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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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