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11/30/07 BAUER
CALIFORNIA WOMAN INDICTED FOR ASSAULT ABOARD AN AIRCRAFT AND INTERFERING WITH A FLIGHT CREW MEMBER - Woman Made Threats and Assaulted Flight Attendant on Horizon Flight from Sea-Tac to Billings

11/30/07 MERRILL
PUYALLUP MAN SENTENCED TO NINE YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Defendant was Identified as Part of Nationwide Investigation "Operation Emissary"

11/30/07 KILEN
LAKEWOOD MAN SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR BANK FRAUD - Former Employee of Key Bank Drained More Than $138,000 from Customer Accounts

11/30/07 KABACY
OLYMPIA OB-GYN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Doctor Tracked by Law Enforcement After Exchanging Child Pornography with Atlanta Man

11/30/07 NASH
RENTON MAN SENTENCED TO 8 YEARS IN PRISON FOR DRUG AND GUN CRIMES - Man with Lengthy Criminal History Kept Guns and Drugs Within Reach of Young Children

11/30/07 SCOTT
PORT ANGELES MAN SENTENCED FOR LYING ABOUT MILITARY SERVICE AND MEDALS TO GET BENEFITS - Claimed to be Decorated Korean War Veteran and Fraudulently Obtained Medical Benefits

11/30/07 SMITH
TACOMA MAN CHARGED WITH WIRE FRAUD AND AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT FOR INTERNET CREDIT CARD SCAM - Man Used Credit Card Information from Records Provided by an Insider at a Tukwila Hotel

11/27/07 TODD
EVERETT MAN INDICTED FOR SEX TRAFFICKING AND INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION TO FURTHER PROSTITUTION - Man Recruited Women and Advertised Commercial Sex Acts on Internet

11/26/07 MILMAN
KIRKLAND MAN SENTENCED TO LONGEST PRISON TERM FOR HEALTH CARE FRAUD EVER HANDED DOWN IN WESTERN WASHINGTON - Owners of A-Z Pharmacy Billed Government for Medical Supplies and Drugs That Were Never Delivered

11/21/07 CHIU
TENNESSEE PHYSICIAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CALLING IN BOMB THREATS TO DELAY FLIGHT - Physician Called 9-1-1 Three Times From Sea-Tac Gate in Effort to Make Flight to Memphis

11/21/07 MANNING
SPANAWAY MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO SHIPMENT OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Man Sent Child Porn to Undercover FBI Agent

11/19/07 WAGEMAN
PHARMACY OWNER PLEADS GUILTY TO UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF DRUGS - Diverted Prescription Drugs for Own Use and for Disbribution to Others

11/16/07 REYES-RODRIGUEZ
TACOMA RESIDENT SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON FOR DRUG AND GUN CRIMES - Mexican National Attempted to Buy Meth Ingredients from Undercover Officer and Confidential Informant

11/16/07 MCPHIE
TACOMA MAN SENTENCED TO 8+ YEARS IN PRISON FOR DRUG DISTRIBUTION CONSPIRACY - Defendant Conspired to Distribute Large Quantities of Heroin, Cocaine and Meth

11/16/07 SILVA-CHAVEZ
FINAL DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON IN "OPERATION DRY ICE" - Mexican National Lead Ring that Disbributed Large Amount of Meth, Cocaine and Heroin

11/16/07 CALVIN
FORMER SEATTLE WOMAN SENTENCED FOR HURRICANE KATRINA FRAUD AND FOR DEFRAUDING OTHER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS - Woman Used Stolen Identity to Obtain Nursing License and Illegally Collect other Benefits

11/16/07 BARRIENTES
VIOLENT GANG LEADER SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR GUN AND DRUG CHARGES - Defendant Ran Violent Drug Distribution Ring from SeaTac Compound

11/16/07 LANMON
FORT LEWIS CAPTAIN CHARGED WITH TAKING BRIBES, REMOVING ARTIFACT FROM IRAQ - Contracting Officer Allegedly Took Thousands in Bribes for Steering Work in Iraq

11/16/07 SANDOVAL
PASADENA MAN SENTENCED FOR DEFRAUDING RENTON ON-LINE GAMING COMPANY - Man Used Stolen Identities to Order and Resell Goods From Wizards of the Coast On-Line Store

11/16/07 WATKINS
LYNNWOOD DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT - Deputy Chief Pocketed Thousands of Dollars Instead of Returning it to Rightful Owners

11/15/07 RUBIO-PEREZ
PASCO RESIDENT PLEADS GUILTY TO DISTRIBUTING METHAMPHETAMINE - Mexican National Delivered Pound Quantities of Highly Pure Meth to Southwest Washington

11/13/07 YOUNG
FORMER TAX PREP EMPLOYEE SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR BANK FRAUD, AND AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT - Seattle Woman Used Personal Information from H & R Block Customers to get Tax Refund Loans

11/7/07 LANCASTER
SILVERDALE WOMAN ADMITS STEALING NARCOTICS FROM BREMERTON NURSING HOME - Registered Nurse Used and Sold Hydrocodone, and Other Drugs

11/5/07 KOPILOFF
SEATTLE MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN CONNECTION WITH ID THEFT USING COMPUTER FILE SHARING PROGRAMS - First Conviction in the Country Involving Peer to Peer File Sharing Programs

11/2/07 LAVIN
WOODINVILLE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO $13 MILLION FRAUD SCHEME - Admits wire Fraud and Money Laundering -- Used New Investor Funds to Pay Off Earlier Investors