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July 2008 Press Releases
July 17, 2008 - Jones
LOCAL MAN ARRESTED FOR FAILING TO REGISTER
(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) – Paul Burton Jones has been arrested for failing to register as a sex offender (Read more)
July 15, 2008 - Garcia
LAREDOAN CHARGED WITH POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
(LAREDO, Texas) – Roger Garcia, 46, of Laredo, Texas, has been indicted for receiving and possessing child pornography on his home computer (Read more)
July 15, 2008 - Velasquez
FORMER CBP OFFICER AND ANOTHER LAREDO MAN PLEAD GUILTY TO TRAVEL PERMIT SCHEME
(LAREDO, Texas) – Juan Esteban Velasquez, 52, and former Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer Ramiro Villarreal Jr., 27, both of Laredo, have pleaded guilty to conspiring to fraudulently produce official travel documents in a scheme that brokered official travel documents to foreigners wishing entry into and travel through the U.S.(Read more)
July 14, 2008 - Thickens
CANADIAN CITIZEN CONVICTED OF ILLEGAL SALE OF SATELLITE TV DECODING DEVICES
(HOUSTON, Texas) - Garr Thickens, 56, has pleaded guilty to one count of the illegal manufacture, distribution and possession of unlawful wire, oral or electronic communication devices (Read more)
July 14, 2008 - Senegal
IDENTITY THIEF GETS 36 MONTHS
(HOUSTON, Texas) - Kenneth Dwon Senegal, 32, has been sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for violations of the federal bank fraud statute and for aggravated identity theft (Read more)
July 14, 2008 - Young
POSTAL SERVICE CUSTODIAN PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT OF MAIL
(HOUSTON, Texas) – Former Contract Custodian, Betty Young, 49, of Hempstead, Texas, has pleaded guilty to one count of mail theft (Read more)
July 11, 2008 - Constante
BANK EMPLOYEE CONVICTED OF BANK FRAUD AND EMBEZZLEMENT
(McALLEN, Texas) – A federal jury has convicted Erik Alfredo Constante, 21, of Mission, Texas, of bank fraud and theft or embezzlement by a bank employee (Read more)
July 11, 2008 - Wyant
RURAL CARRIER CONVICTED OF THEFT OF MAIL
(HOUSTON, Texas) – Dana Jeanenne Wyant, 38, of Saratoga, Texas, has pleaded guilty to one count of theft of mail (Read more)
July 11, 2008 - Cochran
RURAL CARRIER ARRESTED FOR THEFT OF MAIL
(HOUSTON, Texas) – Regina Cochran, 46, has been arrested for theft of mail (Read more)
July 10, 2008 - Reyes
USDA EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO PERMITTING INFESTED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS TO ENTER US
First prosecution in the United States under federal agricultural statute
(LAREDO, Texas) - A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) employee has pleaded guilty to illegally permitting infested agricultural products to enter the United States from Mexico (Read more)
July 10, 2008 - Outland
FORMER POSTAL EMPLOYEE CHARGED WITH EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FRAUD
(HOUSTON, Texas) - Bonita A. Outland aka Bonita A. Nunn has been arrested for defrauding the United States out of approximately $213,000 in employee benefits (Read more)
July 7, 2008 - Xu
INTERNET DISTRIBUTOR CONVICTED OF TRAFFICKING IN FAKE CANCER DRUGS
(HOUSTON, Texas) - Kevin Xu, 36, has been convicted of conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit drugs and causing the introduction of counterfeit and misbranded drugs into interstate commerce (Read more)
July 7, 2008 - Lott
FORMER TEAMSTERS EMPLOYEE SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR EMBEZZLEMENT
(HOUSTON, Texas) – Heather Lott, the former bookkeeper for Local 19 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison (Read more)
July 3, 2008 - Anderson
FORMER POSTAL EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT OF MAIL MATTER
(MCALLEN, Texas) – Richard Anderson Jr., 58, of Harlingen, has pleaded guilty to one count of theft of mail matter by postal employee (Read more)
July 3, 2008 - Rogers
MAN SENTENCED TO MORE THAN 19 YEARS FOR IMPORTING METHAMPHETAMINE
(McALLEN, Texas) – Bobby Rogers, of Pickens, S.C., has been sentenced to 235 months imprisonment for importing approximately 15 kilograms of methamphetamine (ice) into the United States from Mexico (Read more)
July 2, 2008 - Kahlon et al
FIVE EMPLOYERS OF ACTION RAGS USA CHARGED FOR HIRING AND EMPLOYING ILLEGAL ALIENS
(HOUSTON, Texas) – A criminal complaint was unsealed today charging the owner and managers of Action Rags USA, an exporter and grader of used clothing, with conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens, inducing illegal aliens to come to the U.S. and engaging in a pattern or practice of hiring illegal aliens (Read more)
July 2, 2008 - Vasquez
SPRING MAN INDICTED FOR RECEIVING AND POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
(HOUSTON, Texas) - A federal grand jury has charged Christopher Joe Vasquez, 33, of Spring, Texas, in a two-count indictment with one count of receiving child pornography through the mail and one count of possession of child pornography (Read more)
July 1, 2008 - Hill
CORPUS CHRISTI AREA PSYCHOLOGIST CONVICTED OF DEFRAUDING MEDICAID
(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) - A federal jury has convicted Dr. Sam Smith Hill III, 61, a licensed psychologist with a professional office in Corpus Christi (Read more)
July 1, 2008 - Delgado
JURY CONVICTS LAREDO TRUCK DRIVER OF TRANSPORTING ILLEGAL ALIENS
(LAREDO, Texas) – A Laredo jury has convicted Juan Antonio Delgado, 36, of Laredo, of knowingly transporting undocumented aliens by means of a motor vehicle (Read more)
July 1, 2008 - Moreno
CITY CARRIER PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT OF MAIL
(HOUSTON, Texas) – Lorenzo Moreno Jr., 40, of Seabrook, Texas, pleaded guilty yesterday to three counts of mail theft (Read more)
July 1, 2008 - Williamson
HOUSTON ATTORNEY INDICTED FOR RECEIVING AND POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
(HOUSTON, Texas) - Warren Reid Williamson, of Houston, was arrested yesterday by immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents for attempting to receive, receiving and possessing child pornography as well as destruction of records (Read more)
July 1, 2008 - Lowe
SUGAR LAND MAN SENTENCED FOR POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
(HOUSTON, Texas) - Martin Alan Lowe, 42, of Sugar Land, has been sentenced to 86 months for possession of child pornography, United States Attorney Don DeGabrielle announced today. In announcing the sentence (Read more)