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5/30/08 KNIGHT
REPEAT SEX OFFENDER SENTENCED TO A DOZEN YEARS IN PRISON, LIFETIME SUPERVISION FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORN - Clark Countty Man Had Previously Been Sentenced to More than 12 Years in Prison for Child Rape

5/29/08 SMITH
TACOMA IDENTITY THIEF SENTENCED TO 75 MONTHS OF IMPRISONMENT - Man Used Stolen Credit Card Information and Identities to Steal Merchandise Over the Internet

5/29/08 PARRIS
PHYSICIANS PLEAD GUILTY TO UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES - Oxycodone and Demerol Abused

5/28/08 SOMMER
FORMER ARMY RANGER PLEADS GUILTY TO TACOMA BANK ROBBERY - Plea Agreement Mandates 24 year Prison Sentence for Army Ranger from Canada

5/23/08 SOMMER
FORMER ARMY RANGER AGREES TO EXTRADITION FROM CANADA; ARRAIGNMENT SCHEDULED FOR TACOMA BANK ROBBERY - Leader of Bank Robbers with Military Precision is Transferred to U.S. Custody

5/23/08 TUITA
BURIEN WOMAN SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON FOR ID THEFT SPREE ACROSS THE WEST - Used Stolen Checks and Fake Id to Steal More than $100,000 in Merchandise

5/23/08 PEREZ-HERNANDEZ
MEXICAN NATIONAL SENTENCED TO LONG PRISON TERM FOR METHAMPHETAMINE AND HEROIN TRAFFICKING - Organized Criminal Ring Targeted in "Operation Methopotamia"

5/21/08 TODD
EVERETT MAN CONVICTED OF SEX TRAFFICKING, MONEY LAUNDERING AND INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION TO FURTHER PROSTITUTION - Recruited Women and Advertised Commercial Sex Acts on Internet

5/21/08 TORRELLA
TWO PLEAD GUILTY TO PRETEXTING IN "OPERATION DIALING FOR DOLLARS" - Defendants Admit Adopting Various Identities to Get Confidential Tax, Medical and Employment Info.

5/16/08 DENT
SERIAL PHARMACY ROBBER SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON - Oxycontin Addict Targeted Multiple Pharmacies in North Seattle and Shoreline

5/16/08 CALKINS
MARYSVILLE MAN SENTENCED FOR PARTICIPATING IN PHARMACY BURGLARY RING - Distributed Pharmaceutical Controlled Substances

5/16/08 BAUER
CALIFORNIA WOMAN SENTENCED FOR ASSAULT ABOARD AN AIRCRAFT AND INTERFERING WITH A FLIGHT CREW MEMBER - Woman was Intoxicated when she Assaulted Flight Attendant on Horizon Flight

5/15/08 LOPEZ
SUMNER MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO PHARMACY ROBBERIES - Oxycodone Targeted

5/13/08 BECKER
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON MAN CHARGED WITH RECEIPT OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY - Domestic Violence Complaint Leads to Discovery of Child Porn

5/9/08 BARNETT
REPEAT OFFENDER SENTENCED TO FIVE YEAR PRISON TERM FOR DEALING CRACK COCAINE - Seattle Man had been Out of State Prison for Less than Two Months when Drug Dealing Resumed

5/9/08 OPERATION PINK TIGER
"OPERATION PINK TIGER" NETS SIXTEEN ARRESTS, 18+ KILOS COCAINE, AND $240,000+ CASH - Ten Month Investigation of Cocaine, Heroin, and Methamphetamine Distribution Ring

5/8/08 BOSCHEE
MARIJUANA TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON - Defendant Forfeits $3.3 million in Cash Collected For Distributing Marijuana

5/8/08 SEIFERT
PUYALLUP MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO PHARMACY ROBBERY - Oxycodone Targeted

5/7/08 GARRETT
LAKE FOREST PARK MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO GUN AND DRUG CRIME - Faces a Mandatory Minimum Five Years in Prison

5/6/08 HOLSWORTH
REPEAT OFFENDER PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSION OF STOLEN FIREARM - Seattle Man Faces Up To Ten Years in Prison for Pawning Stolen Weapon

5/5/08 MEAD
SNOHOMISH WOMAN INDICTED FOR FAILING TO PAY WITHHELD EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME TAXES - Indictment Alleges Flooring Company Owner Failed to Pay more than $300,000 to IRS

5/2/08 ISABEL
SEATTLE MAN SENTENCED FOR ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF A FIREARM - Defendant Snagged During Drug Arrest Near Pike Place Market

5/2/08 THOMAS
FEDERAL WAY MAN WITH ALLEGED GANG TIES SENTENCED TO LONG PRISON TERM FOR DEALING CRACK COCAINE - Investigation by ATF Violent Gang Task Force

5/2/08 MULLINS
FORMER SEATTLE POLICE OFFICER'S GUILD BOOKKEEPER SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR EMBEZZLEMENT - Woman Stole More than $40,000 from Accounts Used for Police Officers' Benefits Plan

5/2/08 CARTER
LONGVIEW WOMAN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS' IMPRISONMENT FOR METHAMPHETAMINE TRAFFICKING - Repeated Local Arrests and Pending Charges Failed to Deter Defendant

5/1/08 COOLEY
TRIBAL MEMBER WITH LENGTHY CRIMINAL HISTORY SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR ASSAULT ON RESERVATION - One of Four Men who Attacked Couple with Baseball Bat and Club after Failed Drug Deal