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1/27/06 KHALEGHI
BELLEVUE MAN SENTENCED TO PROBATION FOR INTERNATIONAL PARENTAL KIDNAPING - Man attempted to take two small children to his native Iran without wife's permission

1/27/06 SIMMONDS
CANADIAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR MARIJUANA TRAFFICKING - Defendant failed to return for trial; was extradited from Canada

1/27/06 CALDWELL
RENTON WOMAN SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS IN PRISON FOR IDENTITY THEFT - Feds seek Lengthy Sentence using Aggravated Identity Theft Statute

1/20/06 DAVIS
WOODINVILLE WOMAN SENTENCED TO MORE THAN THREE YEARS IN PRISON FOR MAIL FRAUD - Woman with history of fraud sought out bookkeeping jobs and stole more than $400,000

1/20/06 HERNANDEZ VALENCIA
METHAMPHETAMINE TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO 5+ YEARS IN PRISON - Cowlitz County man arranged sale of 4 lbs of meth worth $180,000

1/18/06 LATHAM
TACOMA MAN GETS 15 YEARS IN PRISON FOR VERY SOPHISTICATED MARIJUANA GROW OPERATION - Men built "Ferris Wheel" like contraptions to cultivate more than 1,000 plants

1/13/06 SMITH
PIERCE COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO MORE THAN 19 YEARS IN PRISON FOR BEING A FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM - Suspect led Police on Lengthy High-Speed Chase

1/13/06 SIMS
THREE LEADERS OF COUNTERFEIT TRAVELERS CHEQUE RING SENTENCED TO PRISON - Ring members passed more than $300,000 in counterfeit cheques across several states

1/13/06 JORGENSON
LONGVIEW FELON SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR GUN POSSESSION - Defendant hid Stolen Gun in the Attic when Police Officers Arrived

1/13/06 HOLMGREN
FORMER MILL CREEK RESIDENT SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR FAILING TO FILE INCOME TAX RETURNS ON INCOME OF MORE THAN $1,000,000

1/13/06 HILL
SEATTLE FELON GETS TEN YEAR PRISON TERM FOR GUN CRIME - Coordination by State and Federal Prosecutors aimed at reducing gun violence

1/6/06 SMITH
BELLEVUE REAL ESTATE SALESMAN SENTENCED FOR RAILING TO FILE INCOME TAX RETURNS

1/6/06 LAMONT
DARRINGTON MAN SENTENCED TO PROBATION & COMMUNITY SERVICE IN INTERNET BOMB THREAT CASE - Threats caused school closures in May, 2004

1/6/06 HSU
SEATTLE MAN SENTENCED FOR CONCEALING AND HARBORING ILLEGAL ALIENS - Created phoney documents to allow illegal aliens to get drivers licenses and ID cards

1/6/06 HOFF
KIRKLAND MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO SECURITIES FRAUD - Man Defrauded investors in Washington and Alaska of more than $120,000.

1/6/06 CHANG
CALIFORNIA MAN SENTENCED TO 15 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR NATIONWIDE FRAUD SCHEME - Used false Korean passports to open bank accounts and defraud banks

1/6/06 TRIGG
LONGVIEW RESIDENT SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS IN PRISON FOR BEING A FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM - Defendant has multiple drug convictions from California and Arizona