| Date |
Defendant |
Prosecutor |
Type |
Description |
| 12/13/05 |
MARK CHARLES LARKIN |
Joshua T. Burgess and Andy Williams |
Conviction |
A 49-year-old Howe, Texas man has been convicted of drug trafficking and gun crimes in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/21/05 |
FREDDIE KWONG |
Terri Hagan and Shamoil Shipchandler |
Conviction |
POK SOENG KWONG a/k/a FREDDIE KWONG was convicted of sabotaging the computer system of a Plano-based company Friday after a two-week trial before United States District Judge Paul Brown. |
| 12/2/05 |
MICHAEL RAY HARRISON |
Bob Rawls & Sarah Wannarka |
Conviction |
A 48-year-old Orange County man has been convicted of illegally possessing stolen firearms in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/29/05 |
WILSON LOCKE LYNCH, JR. |
Randy Fluke |
Sentencing |
A 62-year-old Port Arthur Physician was sentenced for sexually exploiting minor children and possessing child pornography in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/17/05 |
David Wayne Stanley, Sherry Lynn Grossman ,
Jana Renee Winn and
Guadalupe Lopez Avila |
Maureen Smith |
Indictment |
Four North Texas residents have been indicted on federal drug trafficking charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 11/17/05 |
RANDY CRAIG ROCHELLE |
Bob Rawls |
Plea |
A 52-year-old Beaumont man has pleaded guilty to possessing images of child pornography in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/27/05 |
ANGEL SIERRA ,
ALBERTO SIERRA,
NATHANIEL EDWARD GONZALEZ ,
MELANIE DANIELLE CAPLE |
Tracey Batson |
Indictment |
A Federal Grand Jury has indicted four North Texas residents on drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/27/05 |
SHARLENE RICE |
Shamoil T. Shipchandler |
Guilty Plea |
A former Experian employee has pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud Experian Information Systems, Inc., through the transmission of false information via computer. |
| 11/8/05 |
TYRELL CECIL PETE |
Randy Fluke |
Sentencing |
A 30-year-old Beaumont man was sentenced today for federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 10/27/05 |
JOHN CHRISTOPHER HAMILTON |
Michelle Englade |
Sentencing |
A 32-year-old Beaumont man has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for cooking methamphetamine in his West End home. |
| 10/06/05 |
JOSEPH EARL JOHNSON |
Rey Morin |
Arrest |
A 48-year-old Lufkin man has been arrested for mail fraud after posing as a Hurricane Rita victim and attempting to defraud the federal government. |
| 10/05/05 |
MARCO MAURICIO |
Terri Hagan |
Sentencing |
A 35-year-old Plano man has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for submitting false reimbursement requests to JC Penney. |
| 10/04/05 |
WALTER RAY STALL |
Alan Jackson |
Indictment |
A 43-year-old Palestine, Texas man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for posing as a Hurricane Katrina victim and attempting to defraud the federal government. |
| 9/14/05 |
RONNIE GURGANUS, JR |
Rey Morin |
Sentencing |
A 38-year-old Angelina County man was sentenced for sexually exploiting minor children and possessing child pornography |
| 8/26/05 |
ROBERT LOWELL DUREN |
Jim Noble |
Sentencing |
A 32-year-old Tyler man has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for Felon in Possession of a Firearm. |
| 8/22/05 |
BRANDON KEITH SELF and
RICHARD WALLACE MASON |
Dave Henderson |
Sentencing |
Two Rome, Georgia men were sentenced today for federal child exploitation charges that they committed in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/18/05 |
CHATMAN OLIVER GOBERT |
Randall Fluke |
Sentencing |
A 38-year-old Port Arthur man has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm. |
| 8/16/05 |
Violent Crime Impact Teams (VCIT) initiative |
Michelle Englade, Dave Henderson, Randall Fluke & Sarah Wannarka |
Arrests |
Today, the United States Attorney's Office, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Port Arthur Police Department announced the arrests of eight targeted offenders who have been accused of committing weapons and drug crimes in the Eastern District of Texas. All eight defendants were in federal court today for initial appearances. |
| 8/16/05 |
TAJ RAMEL LEE |
Josh Burgess |
Sentencing |
A 31-year-old Paris, Texas man has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm. |
| 8/15/05 |
PHYLLIS CARTWRIGHT |
Sarah Wannarka |
Guilty Plea |
A 44-year-old Beaumont woman has pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 8/3/05 |
MERICO "RICO" DEMONZ STOTTS |
Randy Fluke |
Sentencing |
A 34-year-old Silsbee man has been sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm. |
| 8/3/05 |
CHRISTOPHER JONES and
CHESTER JOHNSON |
Jim Noble |
Sentencing |
Two armed drug dealers were sentenced to federal prison on Monday in the Eastern District of Texas under the Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative.
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| 8/2/05 |
Beaumont Weed and Seed initiative |
Joe Batte, Michelle Englade & Sarah Wannarka |
Arrests |
A combined task force of federal, state and local law enforcement agents have begun arresting individuals involved in drug trafficking in Beaumont and Southeast Texas.. |
| 7/28/05 |
WALGREEN CORPORATION |
Kevin McClendon |
Settlement |
The WALGREEN Corporation has accepted responsibility for supplying methamphetamine cooks with large quantities of pseudoephedrine products in the northeast Texas area. |
| 7/26/05 |
NICHOLAS W. MITSAKOS II |
Terri Hagan |
Conviction |
The President and CEO of a North Texas oil company has been convicted of defrauding the company's investors. |
| 7/26/05 |
MARIO RUBEN COLUNGA |
Joe Batte |
Sentencing |
A 27-year-old Groves man has been sentenced to 38 months in federal prison for robbing a Port Arthur bank this past January. |
| 7/13/05 |
RONALD EUGENE CHAMBERLAIN and LARRY SHANE SILLICK |
Jim Noble |
Indictment |
Two East Texas men were indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in Tyler for separate federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas. |
| 7/1/05 |
RICKY DON KINCAID,
CHARLES WILLIAM LUCKIE JOHNSON, JR.,
NHAT HOAI NGO & DEMIAN JOHN CRATTY |
Terri Hagan |
Sentencing |
Four north Texas men have been sentenced in the Eastern District of Texas for their roles in a conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service. |
| 7/1/05 |
LOT OLUDELE AKANMU |
Terri Hagan |
Sentencing |
A 30-year-old Nigerian man has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for stealing other persons identities to commit fraud. |
| 7/1/05 |
DOROTHY GIBBS |
Terri Hagan |
Sentencing |
A 54-year-old Ivanhoe woman has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for conspiring to commit bank fraud 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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