Press Releases Issued 2008
| JUL 2008 | |||
| JUL 24, 2008 | STINSON, Deborah Lee and STINSON, Mark Alan | Indictment (Meacham/Dallas) |
FBI support employee and son charged in federal indictment |
| JUL 24, 2008 | SHIN, James; a/k/a Young Jin Shin and James Young-Jin Shin | Guilty Plea (Lewis/Dallas) |
Fort Worth physician pleads guilty in federal court to possessing child pornography |
| JUL 22, 2008 | DEFRANK, SALVATORE, D.P.M. | Sentencing (Heath/Dallas) |
Podiatrist sentenced to 41 months for role in conspiracy to illegally dispense drugs over the internet |
| JUL 21, 2008 | VALENZUELA-CONTRERAS, Juan Andre | Sentencing (Worley/Klinck/Fort Worth) |
Tarrant County man sentenced to 64 years on drug and firearm convictions |
| JUL 18, 2008 | WARE, Jason K. | Sentencing (Lewis/Fort Worth) |
Montague County man sentenced to 15 years and a lifetime of supervised release for transporting and shipping child pornography |
| JUL 14, 2008 | WIAND, Melvin | Sentencing (Saleem/Miller/Dallas) |
Dallas area man sentenced to 11 years for receiving child pornography |
| JUL 11, 2008 | BONNER, Lance Kendall | Sentencing (Reno/Busch/Dallas) |
Former Dallas Transit Police Officer convicted of civil rights violation sentenced to 30 months |
| JUL 11, 2008 | WATSON, Stephen E. | Guilty Plea (Lewis/Fort Worth) |
Arlington, Texas, man admits receiving child pornography |
| JUL 10, 2008 | BOHUCHOT, Ruben and WONG, Frankie | Conviction (Elieson/Groves/Bray/Dallas) |
Former Dallas Independent School district (DISD) executive and Houston businessman convicted in federal corruption trial |
| JUL 10, 2008 | THETFORD, James Lenoir | Sentencing (Tromblay/Dallas) |
Man who robbed same bank twice in less than 2 months sentenced to nearly 8 years |
| JUL 9, 2008 | HODNIK, Joshua | Indictment/Arrest (Dewald/Fort Worth) |
Mansfield, Texas, man arrested in Oklahoma for possession with intent to distribute anabolic steroids |
| JUL 8, 2008 | LEITNER, Stanley | Sentencing (Yanowitch/Stokes/Dallas) |
Local man sentenced to 17.5 years for running investment fraud scheme |
| JUL 8, 2008 | YU, Juan Arturo, Jr. | Guilty Plea (Haag/Lubbock) |
Man extradited from Mexico pleads guilty to drug and money laundering charges |
| JUL 3, 2008 | LEE, Charles David | Indictment/Arrest (Lewis/Fort Worth) |
Tarrant County man arrested after being charged with possession of child pornography |
| JUL 3, 2008 | BYARD, William Rook | Arrest/Criminal Complaint (Lamberson/Amarillo) |
Amarillo man charaged with robbing Amarillo Community Federal Credit Union |
| JUL 2, 2008 | HEREDIA, Adrian Estaban Sanchez | Sentencing (Calvert/Dallas) |
Major Mexican cocain supply source sentenced to 262 months in federal prison |
| JUL 2, 2008 | MOMAH, Chinedu Leonard |
Sentencing (Klinck/Fort Worth) |
Cocaine dealer receives maximum sentence under federal sentencing guidelines |
| JUL 1, 2008 | PERALES, Joe et al. | Indictment/Arrests (Dewald/Fort Worth) |
Meth organization dismantled in Erath County |
| JUN 2008 | |||
| JUN 27, 2008 | WEIGMAN, Matthew Douglas; BENTON, Sean Paul; and NALLEY, Carlton | Indictment (Heath/Dallas) |
Individuals named in swatting conspiracy charged with obstruction of justice |
| JUN 27, 2008 | MOORE, Kevin D. | Sentencing (Saleem/Lewis/Dallas) |
Grand Prairie, Texas, man sentenced to 30 years for possessing, transporting and shipping child pornography |
| JUN 24, 2008 | GAINES, Carl Edmond | Sentencing (Saldana/Dallas) |
Attorney sentenced to two years for tax evasion - also ordered to pay more than $90,000 restitution |
| JUN 23, 2008 | THOMAS, Bernard | Sentencing (Wiley/Dallas) |
Dallas man sentenced in hurricane fraud case |
| JUN 19, 2008 | LOCAL U.S. ATTORNEYS AND FBI ANNUONCE OPERATION MALICOUS MORTGAGE | ||
| JUN 18, 2008 | KLEIN, Howard | Indictment (Lewis/Fort Worth) |
Tarrant county man charged with possession of child porn |
| JUN 18, 2008 | AJAH, Julius Junior | Conviction (Weimer/Fort Worth) |
Jury convicts man trying to board British Airways flight to London from DFW Airport with 11 kilos of cocaine |
| JUN 18, 2008 | FARRINGTON, Eric Rulack, et al. | Indictment/Arrests (Revesz/Dallas) |
FBI agents arrst eight defendants charged in elaborate mortgage fraud scheme |
| JUN 17, 2008 | DETRIXHE, Jeffrey Don | Indictment (Drake/Amarillo) |
Federal grand jury charges man who possessed cyanide |
| JUN 16, 2008 | WILLIAMS, Ricky Gyrone, et al. | Indictment/Arrests (Calvert/Dallas) |
12 arested on federal drug charges for running PCP, ecstacy and marijuana distribution conspiracy near a Dallas middle school |
| JUN 16, 2008 | OROZCO, Jesus "Jesse" | Sentencing (Dewald/Fort Worth) |
Fort Worth heroin distributor sentenced |
| JUN 16, 2008 | HARRIMON, Richard Ray | Sentencing (Tromblay/Dallas) |
Convicted felon sentenced to 8 years for firearms conviction |
| JUN 13, 2008 | HOUSTON, Malik Idis | Arrest/Complaint (McCarthy/Dallas) |
Dallas man arrested in 6/12/08 Guaranty Bank Robbery in Dallas |
| JUN 13, 2008 | REAGAN, Darren L. | Conviction (Busch/Saldana/Dallas) |
Federal jury convicts Darren Reagan of theft of public money |
| JUN 13, 2008 | PAGE, Christopher Allen | Guilty Plea (Lewis/Fort Worth) |
Tarrant County man pleads guilty to possessing child pornography |
| JUN 12, 2008 | FOOTS, Freddy Lee | Conviction (Calvert/Dallas) |
Jury convicts Dallas man of commiting armored car robbery |
| JUN 11, 2008 | WOOD, Larry | Guilty Plea (Lewis/Fort Worth) |
Man pleads guilty to possessing child pornography |
| JUN 10, 2008 | WHITAKER, Randal Reagan, a/k/a "Bob the Builder," and MILLER, Michael Lynn, Jr., a/k/a "Mumbling Mike" | Sentencing (Haag/Lubbock) |
Abilene meth distributors sentenced |
| JUN 9, 2008 | HOWELL, Sandra K. | Sentencing (Roberts/Frost/Lubbock) |
Woman sentenced to narly four years i hurricane fraud case |
| JUN 9, 2008 | HEGGINS, Janie; HEGGINS-CARTER, Paulette; and SANDERS, Celina | Indictment (Miller/Dallas) |
Sisters indicted in conspiracy to defraud local business - separate indictment charges another employee with defrauding business |
| JUN 3, 2008 | CALAWAY, Dayton Lee; PLAISTERD, JR, Michael Philip; and RAGON, Jered Michael | Sentencing (Tromblay/Dallas) |
Three Burleson, Texas, men setenced for possessing unregistered firearm - attempted to ignite an explosive device at a church |
| JUN 3, 2008 | GRAND JURY INDICTS SEVEN SUSPECTED BANK ROBBERS BELIEVED TO BE THE "SCARECROW BANDITS" | Arrests/Indictment (Tromblay/Sims/Kull/Dallas) |
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| JUN 3, 2008 | JOHNSON, Billy Shane | Sentencing (McCarthy/Dallas) |
Major meth dealer in Dallas and Wichita Falls sentenced to a total of 14 years on drug and firearm convictions |
| MAY 2008 | |||
| MAY 30, 2008 | MCDONALD, Joe | Sentencing (Lewis/Fort Worth) |
Tarrant County man sentenced to 17.5 years on child porn conviction |
| MAY 29, 2008 | LANDEROS, JR., Fernando and LEIJA, Frank Lopez | Guilty Plea (Skipper/Lubbock) |
Bank robbers plead guilty to robbing bank in Abilene, Texas |
| MAY 29, 2008 | PHAM, Hoang, et al. | Complaint/Arrests (Burgess/Fort Worth) |
Group arrested for importation and distribution of hydroponic marijuana |
| MAY 28, 2008 | S-HOSPICE GROUP, INC., d/b/a Home Hospice of North Texas and MILLIGAN, Andrew P. and LIVINGSTON, Neil F.ospice Group, Inc., d/b/a Home Hospice, Mill | Settlement (McKenna/Dallas) |
North Texas Hospice company to pay U.S. $500,000 to resolve allegations it was paid for ineligible hospice patients |
| MAY 28, 2008 | RODRIGUEZ, Fernando Jose | Gilty Plea (Skipper/Lubbock) |
Abilene, Texas, man pleads guilty to federal gun charage |
| MAY 23, 2008 | EZEOKEKE, Joe | Conviction (Klinck/Burgess/Fort Worth) |
Federal jury convicts man trying to smuggle cocaine on a flight form DFW to London |
| MAY 23, 2008 | DIAZ, Bobby Ray | Conviction (Skipper/Haag/Lubbock) |
Federal jury convicts meth trafficker who operated in San Angelo, Abilene, Fort Worth and Dallas |
| MAY 22, 2008 | GARST, Paula | Sentencing (Drake/Amarillo) |
Amarillo, Texas, woman sentenced to more than 3 years and $32,341 restitution on health care fraud conviction |
| MAY 22, 2008 | WATSON, Stephen E. | Indictment (Lewis/Dallas) |
Indictment charges Arlington, Texas, man with receiving child pornography |
| MAY 21, 2008 | MCDONALD, Warren D.; WILLIAMS-GLOVER, Barbara; and HUGHES, Christopher | Sentencing (Lamberson/Amarillo) |
Defendants sentenced in scheme to fraudulently obtain unemployment benefits |
| MAY 21, 2008 | FANTROY, SR., James L. | Sentencing (Busch/RenoDallas) |
Paul Quinn College board member/treasurer sentencec |
| MAY 20, 2008 | BLACK, Oscar | Guilty Plea (Weimer/Dallas) |
Cattleman pleads guilty to mail fraud - defrauded investors of more than $3 million |
| MAY 20, 2008 | RETZ, James O. | Guilty Plea (Weimer/Dallas) |
Fort Worth oil and gas man admits role in investment scheme |
| MAY 15, 2008 | ROSOFF, Stuart; TROWBRIDGE, Jason and WARD, Chad | Sentencing (Groves/Dallas) |
Ringleaders in "Swatting/Spoofing" conspiracy sentenced |
| MAY 14, 2008 | RIEDLE, Kevin | Sentencing (Saleem/Fort Worth) |
Wise County, Texas, man sentenced to 20 years on child porn conviction |
| MAY 14, 2008 | DETRIXHE, Jeffrey Don | Arrest/Complaint (Drake/Amarillo) |
Higgins, Texas, man arrested for possessing cyanide |
| MAY 13, 2008 | CAMARILLO, Maria Regugia, et al. | Indictment/Arrests (Brown/Mitchell/Dallas) |
Sixteen charged in visa fraud scheme |
| MAY 12, 2008 | Fourteen Texas Syndicate Prison Gang Members/Associates Convicted | Conviction (Meacham/Sims/Dallas) |
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| MAY 12, 2008 | CLARK, James Cornell | Sentencing (Baker/Roberts/Lubbock) |
Former Lubbock Pastor sentenced to narly 20 years in federal prison |
| MAY 12, 2008 | JOHN, Dimetriace Eva Lavon | Sentencing (Penley/Heath/Dallas) |
Woman convicted in credit card fraud scheme sentenced to 9 years |
| MAY 8, 2008 | CASTILLO, Rene et al. | Indictment/Arrests (Guess/Dallas) |
Seven members of cocaine trafficking conspiracy arrested in Ellis Conty, Texas |
| MAY 7, 2008 | ANDERSON, Irene | Indictment (Miller/Dallas) |
Local home health care agency owner indicted |
| MAY 7, 2008 | ROSE, Cedric | Conviction (Tromblay/Boyle/Dallas) |
Dallas man cnvicted on drug and firearm charges - faces life in prison |
| MAY 6, 2008 | SIMMONS, Lyndell | Sentencing (Jacobo/Lubbock) |
Son who stole his mother's VA benefits sentenced to five years and more than $20,000 restitution |
| MAY 6, 2008 | GARCIA, Edward | Sentencing (Worley/Burgess/Fort Worth) |
Armed Career Criminal sentenced to nearly 20 years for possessing firearm - arrested after he accidentally shot himself in leg |
| MAY 5, 2008 | INAMETTI, Vincent | Sentencing (Bradford/Fort Worth) |
Priest who sexually abused inmates at FMC Carswell in Fort Worth sentenced to 4 years |
| MAY 2, 2008 | GARCIA, Jose Nicholas and MURILLO, Baltazar | Sentencing (Dewald/Fort Worth) |
Two heroin traffickers sentenced |
| MAY 1, 2008 | SOULINTHONG, Bobby Noy; NGUYEN, Dung Ba and NANTHATHONGTHIP, Bryan | Sentencing (Buie/Dallas) |
Local men involved in credit card "skimming" fraud sentenced |
| APR 2008 | |||
| APR 30, 2008 | SPENCER, Andrea L. | Guilty Plea (Busch/Reno/Dallas) |
Another defendant pleads guilty in bribery and extortion scheme |
| APR 30, 2008 | MAYNARD, D.O., Daniel Andrew | Settlement (McKenna/Dallas) |
Daniel Andrew Maynard, D.O. to pay U.S. and Texas $253,000 to resolve allegations he submitted false health care claims |
| APR 30, 2008 | CANTU, Christopher Joe | Sentencing (Koenig/McCarthy/Dallas) |
Armed Career Criminal sentenced to nearly 24 years |
| APR 29, 2008 | MORTAZAVI-KOUPAI, Massoud | Sentencing (Revesz/Dallas) |
Used car dealer who pled guilty and admitted to false odometer disclosure and failing to provide notice tonconsumers of vehicles' structural damage sentenced to three years in federal prison |
| APR 29, 2008 | MCGOWAN, Mario Ramon | Sentencing (Tromblay/Dallas) |
Wichita Falls, Texas, man sentenced to 10 years in PSN case |
| APR 24, 2008 | GALLAWAY, James Adam | Sentencing (Sparks/Dallas) |
Convicted felon sentenced to nearly five years for possessing firearm |
| APR 22, 2008 | MOON, Larry Ray | Sentencing (Haag/Skipper/Lubbock) |
Methamphetamine trafficking ring leader sentenced to life in prison |
| APR 22, 2008 | GONZALEZ, Salvador | Sentencing (Mitchell/Dallas) |
Former U.S. Postal employee sentenced to 18 months for stealing mail |
| APR 21, 2008 | DAVIS, Jim Wesley | Guilty Plea (McCabe/Dallas) |
Bank robber dubbed the "Toboggan Bandit" pleads guilty |
| APR 21, 2008 | PETERSEN, Larry Edward | Conviction (Konig/Sparks/Dallas) |
Jury convicts convicted felon for possessing firearm and possessing meth with intent to distribute |
| APR 18, 2008 | MEUIR, Ricky Neal | Sentencing (Lewis/Fort Worth) |
Fort Worth man sentenced to 20 years on child porn conviction |
| APR 18, 2008 | JOHNSON, Derrick Adrian | Sentencing (McCarthy/Miller/Dallas) |
Bank robber sentenced to maximum allowable - used mass transit as "getaway" |
| APR 16, 2008 | BLEVINS, Stephen Herman | Sentencing (Nichols/Lewis/Fort Worth) |
Fort Worth man sentenced to 27 1/2 years for methamphetamine conviction |
| APR 15, 2008 | McGILL, Allen J. | Guilty Plea (Busch/Reno/Dallas) |
First defendant pleads guilty in bribery and extortion scheme that charged 14 current and former Dallas Public Officials and their associates |
| APR 15, 2008 | MONTES, Jason and ARMIJO, Margarito | Conviction (Kull/Tromblay/Dallas) |
Federal jury convicts two bank robbers - each defendant faces up to life in prison |
| APR 11, 2008 | BONNER, Lance Kendall | Guilty Plea |
Former Dallas Transit Police Officer pleads guilty to federal civil rights violation |
| APR 10, 2008 | DALY, Daniel P. and MADEWELL, James Randall | Guilty Pleas (Lewis/Fort Worth) |
Tarrant County men plead guilty to child porn offenses |
| APR 10, 2008 | Statement from U.S. Attorney Roper and FBI SAC Casey regarding execution of a federal search warrant at the YFZ Ranch in Eldorado, Texas | ||
| APR 7, 2008 | RANDOLPH, Terrence Damon | Sentencing (Calvert/Dallas) |
Crack cocaine distributor sentenced to 128 months - defendant produced musical CD's glorifying the distribution of crack |
| APR 7, 2008 | WALTERS, JR., Quincy Lamon | Sentencing (Robinson/Dallas) |
Bank robber sentneced to nearly 18 years |
| APR 4, 2008 | TROXLER, Lanas Evans | Conviction (Revesz/Kemins/Silversmith) |
Federal jury convicts former investment advisor on tax evasion and other charges related to illegal offshore shelters |
| APR 4, 2008 | WARE, Jason K. | Guilty Plea (Lewis/Fort Worth) |
Montague, County, Texas, man pleads guilty to transporting and shipping child porn |
| APR 2, 2008 | ALVAREZ, Manuel | Sentencing (Groves/Dallas) |
Former Neiman Marcus security officer sentenced to 27 months and $323,195 restitution after admitting stealing jewelry from store and selling on Ebay |
| APR 2, 2008 | SOLOMON, Sherman Ted | Guilty Plea (Heath/Dallas) |
Man pleads guilty to conspiracy and money laundering charges in internet pharmacy case |
| MAR 2008 | |||
| MAR 31, 2008 | ORIHUELA, Roberto Alcocer | Sentencing (Tromblay/Dallas) |
Wichita Falls, Texas, man sesntenced to more than 24 years for meth distribution |
| MAR 31, 2008 | HERNANDEZ, Michael | Sentencing (Lewis/Fort Worth) |
Convicted felon sentenced to more than 15 years for firearm conviction |
| MAR 31, 2008 | SCOTT, Lorenzo | Sentencing (Robinson/Dallas) |
Dallas man sentenced to more than 14 years for robbing bank and brandishing firearm |
| MAR 27, 2008 | ARRESTS DISMANTLE MAJOR COCAINE TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS | Indictment/Arrests (Haag/Lubbock) |
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| MAR 27, 2008 | WHITAKER, Randal Reagan | Sentencing (Haag/Lubbock) |
Abilene, Texas, methamphetamine distributors plead guilty |
| MAR 24, 2008 | ELLIOTT, Kenneth | Sentencing (Weimer/Fort Worth) |
Former Metro Housing Partnership President Sentenced to 1 year and 1 day in prison and ordered to pay more than $51,000 in restitution for stealing federal program funds |
| MAR 21, 2008 | RAY, Susan Gail | Sentencing (Weimer/Fort Worth) |
Wise County, Texas, rancher sentenced to 10 years on money laundering conviction - admitted fraudulently obtaining approx $6 million from her employer - Gasparilla Inn in Boca Grande, Florida |
| MAR 21, 2008 | FARRIS, Billy Wayne | Sentencing (Etessam/Dallas) |
Dallas man who robbed banks in Dallas and Arkansas sentenced to nearly 16 years |
| MAR 19, 2008 | GARFIAS, JR., Mario Flores | Sentencing (McCabe/Dallas) |
Serial bank robber sentenced to 12 1/2 years |
| MAR 19, 2008 | HAYAT, Mohammed Fayyaz | Indictment/Arrest (Roberts/Lubbock) |
San Angelo, Texas, meat processing plant owner arrested on wire fraud and false statements charges |
| MAR 18, 2008 | JOHNNY, Friday Udo and EDET, Emmanuel "Bob" | Sentencing (McKenna/Dallas) |
Medical equipment suppliers sentenced to federal prison for health care fraud |
| MAR 18, 2008 | TINOCO, Arturo | Guilty Plea (Sparks/Dallas) |
Dallas gang member pleads guilty to methamphetamine charges - faces up to life in prison |
| MAR 17, 2008 | Hardeman County Memorial Hospital to pay U.S. to Resolve Allegations it Benefitted from Improper Physician Referals | (McKenna/Dallas) | |
| MAR 14, 2008 | EDWARDS, Angela Michelle | Sentencing (Burch/Lubbock) |
Former health care clinic CEO sentenced to 30 months for health care fraud |
| MAR 14, 2008 | THOMPSON, Ricky Loring | Sentencing (Tromblay/Dallas) |
Convicted felon sentenced to nearly six years for possessing firearm |
| MAR 14, 2008 | RILEY, Carl, Jr.; NTAHONKIRIYE, Paul Emile and MANDEGU, Martin Fungai | Sentencing (Roberts/Lubbock) |
Three men sentenced for role in conspiracy to defraud the government in false income tax return scheme |
| MAR 12, 2008 | MARTINEZ, Guadalupe Santana | Sentencing (Groves/Dallas) |
"Swatter" sentenced - defendant made 911 calls for fun and profit |
| MAR 12, 2008 | MARTINEZ, Joseph | Sentencing (Sparks/Dallas) |
Dallas gang member sentenced to five years on firearm conviction |
| MAR 11, 2008 | MOORE, Kevin D. | Conviction (Saleem/Lewis/Dallas) |
Jury finds Grand Prairie, Texas, man possessed, transported and shipped child pornography |
| MAR 11, 2008 | HEREDIA, Adrian Estaban Sanchez | Guilty Plea (Calvert/Dallas) |
Major Mexican cocaine supply source pleads guilty - faces life in prison |
| MAR 7, 2008 | BURGESS, Charles Cooper | Sentencing (Martin/Jarvis/Dallas) |
Dallas businessman sentenced to nearly 22 years in federal prison for mortgage fraud and investor fraud |
| MAR 7, 2008 | EWING, Stephen Michael, a/k/a "Stephen Michaels" | Conviction (Eddins/Buie/Fort Worth) |
Federal jury convicts former nursing homer executive |
| MAR 7, 2008 | WALIGURA, David Craig | Guilty Plea (Sucsy/Lubbock) |
Lubbock man pleads guilty to child porn charge |
| FEB 2008 | |||
| FEB 29, 2008 | BAUMGARTNER, John Joseph | Indictment/Arrest (Drake/Amarillo) |
Indictment charges Amarillo, Texas, man in mortgage fraud scheme |
| FEB 28, 2008 | FANTROY, James L. Sr. | Conviction (Busch/Reno/Dallas) |
Federal jury convicts Paul Quinn College Board member/treasurer with embezzlement and theft from the college |
| FEB 27, 2008 | TREBERT, Gary R. | Guilty Plea (Eddins/Buie/Fort Worth) |
Former Nursing Home Executive/Lawyer pleads guilty to conspiracy and tax evasion charges |
| FEB 27, 2008 | Dallas Independent School District to Pay U.S. $316,000 to Resolve Allegations it Improperly Used Federal Grant Money | (McKenna/Dallas) | |
| FEB 26, 2008 | JOHNSON, Robert Lee; MARQUEZ, Maria; LADKINS, Darryl | Sentencing (Schattman/Dewald/Fort Worth) |
Heroin distribution conspirators sentenced |
| FEB 21, 2008 | MANDEGU, Martin Fungai | Sentencing (Roberts/Lubbock) |
Abilene tax preparer sentenced |
| FEB 20, 2008 | DAVIS, Jeffrey | Sentencing (Saleem/Dallas) |
Dallas resident sentenced to 10 years and ordered to forfeit home in child pornography conviction |
| FEB 20, 2008 | MARTINEZ, Oscar Joel and HOGEDA, Noe | Sentencing | San Angelo, Texas, residents sentenced in child pornography cases |
| FEB 20, 2008 | WILBURN, Randall Dewarren | Sentencing | Colorado City, Texas man sentenced to 20 years on child porn conviction |
| FEB 19, 2008 | MADEWELL, James Randall | Indictment (Lewis/Fort Worth) |
man charged with distribution and possession of child pornography |
| FEB 15, 2008 | JOHNSTON, Jason Lee | Sentencing (Dewald/Schattman/Fort Worth) |
Escaped inmate convicted of attempted murder of a federal officer sentenced to life in prison |
| FEB 14, 2008 | WARE, Jason K. | Indictment (Lewis/Fort Worth) |
man charged with distribution and possession of child pornography |
| FEB 13, 2008 | HART, Gilbert | Sentencing (Sparks/Dallas) |
Dallas gang member sentenced to 8 years for firearms convictions |
| FEB 11, 2008 | DAVIS, Barbara Ann | Sentencing (Konig/Dallas) |
Dallas woman sentenced in student loan fraud scheme |
| FEB 8, 2008 | McDONALD, Joe | Guilty Plea (Lewis/Fort Worth) |
Johnson County man admits receiving and possessing child porn |
| FEB 6, 2008 | AMREYA, Motaz Wasif and OHWIB, Ibrahim K. | Complaint (Weimer/Fort Worth) |
Local men face federal arson charges |
| FEB 6, 2008 | DAVIS, Jim Wesley | Indictment (McCabe/Fort Worth) |
Federal grand jury indicts bank robber dubbed the "Tobaggan Bandit" |
| FEB 5, 2008 | RANDALL, Cedric Leavell | Guilty Plea (Revesz/Tromblay/Dallas) |
Dallas man pleads guilty to drug and firearms charges |
| FEB 4, 2008 | Peanut Growers Repay USDA Crop Insurance Payments | (McKenna/Dallas) | |
| FEB 1, 2008 | JOHNSTON, Tiffany Michelle | Sentencing (DeWald/Schattman/FW) |
Wife of escaped Hood County inmate sentenced to eight years for providing handgun to her husband after his escape |
| JAN 2008 | |||
| JAN 31, 2008 | LYNCH, Danny Leon Jr. | Sentencing (McCabe/Dallas) |
Serial bank robber sentenced to 160 months in prison for committing five bank robberies |
| JAN 30, 2008 | NINO, Jose | Sentencing (Konig/Dallas) |
Dallas man sentenced to eight years for drug and firearms convictions |
| JAN 30, 2008 | LEITNER, Stanley | Conviction (Yanowitch/Stokes/Dallas) |
Jury convicts man for running investment fraud scheme - more than 100 victims defrauded of approx $15 million |
| JAN 30, 2008 | CLARK, Rev. James Cornell | Conviction (Baker/Roberts/Lubbock) |
Jury convicts former Lubbock pastor on charges that he stole more than $500,000 from USDA's Summer Food Program |
| JAN 28, 2008 | CRUZ-TAMEZ, Maria Isabel | Sentencing (Wolfe/Fort Worth) |
Fort Worth woman sentenced to nearly 22 years for meth distribution |
| JAN 28, 2008 | PEREZ, Alex | Sentencing (Dewald/Fort Worth) |
Man who flashed gang signs at undercover police officers sentenced to 19 years on drug and firearms charges |
| JAN 25, 2008 | SMITH, IV, Tommy | Conviction (Boyle/Tromblay/Dallas) |
Jury convicts convicted felon for possessing firearm |
| JAN 25, 2008 | MATHIS, Jennifer Lee | Sentencing (Tromblay/Dallas) |
Convicted felon sentenced to 10 years for possessing firearm |
| JAN 24, 2008 | WILSON, Brent, et al. | Sentencing (McCabe/Dallas) |
Final two defendants in Ellis County, Texas, Methamphetamine case sentenced. |
| JAN 24, 2008 | MORKA, Gandhi Ben | Sentencing (Saldana/Dallas) |
Real estate appraiser sentenced to 60 months for role in mortgage fraud scheme |
| JAN 22, 2008 | MORTAZAVI-KOUPAI, Massoud | Guilty Plea (Revesz/Dallas) |
Used car dealer pleads guilty and admits to false odometer disclosure and failing to provide notice to consumers of vehicles' structural damage |
| JAN 18, 2007 | ROBINSON, Gerrod Travor | Sentencing (Tromblay/Dallas) |
Wichita Falls, Texas, man sentenced to 121 mnths for traffickig cocaine |
| JAN 17, 2008 | MCGOWAN, Mario Ramon | Convictino (Tromblay/Sparks/Dallas) |
Wichita Falls, Texas, man convicted in Project Safe Neighborhoods Case |
| JAN 17, 2008 | MOON, Larry Ray | Conviction (Haag/Skipper/Lubbock) |
Jury convicts methamphetamine trafficking ring leader operating in rural West Texas |
| JAN 17, 2008 | GARCIA, Edward | Conviction (Worley/Fort Worth) |
Jury convicts convicted felon for possessing firearm - defendant arrested after he accidentally shot himself |
| JAN 15, 2008 | BROWN, Bruce Alexander | Sentencing (Umphres/Dallas) |
Dallas business sentenced to 3 years for failing to pay over $4.2 million in payroll taxes |
| JAN 14, 2007 | MEYERS, Douglas James and JENSON, Amanda Renee | Sentencing (Saleem/Dallas) |
Dallas couple who produced child pornography sentenced to lengthy prison sentences - Meyers sentenced to 15 years - Jenson to 15 |
| JAN 11, 2007 | REYNOLDS, Dustin Delyne MCKINNEY, Jerome Lloyd |
Sentencing (Tromblay/Dallas) |
Wichita Falls, Texas, men sentenced on drug and firearm charges in unrelated cases - Reynolds sentenced to 360 months |
| JAN 11, 2008 | HUNTER, Roderick Bernard | Guilty Plea (Calvert/Dallas) |
Defendant in staged bank robbery in Red Oak, Texas, pleads guilty |
| JAN 10, 2008 | RIVERA, Pablo | Arrest (Guess/Dallas) |
Fugitive defendant inn major cocaine distribution ring arrested in Mexico and appears in federal court in Dallas |
| JAN 10, 2008 | LONG, Charles Merle, a/k/a Chad Long | Sentencing (Drake/Amarillo) |
One of the leaders in a stolen mail/ID theft conspiracy in Amarillo sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison |
| JAN 10, 2008 | U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions Joins U.S. Attorney Richard Roper and U.S. Marshal Ely to Present $225,000 to Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force | ||
| JAN 10, 2008 | HOWELL, Sandra K. | Conviction (Roberts/Frost/S.A.) |
Federal jury in San Angelo, Texas, convicts woman for defrauding U.S. of more than $30,000 following hurricanes Katrina and Rita |
| JAN 7, 2008 | MCGOWAN, Steven | Sentencing (Saldana/Dallas) |
Ringleader in bank fraud scheme sentenced |
| JAN 2, 2008 | OMAR, Omar Said and KIIRU, Charles Maina | Sentencing (Buie/Fort Worth) |
Local men sentenced on tax convictions - part of scheme to purchase children's identities |
| JAN 2, 2008 | SPRADLING, Billie Wayne, Jr. and CLAUS, Steve A. | Sentencing (Jacobo/Lubbock) |
Lubbock cotton broker sentenced to 2 years on bankruptcy matter conviction |
| JAN 2, 2008 | BAKER, Kenneth Douglas Jr. | Sentencing (Sucsy/Lubbock) |
Lubbock, Texas, man sentenced to 20 years on child porn conviction |
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