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1/30/09 STURGIS
LOS ANGELES MAN WHO TRAVELED TO NORTHWEST FOR BANK FRAUD PLEADS GUILTY
Defendant and Co-Conspirator Arrested at Sea-Tac with Cache of Fake ID’s

1/28/09 RENO
MERCER ISLAND MAN NAMED ‘TRIAL LAWYER OF THE YEAR’ BY DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Special Assistant United States Attorney Prosecuted Major Illegal Immigrant Hiring Case

1/27/09 SANABRIA
TACOMA FELON GETS NEARLY SIX YEARS IN PRISON FOR GUN POSSESSION
Violent Offender Arrested with Loaded Hand Gun in Backpack

1/23/09 FARMER
WOODINVILLE MAN SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Defendant had More than 1600 Images of Child Porn on his Computer

1/23/09 BROWN
HUMPTULIPS MAN GETS PRISON TIME FOR TIMBER THEFT FROM NATIONAL FOREST
Old Growth Western Cedars Taken from Olympic National Forest

1/23/09 MEAD
SNOHOMISH WOMAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR FAILING TO PAY WITHHELD EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME TAXES
Flooring Company Owner Failed to Pay Nearly $500,000 to IRS

1/23/09 JENSEN
MAN WHO DEFRAUDED BANKS ACROSS TWO STATES SENTENCED TO TEN YEAR PRISON TERM
ID Thief Used Fake Identification to Make Cash Withdrawals From Customer Accounts

1/23/09 SIM
FEDERAL WAY WOMAN CONVICTED OF CONSPIRACY, VISA FRAUD, MONEY LAUNDERING AND CONCEALING AN ILLEGAL ALIEN
Recruited and Paid U.S. Citizens to Enter into Fake Marriages with Cambodian Nationals

1/23/09 SMITH
KELSO MAN SENTENCED TO NINETY-NINE MONTHS IN PRISON FOR METHAMPHETAMINE TRAFFICKING
Repeat Offender Arrested While Driving with More than a Pound of Methamphetamine

1/23/09 MILES
REPEAT OFFENDER SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR GUN POSSESSION
Kent Resident with Gang Ties had Five Firearms and Drugs in Apartment

1/23/09 ZAMORA
MARYSVILLE RESIDENT SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON FOR METHAMPHETAMINE DISTRIBUTION
Mexican National Led Police on High-Speed Chase before Arrest in January 2008

1/16/09 ASLANYAN
OWNER OF REDMOND TOBACCO STORE SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR BANK FRAUD
“Smoker’s Choice” Owner Skimmed Credit and Debit Cards of more than 300 Victims

1/16/09 CARR
FEDERAL WAY MAN SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS IN PRISON FOR COCAINE POSSESSION IN CONNECTION WITH CROSS BORDER SMUGGLING
Experienced Smuggler Linked to Backpacks Full of Cocaine Discovered by Boy Scout Ranger

1/15/09 GUTIERREZ-OROZCO
SIXTEEN ARRESTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING CONSPIRACY IN SKAGIT COUNTY
Ring Distributed Kilo Quantities of Cocaine and Heroin

1/14/09 WILLIAMS
TACOMA MAN WHO POSED AS FIANCÉ IN VISA FRAUD SENTENCED TO PRISON TIME
One of Final Defendants in Massive Visa Fraud Ring

1/12/09 GASTELUM-INZUNZA
AUBURN RESIDENT SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR MANAGING DRUG DISTRIBUTION RING
Distributed Kilo Sized Quantities of Cocaine from South Seattle Apartment

1/12/09 STITH
CAREER OFFENDER SENTENCED TO 24 YEAR PRISON TERM FOR DEALING CRACK COCAINE
Seattle Man had More Than 100 Previous Criminal Convictions

1/9/09 ULUKITA
SEATAC MAN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR GUN AND DRUG CRIMES
Defendant Sold Methamphetamine to Undercover Officer while Armed with a Sawed-off Shotgun

1/9/09 MARTINEZ
REPEAT OFFENDER SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON OF DRUG AND GUN CRIMES
Auburn Man, Armed with Stolen Firearm, Dealt Cocaine from Home He Shared with 10-Year-Old Son

1/9/09 CHILES
AUBURN FELON SENTENCED TO NEARLY 4 YEARS IN PRISON FOR GUN CRIME
Repeat Offender with Gang Ties Arrested with Semi-Automatic Pistol

1/8/09 JANSEN
CANADIAN TRUCKER PLEADS GUILTY FOR ROLE IN DRUG TRAFFICKING SCHEME
BC Man Owns Trucking Company, was Caught Smuggling more than 100 Kilos of BC Bud

1/8/09 SAMAL
BELLEVUE WEB DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, CEO AND PROGRAMMER PLEAD GUILTY TO COMPUTER INTRUSION
Contract Dispute Leads to Illegal Computer Intrusion Against Former Client

1/7/09 BARRERA
LACENTER MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO METHAMPHETAMINE CONSPIRACY
Plea Agreement Calls for 13 Year Prison Sentence

1/6/09 SEXTON
COWLITZ COUNTY MAN SENTENCED FOR PHONE WIRE THEFTS
Repeat Offender with Violent History Gets 24 Month Prison Term

1/6/09 GREEN
LAST SNOHOMISH COUNTY BURGLAR PLEADS GUILTY IN
PHARMACY BURGLARY SCHEME
Conspirators Broke into Pharmacies In Northwest and West Coast

1/5/09 SMITH
PUYALLUP MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO $2.5 MILLION EMBEZZLEMENT FROM LUMBER MILL
Log Scaler Submitted Phony Records, Checks Mailed to Co-Conspirators for Non-existent Lumber