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4/30/09 SAMAL
BELLEVUE WEB DEVELOPMENT COMPANY AND CEO SENTENCED FOR COMPUTER INTRUSION
CEO Directed Programmer, Stymied FBI Investigation

4/30/09 SOARES DE ALMEIDA
BRAZILIAN PLEADS GUILTY TO BRINGING ALIENS INTO THE UNITED STATES
Man was Arrested as He Brought Three Brazilian Citizens Across Border from Canada

4/28/09 MAHONEY
KENT IMMIGRATION CONSULTANT PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT IMMIGRATION FRAUD
Defendant Advised Immigrants to Lie about Sexual Orientation

4/28/09 ROUECHE
ALLEGED HEAD OF B.C.’S UN GANG PLEADS GUILTY TO DRUG TRAFFICKING AND MONEY LAUNDERING
Kingpin Faces Decades in Federal Prison

4/24/09 RAINEY & WILLIAMS
TWO ASSOCIATES OF SELF-PROCLAIMED “PRINCE OF POT” PLEAD GUILTY TO MARIJUANA MANUFACTURING CONSPIRACY
Employees of Emery Seeds Reach Deal for Probationary Sentences

4/24/09 MAYERS
REPEAT OFFENDER SENTENCED TO 5+ YEARS IN PRISON FOR GUN POSSESSION
Federal Way Man Arrested Twice in Three Months with Loaded Handguns

4/24/09 GILBERT
LAKE TAPPS PILOT PLEADS GUILTY TO 35 COUNTS OF PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, SEX TRAVELING AND OBSTRUCTION
Plea on Eve of Trial Follows Day-long Settlement Conference

4/17/09 CHAVEZ
ADMITTED GANG MEMBER WITH LENGTHY CRIMINAL HISTORY GETS NEARLY TEN YEARS BEHIND BARS
Seattle Man Arrested with Cocaine and Loaded Gun Under Seat of His Car

4/17/09 LE
MORTGAGE COMPANY AND OWNER PLEAD GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT WIRE FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING
Defendants Falsified Loan Applications on Houses used for Marijuana Production

4/15/09 FULLER
CANADIAN PLEADS GUILTY IN CATTLE TRAILER POT SMUGGLING CASE
More than 1700 Pounds of Marijuana Hidden Beneath the Floor of Cattle Trailer

4/15/09 HOKE
SEATTLE MAN ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Defendant Employed in Information Technology at Seattle Children’s Theatre

4/10/09 SANFORD
GANG MEMBER PLEADS GUILTY TO BEING A FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM
Defendant Appears in Internet Video Holding Gun and Making Threats Against Rival Gang Members

4/10/09 NGUYEN
RENTON MAN SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS IN PRISON FOR LEADING MARIJUANA GROW CONSPIRACY
Installed Marijuana Grows in Six Houses Across Puget Sound Region

4/10/09 JAMES
ABERDEEN MAN SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS IN PRISON FOR TIMBER THEFT FROM NATIONAL FOREST
Thirty-One Old Growth Western Cedars Taken from Olympic National Forest

4/10/09 SMITH
PUYALLUP MAN SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR $2.4 MILLION EMBEZZLEMENT FROM LUMBER MILL
Log Scaler Submitted Phony Records, Checks Mailed to Co-Conspirators for Non-existent Lumber

4/7/09 BARRERA
LaCENTER MAN SENTENCED TO LONG PRISON TERM FOR METHAMPHETAMINE CONSPIRACY
More than Sixteen Pounds of Meth Found at LaCenter Home

4/7/09 OWINGS
MEDICAL RECEPTIONIST AT AMERICAN LAKE HOSPITAL PLEADS GUILTY TO ACQUIRING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES BY DECEPTION
Patients Identities’ Compromised By Employee Committing Prescription Forgeries

4/6/09 BERKEY
LEADER OF MARIJUANA GROWING CONSPIRACY PLEADS GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT
Defendant Ran Marijuana Grows at Five Snohomish County Residences

4/3/09 JOZIN
THREE PORTLAND MEN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR VANCOUVER RESTAURANT ARSON
Pair Hired to Torch Galilee Café for Insurance Money

4/3/09 BEDI
FRAUDSTER’S GIRLFRIEND GETS 6 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR LYING TO THE FBI
Multi-State Fraud Cheated Victims out of $325,000

4/3/09 STUBBLEFIELD
FORMER ISSAQUAH RESIDENT SENTENCED FOR CHILD PORN POSSESSION
Woman Says She was Drawn in by Boyfriend

4/3/09 RHEE
RENTON MAN SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN PRISON FOR DISTRIBUTING RED PHOSPHORUS TO MAKE METHAMPHETAMINE

4/3/09 ALVAREZ
KELSO WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO DRUG TRAFFICKING

4/3/09 NGUYEN
ARIZONA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MANUFACTURING MARIJUANA