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4/27/07 HOUSER
EIGHTH PHARMACY BURGLAR PLEADS GUILTY TO PARTICIPATING IN PHAMRACY BURGLARY SCHEME - Conspirators Broke into Pharmacies Throughout the Northwest and West Coast

4/24/07 TAM
SEATTLE WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FORGING PRESCRIPTIONS FOR NARCOTIC PAINKILLERS - Former Employee Stole Doctor's Prescription Pads to Forge Prescriptions

4/20/07 TRAN
MARIJUANA DISTRIBUTOR PLEADS GUILTY - Plea Is Latest Development in Ongoing Investigations of Marijuana Growing Operations

4/20/07 BOOKER
TACOMA REPEAT OFFENDER SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR DRUG AND GUN CRIMES - Former Gang Member Arrested with Crack Cocaine and Semi-automatic Pistol

4/19/07 WILKES
KATRINA FRAUD DEFENDANT PLEADS GUILTY - Defendant Falsely Claimed he was Living in New Orleans at Time of Hurricane Katrina

4/17/07 CTI
CELL THERAPEUTICS, INC. TO PAY UNITED STATES $10.5 MILLION TO RESOLVE CLAIMS FOR ILLEGAL MARKETING OF CANCER DRUG - Company Promoted Arsenic Drug for Cancer Treatment when Drug Had Not Been Proven to be Safe or Effective

4/16/07 PORTER
NAVY VETERAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR MAIL FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH FALSE CLAIM OF PTSD - No Evidence to Back up Claims of Traumatic Experiences

4/11/07 KENT GARDEN SHOP
KENT GARDEN SHOP OWNERS INDICTED IN MARIJUANA MANUFACTURING CONSPIRACY - Defendants Offer Advice and Equipment for Dozens of Marijuana Grows

4/9/07 SANCHEZ-VASQUEZ
WIRETAP INVESTIGATION TAKES DOWN HEROIN AND COCAINE DISTRIBUTION RING - Six Arrested, $260,000 Cash and Multiple Pounds of Heroin and Cocaine seized in King and Snohomish Counties

4/6/07 FUHR
LEADER OF COCAINE AND OXYCODONE DISTRIBUTION RING SENTENCED TO LONG PRISON TERM

4/6/07 CELIO
SEATTLE PSYCHOLOGIST SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR FALSELY BILLING MILITARY MEDICAL INSURANCE PROGRAM - Man Billed for Patients he Did Not Treat, Appointments that Never Occurred

4/6/07 MCCOMB
PROLIFIC IDENTITY THIEF SENTENCED TO 5+ YEARS IN PRISON - Man Even Used Phone Tapping Device to Activate Stolen Credit Card from Residential Phone

4/5/07 VAZQUEZ-LOPEZ
VANCOUVER RESIDENT SENTENCED TO MORE THAN FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR DRUG CONSPIRACY - Mexican National Conspired to Distribute Highly Pure Methamphetamine

4/5/07 BUDDLE
PUYALLUP MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSING AS MARINE CORPS CAPTAIN AND CHAPLAIN WEARING UNEARNED MEDALS OF VALOR - Conducted Weddings, Funerals and Other Events Illegally Wearing Uniform and Medals for Valor