| Date |
Defendant |
Prosecutor |
Type |
Description |
| 11/16/04 |
ROBERT E. NOLEN |
Andy Williams
and Terri Hagan
|
Guilty
Verdict |
A Flower
Mound dentist has been found guilty of tax evasion after a week-long
trial in federal court |
| 11/10/04 |
ANDREW RENEE GAYTON and FELIX LOPEZ SERVIN, III |
Mary Ann
Cozby |
Plea |
A 23-year-old
Garland man pleaded guilty today to drug trafficking charges in the
Eastern District of Texas. |
11/09/04
|
DIRECTOR'S
AWARD SELECTION
|
Traci Kenner
and Gregg Marchessault
|
Awards
|
United States
Attorney Matthew D. Orwig announced today that two Assistant United
States Attorneys and two federal agents have been selected to receive
the prestigious Director's Awards from the United States Department
of Justice. |
11/09/04
|
CONRAD HENDRICKSON
|
Andrew Stover
|
Plea
|
A 46-year-old
Canadian citizen has pleaded guilty to money laundering the proceeds
of a prostitution ring in the Eastern District of Texas.
|
11/09/04
|
WAYNE EDWARD HANDY
|
Jim Noble
|
Indictment
|
A federal
grand jury in Tyler returned an indictment this week for a federal
firearms violation in the Eastern District of Texas.
|
11/01/04
|
JAMES EASON, DINA REYNOLDS, ALLEN ALLDREDGE, JOHN
GORDON, JR., ANTHONY BRIAN MARTIN, STEPHEN LANCE RAYON, JERRY GORE,
ROBERT CLARK, CHARLES DEREK PHELPS, JASON LUKE WELBORN, and GREGORY
WILSON
|
Michelle
Englade
|
Sentencings
|
Over the
last two weeks, United States District Judge Marcia Crone has sentenced
eleven individuals to federal prison for drug trafficking crimes in
Hardin and Tyler counties.
|
11/01/04
|
TIFFANY RENEE JENKINS
|
Traci Kenner
|
Sentencing
|
A 32-year-old
Tyler woman was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison for
misappropriation of funds at Texas College.
|
10/29/04
|
|
Michelle Englade, Andrew Stover and Tom Gibson
|
Election Day Program
|
United States Attorney Matthew D. Orwig announced
today that three Assistant United States Attorneys in the Eastern
District of Texas, will lead the efforts of his Office in connection
with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program
for the upcoming November 2, 2004 general elections.
|
10/26/04
|
RONALD RAY MASON
|
Andy Williams
|
Sentencing
|
A 36-year-old Justin man was sentenced to
33 months in federal prison for securities fraud and failure to appear.
|
10/26/04
|
VICTOR
MARC LINZY and JOSEPH TIMOTHY KEENAN
|
Terri Hagan
|
Plea
|
Two individuals associated with a textbook
store located in Plano have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit
mail fraud.
|
10/15/04
|
JED STEWART LINEBERRY
|
Andrew Stover and Michele Ratcliffe
|
Guilty Verdict
|
A 43-year-old Plano man has been convicted
of money laundering and making a false statement in an elaborate prostitution
ring.
|
10/14/04
|
JOHNNY JACKSON and SHAUN KEITH BOOTH
|
Lisa Flournoy
|
Sentencings
|
Two Lufkin men have been sentenced to federal
prison for being Felons in Possession of a Firearm.
|
10/13/04
|
BECALO
UTUK
|
Reynaldo P. Morin
|
Sentencing
|
A 44-year-old Houston woman has been sentenced
to 46 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $1,759,771.59 in
restitution for defrauding Medicare.
|
10/13/04
|
DRUG ROUNDUP
|
Allen Hurst
|
Arrests
|
A combined task force of federal and state
law enforcement agents have begun arresting individuals involved in
drug trafficking in Palestine and Anderson County this morning.
|
10/07/04
|
STEPHEN YOUNG
|
John Stevens
|
Sentencing
|
A 56-year-old Orange man has been sentenced
to 60 months in federal prison for using his computer to persuade,
induce and entice a 14-year-old child to engage in sexual activity.
|
10/07/04
|
MICKAEL
PEOPLES
|
John Stevens
|
Plea
|
A 39-year-old man has pleaded guilty to bank
robbery, attempted bank robbery, and using a firearm during
a robbery.
|
10/05/04
|
BECKY STREETMAN
|
Malcolm Bales
|
Indictment
|
A Federal grand jury has indicted a Houston
County woman on charges related to bank fraud.
|
9/30/04
|
JUAN SOLORIO-VALENCIA, LEONARDO ALVARADO-BLANCO,
and ABELARDO AGUIRRE-ALVARADO
|
Jose Monsivais
|
Indictment
|
Three illegal aliens residing in Dallas have
been indicted and charged with conspiracy to possess with the intent
to distribute approximately seventeen pounds of 95% pure methamphetamine
in the Eastern District of Texas.
|
9/29/04
|
DESMON VHARLES EASTER
|
Tom Ferraro
|
Guilty Verdict
|
A 32-year-old Bowie County man has been found
guilty of conspiracy to possess more than 50 grams of crack cocaine
with intent to distribute.
|
9/29/04
|
WILLIAM BURNETT BROOKINS
|
Andy Williams
|
Sentencing
|
A 38-year-old McKinney man has been sentenced
to 46 months in federal prison for possessing the drug MDMA, also
known as Ecstacy, with the intent to distribute.
|
9/28/04
|
MICHAEL JOSHE McKINNEY
|
Allen Hurst
|
Sentencing
|
A 33-year-old Winona man has been sentenced
to 60 months in federal prison for Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance
of a Drug Trafficking Crime.
|
9/21/04
|
SHERRY LYNN DYKES
|
Randy Blake & Jose Mosivais
|
Sentencing
|
A 48-year-old Denison woman has been sentenced
to 15 months in federal prison for subscribing to a false income tax
return.
|
9/15/04
|
EARL G. BROUSSARD, GARY DEWAYNE DENNINGTON, and
VAUGHN DUWAYNE HARMAN, III
|
Robert Rawls
|
Sentencings
|
A 44-year-old Texas inmate has been sentenced
to nine months in federal prison for a tax fraud scheme he operated
while incarcerated.
|
9/15/04
|
CHRISTOPHER HUDSON
|
Jim Noble
|
Indictment
|
A 31-year-old El Dorado, Arkansas, man has
been indicted this week for federal drug and firearms violations in
the Eastern District of Texas.
|
9/14/04
|
THAD WALTON THOMPSON
|
John Stevens
|
Sentencing
|
A 47-year-old Orange County man has been
sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for bank robbery.
|
9/14/04
|
LYNN ALLEN ISBELL, FOREST LEE WELLS, JOSEPH MICHAEL
DIXON, and DEANE LOMONE JOHNSON
|
Mary Anne Cozby
|
Sentencings
|
A group of individuals arrested in Cherokee
County have each been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for
manufacturing and distributing methamphetamine in the Eastern District
of Texas.
|
9/10/04
|
JASPER SKYE RIVERA
|
Robert Hobbs
|
Sentencing
|
A 28-year-old Texas City man has been sentenced
to over 21 years in federal prison for armed car-jacking.
|
9/10/04
|
REYNALDO HUDSON
|
Lisa Flournoy
|
Sentencing
|
A 24-year-old Lufkin man has been sentenced
to 42 months in federal prison for being a Felon in Possession of
a Firearm.
|
9/10/4
|
GALYNN TYRONE WHITE
|
Lisa Flournoy
|
Sentencing
|
A 30-year-old Hemphill man has been sentenced
to 63 months in federal prison for being a Felon in Possession of
a Firearm.
|
9/09/04
|
|
MATTHEW D. ORWIG
|
Patriot Day Ceremony
|
United States Attorney Matthew D. Orwig will
speak to attendees at a Patriot Day Memorial Ceremony at the
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 8574 in Silsbee.
|
9/08/04
|
STEPHEN
A. MOUTON
|
John Stevens
|
Sentencing
|
A 27-year-old Nederland man who earlier pleaded
guilty to Mail Fraud has been sentenced to 15 months imprisonment
and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $154,302.
|
9/08/04
|
|
MALCOLM BALES
|
2004 Mike Bradford Memorial Award
|
U.S. Attorney Matthew D. Orwig announced
today that MALCOLM BALES, Chief of the Criminal Division and
Acting First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas,
has received the 2004 Mike Bradford Memorial Award from the National
Association of Former United States Attorneys (NAFUSA).
|
9/02/04
|
DONALD
GENE PIFER, SR., DONALD GENE PIFER, JR., and CHARLES SCOTT CODY
|
Jennifer Lowery
|
Indictments
|
A Federal Grand Jury has indicted three men
in connection with the theft of several automated teller machines
(ATMs) in Jefferson, Orange and surrounding counties.
|
9/02/04
|
JERRY WAYNE GILMORE
|
Jennifer Lowery
|
Plea
|
A 57-year-old San Jacinto County man pleaded
guilty today to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in the Eastern
District of Texas.
|
9/01/04
|
MIGUEL
CARRASCO-CARILLO and DANIEL MARTINEZ
|
Michelle Englade and Dave Henderson
|
Indictments
|
Federal grand juries have indicted two of
three men for escaping from the Hardin County Jail in July.
|
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.
|