| Date |
Defendant |
Prosecutor |
Type |
Description |
| 6/21/06 |
VERNON RANDALL TODD |
Josh Burgess |
Sentencing |
A 53-year-old Denton, Texas man was sentenced today to 360 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release for possession of silencers and explosive devices. |
| 6/20/06 |
GUADALUPE GUTIERREZ PORCAYO |
Allen Hurst |
Sentencing |
A 26-year-old Mexican woman living in Tyler illegally has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/20/06 |
HOWARD DWAYNE WALKER, RANIKA LASHUN PRINCE, JETAIME JERONE HOLLAND, YONGUE JOHN GROGAN, JANNA NICOLE HELMICH, MARK ANTHONY LANE, DANNY RAY WILLIAMS JR., JOHN WILLIE CLOUD JR., JEREMIAH ANDREW BROWN and RONALD RAY GARY |
Robert Hobbs |
Plea |
A cocaine trafficking ring led by a 33-year-old Beaumont man has ended with guilty pleas from ten individuals charged in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/16/06 |
DARBY ORANGE |
Andy Williams |
Indictment |
A 68-year-old Gainsville woman has been indicted for hurricane related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/13/06 |
MAMADU MBAYE |
Alan Jackson |
Plea |
A 42-year-old Tyler man has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/13/06 |
SAM LEAL and JOHN CARROLL |
William Baldwin and Mary Ann Cozby |
Plea |
Two additional defendants from a Tyler area drug ring have pleaded guilty to federal drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/12/06 |
MARK EDWARD MARTIN |
Robert L. Rawls |
Sentencing |
A 45-year-old Beaumont man has been sentenced to 12 months in federal prison for failing to file a federal income tax return in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/12/06 |
EUNICE “SON” JOHNSON |
Jim Middleton |
Plea |
A A 74-year-old Smith County man has pleaded guilty to distributing crack cocaine in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/9/06 |
ERWIN EUGENE SEMIEN |
Robert L. Rawls |
Conviction |
A 31-year-old Liberty man has been convicted of drug trafficking and illegally possessing a firearm in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/9/06 |
THOMAS ANDREW SAWYER |
David H. Henderson |
Sentencing |
A 32-year-old Needville man has been sentenced to 92 months in federal prison for robbing a bank in the city of Orange this past August. |
| 6/9/06 |
BELQUI ARLENE RODRIGUEZ |
David H. Henderson |
Indictment |
A Federal Grand Jury has indicted a Louisiana resident for drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/9/06 |
LEON DEMOND DAVIS, DANNAH SUE SMITH-COMEAUX and JOHN RONALD MAYON |
Michelle S. Englade |
Indictments |
24-year-old LEON DEMOND DAVIS, 43-year-old DANNAH SUE SMITH-COMEAUX, and 27 year old JOHN RONALD MAYON, all of Port Arthur, were each indicted yesterday in the Eastern District of Texas for possessing a firearm after being previously convicted of felony offenses. |
| 6/9/06 |
RAFAEL R. COMPEAN |
David Henderson |
Indictment |
A federal grand jury has indicted an 18-year-old Beaumont man on federal gun and drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/8/06 |
Operation Kings Court |
Reynaldo Morin |
Arrests |
A combined task force of federal, state and local law enforcement agents began arresting individuals who are alleged to be involved in a large scale drug trafficking ring in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/6/06 |
RAYBURN ELRAY NEWSOM, WILLIAM BRADLEY SMITH, JOHN SCRUGGS, JAMES VALENTINISDEE, DANA LAWSON, MARVIN ALBRO, ALFRED LEE JAMES, JACKIE LYNN LONG, HUGO FERNANDO BARRAZA, HORACIO GALINDEZ-MONTOYA |
Jim Middleton, Lisa Flournoy, Stevan Buys, Barry Bryant, Allen Hurst |
Indictments |
A federal grand jury has returned eight indictments this week on separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/6/06 |
CHRISTOPHER JACK COLLUM |
Richard Moore |
Plea |
A 25-year-old Longview man has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/6/06 |
OLAN ROGER GLASSCOCK |
Jim Noble |
Plea |
A 42-year-old Tyler man has pleaded guilty to federal firearms charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/6/06 |
Project Safe Neighborhoods |
|
Grant |
United States Attorney Matthew D. Orwig announced the delivery of federal funds to further assist law enforcement officers in fighting violent crime and gangs in Southeast Texas. |
| 6/1/06 |
WALTER RAY STALL, aka RAY JOHNSON |
Alan Jackson |
Sentencing |
A 43-year-old Palestine, Texas man has been sentenced to ten months in federal prison for posing as a Hurricane Katrina victim and attempting to defraud the federal government in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 6/1/06 |
RAFEEK MOHAMED OSMAN |
Bill Baldwin |
Sentencing |
A 43-year-old foreign national has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for illegally selling Pseudoephedrine from his convenience stores in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 5/31/06 |
DENA FUSELIER |
Barry Bryant |
Arraignment |
A 64-year-old Texarkana hotel manager was arraigned today on charges of hurricane related wire fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 5/25/06 |
RALPH RICHARD BOERNER |
Wes Rivers |
Plea |
A 55-year-old Florida man has pleaded guilty to federal mail fraud charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 5/24/06 |
JOEY PAUP |
Bill Baldwin |
Plea |
A 27-year-old Tyler man has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 5/24/06 |
ESTEBAN ARTEAGA |
Bill Baldwin |
Sentencing |
A 34-year-old Edinburg man has been sentenced to 96 months in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 5/23/06 |
EDWARD JOE MARQUEZ, JR. |
Josh Burgess |
Sentencing |
A 50-year-old Savoy, Texas man has been sentenced to 171 months in federal prison for shooting at a federal law enforcement agent in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 5/18/06 |
KUN YUN JHO |
Joe Batte |
Indictment |
The Chief Engineer of a foreign flagged oil tanker has been indicted in connection with concealing deliberate discharges of oil-contaminated bilge in the Gulf of Mexico from the M/T Pacific Ruby. |
| 5/16/06 |
BILLY GENE MCGEE |
Randall Fluke |
Plea |
A 45-year-old Missouri man has pleaded guilty to federal firearms charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 5/5/06 |
CHARLES L. MALONE |
Barry Bryant |
Conviction |
A 46-year-old Texarkana, Texas man has been convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 5/5/06 |
DANIEL PATRICK JONES |
Michelle Englade |
Indictment |
An 18-year-old Port Arthur high school student was arrested today for conducting a drug deal in the parking lot of Port Arthur’s Memorial High School. |
| 5/4/06 |
DENA FUSELIER |
Barry Bryant |
Indictment |
A 64-year-old Texarkana hotel manager has been indicted this week for hurricane related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 5/3/06 |
STEVEN J. WARD |
Jim Middleton |
Plea |
A 42-year-old Marshall man has pleaded guilty to tax evasion in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 5/3/06 |
LETTERICK RODGERS |
Rey Morin |
Indictment |
A 26-year-old Nacogdoches man was indicted today for bank robbery in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 5/3/06 |
JAMES EARL TOLIVER, JR. |
Dave Henderson |
Indictment |
A 25-year-old Beaumont mailman has been indicted for unlawfully delaying and destroying mail in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 5/3/06 |
ANDRE DAVID LEFFEBRE |
Bob Rawls |
Indictment |
A 44-year-old Vidor man was indicted today for armed bank robbery in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 5/3/06 |
RYAN JAMES EFF |
Malcolm Bales |
Indictment |
A 33-year-old Kennard firefighter has been indicted for arson in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 4/27/06 |
DARWIN LEE HAWTHORNE |
Gregg Marchessault |
Sentencing |
A 54-year-old Grand Saline man has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for possession of child pornography in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 4/27/06 |
DAVID FLEMING |
Michelle Ratcliffe |
Plea |
A 41-year-old Plano, Texas man has pleaded guilty to possession of visual depictions of minors involved in sexually explicit conduct in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 4/26/06 |
JAMES MATTHEW POOLE |
Allen Hurst |
Sentencing |
A 21-year-old Mabank, Texas man has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for being an armed career offender in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 4/25/06 |
ROBERT STEPHEN ADKINSON |
Jim Middleton |
Sentencing |
A 22-year-old Tyler man has been sentenced to 108 months in federal prison for threatening another person in relation to a drug debt in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 4/24/06 |
MICHAEL J. WING |
Wes Rivers |
Plea |
A 46-year-old Tyler lawyer has pleaded guilty to wire fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 4/11/06 |
JUAN CASTANON |
Rey Morin |
Sentencing |
A 34-year-old Mission, Texas man has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for interstate travel in aid of racketeering enterprises in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 4/11/06 |
STEPHANIE VAN DYKE |
Rey Morin |
Sentencing |
A 39-year-old Nacogdoches woman has been sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for mail fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 4/10/06 |
MICHAEL J. WING |
Wes Rivers |
Indictment |
A 46-year-old Tyler lawyer has been indicted for security and wire fraud violations, announced United States Attorney Matthew D. Orwig. |
| 4/6/06 |
JOHN HENRY GUILLORY |
Randall Fluke |
Conviction |
A 35-year-old Raywood man has been found guilty of federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 4/6/06 |
ROBERT EUGENE SCHREIBER |
Randall Fluke |
Sentencing |
A 49-year-old West Orange man has been sentenced to 188 months in federal prison for sexual exploitation of a child and possession of child pornography in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 4/5/06 |
JEROME CUTWRIGHT |
Rey Morin |
Conviction |
A 32-year-old San Augustine man has been convicted of possession with intent to distribute over 650 grams of "crack" and powder cocaine. |
| 4/5/06 |
COLLEEN JORDAN |
Barry Bryant |
Plea |
A 44-year-old Texarkana, Texas woman has pleaded guilty to conspiring to file false federal income tax returns in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 4/4/06 |
City of Port Arthur |
|
Grant |
The City of Port Arthur has received a federal crime fighting grant in the amount of $175,000. |
| 3/30/06 |
RANDY CRAIG ROCHELLE |
Bob Rawls |
Sentencing |
A 52-year-old Beaumont man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for possessing images of child pornography in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 3/22/06 |
JAMES VAN METER and ANITA VAN METER |
Shamoil Shipchandler |
Indictment |
An Allen, Texas couple has been indicted for failing to file federal income tax returns in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 3/15/06 |
Lamark Christopher Fruga |
Sarah Wannarka |
Indictment |
A Federal Grand Jury has indicted a Hurricane Katrina evacuee for federal gun and drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 3/13/06 |
Jameel Casey |
Shamoil Shipchandler |
Plea |
A 30-year-old Dallas man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit computer fraud in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 3/10/06 |
DON BECK |
Lisa Flournoy and Rey Morin |
Plea |
A 72-year-old Nacogdoches man pleaded guilty to a federal firearms charge today in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 3/8/06 |
SIMON BALDERAS, Jr. |
William Baldwin |
Arrests |
A combined task force of federal, state and local law enforcement agents have begun arresting individuals involved in a major methamphetamine ring in Tyler and east Texas. |
| 3/2/06 |
ANGEL SIERRA & NATHANIEL EDWARD GONZALEZ |
Tracey Batson |
Plea |
Two sets of north Texas siblings have pleaded guilty in federal court in connection with the drug death of a 16-year-old Plano student. |
| 2/24/06 |
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office |
|
Equitable Sharing |
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office has received a check for nearly one and a half million dollars. Matthew D. Orwig, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, announced today that the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office received the $1,428,761.23 from forfeited assets that were seized during a traffic stop nearly a year ago.
|
| 2/8/06 |
ARTHUR MARCUS BOYD |
Maureen Smith and Heather Rattan |
Conviction |
A 58-year-old Colbert, Oklahoma man has been found guilty of Mailing Threatening Communications to a state district judge and two local attorneys in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 2/2/06 |
ROBERTO GAVINA & RAMON GAVINA |
Andrew Stover |
Sentencing |
Two Dallas brothers were each sentenced to lengthy terms in federal prison for their participation in a violent crime spree in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 2/2/06 |
THEODORE LEE FOLLIE, JR & TIMOTHY DEWAYNE TURNER |
Randall Fluke |
Sentencing |
Two southeast Texas men were sentenced this week for separate federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas under the Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative. |
| 1/27/06 |
DON BECK |
Lisa Flournoy |
Indictment |
A 72-year-old Nacogdoches man appeared in federal court today on firearms charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 1/26/06 |
RAMIRO RODRIGUEZ JAIMES |
Robert Hobbs |
Sentencing |
A 29-year-old Beaumont man has been sentenced to 290 months in federal prison for violating federal drug trafficking and weapons laws in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 1/25/06 |
WILLIAM BAUGUS |
Tracey Batson |
Conviction |
A 67-year-old Seagoville man has been convicted of drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 1/25/06 |
JUDD DAVID JONES, JODY MARLIN LYONS and MICHAEL JAMES |
Joe Monsivais |
Plea |
Three former Cooke County sheriff's deputies have pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a federal investigation into civil rights violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 1/19/06 |
MARK EDWARD MARTIN |
Bob Rawls |
Indictment |
A 45-year-old Beaumont man pleaded guilty to failing to file a federal income tax return in the Eastern District of Texas |
| 1/18/06 |
SHERRI HARRIS & ANTHONY JOHNSON |
Dave Henderson |
Indictment |
Two individuals were indicted in the Eastern District of Texas on charges of filing false claims for Hurricane relief funds with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). |
| 1/13/06 |
JANICE F. KOONTZ & COLLEEN JORDAN |
Barry Bryant |
Indictment |
A former Arkansas Department of Corrections officer and her accomplice were arraigned today on federal tax fraud charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 1/12/06 |
RANDALL LEE THOMPSON |
Richard Moore |
Indictment |
A Cherokee County Constable has been indicted for possession and distribution of a controlled substance in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 1/12/06 |
CHRIS JANICE NEWTON and SCOTT ALLEN NEWTON |
Randall Blake |
Indictment |
A Denton couple has been indicted for posing as Hurricane Katrina victims and attempting to defraud the federal government. |
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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