Man Sentenced To Serve 48 Months in Federal Prison for Possession of Child Pornography....View Details
10-03-2008 Federal Officer Charged With Bribery....View Details
10-03-2008 Man Charged With Sexual Exploitation of a Child....View Details
September 2008
9-29-2008 Man Sentenced To Serve 121 Months in Federal Prison For Importing Methamphetamine....View Details
9-29-2008 Former CIA Executive Director Kyle “Dusty” Foggo Pleads Guilty To Defrauding The United States....View Details
9-25-2008 Man Pleads Guilty To Participating In Federal Courthouse Bombing....View Details
9-24-2008 Man Charged With Threatening Federal Officials In Arizona....View Details
9-22-2008 Man Charged With Intentionally Causing Damage to a Protected Computer and Four Counts of Extortion....View Details
9-19-2008 Man Sentenced To Serve 34 Months In Federal Prison and Required To Register As A Sex Offender For Possession of Child Pornography....View Details
9-15-2008 Man Sentenced To Serve 15 Months in Federal Prison For Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm....View Details
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9-12-2008 Man Pleads Guilty To Possession of Child Pornography and Possession of a Prohibited Firearm....View Details
9-12-2008 Woman Sentenced To Serve 63 Months in Federal Prison For Alien Smuggling....View Details
9-11-2008 Man Arraigned On Complaint Charging him with Possession of Child Pornography....View Details
9-11-2008 Man Sentenced To Serve 240 Months in Federal Prison For Importation and Possession of Methamphetamine....View Details
9-11-2008 Two Charged With Alien Smuggling Violations....View Details
9-08-2008 Four Fallbrook Family Members Charged With Alien Smuggling....View Details
9-04-2008 A California Corporation Pled Guilty to Charges of Operating an Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business....View Details
9-03-2008 An Officer of the San Diego Police Department is Charged With Misuse of his Status as a Law Enforcement Officer to Obtain and Pass Sensitive Information to Associates Involved in Drug Trafficking Crimes....View Details
August 2008
8-29-2008 Man Sentenced To Serve 41 Months in Federal Prison For Possession of Child Pornography....View Details
8-29-2008 Former Police Officer Convicted of Dealing in Firearms Without a License....View Details
8-25-2008 Man Sentenced To Serve 120 Months In Prison For Importation of Over 17 Pounds of Cocaine....View Details
8-22-2008 Three San Marcos Gang Members Sentenced For Gang Shooting....View Details
8-18-2008 Former Teacher Sentenced For Possession of Child Pornography....View Details
8-14-2008 Judge Sentences Mexican Mafia Member To Life in Prison....View Details
8-08-2008 Sentenced To Serve 120 Months In Federal Prison For Possession of Child Pornography....View Details
8-06-2008 Three Charged In Federal Courthouse Bombing....View Details
8-01-2008 Bank Robber Sentenced To Serve 30 Months in Federal Prison....View Details
July 2008
7-25-2008 Man Sentenced For Failing To Register As A Sex Offender....View Details
7-25-2008 Man Pleads Guilty To Possession of Child Pornography....View Details
7-22-2008 Three Charged With Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine....View Details
7-21-2008 Woman Sentenced To Serve 48 Months In Federal Prison For Charges Related to Alien Smuggling and Forced Labor....View Details
7-21-2008 Man Sentenced For Credit Card Fraud Directed Against the San Diego Padres....View Details
7-18-2008 Two Defendants Sentenced In Child Pornography Cases....View Details
7-18-2008 Lake Forest Man Sentenced For Fraud and Identity Theft in Connection with Mortgage Loan....View Details
7-17-2008 Woman Pleads Guilty To Attempted Tax Evasion....View Details
7-07-2008 Man Sentenced For Threatening A Federal Witness....View Details
7-07-2008 Two Sentenced For Unlawful Importation of Wildlife....View Details
7-07-2008 Former Federal Officer Sentenced For Lying To FBI....View Details
June 2008
6-23-2008 Insurance Carrier Enters Into Agreement To Cooperate With Government Investigation And Pay $5,550,000 In Fines and Penalties For Its Role Failing To Disclose Hidden Fees....View Details
6-20-2008 Woman Sentenced To Serve 148 Months For Possession Of 65 Pounds of Cocaine....View Details
6-20-2008 Man Sentenced To Serve 70 Months For Importation Of 24 Pounds of Methamphetamine....View Details
6-19-2008 Six Charged In Mortgage Fraud Scheme....View Details
6-17-2008 Federal Jury Convicts Three in Multi-million Dollar Investment Scam....View Details
6-17-2008 Head of Methamphetamine Trafficking Group That Distributed 220 Pounds of Methamphetamine in San Diego Pleads Guilty....View Details
6-16-2008 Man Sentenced To Serve 60 Months For Marijuana Conviction....View Details
6-16-2008 Judge Sentences Man To Serve 80 Months In Custody....View Details
6-16-2008 Two Sentenced In Possession of Child Pornography Cases....View Details
6-13-2008 Man Sentenced To Serve 75 Months In Federal Prison For Firearms Violations....View Details
6-10-2008 Federal Jury Convicts Two In Cold Case Murder Trial....View Details
6-09-2008 Man Sentenced For Federal Computer Hacking Charges....View Details
6-09-2008 Man Sentenced To Serve 211 Months in Prison For Methamphetamine And Firearms Violations....View Details
6-09-2008 Woman Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Smuggle Weapons-grade Accelerometers to China....View Details
6-09-2008 Woman Sentenced For Providing False Statements on a Labor Organization Annual Report ....View Details
6-09-2008 Founder of Metabolife International, Inc. Sentenced For Making False Statements To The FDA....View Details
6-05-2008 AFO Enforcer and Mexican Mafia Member Faces New Drug Charges....View Details
6-05-2008 United States Attorney and ICE Announce Worksite Enforcement Action In Imperial Valley....View Details
May 2008
5-29-2008 Two Charged With Federal Narcotics and Firearms Violations....View Details
5-27-2008 United States Attorney Announces Increase In Prosecution Of Child Pornography Cases....View Details
5-27-2008 Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Distribute 500 Grams of Methamphetamine....View Details
5-23-2008 Caretaker Of Calexico Residence Where Narcotics Tunnel Was Discovered Pleads Guilty In Federal Court....View Details
5-20-2008 Man Sentenced To Serve 12 Months In Custody And Reimburse Clean Up Costs For Violating The Clean Water Act....View Details
5-19-2008 Alien Smuggler Kingpin Received Lengthy Sentence After Conviction At Trial....View Details
5-19-2008 CBP Officer Charged With Conspiracy To Import Marijuana and Conspiracy To Smuggle Illegal Aliens....View Details
5-16-2008 Felon-in-possession of a Firearm Sentenced To Serve 6 Years in Federal Prison....View Details
5-15-2008 Armed Bank Robber Sentenced To Serve 130 Months In Federal Prison....View Details
5-15-2008 Federal Jury Convicts Man For Conspiracy, Wire Fraud and Money Laundering....View Details
5-12-2008 Man Pleads Guilty To Possession of Child Pornography....View Details
5-12-2008 Man Sentenced To Serve 262 Months In Federal Prison For Meth Conviction ....View Details
5-12-2008 Woman Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy In Two Fraudulent Investment Programs....View Details
5-09-2008 Man Charged In 13-Count Indictment For Investment Fraud Scheme....View Details
5-09-2008 Former Teacher Sentenced To Serve 36 Months In Federal Prison For Possession Of Child Pornography....View Details
5-06-2008 Man Pleads Guilty to Bankruptcy Fraud and Tax Evasion....View Details
5-06-2008 Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Pornography....View Details
5-06-2008 Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Pornography....View Details
April 2008
4-30-2008 Personal Banker Pleads Guilty To Embezzlement....View Details
4-30-2008 Man Pleads Guilty To Fraud In Connection With Mortgage Loan....View Details
4-28-2008 Colombian Money Launderer Extradited From Trinidad....View Details
4-25-2008 Three Extradited From Colombia To Face Drug Charges....View Details
4-21-2008 Man Sentenced To Serve 70 Months In Prison For Being A Deported Alien Found In The United States....View Details
4-17-2008 Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening A Federal Witness....View Details
4-16-2008 DEA Uncovers Large Indoor Marijuana Grow - 13 Arraigned On Complaint ....View Details
4-15-2008 Tax Attorney Charged With Filing False Income Tax Returns....View Details
4-11-2008 U.S. Attorney To Speak at 19th Annual Candlelight Tribute For Crime Survivors....View Details
4-07-2008 Two Sentenced To Serve 78 Months In Prison For Alien Smuggling....View Details
4-07-2008 Hedge Fund Manager Sentenced To Serve 72 Months In Prison And To Pay $49 Million In Restitution To Victims....View Details
4-07-2008 Man Sentenced To Serve 60 Months In Prison For Conspiracy To Kidnap A Person In A Foreign Country ....View Details
4-04-2008 Former Attorney Sentenced To Federal Prison and Ordered To Pay $4.5 Million In Restitution To Victims ....View Details
4-01-2008 Man Sentenced To Serve 70 Months In Federal Prison For Federal Firearms and Narcotics Violations ....View Details
March 2008
3-26-2008 Man Arraigned in Federal Court Charged With Possession Of Child Pornography....View Details
3-25-2008 Firm Sentenced To Pay $20,000 Fine For Violating Federal Clean Water Act....View Details
3-24-2008 Man Pleads Guilty To Armed Bank Robbery....View Details
3-21-2008 First Conviction In San Diego Of Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) Violation ....View Details
3-21-2008 Two Convicted By Federal Jury For Tax Evasion....View Details
3-20-2008 7 Mexican Mafia Defendants Sentenced to Life in Prison....View Details
3-13-2008 Eight Charged With Alien Smuggling....View Details
3-12-2008 Man Charged In 18-Count Indictment With Fraud ....View Details
3-11-2008 Man Pleads Guilty To Threatening To Place Bombs At UCSD Campus....View Details
3-11-2008 Sailor Pleads Guilty To Possession Of Child Pornography....View Details
3-10-2008 Man Charged For Threatening A Witness....View Details
3-10-2008 Man Sentenced To Serve 70 Months In Federal Prison For Being A Deported Alien Found In US....View Details
3-10-2008 SDSU Student Pleads Guilty To Receipt Of Child Pornography....View Details
3-10-2008 Man Sentenced To Serve 10 Years In Federal Prison For Importation of Nearly 20 Pounds of Methamphetamine....View Details
3-07-2008 Man Sentenced To Serve 55 Months in Federal Prison Following Extradition From Mexico....View Details
3-07-2008 Bank Robber Sentenced To Serve 70 Months in Federal Custody....View Details
3-06-2008 12 Charged With Illegal Diversion and Distribution Of Pharmaceuticals....View Details
3-04-2008 Man Pleads Guilty To Possession Of Child Pornography....View Details
3-04-2008 Man Pleads Guilty To Possession Of Child Pornography....View Details
3-03-2008 Man Sentenced To Serve 108 Months In Prison For Attempting To Import Over 14 Pounds of Methamphetamine....View Details
3-03-2008 Man Sentenced To Serve 36 Months in Federal Prison For Federal Firearms Violations....View Details
February 2008
2-28-2008 Fugitive Apprehended In Nicaraguan Officials Arraigned On Fraud Charges....View Details
2-28-2008 Mexican Pharmacy Owner Indicted For Conspiracy To Illegally Import Prescription Pharmaceuticals....View Details
2-20-2008 Man Pleads Guilty To Impeding A Federal Officer....View Details
2-19-2008 Defense Contractor Brent R. Wilkes Sentenced To Serve 12 Years In Federal Prison For Bribing Former Congressman Randall "Duke" Cunningham....View Details
2-19-2008 Customs and Border Protection Officer At Otay Mesa Pleads Guilty After Resigning From Government Service....View Details
2-19-2008 Woman Sentenced To Serve 10 Years in Federal Prison For Importation of Cocaine....View Details
2-12-2008 Teacher Pleads Guilty To Possession of Child Pornography....View Details
2-12-2008 Man Sentenced To Serve 90 Months In Federal Prison For Being A Deported Alien Found In The United States....View Details
2-11-2008 Judge Sentences "drug kingpin" to serve 15 Years In Federal Prison....View Details
2-11-2008 Man Pleads Guilty To Possession of Child Pornography....View Details
2-11-2008 Man Sentenced For Federal Firearms Violations....View Details
2-01-2008 Court Revokes Citizenship Following Convictions For Immigration Fraud....View Details
January 2008
1-31-2008 Two Charged With Multiple Counts Of Possession Of Marijuana With Intent To Distribute ....View Details
1-29-2008 Man Pleads Guilty To Sale Of An Unapproved Medical Device....View Details
1-29-2008 Man Charged With Possession of Child Pornography....View Details
1-29-2008 Man Pleads Guilty To Possession of Child Pornography....View Details
1-28-2008 Two Sentenced For Federal Firearms Violations....View Details
1-28-2008 Driver Sentenced To Serve 60 Months In Federal Prison For Importation of Over 60 Pounds of Cocaine....View Details
1-24-2008 Two Sentenced In Witness Tampering Case....View Details
1-23-2008 Man Charged With Making Bomb Threats To UCSD....View Details
1-22-2008 Man Sentenced To Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, Cocaine, and Ecstasy....View Details
1-22-2008 Former Limousine Dispatcher Sentenced For Receipt of Child Pornography....View Details
1-18-2008 Border Patrol Agent Sentenced to 36 Months for Conspiracy to Transport Hundreds of Undocumented Aliens and Money Laundering....View Details
1-17-2008 Man Pleads Guilty to Alien Smuggling and Forced Labor....View Details
1-16-2008 14 Individuals Charged with Federal Narcotics Violations....View Details
1-14-2008 Three Men Sentenced for Federal Firearms Violations....View Details
1-14-2008 Teacher Charged in Criminal Complaint With Possession Of Child Pornography....View Details
1-08-2008 Mexico-based Corporation Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy to Distribute Anabolic Steroids....View Details
1-08-2008 Leader of Investment Scheme Sentenced To Serve 25 Years In Prison and Pay $40,556,065.30 in Restitution To Victims....View Details
1-07-2008 Former AFO Lieutenant Sentenced To Serve 30 Years In Prison And To Forfeit $5 Million....View Details
1-04-2008 Federal Jury Convicts Seven In Conspiracy Involving Mexican Mafia....View Details