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4/29/08 THOMPSON
SKAGIT COUNTY FATHER AND SON PLEAD GUILTY TO FEDERAL CHARGES - Father Admits Unlawful Possession of Firearms, Son to Concealing Father's Crime

4/29/08 KABACY
OLYMPIA OB-GYN SENTENCED TO 6 + YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Doctor Tracked by Law Enforcement After Exchanging Child Porn with Atlanta Man

4/29/08 NNC
EGYPTIAN CORPORATION PLEADS GUILTY TO ILLEGAL OCEAN DUMPING - Will Pay $7.25 Million in Criminal Fines

4/28/08 SEXTON
THREE COWLITZ COUNTY MEN INDICTED IN CONNECTION WITH PHONE WIRE THEFTS - Men Face up to Five Years in Prison for Thefts that Caused Massive Phone Outages

4/25/08 GONZALEZ-MARTINEZ
PROLIFIC METH DISTRIBUTOR GETS SEVEN YEAR PRISON TERM - Judge Admonishes Mexican National Not to Return to U.S. Following Deportation

4/25/08 HAWKINS
BELLEVUE MAN AND TEXAS ATTORNEY EACH SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS IN PRISON FOR CONSPIRACY, WIRE FRAUD - Pair Attempted to Collect Millions From "Selling" Houses They Did Not Own

4/25/08 NELSON
TOKELAND MAN SENTENCED FOR MAKING EXPLOSIVE DEVICES - Defendant Sold Dangerously Illegal Explosives to Indian Reservation Fireworks Stands

4/25/08 SANCHEZ-VASQUEZ
FORMER COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT SENTENCED TO 13+ YEARS IN PRISON FOR LEADING DRUG DISTRIBUTION RING - Mexican National Had $1.2 Million in Cash, 26 Kilos of Heroin and Cocaine at Time of Arrest

4/25/08 THOMAS
WASHOUGAL MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO DRUG TRAFFICKING IN CONNECTION WITH SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON INVESTIGATION

4/24/08 MILLER
REPEAT OFFENDERS GET LENGTHY PRISON TERMS FOR GUN BURGLARY - Snohomish County Men Burgle Gun Store, Sell and Trade Firearms for Drugs

4/24/08 DAY
STATE LICENSED PHARMACY TECHNICIAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE - Defendant Unlawfully Dispensed Oxycodone

4/23/08 OPERATION GREEN REAPER
FEDS TARGET SUPPLIERS AND FINANCIERS OF BOURGEONING INDOOR MARIJUANA GROWS - Garden Supply Companies, Mortgage Broker Searched; Indictments Returned

4/21/08 BUNKER
GOVERNMENT INFORMANT PLEADS GUILTY TO DRUG TRAFFICKING IN CONNECTION WITH SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON INVESTIGATION

4/16/08 WIRSZ
CANADIAN TRUCKER CONVICTED OF CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE MARIJUANA - Big Rig Owner had $1.2 Million in BC Bud Stashed in Hidden Compartment Under Trailer Floor

4/14/08 TERRY
PUYALLUP CHIROPRACTOR SENTENCED TO TEN MONTHS INCARCERATION FOR FAILING TO FILE FEDERAL INCOME TAX RETURNS

4/11/08 AYALA-CRUZ
MEXICAN NATIONAL SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON FOR DISTRIBUTING HIGHLY PURE METHAMPHETAMINE - Defendant Sold "Ice" to Confidential Informant at Various Pierce County Locations

4/11/08 THORN
TACOMA MAN SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR DRUG AND GUN CRIMES - Armed Defendant Arrested Following Traffic Stop with Crack Cocaine on Front Seat

4/11/08 LARSON
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER PLEADS GUILTY TO FILING FALSE TAX RETURN - Owner of Red Planet Corp. Failed to Report more than $1 Million in Income

4/11/08 HARDESTY
REPEAT OFFENDER SENTENCED TO LONG PRISON TERM FOR POSSESSION OF UNREGISTERED FIREARM - Defendant Arrested Driving Stolen Car in Whatcom County

4/11/08 GAMEZ
PAIR SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR SCHEME TO OVERDRAW DEBIT CARDS - Conspirators Posed as Bank Employee to approve Purchases on Overdrawn Debit Cards

4/9/08 KING
OREGON MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ACQUIRING DRUGS BY SUBTERFUGE - Oxycodone Acquired Via The Internet

4/8/08 MAKAH
TWO MAKAH TRIBAL MEMBERS FOUND GUILTY OF VIOLATING MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION ACT BY KILLING GRAY WHALE - Men Agree to Bench Trial - Judge Finds Them Guilty Based on Written Statement of Facts

4/7/08 BASTIAN
FORMER BORDER OFFICER SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR TRADING SEX FOR ACCESS TO THE U.S. - Judge Says Offenses "Breach of Public Trust" by Accepting Sexual Favors

4/4/08 CHIU
TENNESSEE PHYSICIAN SENTENCED FOR CALLING IN BOMB THREATS TO DELAY FLIGHT - Phisician Called 9-1-1 Three Times From Sea-Tac Gate in Effort to Make Flight to Memphis

4/3/08 MENDOZA
ARRESTS TARGET METHAMPHETAMINE TRAFFICKING RING - Crime Family Smuggled Multi-Pound Loads of Highly Pure Meth from Mexico to California, Washington and Georgia