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9/28/07 HAYES
FORMER PIERCE COUNTY REAL ESTATE AGENT SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR LYING ON FEDERAL FIREARMS APPLICATION - Man Purchased Assault Rifle - Failed to Disclose Court Ordered Firearm Prohibition

9/28/07 BRYAN
QUINAULT TRIBAL MEMBER SENTENCED TO 7 YEARS IN PRISON IN CONNECTION WITH KIDNAPPING AND ASSAULT - Federal Sentence on top Of One Year Already Served in Quinault Jail

9/28/07 MURRAY
EVERETT PAIR SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR PARTICIPATION IN PHARMACY BURGLARY AND OXYCODONE PRESCRIPTION RING - Pair Forged Prescriptions and Used Alarm Company Information to Commit Pharmacy Burglary

9/26/07 SULLIVAN
JEFFREY C. SULLIVAN APPOINTED U.S. ATTORNEY FOR WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON - Judges Vote Unanimously to Appoint Sullivan Effective October 12, 2007

9/26/07 MACDONALD
PHARMACY BURGLAR SENTENCED TO 65 MONTHS IMPRISONMENT IN CONNECTION WITH PHARMACY BURGLARY AND DRUG DISTRIBUTION SCHEME - Conspirators Broke into Pharmacies Throughout the Northwest and West Coast

9/26/07 JAMES
THREE OLYMPIC PENINSULA MEN INDICTED FOR TIMBER THEFT - Allegedly Conspired to Cut thirty-one Old Growth Cedar Trees from Public Lands

9/25/07 BOPP
LONGVIEW MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN SW WASHINGTON PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE NETWORK - Defendant Admits He Illegally Sold Oxycodone and Dilaudid

9/25/07 PATTY
WASHINGTON MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ROBBING PHARMACY - Black Bag Disguised as Bomb

9/25/07 LINDSTROM
SKAGIT COUNTY MEN PLEAD GUILTY TO AIDING IN ROBBERY OF A PHARMACY - Arlington Rite-Aid Targeted

9/24/07 O'FLAHERTY
SEATTLE MAN SENTENCED FOR FALSIFYING BANK RECORDS - Mislead Auditors about Financial Health of Loan Customer

9/21/07 FUGITT
TACOMA SEX OFFENDER SENTENCED TO 24 YEARS IN PRISON - Level 3 Sex Offender Convicted in Federal Court of Possessing a Firearm

9/21/07 FISHER
KELSO MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN SW WASHINGTON PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE NETWORK

9/21/07 HOUSER, ETC.
THREE PHARMACY BURGLARS SENTENCED TO PRISON TERMS FOR PARTICIPATING IN PHARMACY BURGLARY AND DRUG DISTRIBUTION SCHEME - Conspirators Broke into Pharmacies Throughout the Northwest and West Coast

9/21/07 OPERATION STOLEN VALOR
NORTHWEST CRACKDOWN ON FAKE VETERANS IN "OPERATION STOLEN VALOR" - Phony Vets Scam more than $1.4 Million and Damage Image of Honorable Veterans

9/21/07 MACBETH
TACOMA RESIDENT SENTENCED FOR MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS TO DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS - Defendant Masqueraded as Decorated Vet, Making False Claims of "War Crimes"

9/20/07 PRESS CONFERENCE - OPERATION STOLEN VALOR
US ATTORNEY HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE ON "OPERATION STOLEN VALOR" - Western District of Washington a Leader in Prosecution of Phoney Veteran Cases

9/20/07 BATES
SEATTLE MAN UNLAWFULLY COLLECTED VETERANS BENEFITS - Cashed His Mother's VA Benefit Check for Year after Her Death

9/18/07 MCGLOVER
CALIFORNIA MOTHER AND SON PLEAD GUILTY IN CONNECTION WITH SEX TRAFFICKING OF JUVENILES - Juvenile Brought from California to Washington to Work as Prostitute

9/18/07 CARR
FEDERAL WAY MAN ARRESTED FOR CROSS BORDER SMUGGLING ACTIVITIES - Defendant Linked to Backpacks Full of Cocaine Discovered by Boy Scout Ranger

9/17/07 LOHNER
KELSO MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN SW WASHINGTON PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE NETWORK - Defendant Admits He Illegally Sold Methadone

9/17/07 NGUYEN
LEADER OF MARIJUANA AND ECSTASY DISTRIBUTION RING SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS IN PRISON - Ring Laundered Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars through Vietnamese Restaurant

9/17/07 FABEL
HELLS ANGELS PRESIDENT SENTENCED TO LONG PRISON TERM - Chief Judge finds "Smilin Rick" Fabel led Criminal Enterprise that "Preyed on Vulnerable"

9/14/07 COMER
KELSO MAN SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR BEATING UP A FEDERAL WITNESS - Beating in Retaliation for Cooperating with Law Enforcement

9/14/07 REED
SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON MAN SENTENCED TO 48 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Man Had Bought or Traded for Thousands of Images

9/7/07 VANDEWERFHORST
WHIDBEY ISLAND MAN SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

9/7/07 ANDERSON
CAMANO ISLAND MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Defendant Identified in Three Investigations Trading Child Porn On-Line

9/7/07 VANCE
RENTON COUPLE SENTENCED FOR TO TAX FRAUD - Couple Set up Sham Corporations to Conceal Income

9/6/07 WALMSLEY
PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTOR PLEADS GUILTY IN CONNECTION WITH PHARMACY BURGLARY SCHEME

9/6/07 MCKILLIP
THIRD DEFENDANT PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRING TO CHEAT CASINO - Dealer Admits He Conspired and Used "False Shuffle" to Cheat Tribal Casino

9/6/07 KOPILOFF
SEATTLE MAN INDICTED FOR ID THEFT USING COMPUTER FILE SHARING PROGRAMS - First Case in the Country Involving Peer to Peer File Sharing Programs