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| Date | Defendant | Prosecutor | Type | Description |
| 12/20/07 | RUSSEL NEIL GATCH | Sarah Wannarka | Sentencing | A 37-year-old Mooringsport, LA man has been sentenced for soliciting sex from an underage child in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 12/20/07 | PAUL JEFFREY LEON MILES | Lisa Flournoy | Sentencing | A 23-year-old Hallsville, Texas man has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 12/18/07 | WHITNEY HASKINS | Alan R. Jackson | Sentencing | A 42-year-old Wake Village woman has been sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 12/18/07 | BILL THOMPSON, CINDY THOMPSON | Denise Simpson | Indictments | A Texarkana, Texas couple has been charged with multiple counts of mail fraud and making false statements in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 12/13/07 | BRIAN ONEAL HOWARD | Randall L. Fluke | Conviction | A 27-year-old Silsbee man has been convicted of federal drug crimes in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 12/13/07 | Multiple Grand Jury Indictments | M. Andrew Stover, Randall Blake, Errin Martin | Indictments | A federal grand jury has returned indictments this week charging multiple individuals in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 12/12/07 | 24 Arrested | Gregg Marchessault, Denise Simpson, and Alan Jackson | Arrest | 24 individuals have been arrested on complaints associated with identification document fraud and immigration violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 12/11/07 | JASON ALLEN HIXON, ALEJANDRO PEREZ | Richard L. Moore | Sentencing | Two Upshur County men have been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 12/11/07 | ANDRES SAENZ REYNA, CHRISTINA JEAN ROSS | Richard L. Moore | Sentencing | A man and a woman have both been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 12/7/07 | DONALD DOUGLAS, CHERYL DOUGLAS | late Wes Rivers, Arnold Spencer and Jim Noble | Sentencing | A Comfort, Texas couple has been sentenced for their roles in a wire fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 12/7/07 | GAYLA R. THURMAN | Robert L. Rawls and Chris Tortorice | Sentencing | A 58-year-old West Orange woman has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for health care fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 12/5/07 | GARY WILLIAMS TRICE | Denise Simpson | Sentencing | A 36-year-old Texarkana, Texas man has been sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison for hurricane related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 12/5/07 | Anthony J. Lee | John Craft | Sentencing | A 31-year-old Baton Rouge man has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 12/4/07 | GERMAN LIRA-GARCIA, JASON HARRIS, MATTHEW BILLING SCHLATRE, JESSE RICHARD EVANS, JAVIER ENRIQUE MELENDEZ-WISENTHAL, aka Roberto Dias Isaguierre | Allen Hurst, Alan Jackson, Denise Simpson | Indictments | A federal grand jury returned several indictments this week on cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/29/07 | JOHN LEROY CHAMBERS, III | Brit Featherston | Indictment | A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging a federal prison guard with attempting to deliver drugs to an inmate in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/27/07 | KENNETH WILLIAM ELGIN | Alan R. Jackson | Plea | A 39-year-old Tyler man has pleaded guilty to wire fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/27/07 | RAYMOND TORRES, JR. | Mary Ann Cozby | Plea | A 32-year-old Palestine, Texas man has pleaded guilty to drug and gun crimes in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/19/07 | Rowan Companies, Inc | Justice Department’s Environmental Crimes Section | Sentencing | A major oil and gas drilling company, was sentenced today to three years probation in U.S. District Court in Beaumont, Texas, in connection with the routine discharge of pollutants and garbage into the Gulf of Mexico from one of the firm’s oil rigs, the Midland, the Justice Department announced. . |
| 11/19/07 | ANDRE DAVID LEFFEBRE | Robert L. Rawls | Sentencing | A 44-year-old Vidor man has been sentenced to 384 months in federal prison for armed bank robbery in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/19/07 | FREDERICK DWAYNE HARRIS | Randall L. Fluke | Sentencing | A 27-year-old Metairie, Louisiana man has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/19/07 | RORY ILES, JR | Robert Hobbs | Sentencing | A 29-year-old Port Arthur man has been sentenced to nine months in federal prison for hurricane related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/16/07 | MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS | M. Andrew Stover, Errin Martin, Randall Blake, Tracey M. Batson | Indictments | A federal grand jury has returned indictments this week charging multiple individuals in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/15/07 | DAVID MICHAEL ANDERSON, JEREMY CHAD GUILLIAMS, CLIFTON MICHAEL WOODS, RAY EDWARD COX | Mary Ann Cozby | Arrest | Four additional defendants were in federal court today for initial appearances as a result of methamphetamine drug trafficking criminal enterprise in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/14/07 | CURTIS SWANSON, R. STEPHEN CAVENDER | Jim Middleton and Arnold Spencer | Sentencing | Two internet executives have been sentenced to federal prison for a fraudulent securities scam in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/14/07 | ANURA ANDRADI | Katherine Miller and Kevin McClendon | Sentencing | A 47-year-old Forney man has been sentenced to 97 months in federal prison for health care fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/13/07 | Erica Ann Phillips, Elizabeth Labor Tucker, Abram Sebastian Verduzco, Javier Abraham Carillo, Charlsye Mann Moore, Danny Lewis Kirkland, Vinita Kincaid Lewis, Timothy Cooper, Jack Calhoun Moore | Mary Ann Cozby | Arrest | A combined task force of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies began arresting individuals involved in a methamphetamine drug trafficking criminal enterprise in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/13/07 | PAUL PERRITT | Joseph R. Batte | Plea | A former Beaumont Police officer has pleaded guilty to mail fraud charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/13/07 | DAVID CHRISTOPHER JACOBS | Plea | A Collin County man has pleaded guilty to distributing steroids in the Eastern District of Texas. | |
| 11/13/07 | GORDON NEAL MATHIS | Gregg A. Marchessault | Sentencing | A 42-year-old Rusk man has been sentenced for possessing material involving the sexual exploitation of minors in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/13/07 | MARY ANN BRALY | Gregg A. Marchessault | Plea | A 64-year-old Kilgore woman has pleaded guilty to structuring transactions in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/7/07 | SITE CONCRETE, INC | Shamoil T. Shipchandler | Plea | A Grand Prairie Corporation has pleaded guilty to making false statements to the Federal Protection Agency (EPA) in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/7/07 | CHANCELLOR GUNTER | Richard L. Moore | Plea | A 23-year-old Gregg County man has pleaded guilty to bank robbery charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/7/07 | PASQUAL TELLEZ-ROSALES a/k/a BENITO TELLEZ-ROSALES, DERRICK VAN HODGES, PAUL EDWARD THOMAS, DANIEL F. CANTU, DARIUS WALKER, CALANDRIS DEANDRE LAMB, JOSE ROSARIO CASTRO-SALAS | Allen Hurst, Jim Middleton, Errin Martin, Bill Baldwin | Indictments | A federal grand jury has returned indictments this week charging seven individuals in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/31/07 | BOBBY GENE CRUSE, JESUS A. GONZALEZ-OLVERA, MARTIN ALBARRAN LOPEZ | Richard L. Moore | Sentencing | Three men have been sentenced to federal prison for separate federal crimes in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/24/07 | ULRIC JACK SWEESY a/k/a JACK TAYLOR | Terri L. Hagan | Plea | A 56-year-old Richardson man has pleaded guilty to mail fraud charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/23/07 | PSN DAY OF NATIONAL CONCERN | Advisory | Eastern District of Texas' Project Safe Neighborhood Advisory Board will join local schools in recognizing October 24th, as the 12th annual Day of National Concern about Young People and Gun Violence. | |
| 10/23/07 | DAVID BRYAN RUSSELL | William Baldwin | Sentencing | A 33-year-old Tyler man has been sentenced to 188 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/23/07 | BILLY DEAN DRIGGERS | Richard L. Moore | Sentencing | A 36-year-old Longview man has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/22/07 | CHRISTOPHER DON DEVEREAUX | Shamoil T Shipchandler | Sentencing | A 37-year-old Fort Worth man has been sentenced to nine months in federal prison for bank fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/18/07 | FLORENCE UBAK-OFFIONG | Christopher T. Tortorice | Indictment | A federal grand jury has returned an indictment this week charging a medical equipment supplier with federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/17/07 | CEDRIC SHAWN MITCHELL PAYNE | Richard L. Moore | Plea | A 32-year-old Louisiana man has pleaded guilty to federal drug crimes in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/15/07 | MARCELLUS-JON ROWRY | Robert L. Hobbs | Sentence | A 27-year-old Port Arthur man has been sentenced to 117 months in federal prison for bank robbery in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/12/07 | Operation Thin Ice | Allen Hurst | Arrest | The arrest of several individuals and the seizure of a significant amount of contraband from a major methamphetamine “ice” trafficking and transporting organization in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/12/07 | PAUL EDWARD THOMAS | Jim Middleton | Arrest | A 40-year-old Tyler man has been arrested pending indictment on federal bank robbery charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/11/07 | JAROSLAW AMBROZUK | Shamoil T Shipchandler | Sentencing | A 43-year-old Plano man has been sentenced to 4 ½ months in federal prison for passport related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/11/07 | GRANDJURY INDICTMENTS | Tracey M. Batson, Errin Martin, Randall A. Blake, Stevan A. Buys, M. Andrew Stover, Michele A. Ratcliffe, Sam Cantrell | Indictments | A federal grand jury has returned indictments this week charging multiple individuals in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/10/07 | MICHAEL HEINSOHN | Lisa Flournoy | Sentencing | A 23-year-old Lufkin man has been sentenced to 80 months in federal prison for possessing child pornography in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/10/07 | JOSE LUIS SOSA-MENDOZA | Richard L. Moore | Sentencing | A 28-year-old Houston man has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/10/07 | ROWAN COMPANIES AND NINE SUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES | Justice Department’s Environmental Crimes Section and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern Districts of Texas and Louisiana | Plea | WASHINGTON – Rowan Companies, Inc., a major oil and gas drilling company, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Beaumont, Texas, to three felonies in connection with the routine discharge of pollutants and garbage into the Gulf of Mexico. |
| 10/4/07 | DON PATRICK TRAHAN | Randall Fluke | Plea | A 44-yar-old Ames, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal gun violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/4/07 | SPINDLETOP DRILLING COMPANY | Jim Noble | Sentencing | A Dallas based Production Company has been sentenced to pay $10,000 in restitution for violating the Migratory Bird Act Treaty in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/3/07 | ROBERT TOUTCHEQUE | Robert L. Rawls | Sentencing | A 39-year-old Vidor man has sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for possession of child pornography in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/3/07 | LONGVIEW AREA DRUG ROUNDUP ARREST 15 | Richard L. Moore | Arrest | A combined task force of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies began arresting individuals involved in a drug trafficking criminal enterprise in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/3/07 | MILLIE GREGORY, PAUL GREGORY, EXTREME METAL FINISHING, INC., DILE KENT McNAIR, RAMADAN TAJEDEEN SHABAZZ, TREMAYNE KEON BOWMAN | Denise Simpson, Jim Noble | Indictments | A federal grand jury returned several indictments this week on cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/3/07 | WILLIAM CHAD MERCER, also known as BRYSON MERCER | Terri L. Hagan | Plea | A 35-year-old Plano man has pleaded guilty to federal mail fraud charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/2/07 | BOB ALLEN HAYES, Jr. | Robert Hobbs | Indictment | A 31-year-old Houston man has been arrested on charges of hurricane related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/2/07 | Attorney General Awards Cermony | JOSEPH R. BATTE, and JOHN MALCOLM BALES | Awards | Assistant United States Attorneys were honored today at the Justice Department’s 55th Annual Awards Ceremony at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. |
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are presumed innocent unless and until convicted through due process
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