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| Date | Defendant | Prosecutor | Type | Description |
| 7/23/08 | TAMARIND DEEMON | Bill Baldwin | Plea | A 28-year-old Henderson man has pleaded guilty to drug violationsin the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/22/08 | CLARA ARNETTE WHITE | Richard L. Moore | Sentencing | A 31-year-old Longview woman has been sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/22/08 | MICHAEL EDWARD BROWN, also known as MIKE JONES | Richard L. Moore | Sentencing | A 33-year-old Gregg County man has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/22/08 | RAMADAN TAJEDEEN SHABAZZ | Jim Noble | Sentencing | A 26-year-old Fort Worth man has been sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute forged checks in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/16/08 | THOMAS B. PARKER and MARGARET A. PARKER | Robert L. Rawls | Arrests | A Vidor couple has been charged with multiple counts of tax evasion and failure to file a tax return in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/15/08 | TIMOTHY ADCOCK | Bill Baldwin | Plea | A 25-year-old Whitehouse, Texas man has pleaded guilty to child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/10/08 | Multiple Individuals | Alan R. Jackson | Plea | Nineteen individuals from the Mt. Pleasant area have pleaded guilty to misuse of Social Security Account numbers in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/9/08 | JASON DONELL GIVENS, ZACHARY THOMAS OTTO, KASEY ENGLE, THOMAS LOPEZ, III, PHILIP G. KELLAR, MICHELE G. KELLAR | Errin Martin, M. Andrew Stover, Shamoil Shipchandler | Indictments | A federal grand jury returned indictments today charging multiple individuals in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/8/08 | EUFROCINO RIOS-BENITEZ | Michele A. Ratcliffe | Sentencing | A 26-year-old man residing in Dallas has been sentenced for illegally being in the United States in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/8/08 | EDWIN YOBONY HERRERA | Robert L. Rawls | Plea | A 19-year-old Houston man has pleaded guilty to drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/3/08 | HOMERO ZAMBRANO ARTEAGA | Richard L. Moore | Plea | A Hidalgo County man has pleaded guilty to drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/3/08 | ANGEL AVILEZ-FAJARDO, a/k/a MOISES HUERTA | Randall Fluke | Sentencing | A 43 year old illegal alien has been sentenced for reentry into the United States in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/3/08 | DAVID ANDREW MCNEEL | Richard L. Moore | Plea | A Gregg County man has pleaded guilty to drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/2/08 | LOUIS LEON WALTERS | Randall Fluke | Sentencing | A 50 year old Cleveland, Texas man has sentenced for federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/2/08 | RICKY LEE SMITH | Denise Simpson | Sentencing | A 51 year old Dallas, Texas man was sentenced for federal drug and firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/2/08 | MATTHEW BILLING SCHLATRE | Denise Simpson | Sentencing | A 49 year old Queen City, Texas man was sentenced for a bank robbery committed in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/2/08 | RICHARD ANTHONY SOARES | Denise Simpson | Sentencing | A 49 year old Houston, Texas man was sentenced for driving under the influence in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/2/08 | BRIAN KEITH HUBBARD | John Craft | Plea | A 23 year old Ocala, Florida man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/2/08 | ALVIN RAY GIPSON, JR. | Terri L. Hagan | Sentencing | A 34-year-old Frisco man was sentenced on charges of criminal copyright infringement in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/1/08 | ULRIC JACK SWEESY a/k/a JACK TAYLOR, BLAKE LANG CUMMINGS | Terri L. Hagan | Sentencing | A 57-year-old Richardson man, and a 36-year-old Allen man were sentenced for raising over $65 million in a fraudulent oil and gas scheme in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/1/08 | JOHN EDWARD YOUNG | Michele A. Ratcliffe | Plea | A 42-year-old Wylie, Texas, man has pleaded guilty to the receipt of visual depictions of minors involved in sexually explicit conduct in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/1/08 | GEOFFREY RHODES | Michele A. Ratcliffe | Plea | A 58-year-old, Denton, Texas man has pleaded guilty to possession of visual depictions of minors involved in sexually explicit conduct in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/1/08 | APRIL NICOLE JONES, GARY DON KIRKLAND, TONYA JANAY HOUSTON | Richard L. Moore | Plea | Three Gregg County residents have pleaded guilty to drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/1/08 | PATRICK NEIL WOMACK, SHANE POWERS, LAWRENCE REYNOLDS, TRAMPAS STANLEY | Denise Simpson, Alan Jackson, Jim Noble | Indictments | Multiple indictments have been returned charging individuals with separate criminal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 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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