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6/27/08 CRUZ
FEDERAL WAY WOMAN SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS IN PRISON FOR BANK FRAUD, ID THEFT AND ILLEGAL GUN POSSESSION - Repeat Offender Used Stolen Mail, Information from Burglaries to Commit Fraud

6/27/08 GOUIN
DES MOINES REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER SENTENCED TO 17+ YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Defendant Fled to Canada and was Extradited to Stand Trial

6/27/08 MCMULLEN
VANCOUVER MAN SENTENCED TO HOME CONFINEMENT FOR LYING TO IRS AGENT
Defendant Failed to Disclose Timeshare and Bank Account

6/25/08 FIEDLER
OLYMPIA WOMAN SENTENCED TO PRISON IN CONNECTION WITH “NIGERIAN CHECK FRAUD” SCAM - Defendant Drawn in to Criminal Conspiracy by Man She Met on Internet

6/23/08 SANTAMARIA
MEXICAN NATIONAL SENTENCED TO OVER FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR JEWELRY COURIER ROBBERY - One of Three Men Who Stole Over $200,000 in Jewelry from Courier Outside Bellevue McDonald’s

6/20/08 JONES
MOUNT VERNON MAN SENTENCED FOR POSSESSION OF STOLEN EXPLOSIVES - Military Explosives had been Stolen from Base

6/20/08 LEFLER
FORMER KITSAP COUNTY MAN SENTENCED FOR SELLING GUNS TO FELON - Sporting Goods Store Assistant Manager Knew Purchaser was Prohibited from Possessing Firearm

6/19/08 BLACKBURN
PORT ANGELES MAN SENTENCED TO 15 MONTHS FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Defendant Identified as Part of “Operation Emissary”

6/19/08 DUDAS
CANADIAN DRUG IMPORTER PLEADS GUILTY TO MARIJUANA TRAFFICKING

6/19/08 CHRISTENSEN
QUINAULT TRIBAL MEMBER SENTENCED TO 70 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR RAPE - Man with Long History of Sexual Assault Raped Ex-Girlfriend in Front of 2-year-old

6/19/08 WATERS
OAKLAND WOMAN SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN PRISON FOR 2001 ARSON AT UW CENTER FOR URBAN HORTICULTURE
Former Evergreen Student Secured Car, Served as Lookout in Firebomb Conspiracy

6/19/08 MALICIOUS MORTGAGE
SIX INDICTED FOR MORTGAGE FRAUD IN OPERATION “MALICIOUS MORTGAGE” - Lawyer, Mortgage Broker and Others Conspire in $8.5 million Fraud, “Flipping” Dozens of Houses

6/18/08 PUCKETT
COWLITZ COUNTY COUPLE PLEADS GUILTY TO DISTRIBUTING ADULTERATED MILK - Milk was Responsible for E. Coli Outbreak in 2005 in Washington and Oregon

6/17/08 COURT APPEARANCES
ENHANCED RESPONSE TO FEDERAL CRIMES IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON - Defendants Now Will Make Initial Court Appearances in Vancouver, Washington

6/13/08 SAMPAYO
FORMER FEDERALWAY MAN SENTENCED FOR SCHEME TO STEAL AND SELL TONER CARTRIDGES - Xerox Customer Service Agent Ordered Toner for Boeing, Sold it on eBay

6/13/08 OVERTON
ORTING MAN SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN PRISON FOR BLOWING UP
POLICE CRUISER WITH PIPE BOMB - Defendant Bragged to Others About Blast with Powerful Device

6/13/08 MARTIN
REPEAT OFFENDER SENTENCED TO 11+ YEARS IN PRISON FOR GUN AND DRUG CRIMES - Seattle Man Served Eleven Years for Manslaughter Before New Spate of Crimes

6/13/08 NGUYEN
MATRIARCH OF POT GROWING CONSPIRACY SENTENCED TO 41 MONTHS IN PRISON - Owner of Kent Garden Supply Store Moved Money, Offered Advice on Hiding Marijuana Growing Conspiracy

6/13/08 DAVIS
BELLEVUE GANG MEMBER SENTENCED TO 16+ YEARS IN PRISON FOR GUN AND DRUG CRIMES - Violent Repeat Offender Involved with Fortified SeaTac “Compound

6/13/08 SALAZAR
FORMER BANK BRANCH MANAGER INDICTED FOR EMBEZZLING FROM CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS - Defendant Allegedly Used Position at Bank to Write Checks to Himself on Customer Accounts

6/12/08 WELLER
OCEAN SHORES MAN ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Identified Using Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Technology

6/12/08 ROBERTSON
RESTAURANT OWNER PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX EVASION Defendant Failed to Pay Withheld Employee Taxes and Penalties

6/10/08 SMITH
PUYALLUP MAN INDICTED FOR $2.5 MILLION EMBEZZLEMENT FROM LUMBER MILL - Log Scaler Submitted Phony Records, Checks Mailed to Co-Conspirators for Non-existent Lumber

6/10/08 HARDY
FIVE SEATTLE AREA WOMEN INDICTED FOR BANK FRAUD IN
“OPERATION HONOR ROLL” - Defendants Accused of Identity Theft to Apply for More than $2 Million in Student Loans

6/6/08 PHATHANASACK
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON GANG MEMBER SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR COCAINE DEALING - Defendant Faces Additional Charges in Oregon for Continued Dealing

6/6/08 SHANNON
LEADERS OF CANADIAN DRUG RING ARRESTED FOLLOWING UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION - Kingpin with Hells Angels Ties Arrested at Meeting in Ferndale, Washington

6/4/08 BONNAR
KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON SHERIFF’S DEPUTY INDICTED FOR FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION AND PERJURY

6/2/08 JONES
SEATTLE MAN SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON FOR SELLING CRACK AT NOTORIOUS SEATTLE NIGHTCLUB - Repeat Felon Convicted of Selling Crack at Club Chocolate City – formerly Deano’s

6/2/08 BOYD
MONROE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO PHARMACY ROBBERY
Bellevue Rite-Aid Targeted

6/2/08 COLACURCIO
RESTRAINING ORDER FILED AGAINST COLACURCIO OWNED PROPERTIES - First Step Toward Potential Forfeiture in RICO Prosecution

6/2/08 SULLIVAN
U.S. ATTORNEY PRESS CONFERENCE ON RESTRAINING ORDER FILED TODAY