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12/20/06 ENNASSIME
LAKEWOOD COUPLE SENTENCED FOR FORCED LABOR AND HARBORING ALIEN - Couple forced Moroccan niece to work long hours for no pay

12/15/06 WILLIAMS
IDENTITY THIEF WHO STOLE INFORMATION FROM PATIENT FILES AT MEDICAL CLINIC PLEADS GUILTY - Defendant entered Virginia Mason Clinic After Hours and Stole Info from Patient Records

12/11/06 STOUTENBURG
SECOND PHARMACY BURGLAR PLEADS GUILTY IN CONNECTION WITH PHARMACY BURGLARY AND DRUG DISTRIBUTION SCHEME - Conspirators Broke into Pharmacies Throughout the Northwest and West Coast

12/18/06 MACHADO
ROBBER WHO HIT BANKS IN THREE STATES SENTENCED TO 78 MONTHS IN PRISON - Defendant Arrested Following June '06 Bank Robbery in Sultan, Washington

12/14/06 MENDOZA-MEDINA
FUGITIVE IN FEDERAL DRUG CASE ARRESTED WITH 14 POUNDS OF METHAMPHETAMINE - Defendant one of 43 now charged in connection with Drug Organization Based in Mexico

12/14/06 MCKAY
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY JOHN McKAY ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION - Led Reorganization and Refocusing of Federal Law Enforcement Resources Following 9-11 Attacks

12/12/06 HOLST
PUYALLUP MAN INDICTED FOR BANK FRAUD, BANKRUPTCY FRAUD, MONEY LAUNDERING AND EVASION OF TAXES - Defendant Owned and Operated Dump Truck Hauling Company and Rock, Dirt and Gravel Company

12/11/06 ALMUSSA
KIRKLAND LOAN OFFICER CONVICTED OF WIRE FRAUD IN CONNECTION TO MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME - "Straw Buyers" Purchased Homes and Submitted False Documents to Get Cash above Property Value

12/7/06 PALMER
FIRST DEFENDANT IN ARMY RANGER BANK ROBBERY CASE PLEADS GUILTY - Group Used Automatic Weapons, Military Precision to Rob Tacoma Bank

12/7/06 SHERMAN
"HOCKEY DAD" CONVICTED OF WIRE FRAUD, MAIL FRAUD AND SECURITIES FRAUD - Used Money from Investors to Fund Elite Youth Hockey Team and Pay His Own Living Expenses

12/7/06 SHERMAN
"HOCKEY DAD" CONVICTED OF WIRE FRAUD, MAIL FRAUD AND SECURITIES FRAUD - Used Money from Investors to Fund Elite Youth Hockey Team and Pay His Own Living Expenses

12/7/06 PORTER
VETERAN PLEADS GUILTY TO $174,000 MAIL FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH FRAUDULENT CLAIM OF PTSD - False Claims of Traumatic Experiences Alleged

12/7/06 MILMAN
KIRKLAND WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING CONSPIRACY - Co-owner of A-Z Pharmacy Billed Government for Medical Supplies and Drugs That Were Never Delivered

12/1/06 BOLDS
VANCOUVER WASHINGTON MAN GETS 100 MONTH PRISON TERM FOR DISTRIBUTION OF CRACK COCAINE - Lengthy Criminal History leads to Longer Federal Prison Time

12/1/06 IRVING
LAST DEFENDANT IN SEVEN DEUCE MOB CASE SENTENCED TO 17 YEARS IN PRISON - Career Criminal Dealt Crack Cocaine; Pleaded Guilty in 1999 Shooting of Teenager

12/1/06 FLAKE
SUMNER MAN SENTENCED FOR INCOME TAX EVASION - Admits paid too littletax on more than $2 million in receipts paid by U.S. Postal Service

12/1/06 DRUGS
FORTY INDICTED IN CONNECTION WITH SOPHISTICATED SKAGIT COUNTY DRUG TRAFFICKING RING - Lengthy Wiretap Investigation Leads to Multiple Cells of Drug Organization Based in Mexico

12/1/06 GALINDO-ZURITA
LEADER OF SNOHOMISH/KING COUNTY DRUG RING GETS TEN YEAR TERM - Husband, Wife and Sister-in-law All Sentenced to Prison in Connection with Family Drug Distribution Organization