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October 2008 Press Releases
Oct. 10, 2008 - Jackson
POSTAL EMPLOYEE ALLEGEDLY COLLECTS UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS WHILE GAINFULLY EMPLOYED
(HOUSTON, Texas) – Paula V. Jackson, 41, of Houston, Texas, has been indicted for mail fraud arising from an alleged scheme to defraud the Texas Workforce Commission by filing claims for unemployment insurance while gainfully employed with the United States Postal Service (Read more)
Oct. 10, 2008 - Fontenot Jr.
LOUISIANA MAN INDICTED FOR POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
(HOUSTON, Texas) - A federal grand jury has indicted Raymond Charles Fontenot Jr., of Denham Springs, La., for possessing child pornography (Read more)
Oct. 10, 2008 - Bronnenberg
PORTER MAN SENTENCED FOR POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
(HOUSTON, Texas) - James Bronnenberg, 43, of Porter, Texas, has been sentenced to 78 months imprisonment for possession of child pornography (Read more)
Oct. 10, 2008 - Argandona
MEXICAN BUSINESSMAN ARRESTED IN ILLEGAL EXPORT SCHEME
(LAREDO, Texas) – Jesus Argandona, a Mexican businessman, allegedly involved in a scheme to illegally attempt to export goods to Mexico has been charged by criminal complaint (Read more)
Oct. 9, 2008 - Hawkins, Crenshaw, Douglas, et al
FIVE INDICTED FOR MORTGAGE FRAUD
(HOUSTON, Texas) – A federal grand jury sitting in Houston, Texas, has indicted five individuals in a 12-count indictment with devising a scheme to defraud residential mortgage lenders by misstating facts relevant to the lending decisions (Read more)
Oct. 9, 2008 - Mayes
JURY CONVICTS FELON OF DRUG AND FIREARMS CHARGES
(HOUSTON, Texas) – Houston-area resident Raymond Mayes, 55, a convicted felon, was convicted by a federal jury for possessing with intent to distribute “crack” cocaine, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and unlawfully possessing a firearm (Read more)
Oct. 8, 2008 - Camarena
LOCAL TAQUERIA ARANDAS RESTAURANT OWNER PLEADS GUILTY TO FILING FALSE INCOME TAX RETURN
(HOUSTON, Texas) – Ramiro Camarena, of Houston, has entered a plea of guilty to filing of a false federal income tax return (Read more)
Oct. 8, 2008 - Calvin Williams
FALSE FINANCIAL REPORTS LEAD TO WINDOW CLERK’S ARREST
(HOUSTON, Texas) – Calvin Williams, 61, of Spring, Texas, has been indicted for making false entries and false reports of money collected (Read more)
Oct. 8, 2008 - Winston Williams
FALSE FINANCIAL REPORTS LEADS TO SECOND ARREST OF WINDOW CLERK THIS WEEK
(HOUSTON, Texas) – Winston Williams, 59, of Channelview, Texas, has been indicted for making false entries and reports of money (Read more)
Oct. 6, 2008 - Sanchez
SMUGGLER RE-SENTENCED FOR HER INVOLVEMENT IN MAY 2003 VICTORIA TRAGEDY
(HOUSTON, Texas) – Norma Gonzalez Sanchez, 48, of Houston, has been re-sentenced today for her involvement in a smuggling conspiracy which resulted in the transporting of smuggled aliens aboard an ill-fated tractor trailer abandoned near Victoria, Texas, in May of 2003, and the death of 19 of the smuggled aliens (Read more)
Oct. 6, 2008 - Ruiz-Arroyave
DEFENDANT EXTRADITED FROM COLOMBIA PLEADS GUILTY IN COCAINE FOR ARMS DEAL
(HOUSTON, Texas) - Diego Alberto Ruiz-Arroyave, aka El Primo, 46, a Colombian national extradited to the United States for his role in a $25 million arms for cocaine deal, has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to provide material support and resources to the AUC (Read more)
Oct. 6, 2008 - Patton
CITY LETTER CARRIER ARRESTED FOR THEFT OF MAIL
(HOUSTON, Texas) – Adrian Patton, 45, of Missouri City, has been indicted for delaying the U.S. Mail (Read more)
Oct. 6, 2008 - Allen
RURAL CARRIER ARRESTED FOR THEFT OF MAIL
(HOUSTON, Texas) – Staci Allen, 27, of Conroe, Texas, has been indicted for theft of mail (Read more)
Oct. 3, 2008 - Ortiz
CARRIZO SPRINGS CITY COUNCILMAN SENTENCED TO LENGTHY PRISON TERM FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
(LAREDO, Texas) - Herardo Ortiz, presently a Carrizo Springs City Councilman, has been sentenced to more than 16 years in federal prison, without parole, and fined $20,000 for marijuana trafficking (Read more)
Oct. 2, 2008 - Villarreal & Velasquez
LAREDO MAN AND FORMER CBP OFFICER SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR SELLING OFFICIAL TRAVEL PERMITS
(LAREDO, Texas) – A former Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer and Laredo man, who acted as one of his document vendors, have been sentenced to prison for their involvement in a scheme that falsely produced and brokered official travel documents (Read more)
Oct. 2, 2008 - De La Garza
BROWNSVILLE MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR FIREARMS TRAFFICKING
(BROWNSVILLE, Texas) – Miguel De La Garza, 30, has been sentenced to prison for trafficking in firearms (Read more)
Oct. 1, 2008 - Republic Services
REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC. ENTERS INTO AGREEMENT TO COOPERATE WITH ONGOING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
Company agrees to pay $1 million to the U.S. Treasury Department and $2 million to City of Houston
(HOUSTON, Texas) - Republic Services Inc. has entered into an agreement to cooperate with the United States in its ongoing criminal investigation into immigration violations by former employees at its Houston Wilson Road facility, to adhere to its revised immigration compliance program and to pay $2 million to the City of Houston to be used for recycling purposes and $1 million to the U.S. Department of Treasury as a monetary penalty (Read more)
Oct. 1, 2008 - Gutierrez
MEXICAN NATIONAL INDICTED FOR SHOOTING AT BORDER PATROL
(LAREDO, Texas) - Bernardo Javier Gutierrez, 25, a Mexican national, has been indicted for assaulting a United States Border Patrol agent with a deadly weapon, illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition, and of discharging a firearm while in the commission of a violent offense (Read more)
Oct. 1, 2008 - Merrick
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES EMPLOYEE CHARGED WITH NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING
(HOUSTON, Texas) - A federal grand jury has indicted Carthon Lee Merrick, 34, a Southwest Airlines employee, for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine (Read more)
Oct. 1, 2008 - Nordstrom
HOUSTON WOMAN CONVICTED OF DEFRAUDING FEMA AFTER BENCH TRIAL
(HOUSTON, Texas) - Belinda Gayle Nordstrom, 33, of Houston, has been convicted of filing a fraudulent claim with FEMA for Hurricane Rita disaster assistance (Read more)
Oct. 1, 2008 - Perez
FORMER USDA PLANT PROTECTION OFFICER SENTENCED FOR PERMITTING PESTS TO ENTER COUNTRY
(LAREDO, Texas) – Robert Perez, a former United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) plant protection and quarantine officer (PPQ), was sentenced for permitting trucks carrying agricultural products into the United States without proper fumigation (Read more)
Oct. 1, 2008 - Polanco
FORMER ICE AGENT PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT CHARGE
(BROWNSVILLE, Texas) – A former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent has been convicted of theft of government property (Read more)