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November 2009 Press Releases
Nov. 20, 2009 - Hinojosa
PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED FELON SENTENCED TO LENGTHY PRISON TERM FOR POSSESSING FIREARMS
(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) – A Corpus Christi man previously convicted of felony offenses will be serving 15 years in federal prison without parole for possessing firearms (Read more)
Nov. 19, 2009 - Allen
FORMER VP OF AREA CREDIT UNION CONVICTED OF BANK FRAUD AND AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT
(HOUSTON) - A former Senior Vice President of Area Operations for First Service Credit Union in Houston has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $30,000 from his former employer (Read more)
Nov. 19, 2009 - Bietendorf
INGLESIDE RESIDENT SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR RECEIVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY VIA THE INTERNET
(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) – Terry Lee Bietendorf, 50, of Ingleside, Texas, has been sentenced to prison for receiving child pornography via the internet depicting a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct (Read more)
Nov. 19, 2009 - McNabb, Rangel, Wesevich et al
BURGLARY OF GUN SHOP BUYS LONG PRISON TERMS FOR FIVE AREA MEN
(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) – Five Corpus Christi men have been sentenced to federal prison terms for stealing firearms from a federally licensed firearms business or possessing the stolen firearms (Read more)
Nov. 18, 2009 - De Garza
WOMAN SENTENCED TO LENGTHY PRISON TERM FOR IMPORTING METHAMPHETAMINE
(LAREDO, Texas) - Martha Silvia Barba De Garza, a resident alien residing in Laredo, has been sentenced to almost 20 years in federal prison for importation and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine (Read more)
Nov. 18, 2009 - Garza-Castañeda
LAREDOAN SENTENCED TO PRISON AND FINED FOR MARIJUANA TRAFFICKING CONVICTIONS
(LAREDO, Texas) – Sergio Garza-Castañeda has been sentenced to prison for conspiring to and possessing with intent to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana (Read more)
Nov. 16, 2009 - Garcia
WOMAN RECEIVES 14 YEARS FOR IMPORTATION OF METHAMPHETAMINE
(LAREDO, Texas) - Virginia Garcia, a U.S. citizen residing in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, has been sentenced to 14 years in the Bureau of Prisons for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine (Read more)
Nov. 16, 2009 - Kim
FORMER GEXA ENERGY EMPLOYEE CONVICTED OF COMPUTER INTRUSION
(HOUSTON) – A former Database Administrator for GEXA Energy has been convicted following his guilty plea to intruding into his former employer’s computer database system (Read more)
Nov. 16, 2009 - Montano
FORMER CBP OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY TO BRIBERY, COCAINE TRAFFICKING AND ALIEN SMUGGLING
(BROWNSVILLE, Texas) – A former Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer has been convicted of bribery, cocaine trafficking and alien smuggling after pleaded guilty to each offense (Read more)
Nov. 12, 2009 - Montross
HOUSTON AREA MAN CONVICTED OF PRODUCING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
(HOUSTON) - Joseph Marshall Montross, 30, a Houston resident, has been convicted of producing child pornography (Read more)
Nov. 10, 2009 - Cavazos
LYING TO BUY FIREARMS LANDS TWO IN PRISON
(McALLEN, Texas) – Two Mission residents have been sentenced to prison for lying to buy firearms (Read more)
Nov. 10, 2009 - Chambers & Breaux
TWO CHARGED IN FEMA FRAUD CONSPIRACY
Indictment brings to 102 the number of persons charged in the SDTX with defrauding FEMA through hurricane disaster relief programs
(HOUSTON) - The first of two defendants indicted for conspiring to make false claims for disaster relief with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) following Hurricane Katrina has been arrested (Read more)
Nov. 10, 2009 - Larrazolo
FORMER DPS TROOPER SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR COCAINE TRAFFICKING CONVICTION
(BROWNSVILLE, Texas) – Former Department of Public Safety Trooper Jesus Rafael Larrazolo has been sentenced to federal prison without parole for possessing with intent to distribute 26 kilograms of cocaine (Read more)
Nov. 9, 2009 - Lewis
MORTGAGE & REAL ESTATE BROKER SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR MORTGAGE FRAUD
(HOUSTON) – Clarence Lewis III, 46, of Houston, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison without parole for running a mortgage fraud scheme (Read more)
Nov. 9, 2009 - Flores
ANOTHER DEFENDANT INVOLVED IN MAY 2003 SMUGGLING TRAGEDY IN VICTORIA, TEXAS, SENTENCED TO PRISON
(HOUSTON) – Abelardo Flores Jr., 40, a resident of Harlingen, Texas, was sentenced to more than 14 years in federal prison today for his involvement in a smuggling conspiracy which resulted in the death of a total of 19 smuggled aliens aboard an ill-fated tractor trailer abandoned near Victoria, Texas, in May 2003 (Read more)
Nov. 6, 2009 - Bishop
SMALL BUSINESS OWNER SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR MAKING FALSE STATEMENT ON TAX RETURNS
(HOUSTON) - Gladys Nell Bishop, president of Quality Trucking Inc., has been sentenced to 36 months in prison for making false statements on her corporate tax returns for the years 2000, 2001 and 2002 (Read more)
Nov. 5, 2009 - Alexander and Ramsey
TWO SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR BELLAIRE BANK ARMED ROBBERY
(Houston) - Two men who wore masks and carried firearms during the robbery of Guaranty Bank on Jan. 14, 2009, in Bellaire have been sentenced to more than 16 years each in federal prison (Read more)
Nov. 5, 2009 - Hernandez
FORMER CBP INSPECTOR SENTENCED FOR ALIEN SMUGGLING, BRIBERY AND DRUG TRAFFICKING
(BROWNSVILLE, Texas) – Former Customs and Border Protection (CBP) inspector Sergio Lopez Hernandez, 41, has been sentenced to 135 months in federal prison for alien smuggling, bribery and drug trafficking (Read more)
Nov. 4, 2009 - Harris
WACHOVIA BANK EMPLOYEE CONVICTED OF THREE COUNTS OF BANK FRAUD
(HOUSTON) – Angela Harris, 27, a former Wachovia Bank employee, has been convicted of three counts of bank fraud (Read more)