Eastern District of Tennessee
Press Releases
- Monday,November 1, 2009 - Fourteen Indicted in Oxycodone Ring in Tennessee and Florida
- Tuesday,November 10, 2009 - Dennis R. Bolze Pleads Guilty to Ponzi Scheme Involving $21 Million
- Thursday,November 19, 2009 - Luis Hiram Rivas Sentenced to Twenty-four Years and Five Months in Prison for $18 Million Ponzi Scheme
- Monday,October 19, 2009 - U.S. Attorney's Office Collects Over $12.9 Million
- Monday,October 26, 2009 - Jury Returns Guilty Verdict in Arson Case
- Monday,October 26, 2009 - Nine Indicted for Drug Trafficking
- Monday,October 26, 2009 - William Arthur Hulsey, Jr. Sentenced for Possession of Child Pornography
November 2009
October 2009
- Tuesday, September 1, 2009 - Registered Sex Offender Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison
- Monday, September 14, 2009 - Project Safe Neighborhoods Officer of the Year Ceremony
- Tuesday, September 15, 2009 -Three Members of Large-Scale Methamphetamine Conspiracy Recieve Long Prison Terms
- Monday, September 21, 2009 -Bobby Howard Cook Guilty Plea to Child Pornography Charges
- Monday, September 21, 2009 -Del Rio Resident Jeffrey Lee Stock Pleads Guilty to Violation of Federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act
- Tuesday, September 29, 2009 -PRESS NOTICE -- Local Law Enforcement Agenices to Receive Equitable Sharing Funds
- Tuesday, September 29, 2009 -Chattanooga Police Officers Honored as Project Safe Neighborhoods Officers of the Year
- Tuesday, September 29, 2009 -Local TBI Agent Honored As Project Safe Neighborhoods Officer of the Year
- Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - Local Law Enforcement Agenices Receive Equitable Sharing Funds
- Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - Owner of Tennessee Salvage and Demolition Company Pleads Guilty to Environmental Crimes
- Monday, August 3, 2009 - Notice of Press Conference - Tuesday, August 4, 2009 - Morristown, Tenn
- Tuesday, August 4, 2009 - Members of A Major Crack Cocaine Drug Trafficking Organization Indicted in Federal Court
- Thursday, August 13, 2009 - Jonesborough Middle School Teacher Kent Holcombe Guilty of Child Pornography Offense
- Friday, August 21, 2009 - Two Knoxville Police Department Detectives Honored as Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN)Officers of teh Year
- Tuesday, August 25, 2009 - Sex Offender Pleads Guilty to Violation of Sex Offender Registry Notification Act
- Tuesday, August 25, 2009 - Tennessee Demolition and Salvage Companies Indicted for Clean Air Act Violations and Defrauding the United States
September 2009
August 2009
July 2009
- Wednesday, July 1, 2009 - Former University of Tennessee Professor John Reece Roth Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison for Illegally Exporting Military Research Technical Data
- Monday, July 6, 2009 - Fourteen Indicted in Methcathinone Ring in Morgan County
- Friday, July 17, 2009 - Former Hawkins County Doctor Convicted on Health Care Fraud, Drug and Tax Charges
- Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - Dennis R. Bolze Indicted for Wire Fraud and Money Laundering
- Thursday, July 23, 2009 - Gatlinburg Business Owners Indicted on Federal Tax Charges
- Monday, June 8, 2009 - Over Forty Arrested on Federal Charges in Chattanoooga Area
- Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - Jeffrey Lee Stock Indicted for Adam Walsh Act Charge
- Thursday, June 11, 2009 - Settlement Reached With Tenncare Provider for Drug Overbilling
- Friday, June 12, 2009 - Joseph Wayne Jennings Arrested at Morristown Hotel
- Tuesday, June 16, 2009 - Cocke County Men Indicted for Racketeering
June 2009
- Monday, May 11, 2009 - Thomas Duane Roderick Arrested for Mortgage Fraud Scheme
- Tuesday, May 28, 2009 - Edward Eastwood and Elina Gromova Indicted for Tax Related Charges
May 2009
- Thursday, April 2, 2009 - Sevierville Business Owner Sentenced for Failing To File Income Tax Returns
- Thursday, April 2, 2009 - Knoxville Man Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion
- Thursday, April 2, 2009 - Shanna Dee Ramirez Arrested For Employment of Illegal Aliens
- Friday, April 3, 2009 - Trena Bledsoe Sentenced for Embezzlement
- Friday, April 3, 2009 - East Tennessee Financial Advsior Pleads Guilty to Fraud and Tax Charges
- Thursday, April 9, 2009 - Florida Man Sentenced for Passing Counterfeit Currency
- Thursday, April 9, 2009 - Chattanooga Man Sentenced to Twenty Five Years Imprisonment
- Thursday, April 9, 2009 - Press Notice - Tennessee Methamphetamine Task Force
- Thursday, April 9, 2009 -Tax Enforcement Initiative in the Eastern District of Tennessee
- Friday, April 17, 2009 -Two Men Convicted of Mulitple Offenses Related to The Distribution and Manufacture of Methamphetamine
- Monday, April 20, 2009 -Unregistered sex offender, Robert Edward Howland, from Washington State, pleades Guilty to Violating the Adam Walsh Act.
- Thursday, April 23, 2009 -Union County Man Indicted on Federal Election Tampering and Vote Buying Charges
- Monday, April 27, 2009 -Anderson County man Indicted for Cross Burning
- Friday, March 6, 2009 - Two Indicted for Conspiring to Steal Trade Secrets From Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
- Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - Rommie Stone Sentenced for Violating Adam Walsh Act
- Thursday, March 12, 2009 - Dennis Bolze Charged With Wire Fraud and Money Laundering
- Friday, March 13, 2009 - Kingsport Resident Curtis Carl Ferguson Sentenced to Thirty-Three Month Sentence
- Monday, March 23, 2009 - Loudon Businessman Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud, Money Landering, and Tax Charges
- Monday, March 23, 2009 - Elizabethton Attorney Indicted on Tax Charges
- Thursday, March 26, 2009 - Four Washington County Residents Convicted of Drug Conspiracy Charges
April 2009
March 2009
- Friday, February 6, 2009 - Chicago Man Sentenced for Attempting to Pass Counterfeit Currency
February 2009
- Tuesday January 6, 2009 - Seven Arrested On Federal Charges in Winchester
- Thursday January 15, 2009 - Maryville Businessman Pleads Guilty to $16.9 Million Bank Fraud
- Wednesday January 21, 2009 - Heraeus Metal Processing Inc., Pleads Guilty to Falsifying Records Required By Clean Air Act and Pays $350,000 Fine
- Wednesday January 21, 2009 - Shabaaka Oran Awolowo, Arriean "Neal" Kenebrew, and Larry W. Shipe, Jr. Indicted For Bank Robbery
- Thursday January 22, 2009 - TVA Contractor Stone & Webster Pays $6.2 Million to Resolve Contract Fraud Investigation
- Monday January 26, 2009 - Former Oak Ridge Complex Employee Pleads Guilty to Unlawful Disclosure of Restricted Atomic Energy Data
- Thursday January 29, 2009 - Members of Major Marijuana Ring Indicted in Federal Court
- Tuesday December 9, 2008 - North Carolina Man Convicted on Drug Charges
- Friday December 12, 2008 - Jeff Tillotson Convicted on Child Pornography Charges
- Monday December 15, 2008 - Knoxville Construction Manager, Kenneth R. Bowman, Sentenced for Submitting False Documents to the Internal Revenue Service
- Tuesday December 16, 2008 - Chattnooga Man Convicted on Robbery and Gun Charges
- Thursday November 20, 2008 - Knoxville Man Sentenced to Three Years for Identity Theft Scheme
January 2009
December 2008
November 2008
- Monday, October 6, 2008 - VA Nurse Ruth Annette Wilson Sentenced To 12 Months For Diverting Drugs
- Wednesday, October 8, 2008 - David C. Kernell Indicted for Alleged Hack of Governor Sarah Palin's E-mail Account
- Monday, October 20, 2008 - Justice Department's Nationwide Election Day Program
- Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - Daniel Henry Lane, Jr., Sentenced for Firearms Violation
- Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - Charles Steven Bradley Sentenced for Possession of Child Pornography
- Thursday, October 23, 2008 - Ten Arrested on Federal Chargs in Fayetteville, Tennessee
- Monday, October 27, 2008 - Virginia Men Arrested in Tennessee for Extortion
- Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - Winchester Tennessee M.D Elizabeth Reimers, Indicted Illegally Dispensing Controlled Substances
- Wednesday, September 3, 2008 - Retired University of Tennessee Professor Dr. J. Reece Roth Convicted of Arms Export Violations
- Friday, September 5, 2008 - Ten indicted in Oxycodone and Hydrocodone Distribution Conspiracy
- Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - Former Hawkins County Doctor Arrest for Health Care Fraud, Drug and Tax Charges
- Friday, September 19, 2008 - Federal Involvement in Chattanooga Gang Roundup
- Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - Equitable Sharing In Chattanooga
- Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - Former Hamblen County Deputy Arrested for Civil Rights Violations
- Thursday, September 25, 2008 - Former Comptroller Sentenced to 46 Months for Wire Fraud
October 2008
September 2008
- Friday, August 8, 2008 - Three Guatamalans Plead Guilty to Identification Document Fraud
- Monday, August 18, 2008 - Convicted Child Pornographer, Michael Eugene Noel, Receives Twenty-six (26) Year Sentence
- Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - Atmospheric Glow Technologies, Inc. Pleads Guilty
- Thursday, August 21, 2008 - Mexican National Humberto Otero Cea Pleads Guilty to Operating a Document Mill
- Thursday, August 21, 2008 - Mexican National Aron Herrera-Juarez Pleads Guilty to Operating a Document Mill
- Tuesday, August 28, 2008 - Stanley Eldridge McCleave Sentenced for Child Pornography Conviction
August 2008
- Thursday, July 10, 2008 - Guilty Plea of Rene Otera Bautista to False Document Charge
- Thursday, July 10, 2008 - Clinical Psychologist Pleads Guilty to Tax Charge
- Thursday, July 24, 2008 - Former Sevier County Judge Sentenced for Child Pornography
- Monday, July 28, 2008 - Washington County Man Pled Guilty to Producing Child Pornography and Interstate Solicitation of a Minor
July 2008
- Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - North Carolina Man Sentenced in Johnson City Methamphetamine Case
- Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - Johnson City Man Pleads Guilty to Being Felon in Possession of Firearm
- Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - Kingsport Tennessee Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty
- Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - Johnson City Man Pleads Guilty to Firearm Charge After Shooting At Wife
- Thursday, June 19, 2008 - Gary Kevin Adkins Convicted On Methamphetamine Conspiracy and Firearms Charges
- Monday, June 23, 2008 - Convicted Child Pornographer Jimmy E. Sprague, 62, Formerly of Kingsport, Receives 30 Year Sentence
June 2008
- Friday, May2, 2008 -Jack Allen Nash, Dr. Joseph Simmons Bird, Jr., and Dr. Barry Donesky Sentenced For Tax Fraud.
- Friday, May2, 2008 -Shelbyville Convenience Store Owner Sentenced in Tax Fraud Case.
- Monday, May5, 2008 -Former Chattanooga Sheriff, William Horace "Billy" Long, Pleads Guilty to Extortion, Money Laundering, Providing a Gun to a Felon and Drug Trafficking.
- Tuesday, May13, 2008 -Gary Lynn Williams, 31, of Johnson City Pleads Guilty to Possession of Cocaine Base (Crack) and Cocaine.
- Wednesday, May14, 2008 -42 Chattanooga Area Residents Including Chattanooga City Councilman, Charged with Cocaine Trafficking and Related Charges.
- Tuesday, May20, 2008 -University Professor and Tennessee Company Indicted for Arms Export Control Act Violations
- Tuesday, May27, 2008 - Former Morristown, Tennessee, Bank Teller, Shelley Roberts, 24, of Tazewell, Tennessee, Plead Guilty to Bank Fraud.
- Friday, May30, 2008 - Upward Departure Ordered for Endangering Public Safety
- Tuesday, April 1, 2008 -Morristown Illegal Alien, Jesus Ramos Morales, Sentenced for Possession of a Firearm
- Tuesday, April 1, 2008 - Two Johnson City Men Sentenced and One Enters Guilty Plea
- Thursday, April 3, 2008 -Former Comptroller, Phyllis A. Giger of Knoxville, Tennessee, Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud
- Wednesday, April 9, 2008 -Federal Grand Jury Indicts Johnathan A. McInturff of Johnson City, Tennessee on Charge of Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm
- Wednesday, April 9, 2008 -Federal Grand Jury Indicts Yancy Leon Radford of Johnson City, Tennessee on Charge of Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm
- Wednesday, April 9, 2008 - Blountville Kennel Owner Indicted on Fraud Charges
- Friday, April 11 2008 -Chattanooga Man Indicted on Filing False Income Tax Returns
- Monday, April 14 2008 -Knoxville Area Couple Arrested on Tax Fraud Charges
- Tuesday, April 15 2008 -Physicist Pleds Guilty to Conspiracy to Violate the Arms Export Control Act
- Thursday, April 17, 2008 -Former Hawkins County Teacher, Micahel Eugene Noel, Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography and Obstruction of Justice Charges
- Tuesday, April 22, 2008 -Marichal "Brother" Hairston Sentenced for Guilty Plea to Conspiracy to Possess With Intent To Distribute Cocaine
- Tuesday, April 22, 2008 -Johnson City Woman and Elizabethton Woman Plead Guilty to Conspiracy Drug Charge
May 2008
April 2008
- Monday, March 3, 2008 - Former Veteran's Administration Nurse, Karen Jewell Whitaker, age 30, of Big Stone Gap, Virginia, pleaded guilty to diverting drugs.
- Thursday, March 6, 2008 - Archer Daniels Midland Pleads Guilty to Clean Water Act Misdemeanors
- Monday, March 10, 2008 - Johnson City Illegal Alien, Edgar Llamam Gaytan Sentenced
- Monday, March 10, 2008 - Illegal Alien Joaquin Ajactle Namictle Sentenced
- Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - Johnson City Man Indicted on Felon in Possession Charges
- Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - Kingsport Man Sentenced for Possession of Child Pornography
- Thursday, March 13, 2008 - Newport Man please guilty to cocaine distribution and possession of firearm to further drug trafficking
- Friday, March 14, 2008 - Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton Arrested on Federal Fireamrs and Moonshining Violations in Cocke County
- Thursday, March 20, 2008 - Consent Judgement Entered Against Gulshan Sultan, M.D.
- Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - Johnson City Man Sentenced to 11 Years as Career Offender.
- Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - Johnson City Man Sentenced to 16 Years as Career Offender.
- Saturday, February 2, 2008 - Hamilton County Tennessee sheriff arrested by FBI for federal bribery, money laundering and other offenses.
- Thursday, February 7, 2008 - Shelbyville business owner, Dharmendra B. Patel, pleads guilty to tax evasion.
- Monday, February11, 2008 - Willie A. Freeman of Atlanta, Georgia, and Marion Russell of Stone Mountain, Georgia, convicted on federal drug charges.
- Tuesday, February12, 2008 - Johnson City resident, Darius Deshawn Little, indicted for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
- Thursday, February14, 2008 - Donna K. Blessing of Kingsport, Tennessee,, indicted for preparing false tax returns.
- Thursday, February14, 2008 -Michael Eugene Noel indicted on three federal counts relating to child pornography.
- Tuesday, February19, 2008 - Elliot Ellis Lopez, 42, of Kingsport, TN, pleaded guilty to drug and gun charges.
- Tuesday, February19, 2008 - Patsy Gobble, 61, of Bristol, Virginia, pleads guilty to tax and Social Security Fraud.
- Tuesday, February 26, 2008 - Hamilton County Sheriff William Long, Indicted for extortion, money laundering, providing a gun to a felon, and trafficking and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
March 2008
February 2008
January 2008
- Thursday, January 3, 2008 - Harold Raymond Barker, Jr. 36, of Sylva, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to posession with intent to distribute five (5) grams or more of methamphetamine.
- Friday, January 25, 2008 - Matthew Ryan Neal, 24, of Piney Flats, Tennessee plead guilty to using a firearm to rob Walgreens in Johnson City twice.
- Friday, January 25, 2008 - Illegal alien, Alanis Elizondo, 28, of San Nicolas de los Garzas, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, sentenced to one year and one month in prison for being an illegal alien in the United States and possessing a .22 caliber handgun and ammunition.
- Friday, January 25, 2008 - Illegal alien, Joes Luis Sarabia, 31, of Pueblo Nuevo, Durango, Mexico, sentenced to one year in prison for being an illegal alien in the United States and possessing a .22 caliber handgun and ammunition.