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Back to Top Jun 2008 Related Documents
06-17-08 Project Safe Neighborhoods - Announcement
PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS
GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT
 
06-03-08 Michael Walker and Vernon Claville- Hearing
JUDGES DETAINED PENDING SENTENCING AFTER
RACKETEERING CONVICTION
 
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06-03-08 Michael Walker and Vernon Claville- Hearing
JUDGES DETAINED PENDING SENTENCING AFTER
RACKETEERING CONVICTION
 
05-30-08 Joseph C. Kosarek- Sentence
ATTORNEY SENTENCED IN BANK FRAUD CASE
 
05-29-08 Rodney Ryder, Wayne Adams, Keith Smith, and Richard W. Townley- Found Guilty
DEFENDANTS FOUND GUILTY OF HARBORING ALIENS
 
Back to Top Apr 2008 Related Documents
04-25-08 Jeremiah Munsen- Guilty Plea
LOUISIANA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL HATE CRIME FOR NOOSES TARGETING “JENA SIX” MARCHERS
 
04-23-08 Timothy Thigpen- Sentence
TELEPHONE THREATS SENDS CALLER TO FEDERAL PRISON
 
04-14-08 Richard Mcnair- Sentence
RICHARD McNAIR SENTENCED ON FEDERAL
ESCAPE CHARGES
 
04-14-08 Shane Mcmillan- Trial
INMATE FOUND GUILTY OF ASSAULTING PRISON GUARD
SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT
 
04-10-08 Jonathan Lee Vernier- Trial
ESCAPED PRISONER CONVICTED OF CARJACKING
RESULTING IN DEATH
 
04-08-08 Shawn Jackson- Sentence
FEDERAL INMATE SENTENCED FOR ASSAULTING PRISON GUARD
 
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03-24-08 Israel Mendoza and Israel Salinas - Guilty Plea
TWO FEDERAL INMATES PLEAD GUILTY TO ASSAULT CHARGE
 
03-17-08 Billy Villareal and Isaac Rodriguez - Guilty Plea
TWO FEDERAL INMATES PLEAD GUILTY TO ASSAULT CHARGES
 
03-17-08 Peter M. Lemoine - Guilty Plea
FORMER INSURANCE AGENT FROM COTTONPORT
PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT
 
03-11-08 Dagoberto Sanchez - Sentence
TEXAS MAN SENTENCED ON FEDERAL KIDNAPING CHARGES
 
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02-28-08 Tyrone Santos and Andre Dorsey White - Indictment
TWO INMATES FROM U.S. PENITENTIARY
IN POLLOCK, LA INDICTED
 
02-13-08 Michael Shawn Roscoe- Guilty Plea
LAKE CHARLES MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO DISTRIBUTION OF CRACK COCAINE
 
02-08-08 Shane Mcmillan- Guilty Verdict
INMATE CONVICTED OF ASSAULTING PRISON GUARD
 
02-05-08 Lucien Trammel - Charge
SHREVEPORT MAN INVOLVED IN POLICE SHOOTING
CHARGED IN FEDERAL CRIMINAL COMPLAINT
 
Back to Top Jan 2008 Related Documents
01-25-08 Enrique Gurrola, Jr. - Sentence
LAREDO, TEXAS MAN SENTENCED FOR ILLEGALLY
DISTRIBUTING HEROIN AND OTHER DRUGS
 
01-25-08 Robert Montgomery - Sentence
ZWOLLE MAN SENTENCED ON FEDERAL DRUG CHARGES
 
01-24-08 Jeremiah Munsen - Indictment
LOUISIANA MAN INDICTED FOR FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONSFOR NOOSES TARGETING “JENA SIX” MARCHERS
 
01-24-08 Charles D. Jones - Indictment
CHARLES D. JONES INDICTED BY
FEDERAL GRAND JURY
 
01-16-08 Mel Credeur - Sentence
LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA ATTORNEY SENTENCED FOR BANK FRAUD
AND FOR FORGING CLIENT SETTLEMENT CHECKS
 
01-11-08 Lafayette General Medical Center - Settlement
LAFAYETTE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER TO PAY $1.9 MILLION TO SETTLE FRAUD ALLEGATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH MEDICALLY UNNECESSARY CARDIOLOGY PROCEDURES
 
01-08-08 Janice Davis - Judgement
HOME HEALTHCARE AGENCY AND OWNER ORDERED TO PAY $4.7 MILLION IN DAMAGES AND PENALTIES FOR FILING FALSE CLAIMS IN MEDICARE PROGRAM
 
01-07-08 Arthur Basaldua, et al - Indictment
GANG MEMBERS INDICTED BY FEDERAL GRAND JURY
AFTER INVESTIGATION BY SAFE STREETS TASK FORCE
 
Back to Top Dec 2007 Related Documents
12-18-07 Joseph C. Kosarek - Guilty Plea
LOCAL ATTORNEY PLEADS GUILTY TO
MAKING A FALSE STATEMENT TO A BANK
 
12-10-07 Claude Williams - Indictment
BOYCE, LOUISIANA CHIEF OF POLICE INDICTED ON FEDERAL FIREARMS CHARGES
 
12-07-07 Barbara Robicheaux - Plea
FEMA FRAUD INDICTMENT RESULTS IN GUILTY PLEA
 
12-04-07 Brent Eric Finley - Sentence
FRAYVILLE MAN SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT
 
12-03-07 Carolyn Caldwell - Sentence
FORMER MADISON PARISH CLERK OF COURT SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT
 
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11-30-07 Richard L. Mcnair - Indictment
McNAIR INDICTED ON ESCAPE CHARGE
 
11-15-07 Paul Williams, Jr. and son, Paul Williams, III - Indictment
LOUISIANA PHARMACIST AND SON INDICTED FOR FILLING PRESCRIPTIONS RECEIVED VIA INTERNET
 
Back to Top Oct 2007 Related Documents
10-30-07 Ronald Amend - Plea
FORMER SHREVEPORT GUN DEALER PLEADS GUILTY TO ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF FIREARM
 
10-23-07 Kenneth D. Blake - Sentence
WINNFIELD MAN SENTENCED FOR TAX FRAUD
 
10-16-07 Bettye Tramble - Sentence
LOCAL WOMAN SENTENCED ON FEDERAL TAX FRAUD CHARGES
 
10-11-07 Michael Walker, Vernon Claville and Larry Williams - Indictment
TWO CADDO JUDGES INDICTED ON RACKETEERING CHARGES
 
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09-27-07 Tanya Marie Smith - Indicted
WOMAN INVOLVED IN SHOOTING INCIDENT IN BASTROP INDICTED BY FEDERAL GRAND JURY ON FIREARMS CHARGES
 
09-25-07 Brent Creel, Carl W. Brown , and Downsville Food, LLC - Sentence
MONROE FOOD DISTRIBUTION COMPANY AND MANAGERS SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT ON CHARGES OF IMPROPER AND UNSANITARY STORAGE OF FOOD PRODUCTS
 
09-24-07 United States Department of Justice’s Statement on Allegations of Threats Involving the Jena Six Case  
09-21-07 Joe D. Levingston - Plea
FORMER CORRECTIONS OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY TO LYING ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION
 
09-14-07 Michael J. Lines - Sentence
MISSOURI MAN SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT ON SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES
 
Back to Top Aug 2007 Related Documents
08-30-07 Betty Jean Thomas - Sentence
SHREVEPORT WOMAN SENTENCED ON TAX FRAUD CHARGES
 
08-29-07 Lloyd Dewitt Tiller, Jr. - Arraignment
SHREVEPORT MAN ARRAIGNED ON FEDERAL CHARGES IN CASE INVOLVING THREAT TO CANADIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL
 
08-27-07 Stacey Finley - Sentence
FARMERVILLE WOMAN SENTENCED ON FRAUD CHARGES
 
08-23-07 John Davis - Verdict
SHREVEPORT PHYSICIAN CONVICTED ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES
 
08-20-07 Renee L. Minor - Sentence
FORMER MONROE TAX PREPARER SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT
 
08-09-07 Cicero Patterson - Verdict CORRECTIONS OFFICER CONVICTED OF
COMMITTING FEMA FRAUD
 
08-08-07 William O. Belt and Tracy Belt - Indictment
AVOYELLES PARISH SHERIFF WILLIAM BELT AND OTHERS INDICTED BY FEDERAL GRAND JURY
 
08-02-07 Lloyd Dewitt Tiller, Jr. - Indictment
FEDERAL GRAND JURY INDICTS SHREVEPORT
STOCK BROKER FOR INTERNET THREATS
 
08-02-07 Leland Lemond Calhoun, Danny Ray Lynch, and Robert Montgomery / Patrick Jones, Jr., Ronald Ford, and Jerry Brown - Indictment
ORGANIZED CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT TASK FORCE INDICTMENTS RETURNED BY FEDERAL GRAND JURY
 
08-02-07 Shawn O’Bannon and Eugene O’Bannon - Sentence
TWO SHREVEPORT MEN SENTENCED ON FEDERAL TAX FRAUD CHARGES
 
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07-25-07 Arturo Ibarra-Gamez - Sentence
HOUSTON BUSINESS OWNER SENTENCED
FOR HARBORING ILLEGAL ALIENS
 
07-24-07 Daniel Martinez-Medina - Trial
FEDERAL JURY RETURNS GUILTY VERDICT
IN IMMIGRATION CASE
 
07-18-07 Olan Wayne Brantley - Sentence
NORTH LOUISIANA MAN SENTENCED TO
15 YEARS ON COUNTERFEIT
AND FRAUD CHARGES
 
07-12-07 Omar Jamil Salam - Sentence
PRISON SENTENCE IMPOSED FOR DEFRAUDING
STATE OF LOUISIANA OF TAXES
OWED ON CIGARS AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS
 
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6-29-07 Richard Allen Franklin - Guilty Plea
ALEXANDRIA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION PRODUCTION CHARGE
 
6-28-07 Karl David Kretser - Sentence
FORMER EAST BATON ROUGE POLICE OFFICER
SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON FOR SEX CRIME
 
6-25-07 Anita Morris - Sentence
COUSHATTA WOMAN AND CO-DEFENDANTS SENTENCED ON FRAUD CHARGES
 
6-22-07 Downsville Food, LLC, Brent Creel and Carl W. Brown - Plea
DOWNSVILLE FOOD DISTRIBUTION COMPANY AND MANAGERS PLEAD GUILTY TO FEDERAL CHARGES OF IMPROPER AND UNSANITARY STORAGE OF FOOD PRODUCTS
 
6-21-07 Gary Lynn Ward and David Ray Dean - Plea
TWO MONROE MEN PLEAD GUILTY TO DISTRIBUTING STEROIDS
 
06-21-07 Ronald King - Sentence
“KING RON” SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT IN SHREVEPORT FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
 
06-12-07 Dita Michelle White and Antone M. Autrey - Sentence
FORMER INCOME TAX PREPARERS SENTENCED
IN FEDERAL COURT
 
06-12-07 Michael L. Thompson - Indictment
POVERTY POINT
RESERVOIR DISTRICT INDICTED
 
06-12-07 Wendy Gail Hayman - Sentence
FARMER FROM WEST CARROLL PARISH
SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT
 
06-11-07 Darrell Sanchez - Sentence
PORT BARRE MAN SENTENCED FOR FAILURE
TO REGISTER AS SEX OFFENDER
 
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05-29-07 Paulius D. Pitts - Sentence
FORMER INCOME TAX PREPARER SENTENCED
IN FEDERAL COURT
 
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04-30-07 Brandon Emory Brooks - Indictment
MONROE POLICE OFFICER AND FORMER
OFFICER INDICTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES
 
04-23-07 Keith Wayne Theriot - Guilty Plea
LAFAYETTE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FEMA FRAUD
 
04-02-07 Michael Sieve - Guilty Plea
FORMER SHREVEPORT NEWS RADIO PERSONALITY
PLEADS GUILTY TO ATTEMPTED ENTICEMENT
OF A MINOR ON THE INTERNET
 
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03-28-07 Larry Andrew Cox - Guilty Plea
CHILD PREDATOR PLEADS GUILTY TO SEXUALLY ABUSING A CHILD
 
03-28-07 Leroy Stevenson - Sentence
LAKE CHARLES DRUG TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
 
03-30-07 Garland D. Miller - Indictment
LOCAL MEDICAL DOCTOR INDICTED ON
FEDERAL TAX EVASION CHARGES
 
03-28-07 Garland D. Miller - Indictment
LOCAL MEDICAL DOCTOR INDICTED ON
FEDERAL TAX EVASION CHARGES
 
03-21-07 Dr. James Thomas Hill - Sentence
FORMER SHREVEPORT PAIN MANAGEMENT DOCTOR
SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT
 
03-19-07 Michael Prince - Sentence
HOUSTON MAN SENTENCED FOR HEALTHCARE FRAUD
 
03-09-07 Michael J. Lines - Guilty Plea
MISSOURI MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES
IN FEDERAL COURT
 
03-08-07 Melissa Gibson - Guilty Plea
WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FEMA FRAUD
FOLLOWING HURRICANE RITA
 
03-06-07 Kathy Cleveland - Guilty Plea
FORMER EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT AT POVERTY POINT
RESERVOIR DISTRICT PLEADS GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT
 
03-02-07 Ronald King - Trial
FEDERAL JURY CONVICTS DRUG KINGPIN
 
03-01-07 Marie Ferdette Arnaud Cart - Sentence
FORMER LAW FIRM EMPLOYEE
SENTENCED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT
 
03-01-07 Cornell Williams - Sentence
SHREVEPORT MAN SENTENCED ON
FEDERAL FIREARMS CHARGES
 
Back to Top February 2007 Related Documents
02-26-07 Ran Mesika - Announcement
FEDERAL AUTHORITIES SEEK ASSISTANCE FROM
DONALDSONVILLE LOUISIANA LANDOWNERS
TO HELP LOCATE VICTIM'S REMAINS
 
02-14-07 Karl David Kretser - Trial
FORMER EAST BATON ROUGE POLICE OFFICER
GUILTY OF SEX CRIME
 
02-13-07 Announcement
$264,000 DISTRIBUTED TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES CONCLUDING OPERATION “MECHANICAL BREAKDOWN”
 
02-12-07 Announcement
PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS
GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT
 

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