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July 2008 Press Releases

July 3, 2008 - Rogers
MAN SENTENCED TO MORE THAN 19 YEARS FOR IMPORTING METHAMPHETAMINE

(McALLEN, Texas) – Bobby Rogers, of Pickens, S.C., has been sentenced to 235 months imprisonment for importing approximately 15 kilograms of methamphetamine (ice) into the United States from Mexico (Read more)


July 2, 2008 - Kahlon et al
FIVE EMPLOYERS OF ACTION RAGS USA CHARGED FOR HIRING AND EMPLOYING ILLEGAL ALIENS

(HOUSTON, Texas) – A criminal complaint was unsealed today charging the owner and managers of Action Rags USA, an exporter and grader of used clothing, with conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens, inducing illegal aliens to come to the U.S. and engaging in a pattern or practice of hiring illegal aliens (Read more)


July 2, 2008 - Vasquez
SPRING MAN INDICTED FOR RECEIVING AND POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

(HOUSTON, Texas) - A federal grand jury has charged Christopher Joe Vasquez, 33, of Spring, Texas, in a two-count indictment with one count of receiving child pornography through the mail and one count of possession of child pornography (Read more)


July 1, 2008 - Hill
CORPUS CHRISTI AREA PSYCHOLOGIST CONVICTED OF DEFRAUDING MEDICAID

(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) - A federal jury has convicted Dr. Sam Smith Hill III, 61, a licensed psychologist with a professional office in Corpus Christi (Read more)


July 1, 2008 - Delgado
JURY CONVICTS LAREDO TRUCK DRIVER OF TRANSPORTING ILLEGAL ALIENS

(LAREDO, Texas) – A Laredo jury has convicted Juan Antonio Delgado, 36, of Laredo, of knowingly transporting undocumented aliens by means of a motor vehicle (Read more)


July 1, 2008 - Moreno
CITY CARRIER PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT OF MAIL

(HOUSTON, Texas) – Lorenzo Moreno Jr., 40, of Seabrook, Texas, pleaded guilty yesterday to three counts of mail theft (Read more)


July 1, 2008 - Williamson
HOUSTON ATTORNEY INDICTED FOR RECEIVING AND POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

(HOUSTON, Texas) - Warren Reid Williamson, of Houston, was arrested yesterday by immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents for attempting to receive, receiving and possessing child pornography as well as destruction of records (Read more)


July 1, 2008 - Lowe
SUGAR LAND MAN SENTENCED FOR POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

(HOUSTON, Texas) - Martin Alan Lowe, 42, of Sugar Land, has been sentenced to 86 months for possession of child pornography, United States Attorney Don DeGabrielle announced today. In announcing the sentence (Read more)