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Date	Defendant	Prosecutor	Type	Description
12/30/09	Announcement	John M. Bales	Pilgrim's Pride	Three agencies have reached a non-prosecution agreement to resolve an investigation with respect to the hiring and employment of unauthorized aliens at Pilgrim's Pride's plants in the Eastern District of Texas.
12/29/09	JENNIFER MOORE	Jim Middleton	Plea	A 35-year-old Marshall, Texas woman has pleaded guilty to bank robbery in the Eastern District of Texas.
12/21/09	DEVIN NIGEL MARTIN and DEVON ANDRE MARTIN	James Peacock	Sentencing	Two Port Arthur, Texas brothers have each been sentenced for firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
12/21/09	WILLIAM DANNY PRUDHOMME	Antonetta Stancu	Sentencing	A 39-year-old Beaumont, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
12/21/09	ASHLEY COLIN WALKES	Christopher Tortorice and Bob Rawls	Sentencing	A 37-year-old Houston man has been sentenced to federal prison for a health care fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas.
12/18/09	FRANCISCO REYNALDO MARTINEZ	Robert L. Hobbs	Plea	A 27-year-old federal inmate has pleaded guilty to escaping from a Bureau of Prisons facility in the Eastern District of Texas.
12/18/09	RICHARD MARION COPPAGE	Christopher T. Tortorice	Arrest	A 54-year-old Silsbee, Texas man has been arrested for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
12/18/09	HARRELL EUGENE SONNIER	Antonetta Stancu	Sentencing	A 31-year-old Winnie, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
12/18/09	BENJAMIN ALLEN CORSEY and MARVA SUE NASH	Antonetta Stancu	Sentencing	An East Texas couple have been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
12/17/09	DEBORAH OGDEN WILLIAMS	Jim Noble	Arrest	A 46-year-old Kilgore, Texas woman has been arrested for embezzling over $600,000 from her employer in the Eastern District of Texas.
12/17/09	SHERRI LYNETTE MAGEE and JERMAINE DARNELL PALMER	Randall L. Fluke	Indictment	Two individuals have been indicted in separate cases involving Hurricane Rita-related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas.
12/17/09	MARSCHA EVA GRIFFIN	Robert L. Rawls	Indictment	A 63-year-old Lumberton woman has been indicted on charges of federal income tax violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
12/15/09	JAMES MATTHEW CORSI	Christopher T. Tortorice	Arrest	A 32-year-old Woodville, Texas man has been arrested for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
12/15/09	MARTIN MIRANDA BARRERA	Denise O. Simpson	Sentencing	A 30-year-old Leesburg, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
12/10/09	Announcement	John Ross and Baylor Wortham	Operation Time Machine	U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today the significant impact Operation Time Machine has made on gun and drug related violent crime in Port Arthur, Texas.
12/10/09	JAMES BRANDON STROUSE	Terri L. Hagan	Sentencing	A 46-year-old Flower mound, Texas man has been sentenced for federal child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
12/9/09	JAMES CALEB BRUCE	Mary Ann Cozby	Sentencing	A 32-year-old Longview man has been sentenced for federal child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
12/9/09	RODNEY RAY ROSZELL	Bill Baldwin	Sentencing	A 56-year-old Longview man has been sentenced for federal child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
12/8/09	SHEILA M. BRACK and JEANETTE McKINLEY	James E. Peacock	Arrests	Two Bridge City, Texas women have been arrested for hurricane-related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas.
12/3/09	TERRY LEE WILLIAMS	Denise O. Simpson	Sentencing	A 41-year-old Texarkana, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for bank robbery in the Eastern District of Texas.
12/3/09	PAUL FRANKLIN RAPER	Denise O. Simpson	Sentencing	A 44-year-old Fresno, California man has been sentenced to federal prison for federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
12/3/09	FREDDY LEE CRISS	Richard L. Moore	Sentencing	A 47-year-old Dallas man has been sentenced to federal prison for bank robbery in the Eastern District of Texas.
12/3/09	DARIN WILLIAMSON	Bill Baldwin	Sentencing	A 31-year-old Kilgore, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
11/24/09	PATRICK SANDERS	Lisa G. Flournoy	Arrest	A 52-year-old Lufkin, Texas man has been arrested for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
11/24/09	MARTHA LOUISE HUNTER	Richard L. Moore	Plea	A 54-year-old Bullard, Texas woman has pleaded guilty to federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
11/23/09	LUCIANO PEREZ-MANCHA	Richard L. Moore	Plea	A 39-year-old Longview, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
11/23/09	JUAN PRIETO RETANO	Richard L. Moore	Plea	A 19-year-old Longview, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
11/23/09	TRACY CULP	Denise O. Simpson	Sentencing	A former bank official has been sentenced to federal prison for embezzling funds in the Eastern District of Texas.
11/20/09	JUAN F. ANAYA and TUNESHYA L. MILLER	Michelle S. Englade and Antonetta Stancu	Conviction	A man and woman have been found guilty by a jury of federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
11/19/09	CHAD ALLEN PIAZZA	John Ross and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Baylor Wortham	Conviction	A 36-year-old Port Arthur, Texas man has been found guilty by a jury of federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
11/18/09	HAROLD D. STEWART	Richard L. Moore	Plea	A 41-year-old Beckville, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal dog fighting charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
11/17/09	GOLDIED PARKER	Richard L. Moore	Sentencing	A 27-year-old Longview, Texas man has been sentenced for firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
11/17/09	JOSHUA LEE DEAR	Richard L. Moore	Sentencing	A 24-year-old Tyler, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
11/17/09	CHARLINE LEE GOLSTON	Traci L. Kenner	Sentencing	A 38-year-old Daingerfield, Texas woman has been sentenced to federal prison for wire fraud in the Eastern District of Texas.
11/09/09	HENRY ARMSTRONG	Randall L. Fluke	Sentencing	A 32-year-old Dayton, Texas man has been sentenced for firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
11/09/09	JOSEPH MARVIN DAVIS	Randall L. Fluke	Sentencing	A 41-year-old Montgomery, Texas man has been sentenced for firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
11/04/09	JAMES CLIFORD HENDRIX, JENNIFER MOORE, JAY SCOTT McEVERS, CARL RAY DAVIS, DANIEL ORTIZ, LANCE CLAWSON, ROY DALE LEIFESTER, RAYFORD LEON CORNELIOUS and MARTIN RODRIGUEZ-HERNANDEZ	Alan R. Jackson, Jim Middleton, Richard L. Moore, Jim Noble and Gregg A. Marchessault	Indictments	Indictments have been returned charging several individuals with federal crimes in the Eastern District of Texas.
11/04/09	BRENDA BAYS	Frank Coan	Sentencing	A 62-year-old Lindale, Texas woman has been sentenced to federal prison for mail fraud in the Eastern District of Texas.
11/04/09	DEBORAH ELIZABETH ROWELL	Richard L. Moore	Sentencing	A 55-year-old Tyler, Texas woman has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
11/04/09	TAHMEANE ELROD	Frank Coan	Plea	A 47-year-old Tyler, Texas woman has pleaded guilty to mortgage related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas.
11/04/09	MITCHELL GLENN AILLS	Jim Middleton	Sentencing	A 28-year-old Gilmer, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
11/04/09	KEVIN WADE BROWN	Bill Baldwin	Sentencing	A 39-year-old Tyler, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
11/04/09	CHRISTOPHER DEWAYNE BUNN, KONO ADOMIN WILLIAMS and DANIEL DORANCE DAVIS	Mary Ann Cozby	Sentencing	Three men were sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
11/04/09	MICHEL LEN THOMPSON	Jim Middleton	Plea	A 30-year-old Longview, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
11/04/09	TIMOTHY LYN WORSHAM	Mary Ann Cozby	Plea	A 48-year-old Jacksonville Pharmacist man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
11/03/09	FRANK CLINTON JAMES	Bill Baldwin	Plea	A 41-year-old Athens, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
11/03/09	MARINA PASSOW-DUBAN	Bill Baldwin	Sentencing	A 36-year-old Guatemalan National has been sentenced to federal prison for immigration violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
11/03/09	MARK LINDSEY OWENS	Richard L. Moore	Plea	A 35-year-old Longview man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
10/29/09	ADRIAN MOSLEY and ANISSA MOSLEY	Michelle S. Englade	Arrests	A Pearland, Texas couple has been arrested on charges of drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas.
10/29/09	DARYL SAM	James Peacock	Sentencing	A 24-year-old Port Arthur, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
10/28/09	JAMIE CHRISTINE BATEY	Richard L. Moore	Plea	A 26-year-old Tyler, Texas woman has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
10/27/09	HILARIO AUGUSTIN LOPEZ	Mary Ann Cozby	Sentencing	A 38-year-old Dallas, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
10/27/09	CENDRICK HENDERSON	Mary Ann Cozby	Sentencing	A 23-year-old Dallas, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
10/26/09	LEE DALE WHITE	Mary Ann Cozby	Plea	A 25-year-old Dallas, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
10/26/09	JOHN JOSEPH GIVS	John Ross and Christopher Tortorice	Sentencing	A 35-year-old Beaumont, Texas man has been sentenced for firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
10/26/09	CONNIE MONIQUE MOORE	Richard L. Moore	Plea	A 42-year-old Longview, Texas woman has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
10/22/09	ROBERT CARL SAMPSON	Bill Baldwin	Plea	A 66-year-old Grapeland, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
10/22/09	Teresa Ann Flores, Lauren Garza, Alonzo Cabasos, Guillermo Hernandez, Jorge Andres Leo, Iran Lucatero Torres, Adela Romero Tapia, Esmeralda Valdez, Behzad Virani, Jaime Posados Cornejo, Mauricio Becerra, Adrian Hinojosa, Johnny Lopez, Jr., and Fernando Diaz	Plano AUSAs and Ernest Gonzalez	Indictments	Fourteen individuals have been arrested in two separate cases in the Eastern District of Texas.
10/22/09	AKRAM SANTIAGO HAIFA	John B. Ross	Plea	A 32-year-old San Antonio man has pleaded guilty to bank robbery in the Eastern District of Texas.
10/19/09	ISSAC MILLS, JR.	James Peacock	Plea	A 62-year-old Port Arthur, Texas man has pleaded guilty to theft of government services in the Eastern District of Texas.
10/19/09	BYRON BERNARD BILLUPS	Bill Baldwin	Plea	A 26-year-old Palestine, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
10/15/09	Pedro Hernandez-Martinez, Michael Villasana, Paul Gove, III, Jacob Leeroy Eckert and Antonio Vasquez-Elizalde	Richard J. Johnson, Charles E. Roy and Mandy Griffith	Indictment	A federal grand jury returned indictments today charging multiple individuals in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
10/14/09	JUAN MIGUEL ESCALANTE	Mary Ann Cozby	Sentencing	A 33-year-old Tyler, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
10/13/09	DARRYL CLARENCE HARRIS	Christopher Tortorice	Plea	A 46-year-old doctor who formerly practiced in Beaumont has pleaded guilty to health care fraud in the Eastern District of Texas.
10/13/09	JUAN MANUEL PADRON-LEYVA, a.k.a. Ceaser Chavez	Allen H. Hurst	Sentencing	A 23-year-old Mexican National has been sentenced to federal prison for immigration violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
10/13/09	JOSE LUIS ABARCA	Bill Baldwin	Sentencing	A 24-year-old Dallas, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for federal drug and gun violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
10/9/09	TYRUS KIDD	David H. Henderson, Jr.	Indictment	A 39-year-old U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer, assigned to Port Arthur, Texas, has been indicted for bribery in the Eastern District of Texas.
10/8/09	Omar Damond Daw and Juan Jose Ventura	John Ross and Baylor Wortham	Arrests	Two individuals have been arrested for federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
9/30/09	BRYAN HEATH CANNON and LOIS ALLEN WATSON	Richard L. Moore	Plea	Two East Texans have pleaded guilty in separate federal drug trafficking cases in the Eastern District of Texas.
9/29/09	MICHAEL SHANE TALLEY	Richard L. Moore	Sentencing	A 24-year-old Palestine, Texas man has been sentenced for firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
9/29/09	WELDON SMITH	Jim Noble	Sentencing	A 39-year-old Blossom, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
9/29/09	ARTHUR TREVOR PALMER	Denise O. Simpson	Plea	A 30-year-old Pittsburg, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
9/29/09	TAMEKA DANIELLE HOLT	Richard L. Moore	Sentencing	A 27-year-old Longview woman has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
9/29/09	PAUL FRANKLIN RAPER	Denise O. Simpson	Plea	A 44-year-old Fresno, California man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
9/29/09	MALCOLM DAVID MacHAUER	Denise O. Simpson and Arnold Spencer	Sentencing	A 55-year-old New Orleans man has been sentenced for federal income tax violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
9/18/09	CLIFFORD WAYNE ROBERTSON	Tammy Reno	Arrest	A 43-year-old Murphy, Texas man has been arrested on charges of bank fraud and identity theft in the Eastern District of Texas.
9/11/09	CLAUDETTE READ and ROBERT EARL READ	Denise Simpson and Nathaniel Kummerfeld	Conviction	A Broaddus, Texas couple has been convicted of health care related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas.
9/10/09	JAMES RICHARD KNOX	Brit Featherston	Sentencing	A 54-year-old Orange, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/28/09	CAROL RAMSEY	John M. Bales	Sentencing	A 32-year-old Nacogdoches woman has been sentenced to federal prison for hurricane related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/27/09	MICHAEL LAPLACE	Bill Baldwin	Plea	A 22-year-old Cookville, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/27/09	KENNEDY PAUL POLIDORE	Michelle S. Englade	Sentencing	A 28-year-old Beaumont, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for possession of crack cocaine in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/27/09	ERICK LAMAR ADDISON	Richard L. Moore	Plea	A 31-year-old Longview, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/26/09	Humberto Delgado Jimenez, Guillermo Delgado Jimenez, Roberto Delgado Jimenez, Israel Jimenez, Jr., Jose Emmanuel Sanchez, Norman Christopher Lambridia, Juan Sustaita, Ruth Molina Sustaita, Rico Marie Sustaita, James Alexander Smith, Christopher Dewayne Fillmore, Guadalupe Huerta Diaz, Domingo Chavez Segoviano, Hopeton Joseph Reid, Louis Albert Guajardo and Abelardo Guerra	John A. Craft and James Peacock	Arrests	16 individuals were arrested today on charges of drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/26/09	PATRICK NEIL WOMACK	Denise O. Simpson	Sentencing	A 34-year-old Texas prisoner has been sentenced to federal prison for threatening a federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/26/09	TERRY LEE WILLIAMS	Denise Simpson	Plea	A 41-year-old Texarkana, Texas man has pleaded guilty to bank robbery in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/26/09	GARRETT MICHAEL UNDERWOOD	Denise O. Simpson	Sentencing	A 19-year-old Texarkana, Arkansas man has been sentenced for firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/26/09	WENDY RENEE McDONALD	Denise O. Simpson	Sentencing	A 35-year-old Hooks, Texas woman has been sentenced for embezzling credit union funds in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/26/09	OSCAR RANDOLPH STEWART	Denise O. Simpson	Sentencing	A 38-year-old Texarkana, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for possession of cocaine in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/26/09	MARLOS ANTONIO STOKER	Richard L. Moore	Sentencing	A 30-year-old Longview man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/26/09	BRAD STERLING LEE, JR	Mary Ann Cozby	Sentencing	A 25-year-old Hephzibah, Georgia man has been sentenced to federal prison for possession of marijuana in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/25/09	MICHELLE LYNN HITT-BONNER and ASHLEY ANN WALKER	Richard L. Moore	Plea	Two women have pleaded to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/25/09	ANSELMO ESPINOZA-GONZALEZ	Allen H. Hurst	Sentencing	A 35-year-old Mexican National has been sentenced to federal prison for an immigration violation in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/25/09	DERRICK RICHARDSON	Bill Baldwin	Sentencing	A 32-year-old Henderson, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for possession of crack cocaine in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/25/09	DARIN WILLIAMSON	Bill Baldwin	Plea	A 31-year-old Kilgore, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/25/09	RYAN HEATH CLARK	Bill Baldwin	Plea	A 31-year-old Winnsboro, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/19/09	JAMES LEONARD COLE and JOHN MARK SOLOMON	Bill Baldwin	Sentencing	Two Tyler, Texas men have been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking crimes in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/19/09	HOWARD DALE CHANEY	Bill Baldwin	Sentencing	A 62-year-old Hawkins, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/19/09	DONNA J. NELSON	Jim Middleton	Sentencing	A 47-year-old Sulphur Springs, Texas woman has been sentenced to federal prison for tax crimes in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/19/09	JOHN NASKY OKONKWO	Christopher T. Tortorice	Indictment	A 49-year-old Lynn, Massachusetts man has been indicted and charged with health care fraud in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/18/09	C. HUGH BOWDEN, JR.	Traci L. Kenner	Sentencing	A 51-year-old Gladewater, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for fraud in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/18/09	JAMES EARL FAY	Frank Coan	Sentencing	A 26-year-old Longview, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/18/09	JUSTIN SMITH	Bill Baldwin	Plea	A 29-year-old Palestine, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/14/09	MARY JANE MARROQUIN-GOSS, DANIEL LEE MORLEY, EARL JACOB WISER, MARK ALAN LASATER, MARY ANNE DARZI, BOBBY ALLEN BOGLE, ALBERTO ROJAS HERNANDEZ-GONZALEZ, a.k.a. Alberto Rojas, a.k.a. "Berto", REYNALDO ANTONIO CASTILLO-FLORES, a.k.a. Raymundo Castillo, a.k.a. Reynaldo Flores, a.k.a. Reynaldo Castillo, MARTIN ANTONIO TORRES-SALAS, EFREN HERNANDEZ-GONZALEZ, a.k.a. Efren Hernandez, a.k.a. Efrin Hernandez, FABIAN MEDRANO-CONTRERAS, XAVIER MARTINEZ-REYES, a.k.a. Leonel Martinez and PEDRO ANTONIO SANCHEZ-HERNANDEZ	Camelia Lopez, Richard J. Johnson, Kevin D. Collins, Mandy Griffith and M. Andrew Stover	Indictment	A federal grand jury returned indictments on August 13, 2009, charging multiple individuals in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/14/09	GILBERT GOTORO, CHRISTOPHER CHIOTA, TENDEKA DANIEL PARIRENYATWA and MICHAEL THOMAS, JR.	Randall Blake	Sentencing	Four men have been sentenced to federal prison for their role in an elaborate fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/13/09	TARA JEAN ONEY-HICKS	Richard L. Moore	Plea	A 31-year-old Brownsboro, Texas woman has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/11/09	LOC CHANH TRAN, a/k/a VICTOR TRAN	John Ross	Sentencing	A 52-year-old Port Arthur businessman has been sentenced to federal prison for hurricane related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/11/09	CHRISTOPHER CASH CLARK	Allen H. Hurst	Sentencing	A 28-year-old Marshall, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/11/09	PAUL BANKS	Alan Jackson	Sentencing	A 47-year-old Pittsburg, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for mail fraud in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/6/09	PHILLIP DELL CLARK, DANIEL PATRICK DAVIS, VIRGINIA SLAUGHTER, AMIRALI "AZIM" SUMAR, MUKAHTIAR KHUWAJA and DELORES GAIL RIDENS	Robert L. Rawls	Indictment	Six individuals have been indicted and charged in connection with their involvement in an illegal gambling operation in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/6/09	AKRAM SANTIAGO HAIFA	John B. Ross	Indictment	A 32-year-old San Antonio man has been indicted and charged with bank robbery in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/5/09	CAMILO RAMOS HERNANDEZ	Richard L. Moore	Plea	A 51-year-old Dallas, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/5/09	JORDAN LADUE, LEONEL MIRALRRIO, JR., JOSE GAONA-ARROYO, ALEJANDRO CABRERA, JUAN RAMIREZ CABALLERO, MICAH DEAN THOMSON, PETER KEOVONGPHET, LEE DALE WHITE, THOMAS PAUL HART, RANDALL FRANKLIN GARRETT, RANDY LYNN ELLIS, ALEJANDRO ALFREDO VASQUEZ-ESQUIVAL, FELIX ANTONIO VASQUEZ-REYES and LUCIANO CARREON-CRUZ	Jim Noble, Mary Ann Cozby, Denise Simpson and Allen Hurst	Indictment	Indictments have been returned charging several individuals with federal crimes in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/4/09	GOLDIED PARKER	Richard L. Moore	Plea	A 27-year-old Longview, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/4/09	BRYAN W. LIVINGSTON	Frank Coan	Plea	A 35-year-old Center, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
8/3/09	TRAVIS BOONE	Michelle Englade and Robert Hobbs	Arrest	A 30-year-old Port Arthur, Texas man was arrested and charged with drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/30/09	RODERICK DEWAYNE TAYLOR	Richard L. Moore	Sentencing	The final defendant has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a Gregg County crack cocaine trafficking ring in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/29/09	CONNIE MARIE PAYNE	Richard L. Moore	Plea	A 31-year-old Brownsboro, Texas woman has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/29/09	JOSHUA LEE DEAR	Richard L. Moore	Plea	A 23-year-old Tyler, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/28/09	BRANDON DYESS GREER and CHARLES DAVID CHRISTINE	Richard L. Moore	Plea	Two Texas men have pleaded guilty to federal gun violations in connection with a drug trafficking conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/28/09	LLOYD WAYNE ROCK	Frank Coan	Plea	A 47-year-old Jacksonville, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/27/09	KEVIN WADE BROWN	Bill Baldwin	Plea	A 39-year-old Tyler, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking crimes in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/24/09	JOHN RUSSELL	Terri L. Hagan	Sentencing	A 61-year-old Frisco, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/24/09	DONALD PATRICK BLAIR	Shamoil T. Shipchandler	Sentencing	A 46-year-old Plano, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/24/09	CHARLES CAMERON FRAZIER and BRENT STALSBY	Reynaldo P. Morin	Indictment	Two East Texas convicted felons have been indicted for federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/23/09	CHESTER DRAKE	Robert L. Rawls	Plea	A 56-year-old Groves, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/23/09	DEBORAH ELIZABETH ROWELL	Richard L. Moore	Plea	A 55-year-old Tyler, Texas woman has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/23/09	DONALD GENE HOLMES	Christopher Tortorice	Plea	A 56-year-old Livingston, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/23/09	HAROLD JAMES GRAFF	Richard L. Moore	Plea	A 47-year-old Tyler, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/22/09	DANIEL OGWOKA SIRINGI	Randy L. Fluke, Robert L. Rawls and Brit Featherston	Sentencing	A 34-year-old Lamar University graduate student has been sentenced to federal prison for sending threatening communications in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/20/09	MELISSA ANN AYERS	Richard L. Moore	Plea	A 32-year-old Tyler, Texas woman has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/17/09	MICHAEL JAY HAWLEY	Mary Ann Cozby	Sentencing	A 42-year-old Kilgore, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking and firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/16/09	ASHLEY MARIE BOUTWELL	Richard L. Moore	Plea	A 28-year-old Longview woman has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/16/09	KIMILA DENESE JONES	Denise O. Simpson	Plea	A 37-year-old Balch Springs, Texas woman has pleaded guilty to federal mail fraud charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/15/09	FREDDY LEE CRISS	Richard L. Moore	Plea	A 47-year-old Dallas man has pleaded guilty to federal bank robbery violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/14/09	TROY KEITH LOCKETT	John B. Ross	Sentencing	A 41-year-old Houston man has been sentenced for federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/14/09	JAMES LEUIS FONTENOT	Randall L. Fluke	Sentencing	A 26-year-old Vidor man has been sentenced for federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/9/09	JERELY LEE BIRDOW	Ernest Gonzalez	Sentencing	A 36-year-old Sherman man has been sentenced for being an armed career criminal in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/9/09	TRAVIS HUNTER BLANK, ANMOL KUMAR NAGPAL, JAMES ELBY ROGERS, KEITHA KAY CARSON, CHRISTOPHER PAUL RUNGE, MICHAEL CHARLES PURCELL, FEDERICO DIAZ-MONDRAGON, JAVIER COLLAZO-MEDRANO and ROBERTO RODRIGUEZ-VEGA	Mandy Griffith, Richard J. Johnson, Charles E. Roy, M. Andrew Stover, Kevin D. Collins	Indictment	A federal grand jury returned indictments on July 8, 2009, charging multiple individuals in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/9/09	REGINALD DAVIS and JEANELLE RICHARDSON	Andrew Williams	Plea	Two people have pleaded guilty in connection with separate mortgage fraud schemes in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/8/09	ANNIE JEAN ROGERS and SHANEKA LASHA BAKER-ADAMS	Denise O. Simpson	Plea	Two East Texas women have pleaded guilty to federal mail fraud charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/8/09	JOSE MEJIA and PEGGY ANN HELM	Richard L. Moore	Plea	Two East Texans have pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/8/09	RICHARD DOBBS CUNNINGHAM	Denise O. Simpson	Sentencing	A 36-year-old New Boston, Texas man has been sentenced for driving while intoxicated on federal property in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/8/09	MARTIN MIRANDA BARRERA	Denise O. Simpson	Plea	A 30-year-old Leesburg, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/8/09	KARL S. COURTNEY aka "Shane", JERRY S. CHISM aka "Scotty", JERRY L. BEENE, JERRY L. MATLOCK, CHASE M. COURTNEY, DEVIN L. PELZL, MICHAEL L. BEENE, HAROLD D. STEWART and CHAD A. COURTNEY	Richard L. Moore	Arrests	A combined task force of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies arrested 8 individuals charged with involvement in an interstate dog fighting ring in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/8/09	HOWARD WAYNE STINSON	Richard L. Moore	Plea	A 36-year-old Longview man has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a Gregg County crack cocaine trafficking ring in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/7/09	MARIAN HARRIST	Denise Simpson	Sentencing	A 48-year-old Nash, Texas woman has been sentenced to federal prison for wire fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/7/09	PAUL DEMARCO BREWER	Bill Baldwin and Jim Noble	Plea	A 32-year-old Texarkana, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/7/09	WILLIAM EARL CALLAWAY, JR	Michelle S. Englade	Sentencing	A 32-year-old Spurger, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/7/09	TIMOTHY ALAN CRUM	Joe Batte and John A. Craft	Plea	A 33-year-old Longview man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
7/6/09	RANDY MAUST	Terri L. Hagan	Sentencing	A 57-year-old Fort Worth, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
6/30/09	MICHAEL LAPLACE, ROBERT RICHARDSON	Bill Baldwin and Jim Noble	Indictment	A 22-year-old Mount Pleasant man was indicted on charges of possessing and attempting to sell stolen firearms, and a 66-year-old Edgewood man was indicted on charges of possessing and uttering counterfeit obligations of the United States, both in the Eastern District of Texas.
6/30/09	MICHAEL WAYNE NORDSTROM	Robert L. Rawls	Sentencing	A 57-year-old Houston man has been sentenced for hurricane-related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas.
6/23/09	MICHAEL BACOTE	Joe Batte and John A. Craft	Pleas/Sentence	A federal inmate has pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder and has been sentenced to twenty-eight (28) years in federal prison for his role in the May 7, 2005 murder of another federal prisoner while they were incarcerated in the United States Penitentiary in Beaumont (USP-Beaumont) in the Eastern District of Texas.
6/17/09	MALCOLM DAVID MacHAUER	Arnold Spencer	Conviction	A 55-year-old New Orleans man has been convicted of federal income tax violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
6/16/09	SHELLEY JERIE DEWITT	Randall L. Fluke	Plea	A 44-year-old Vidor, TX woman has pleaded guilty to theft of government property in the Eastern District of Texas.
6/12/09	RUDY LYNN MILLS	Terri L. Hagan	Sentencing	A 57-year-old Highland Village, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
6/12/09	JONATHAN DAVID BELLO-ORTUNO, ANTONIO SORIA-BELTRAN, RICKY DUANE GOLDSMITH, PIERRE SOWELL, ALFORD BRIEN BARRON, SR., ALFORD JAKE THOMAS BARRON, JAMES THEODORE WATSON, QUINTEN WADE BOWEN, ROBERT T. REESE, GARY LYNN MCDUFF	Richard J. Johnson, J. Andrew Williams, Kevin D. Collins, Shamoil T. Shipchandler	Indictment	A federal grand jury returned indictments late yesterday charging multiple individuals in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
6/12/09	Richard Alan Arledge, Warren Barconia, Cecil Coleman, Marcus Dean, Patrick Dread, Steve Ham, Robert Louis Hawkins, Jr., Jerome Helen, Stoney O'Neal Kidd, Charo Deuntray Knight, Tyrone McCray, Jason Palmore, Rustyn Thomas, Aqueelah Hayat Waters, Clarence Edoaur Williams, Kendra Quebec Williams	Shamoil T. Shipchandler	Indictment	Sixteen individuals have been indicted on money laundering charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
6/11/09	DOYLE RANDALL PAROLINE	Bill Baldwin	Sentencing	A 43-year-old Brownsboro, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
6/10/09	ROBERT PETERSEN	Terri L. Hagan	Sentencing	A 37-year-old Mount Vernon, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
6/9/09	MICHAEL BOYD JENKINS, JANICE DEATON FAILS, SCOTT LEWIS CHRISTIE	Michelle S. Englade	Sentencing	Two Woodville residents and a Houston man have been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
6/9/09	JASON MICHAEL PRYOR	Bill Baldwin	Plea	A 34-year-old Palestine, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking crimes in the Eastern District of Texas.
6/9/09	JAVIER PEREZ OCHOA	Michelle S. Englade	Sentencing	A 52-year-old Port Arthur man has been sentenced for federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
6/9/09	KARWASKI MILES	Randall L. Fluke	Plea	A 29-year-old Natchitoches, LA man has pleaded guilty to federal crimes in the Eastern District of Texas.
6/9/09	BARRY GRIFFIN	Mary Ann Cozby	Sentencing	A 39-year-old Jacksonville, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
6/9/09	JAMES EARL MANKINS, JR.	Mary Ann Cozby	Sentencing	A 50-year-old Longview man has been sentenced to federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Texas.
6/9/09	RODRICK LAMON HARTSFIELD	Mary Ann Cozby	Sentencing	A 31-year-old Garrison man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas.
6/8/09	RODNEY RAY ROSZELL	Bill Baldwin	Plea	A 54-year-old Longview man has pleaded guilty to federal child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
6/5/09	TRACY CULP	Denise O. Simpson	Plea	A 44-year-old former bank official has pleaded guilty to embezzling funds in the Eastern District of Texas.
6/4/09	Gabriel Mendoza, Sr., Gabriel Mendoza, Jr., Adam Martinez Mendoza, Luis Gonzalez, Simon Gallegos, San Juan Gonzalez, Calvin Andrew Williams, Andy Willie Washington Madkins, Guadalupe Ortiz, Albert Lee Villa, Manuel Gallegos, Jr., Jose Armando Ramos, Hugo Gonzalez, Henry Garcia, Jr., Freddie Castillo, Armando Escamilla, Sylvia Armijo	Heather H. Rattan	Arrest	Seventeen individuals have been arrested on charges of drug trafficking and money laundering in the Eastern District of Texas.
6/4/09	JAMES TYSON, JR	David H. Henderson and James E. Peacock	Conviction	A 29-year-old Kountze man has been found guilty by a jury of federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
6/3/09	JESUS MANUEL DIAZ-OROZCO, a.k.a., Manuel Ortega	Allen Hurst	Indictment	A 48-year-old Mexican national has been indicted in the Eastern District of Texas on charges of being a criminal alien found unlawfully present in the U.S.
6/3/09	ASHLEY COLIN WALKES, KRISTI ROSE	Christopher Tortorice and Bob Rawls	Plea	A 37-year-old Houston man has pleaded guilty to charges related to the closure of a pain management clinic in the Eastern District of Texas.
5/29/09	BILLY JOE BUTLER	Denise O. Simpson	Sentencing	A 44-year-old Pittsburg, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
5/29/09	STANLEY T. BURRELL	Randall L. Fluke	Sentencing	A 43-year-old Baton Rouge, LA man has been sentenced to federal prison for hurricane-related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas.
5/28/09	ISAAC MILLS, JR.	James E. Peacock	Arrest	A 62-year-old Port Arthur, Texas man has been arrested for hurricane-related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas.
5/28/09	RODRICK TYRONE WILLIAMS	Denise O. Simpson	Sentencing	A 39-year-old Pittsburg, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
5/27/09	KEVIN WAYNE HESTER, LYLE HESTER	Jim Noble	Sentencing	A Kirbyville father and son have been sentenced to federal prison for environmental crimes in the Eastern District of Texas.
5/27/09	CHARLES ERIC MORMAN	Jim Noble	Sentencing	A 21-year-old Malakoff, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for explosives violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
5/27/09	LAWRENCE JOSEPH REYNOLDS, II,	Alan Jackson	Sentencing	A 41-year-old Pittsburg, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
5/27/09	CHRISTOPHER BUNN	Mary Ann Cozby	Plea	A 36-year-old Gilmer, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
5/26/09	ARTHUR RICHARD GERNON, STEVEN ELDRIDGE HARVILLE, EDDIE PEREZ, JR., JOHN WAYNE WATTS	Michelle S. Englade	Sentencing	Seven Southeast Texas men have been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
5/21/09	Shanndolyn Genae Morrow, Shankea Lasha Baker-Adams, Annie Lucile Grigsby, Shalonda Roshea Grigsby, Quaneshia Quina Baker,Travis Gerard Williams, Annie Jean Rogers, Agatha Loraine Moore, Shanealdolyn T. Morrow	Denise O. Simpson	Arrests	9 individuals have been arrested on charges of mail fraud and aggravated identity theft in the Eastern District of Texas.
5/20/09	ROBERT EDWARD MAURO	Terri L. Hagan	Plea	A 52- year-old Plano, Texas man has pleaded guilty to criminal tax evasion in the Eastern District of Texas.
5/20/09	TABORIS LAMON PORTER	Denise O. Simpson	Sentencing	A 36-year-old Dallas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
5/18/09	JOSEPH EBRON	Joseph R. Batte and John Craft	Sentencing	A 30-year-old federal inmate has been sentenced to die for the murder of a fellow prisoner in the Eastern District of Texas.
5/18/09	GARRETT MICHAEL UNDERWOOD	Denise O. Simpson	Plea	A 19-year-old Texarkana, Arkansas man has pleaded guilty to federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
5/19/09	WENDY RENEE McDONALD	Denise O. Simpson	Plea	A 35-year-old Hooks, Texas woman has pleaded guilty to embezzling credit union funds in the Eastern District of Texas.
5/18/09	OSCAR RANDOLPH STEWART	Denise O. Simpson	Plea	A 38-year-old Texarkana, Texas man has pleaded guilty to cocaine trafficking charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
5/15/09	PRISCILIANO LAZARO-ANGEL, LARRY LIONEL TEASLEY, BENJAMIN RAMIREZ-RODRIGUEZ, JOSE LUIS BATRES-VASQUEZ	Miriam Rea, Mandy Griffith, Kevin D. Collins	Indictments	A federal grand jury returned indictments late yesterday charging multiple individuals in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
5/15/09	PATRICK NEIL WOMACK	Denise O. Simpson	Plea	A 34-year-old Texas prisoner has pleaded guilty to threatening a federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas.
5/8/09	VICTOR HUGO MORALES ZARCO	Richard L. Moore	Plea	A 38-year-old California man has pleaded guilty to methamphetamine trafficking charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
5/8/09	MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS	Stevan A. Buys, Maureen Smith, and Jay Johnson	Arrests	27 individuals have been arrested on charges of alien smuggling in the Eastern District of Texas.
5/7/09	REGINALD LAMAR IRVIN	Denise O. Simpson	Sentencing	A 37-year-old Dallas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
5/7/09	ALICE FAYE WARREN	Richard L. Moore	Sentencing	A 53-year-old Overton, Texas woman has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
5/7/09	PAUL BANKS	Alan Jackson	Plea	A 46-year-old Pittsburg, Texas man has pleaded guilty to mail fraud charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
5/7/09	WILLIAM EARL JOHNSON, JR., JAMES DARRELL LISTER, JR., ARTHUR JAMES WOODS, STEVEN DUANE GLOVER	Richard L. Moore	Sentencing	Four Longview, Texas men have been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
5/7/09	FREDERICK BAXTER	Bill Baldwin	Sentencing	A 53-year-old Tyler man has been sentenced to federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
5/7/09	MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS	Multiple AUSAs	Indictments	A federal grand jury returned several indictments this week on cases involving federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
4/30/09	Announcement	John Malcolm Bales	New US Attorney	John Malcolm Bales will assume the duties of United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas at 12:01 am on Friday, May 1, 2009.
4/30/09	ELEAZAR BUSTOS MALDONADO	Robert Hobbs	Sentencing	A 33-year-old Houston man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
4/30/09	MICHAEL SHANE TALLEY	Richard L. Moore	Plea	A 24-year-old Palestine, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
4/30/09	GEORGE FABIAN BELL	Robert Hobbs	Sentencing	A 41-year-old Baytown man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
4/29/09	TERMAINE RIKO HARDISON	Randall L. Fluke	Sentencing	A 30-year-old Natchitoches, LA man was sentenced to federal prison for racketeering in the Eastern District of Texas.
4/29/09	CHARLINE LEE GOLSTON	Traci L. Kenner	Plea	A 38-year-old Morris County woman has pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
4/29/09	ERIC FERNANDO REYES	Bill Baldwin	Plea	A 31-year-old Dallas man has pleaded guilty to methamphetamine trafficking charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
4/28/09	WILLIAM I. “WILLIE” BROWN	Denise O. Simpson	Sentencing	A former official with Plumbers and Pipefitters Local Union 237 has been sentenced for embezzling funds in the Eastern District of Texas.
4/22/09	ASHLEY CATRON and GILLIAN DOOLEY	Arnold A. Spencer	Plea	Two East Texas women have pleaded guilty to embezzling from a federally insured bank located in the Eastern District of Texas.
4/22/09	BRADLEY WAYNE TAYLOR	Denise Simpson	Sentencing	A 28-year-old Gladewater, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for sex offender registry violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
4/17/09	PHILIP G. KELLAR and MICHELE G. KELLAR	Shamoil Shipchandler	Trial	An Argyle, Texas couple has been found guilty by a jury of federal tax evasion in the Eastern District of Texas.
4/17/09	JAMES RICHARD KNOX	Brit Featherston	Plea	A 54-year-old Orange, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
4/15/09	RANSOM NYAMAHARO	Randall A. Blake and Shamoil Shipchandler	Sentencing	A 24-year-old Plano man has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for tax fraud in the Eastern District of Texas.
4/14/09	MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS	U.S. Attorney's Office	Highlights	Highlights of the Eastern District of Texas' work enforcing the nation's tax laws
4/14/09	HOWARD DALE CHANEY	Bill Baldwin	Plea	A 62-year-old Hawkins, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
4/9/09	MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS	Multiple AUSAs	Indictments	A federal grand jury returned indictments late yesterday charging multiple individuals in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
4/8/09	MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS	Multiple AUSAs	Indictments	A federal grand jury returned indictments today charging multiple individuals in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
4/8/09	DISIFREDO BALDOVINOS-CARDENA	Allen Hurst	Sentencing	A 35-year-old Tyler man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
4/8/09	DEDRIC MANDELL THOMAS	Richard L. Moore	Sentencing	A 32-year-old Longview man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
4/8/09	MARCUS DEWAYNE FAGGANS, CLIFTON EARL ROBINSON	Richard L. Moore	Sentencing	Two Longview, Texas men have been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
4/2/09	QUENTAL MILLER	Richard L. Moore	Sentencing	A 30-year-old Longview, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
4/2/09	STEVEN LEMOND DARDEN	Richard L. Moore	Sentencing	A 32-year-old Gilmer, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
4/2/09	D'ANGELO LASERRE THOMAS	Richard L. Moore	Sentencing	A 28-year-old Longview man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
4/2/09	JOHNATHAN SALAZAR	Bill Baldwin	Sentencing	A 32-year-old Henderson man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
4/2/09	RAYMOND TORRES, JR.	Mary Ann Cozby	Sentencing	A 33-year-old Palestine, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug and gun violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
4/1/09	WENDELLA GENOA WILLIAMS	Denise O. Simpson	Sentencing	A 36-year-old Norman, Oklahoma woman has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
4/1/09	JOHNNY RAY HILL	Randall L. Fluke	Sentencing	A 42-year-old Port Arthur man has been sentenced to federal prison for firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
4/1/09	HANK THOMPSON	Randall L. Fluke	Sentencing	A 24-year-old Orange, Texas man has been sentenced for federal gun violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
4/1/09	ALBERT SLATTER, JR.	Alan Jackson	Arrest	A 58-year-old Longview man has been arrested for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
4/1/09	MARLOS ANTONIO STOKER, TAMEKA DANIELLE HOLT	Richard L. Moore	Plea	A Gregg county couple has pleaded guilty to methamphetamine trafficking charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
4/1/09	DERRICK RICHARDSON	Bill Baldwin	Plea	A 33-year-old Henderson man has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
3/31/09	JANET CASANOVA ALANIS	Richard L. Moore	Sentencing	A 47-year-old Overton, Texas woman has been sentenced to federal prison for drug-related crimes in the Eastern District of Texas.
3/31/09	DAJAMUEL DIONE FLOYD, LARRY DONNEL GEORGE, CARLO DEMOND STOKER-YOUNG	Richard L. Moore	Sentencing	Three Longview men have been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
3/30/09	BELVIS WADE HILL	Jim Noble	Plea	A 29-year-old Longview man has pleaded guilty to federal child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
3/30/09	CHARLES ANDREW FORD	Richard L. Moore	Plea	A 43-year-old Trinidad, Texas man has pleaded guilty to methamphetamine trafficking charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
3/26/09	DEREK HORTON	Bill Baldwin	Plea	A 24-year-old Henderson man has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
3/25/09	JOHN EDWARD YOUNG	Terri L. Hagan	Sentencing	A 43-year-old Wylie, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
3/20/09	ENITAN OSAGIE ISIWELE	Christopher Tortorice and Howard Blackmon	Jury Trial	The owner of a medical supply business has been found guilty by a jury of federal health care fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
3/19/09	JON MIKAL IRVIN	Mary Ann Cozby	Sentencing	A 31-year-old Hughes Springs, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
3/17/09	ALFREDO LIRA, JR.	Bill Baldwin	Plea	A 23-year-old Dallas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
3/13/09	GEORGE D. HUDGINS	Malcolm Bales	Sentencing	A 57-year-old Nacogdoches man has been sentenced for perpetrating a commodities Ponzi scheme in the Eastern District of Texas.
3/6/09	DANIEL OGWOKA SIRINGI	Randy L. Fluke and Brit Featherston	Plea	A 34-year-old Lamar University graduate student has pleaded guilty to sending threatening communications in the Eastern District of Texas.
3/6/09	HENRY DOYCE GRESHAM, JR.,CHARLES JAMES CLARK	Jim Middleton and Frank Coan	Indictment	Federal authorities have unsealed an indictment charging two Houston County deputy sheriffs with civil rights violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
3/5/09	THOMAS B. PARKER, MARGARET A. PARKER	Robert L. Rawls	Sentencing	A Vidor couple has been sentenced today for filing false tax returns and failure to file tax returns in the Eastern District of Texas.
3/5/09	MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS	Allen Hurst, Bill Baldwin, Denise Simpson	Indictments	A federal grand jury returned indictments late yesterday charging multiple individuals in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
3/4/09	MARCHELLO DORNELL MILLER	Richard L. Moore	Sentencing	A 28-year-old Longview man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
3/4/09	KERRY SCOTT BAKER	Bill Baldwin	Plea	A 33-year-old Gilmer, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
2/26/09	JOHN RICHARD HARMON, JR.	Richard L. Moore	Sentencing	A 35-year-old Lakeport, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
2/26/09	LEONARDO DAVINCI ALFORD, QUINCY L. HEAD, LARRY NORRIS CANADA	Richard L. Moore	Sentencing	Three Longview, Texas men have been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
2/26/09	PAUL BOWEY	Jim Noble	Sentencing	A 47-year-old Tyler man has been sentenced to federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
2/25/09	LARRY DALE ROWAN	Jim Noble	Sentencing	A federally licensed firearms dealer has been sentenced for federal gun and drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
2/25/09	MARIAN HARRIST	Denise Simpson	Plea	A 48-year-old Nash, Texas woman has pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
2/25/09	JODY L. WILSON	Denise Simpson	Sentencing	A former supervisor at the Red River Army Depot has been sentenced for theft of government property in the Eastern District of Texas.
2/24/09	BRENT STEVEN LEMONS	Jim Noble	Sentencing	A 53-year-old former bank official has been sentenced for transporting stolen funds in the Eastern District of Texas.
2/23/09	JOEL FRANCOIS JEAN	John Ross	Plea	A 35-year-old Mont Belvieu, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug and firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
2/19/09	EDDIE WAYNE LEVIAS and FREDERICO JOHNSON, JR	Robert L. Rawls	Sentencing	Two Newton, Texas men have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in an attempted bank robbery in the Eastern District of Texas.
2/19/09	SARAH LYNN CORMIER	Michelle Englade and David H. Henderson	Sentencing	The final defendant has been sentenced to federal prison for a 2007 carjacking i in the Eastern District of Texas.
2/18/09	TIMOTHY LEE YORK	Tracey M. Batson and Terri L. Hagan	Sentencing	A 32-year-old Gainesville man has been sentenced to federal prison for violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
2/18/09	THOMAS LOUIS VAN HOOK, JAMES ALBERT HOPKINS, JAMES EDWARD WILLIAMS	Michelle Englade	Indictments	A federal grand jury has returned indictments today charging three men in separate cases of federal crimes in the Eastern District of Texas.
2/13/09	JAMES H. JAGOU, JR.	Terri L. Hagan	Sentencing	A 39-year-old Carrollton man has been sentenced to federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
2/11/09	MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS	Richard Johnson, M. Andrew Stover, Stevan Buys	Indictments	A federal grand jury returned indictments today charging multiple individuals in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
2/11/09	JAMES LEONARD COLE	Bill Baldwin	Plea	A 24-year-old Tyler man has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
2/10/09	LUIS ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ	Mary Ann Cozby	Plea	A 28-year-old Dallas man has pleaded guilty to methamphetamine trafficking charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
2/10/09	DEVETRICK TRAMEL JOHNSON	Richard L. Moore	Sentencing	A 21-year-old Longview man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
2/10/09	JOE MASTIN MURRAY	Allen Hurst	Sentencing	A 45-year-old Jacksonville, TX man has been sentenced to federal prison for hurricane related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas.
2/10/09	BRONSON BENARD BELL	Richard L. Moore	Sentencing	A 25-year-old Longview man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
2/9/09	JAMES EARL MANKINS, JR.	Mary Ann Cozby	Plea	A 50-year-old Longview man has pleaded guilty to methamphetamine trafficking charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
2/9/09	EDGAR EVANS	Terri L. Hagan	Sentencing	A 52-year-old Paris, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
2/9/09	JOHN MARK SOLOMON	Bill Baldwin	Plea	A 23-year-old Tyler man has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
2/5/09	BRAD STERLING LEE, JR., DANIEL FAULKNER, RICHARD DOBBS CUNNINGHAM, CHRISTOPHER ROBERT SIMPSON	Mary Ann Cozby, Jim Noble, Denise Simpson	Indictments	A federal grand jury returned indictments late yesterday charging multiple individuals in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
2/4/09	ALBERT LEE SCOTT, JR., JUAN DANIELL INGRAM	Richard L. Moore	Sentencing	Two Gregg County men have been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
2/4/09	RUBEN LOZANO, III	Richard L. Moore	Sentencing	A 29-year-old Longview man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug-related crimes in the Eastern District of Texas.
2/4/09	TROY KEITH LOCKETT	John Ross	Conviction	A 41-year-old Houston man has been found guilty by a jury of federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
2/4/09	REGINALD STANLY STROTHER	John A. Craft and Michelle Englade	Sentencing	A 45-year-old San Antonio, TX man has been sentenced to Life in federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/28/09	RODRICK LAMON HARTSFIELD	Mary Ann Cozby	Plea	A 31-year-old Garrison man has pleaded guilty today to federal drug charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/28/09	EDGAR CARL BOON	Mary Ann Cozby	Plea	A 56-year-old Kilgore man has pleaded guilty to methamphetamine trafficking charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/28/09	TIMOTHY TODD BRADY	Jim Noble	Sentencing	A 45-year-old Atlanta, Louisiana man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/27/09	JAMES AARON CUMMINGS	Mary Ann Cozby	Sentencing	A 26-year-old Springfield, Illinois man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/27/09	KONO ADOMIN WILLIAMS and DANIEL DORANCE DAVIS	Mary Ann Cozby	Sentencing	Two Fort Worth men have been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/27/09	KENNETH POLLARD	Bill Baldwin	Sentencing	A 54-year-old Henderson man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/27/09	ALDRAIN JERAY BOOKER	Michelle Englade and Dave Henderson	Sentencing	A a 21-year-old Nederland man has been sentenced to federal prison for a 2007 carjacking in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/26/09	JOHN FITZGERALD RICE, JR	Michelle Englade and Dave Henderson	Sentencing	A 24-year-old Port Arthur man has been sentenced to federal prison for a 2007 carjacking in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/26/09	IGNACIO FARIAS	Bill Baldwin	Sentencing	A 34-year-old Houston man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/23/09	PATRICK JEROME LEVIAS, JOSE FEDERICO CRUZ	Robert L. Rawls	Sentencing	Two men have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in an attempted bank robbery in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/23/09	SHERMAN JOHN BYRON, JR.	Robert L. Rawls	Sentencing	A 33-year-old Port Arthur man has been sentenced for his role in a counterfeit check scheme in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/22/09	ALICE FAYE WARREN	Richard L. Moore	Plea	A 53-year-old Overton, Texas woman has pleaded guilty to federal drug crimes in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/22/09	DARRELL DAMONT PETTY	Mary Ann Cozby	Sentencing	A 32-year-old Dallas man has been sentenced to federal prison for firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/22/09	LARRY ARMON DeBLANC, JR.	Robert L. Rawls	Sentencing	A 33-year-old Beaumont man has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for his role in a counterfeit check scheme in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/21/09	MARK ISSAC SNARR, EDGAR BALTHAZAR GARCIA	Joe Batte and John A. Craft	Indictments	Two federal prison inmates have been indicted for their roles in the murder of a fellow prisoner while they were incarcerated in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/21/09	SHELLEY JERIE DEWITT	Randall L. Fluke	Indictment	A 44-year-old Vidor woman has been indicted for posing as a FEMA employee and stealing FEMA trailers in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/21/09	LATONIA PETE, PHANICI J. MERRICK	David H. Henderson	Indictments	Two prison guards have been indicted in two separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/21/09	JOHN ROBERT MCDONALD	Jim Noble	Sentencing	A 24-year-old Crockett, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/21/09	TAMARIND DEEMON	Bill Baldwin	Sentencing	A 28-year-old Henderson man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/21/09	ERIC WAYNE AUSTIN	Robert L. Rawls	Sentencing	A 42-year-old Beaumont, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/20/09	MARTY GREEN	Terri L. Hagan	Sentencing	A 46-year-old Carrollton, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/20/09	HUY NGUYEN	Terri L. Hagan	Sentencing	A 22-year-old Lewisville man has been sentenced to federal prison for selling stolen gift cards on eBay in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/20/09	WILLIAM KENNITH CRANFORD	Terri L. Hagan	Sentencing	A 41-year-old Plano, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/20/09	JOSE CORONA MOLINA	Richard L. Moore	Sentencing	A 25-year-old Dallas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/20/09	QUINTON RAYMONE STOKER	Richard L. Moore	Sentencing	A 20-year-old Gregg County man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/15/09	STEVEN DUANE GLOVER, RODRICK DEWAYNE TAYLOR	Richard L. Moore	Plea	Two men have pleaded guilty to federal drug and gun crimes in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/14/09	BRADLEY WAYNE TAYLOR	Denise Simpson	Plea	A 27-year-old Gladewater, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal sex offender registry violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/14/09	BILLY JOE BUTLER, DAMIEN DONTE PORTER	Denise Simpson	Plea	Two Texas men have pleaded guilty to federal drug crimes in separate cases in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/14/09	MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS	Shamoil T. Shipchandler, M. Andrew Stover	Indictments	A federal grand jury returned indictments yesterday charging multiple individuals in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/13/09	DONNA J. NELSON	Jim Middleton	Plea	A 46-year-old Sulphur Springs, TX woman has pleaded guilty to income tax violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/13/09	BARRY GRIFFIN	Mary Ann Cozby	Plea	A 39-year-old Jacksonville, TX man has pleaded guilty to child pornography charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/13/09	FREDERICK BAXTER	Bill Baldwin	Plea	A 53-year-old Tyler man has pleaded guilty to child pornography charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/12/09	CHARLES VAN BROWN	Randall L. Fluke	Plea	A 48-year-old Houston man has pleaded guilty to federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/9/09	DOYLE RANDALL PAROLINE	Bill Baldwin	Plea	A 43-year-old Brownsboro, Texas man has pleaded guilty to child pornography charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/8/09	HAROLD WAYNE LEWIS	Denise Simpson	Sentencing	A 66-year-old Texarkana, Texas man has been sentenced for federal sex offender registry violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/8/09	DANIEL OGWOKA SIRINGI	Brit Featherston	Indictment	A 34-year-old Lamar University student has been indicted for sending emails threatening the school's graduation ceremony in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/8/09	LESLIE RAY WHITE	Alan R. Jackson	Sentencing	A 58-year-old Texarkana man has been sentenced for trafficking in counterfeit labels in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/7/09	HOWARD WAYNE STINSON, STEVEN LEMOND DARDEN	Richard L. Moore	Plea	Two Longview men have pleaded guilty to federal drug crimes in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/7/09	KEVIN LYNN CANADA, CHESTER WAYNE DAVIS, RICKY NELSON MILES, JR., EMMANUEL LARMARK BUCHANAN, WENDALLEN CARDARIUS ADAMS	Richard L. Moore	Sentencing	Five Longview men have been sentenced for federal drug crimes in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/7/09	JONATHAN WHITTAKER	Bill Baldwin	Plea	A 30-year-old Tyler man has pleaded guilty to child pornography charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/6/09	ANSELMO ESPINOZA-GONZALEZ, MICHAEL SHANE TALLEY, MITCHELL GLENN AILLS, EMILIO MARTINEZ-MAGDALENA	Allen Hurst, Richard Moore, Jim Middleton	Indictments	A federal grand jury returned indictments today charging multiple individuals in separate cases of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
1/5/09	LOC CHANH TRAN, a/k/a VICTOR TRAN	John Ross	Plea	A 43-year-old Port Arthur businessman has pleaded guilty to hurricane related fraud in the Eastern District of Texas.
Indictments and criminal informations are formal accusations of criminal conduct, not evidence. Defendants are presumed innocent unless and until convicted through due process of law.