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December 2011
December 21, 2011
United States Files Suit Against Federal Express Corporation
December 21, 2011
Memphis Resident Sentenced To Nine Years in Federal Prison For Tax And Identity Theft Scheme
December 21, 2011
Former Shelby County Deputy Sentenced To 28 Months In Federal Prison
December 20, 2011
Memphis Police Officer Charged With Federal Drug Violations
December 16, 2011
Memphis Man Sentenced To 320 Months For An Attempted Business Robbery And Shooting
December 9, 2011
Virginia Woman Sentenced To Six Years For Student Visa Scam
December 9, 2011
Attorney General Recognizes Assistant U.S. Attorney And Law Enforcement Officials From The Western District Of Tennessee
December 7, 2011
Sonny Shields Sentenced To Life In Prison Without Parole For Kidnapping And Murder
December 1, 2011
Memphis Man Sentenced To Five Years And Four Months In Jail For Defrauding The United States Treasury Out Of $3,455,249 Through The Filing Of Fraudulent Income Tax Returns
November 2011
November 23, 2011
Former Snack Food Company Executive Pleads Guilty To Bank Fraud
November 23, 2011
Petties Drug Trafficking Organization Member Clarence Broady Pleads Guilty To Murder Charges, RacketeeringConspiracy And Drug Conspiracy Charges
November 22, 2011
Former Employee Of The City Of Memphis Second Chance Program Indicted For Bank Robbery
November 18, 2011
11 People Charged With Federal Drug Crimes
November 17, 2011
Western District Of Tennessee Recovers Over $11 Million During Fiscal Year 2011
November 14, 2011
Memphis Resident Sentenced In Tax Scheme
November 10, 2011
Co-Conspirator In Theft From Shelby County Chancery Court ClerkâS Office Indicted
November 4, 2011
Clayton Smart Sentenced to Five Years for Income Tax Evasion
November 4, 2011
Defendant Kala Bray Pleads Guilty to Child Sex Trafficking Conspiracy
November 1, 2011
Former Doctor Charged With Illegally Distributing Prescription Drugs
October 2011
October 31, 2011
California Company to Pay U.S. more than $2.3 Million to Settle Physician Kickback ClaimsOctober 28, 2011
Former Shelby County Chancery Court Employee Pleads Guilty to Stealing $1,063,903.28October 27, 2011
25 people Charged with Federal Drug CrimesOctober 25, 2011
Memphis Man Convicted of Evading Over $250,000 in Income TaxesOctober 20, 2011
Drug Trafficker Demetrious Fields Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy, Drug and Money Laundering ChargesOctober 18, 2011
President of Alpha Omega Health Solutions Sentenced to 18 Months
October 7, 2011
Former TSA Employee Found Guilty of Theft of Property and Providing False Statements
October 5, 2011
Ricky Lee Stewart, III Pleads Guilty in Murder of Henderson Police Captain Dennise Cagle
September 2011
September 29, 2011
Former Dobbs Ford Controller Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud
September 29, 2011
Former Shelby County Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty to Drug Charges
September 22, 2011
Former Memphis Police Officer Found Guilty of Conspiring to Distribute Cocaine
September 21, 2011
Former Memphis Police Department Lieutenant Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion
Cedar Grove Man Sentenced to 120 Months in Federal Prison
Memphis Resident Pleads Guilty in Tax and Identity Theft Scheme
August 2011
August 31, 2011
Memphis Man Pleads Guilty to Interstate Transportation for Purpose of Prostitution
August 17, 2011
Memphis Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding the United States Treasury
August 12, 2011
Memphis Resident Pleads Guilty in Tax Scheme
August 12, 2011
Former Law Firm Employee Pleads Guilty to Forgery
August 10, 2011
Veterans' Benefit Fiduciary and Former U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Employee Plead Guilty to Embezzling Nearly $900,000
August 2, 2011
California Man Charged With Human Trafficking
July 2011
July 29, 2011
Bolivar Man Sentenced to 180 Months on Drug Charges
July 21, 2011
Project Delirium Results in 200 Arrests, Seizures of 12 Tons of Drugs and $62 Millions in U.S. Currency
July 19, 2011
Two Jackson Police Officers Indicted for Stealing Money from Robbery Victim
July 19, 2011
Child Sex Trafficker Sentenced to 188 Months in Prison
July 5, 2011
Marids Sentenced to Life Without Parole for Hate Crime Murder
June 2011
June 30, 2011
Covington Return Preparer Sentenced for Preparing False Tax Returns
June 29, 2011
Florida Man Sentenced to 168 Months for Child Pornography
June 20, 2011
Virginia Woman Pleads Guilty to Mail and Wire Fraud
June 16, 2011
Former Executive Director of The Ripley Housing Authority Indicted for
Embezzlement and Money Laundering
June 10, 2011
Drug Trafficker Extradited from Chile Makes First Appearance in Federal Court
June 10, 2011
Carjacking Defendant Sentenced to 240 Months Incarceration
June 6, 2011
Former Memphis Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy and Bribery
June 3, 2011
Fayette County Man Sentenced to 180 Months in Federal Prison
May 2011
May 31, 2011
President of Alpha Omega Health Solutions Pleads Guilty to Forgery
May 27, 2011
17 Defendants Indicted on Multiple Drug Conspiracy Charges
May 19, 2011
United States Attorney Announces Staff Appointments
May 17, 2011
Former Police Officer Sentenced to 2 Years in Federal Prison
May 12, 2011
Memphis Resident Sentenced on Tax Fraud Charges
April 2011
April 29, 2011
Humboldt Man Sentenced to 168 Months for Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine
April 28, 2011
Jackson Man Sentenced to 240 Months for Gun and Drug Charges
April 22, 2011
Defendant Sentenced to 46 Years for Armed Carjacking and Armed Robbery
April 21, 2011
Memphis Man Sentenced to 252 Months for Conterfeiting Charges
April 8, 2011
Madison County Man Sentenced to 360 Months
March 2011
March 29, 2011
Memphis Woman Receives Prison Time and Is Ordered to Pay $1.3 Million Dollars in Restitution
March 25, 2011
Memphis Man Sentenced to Prison for Fraudulent Use of U.S. Postal Service Gas Cards
March 21, 2011
Defendant Dale Mardis Pleads Guilty to Civil Rights Murder of Mickey Wright
March 21, 2011
United States District Court Sentences Psychologist for False Billings to Medicare/Medicaid
March 17, 2011
Memphis Resident Sentenced for First Time Home Buyers Credit Scheme
March 5, 2011
Corinth, MS Man Sentenced to 262 Months for Possession with Intent to Distribute Crack Cocaine
March 2, 2011
Memphis Resident Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud
March 2, 2011
Hardeman County, TN Man Convicted on Drug Charges
February 2011
February 24, 2011
Six Count Indictment Returned Against Chastain Montgomery, Sr.
February 23, 2011
Memphis Woman Indicted on 214 Counts of Health Care Fraud
February 22, 2011
Drug Trafficker Craig Petties Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy, Violent Crime in Aid of Racketeering, Conspiracy to Use Interstate Commerce Facilities to Commit Murder for Hire, Drug and Money Laundering Charges
February 16, 2011
United States Attorney Edward L. Stanton III Announces New Civil Rights Unit Within the Local U.S. Attorney's Office
February 3, 2011
Gleason Couple Sentenced on Tax Charges
January 2011
January 25, 2011
Covington Return Preparer Pleads Guilty to Preparing False Tax Return
January 13, 2011
Defendants Convicted of Carjacking and Armed Robbery of Germantown's McDonalds
January 13, 2011
Fifteen People Charged in Federal Drug Conspiracies
January 4, 2011
