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8/29/08 ALDERMAN
SEATTLE MAN SENTENCED TO NEARLY NINE YEARS IN PRISON FOR BEING A FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM - Convicted Felon Fired Nine Shots Following Fight Outside Apartment Complex

8/29/08 LEYSTRA
CANADIAN SENTENCED TO MORE THAN 13 YEARS IN PRISON FOR SCHEME TO SMUGGLE ECSTASY IN ALTERED GAS TANK OF SUV -
Defendant Sentenced for Smuggling $4.5 Million of Ecstasy

8/28/08 TURRELLA
DES MOINES MAN INDICTED FOR INTERNET THREATS OF VIOLENCE
AND IDENTITY THEFT- Man Made Multiple Threats to Boeing Company and Anacortes Oil Refinery

8/28/08 MALDONADO
LACEY FLOORING COMPANY OWNER PLEADS GUILTY TO AIDING AND ABETTING THE SMUGGLING OF AN ILLEGAL ALIEN -
Man Admits Forcing Illegal Alien to Pay Off Smuggling Debt

8/28/08 HOLSWORTH
REPEAT OFFENDER PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSION OF STOLEN FIREARM - Seattle Man Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Pawning Stolen Weapon

8/22/08 BRANDT
MOUNT VERNON COUPLE SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH USING UNAPPROVED MEDICAL DEVICES IN TREATMENT OF CANCER
Couple Used Devices Without Medical Training Claiming Cancer Treatment

8/19/08 GAIN
INTERNET PRESCRIPTION WEB SITE EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO ACQUIRING DRUGS BY SUBTERFUGE

8/13/08 GOTTFRIEDSON
SMOKE SHOP OWNERS PLEAD GUILTY TO CONSPIRING TO TRAFFIC IN CONTRABAND CIGARETTES AND STRUCTURING $2.1 MILLION OF CASH TRANSACTIONS

8/7/08 GASPARD
FORMER ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF ARRESTED ON FRAUD CHARGES Defendant Charged with Operating Elaborate Scheme to Defraud South King Fire and Rescue

8/7/08 LARSON
INTERNET ENTREPRENEUR SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR TAX FRAUD

8/1/08 WILLIAMS
INMATE AND EMPLOYEE AT SPECIAL COMMITMENT CENTER ARRESTED FOR DRUG DISTRIBUTION CONSPIRACY- Inmate Allegedly Used Employee to have Crack Cocaine Delivered to Secure Institution