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3/30/07 HAMPTON
LONGVIEW MAN SENTENCED TO 6+ YEARS IN PRISON FOR BANK ROBBERY, DRUG AND GUN CRIMES - Felon Robbed Bank in Clown Hat, Sold Guns and Meth to Police Informant

3/30/07 FRIEND
CALIFORNIA MAN SENTENCED TO 19 YEAR TERM FOR ARMED ROBBERIES OF CREDIT UNION - Defendant Recruited Others to Scheme - Robbed Credit Union Twice in Six Months

3/23/07 CALDWELL
SEATTLE MAN SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS AND 8 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR ELEVEN BANK ROBBERIES - Crime-Stoppers Publicity Key to Arrest and Conviction of "Can You Hear Me Now?" Bandit

3/23/07 HULET
FORMER SCHOOL EMPLOYEE SENTENCED A YEAR IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF EXPLOSIVES AND WEAPONS - Man Sold Undercover ATF Agent Guns, Silencer, and Hand Grenade

3/22/07 HURRICANE KATRINA FRAUD
FOUR MORE INDICTED IN CONNECTION WITH HURRICANE KATRINA FRAUD - Defendants Falsely Claimed they Resided on Gulf Coast During Hurricane Disaster

3/22/07 MACDONALD
SEVENTH PHARMACY BURGLAR PLEADS GUILTY IN CONNECTION WITH PHARMACY BURGLARY AND DRUG DISTRIBUTION SCHEME - Conspirators Broke into Pharmacies Throughout the Northwest and West Coast

3/21/07 SHAFFER
TACOMA MAN SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Defendant Caught in "Operation Emissary" Based in New Jersey

3/21/07 DIEHL
ABERDEEN MAN SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR TRAVELING TO HAVE SEX WITH A MINOR - Defendant Had Plan to Kidnap Young Girls to Mold into "Slaves"

3/20/07 PROJECT SAFE CHILDHOOD
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3/16/07 RHODES
CASTLE ROCK MAN WHO STOLE MORE THAN 900 PIECES OF MAIL GETS THREE YEAR PRISON TERM - Defendant was Arrested as He Tried to Cash First Stolen, Forged Check

3/16/07 VU
KENT WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO LAUNDERING DRUG MONEY - Deposited More than $150,000 in Cash: Proceeds of Marijuana Distribution

3/16/07 STREICH
REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR MOLESTING CHILD ON FORT LEWIS MILITARY BASE - Repeat Offender Preyed on Children of Deployed Soldiers

3/16/07 GUITARD
OLYMPIA MAN SENTENCED TO 46 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR LEADING CONSPIRACY THAT STOLE $2.9 MILLION WORTH OF FUEL - Company Insiders Doctored Records and Procedures to Sell Stolen Gas to Area Stations

3/14/07 ROBERTS
FORMER WHATCOM COUNTY WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY IN CONNECTION WITH CONSPIRACY, TAX FRAUD, BANK FRAUD, WIRE FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFT - Allegedly Stole the Identities of Family Members and Tax Return Prep Customers to Commit Fraud

3/12/07 MORED
SOUTH KING COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR ID THEFT/BANK FRAUD SCHEME - Identity Information Stolen While Defendant Worked as Janitor at Us Bank

3/12/07 MOORE
STATE DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING EMPLOYEE SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR SELLING DRIVERS LICENSES - Federal Way Employee Conspired with Others to Sell Licenses to Brazilian Nationals Who Failed Driving Tests

3/9/07 BLUM/BYRNE
TWO DEFENDANTS IN ARMY RANGER BANK ROBBERY CASE PLEAD GUILTY - Group Used Automatic Weapons, Military Precision to Rob Tacoma Bank

3/9/07 DALE
SEATTLE MAN SENTENCED FOR CONSPIRACY TO STEAL AND SELL CELLULAR PHONES - Former Cingular Wireless Employee Abused Internal Product Ordering System

3/8/07 HURRICANE KATRINA
SEVEN INDICTED IN CONNECTION WITH HURRICANE KATRINA FRAUD - efendants Falsely Claimed they Resided on Gulf Coast During Hurricane Disaster

3/7/07 VINSON/FORD
TWO SEATTLE MEN INDICTED FOR SEPARATE TAX FRAUD SCHEMES - Defendants Each Allegedly Made More than $50,000 by Recruiting Others to File Fraudulent Returns

3/7/07 STORM
UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR PLEADS GUILTY TO ILLEGAL DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS WASTE - Pharmacology Professor Dumped Highly Flammable Material Down the Drain

3/2/07 BERGMAN
REPEAT IDENTITY THIEF SENTENCED TO FOUR YEAR PRISON TERM - Defendant Gets Lengthy Federal Term after Repeated Arrests by Local Law Enforcement

3/2/07 FERRELL/OLSON
FAA CONTRACTING OFFICER INDICTED IN PROCUREMENT FRAUD CONSPIRACY - Official Joined in Plan to Provide Inside Info, Steer $4.3 Million Job to Favored Company