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7/31/09 PHILLIPS
FORMER CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR EMBEZZLEMENT
CFO Used Company Credit Card and Accounts for over $300,00 of Personal Expenses

7/30/09 DONGIRD
FORMER BELLEVUE RESIDENT SENTENCED FOR TRANSPORTING THAI NATIONALS FOR SEX TRADE AT MASSAGE PARLORS
Defendant Arranged Sham Marriages, Required Long Hours and Prostitution to Pay Debts

7/30/09 WILSON
CONVICTED MURDERER SENT BACK TO PRISON FOLLOWING STAND-OFF WITH POLICE
Defendant Repeatedly Violates Conditions of Release with Alcohol Abuse

7/30/09 QUAST
CANADIAN CAR DEALER SENTENCED TO 75 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR DRUG CONSPIRACY AND MONEY LAUNDERING
Admits Leadership Role in Smuggling Hundreds of Pounds of Cocaine and More than 60,000 pounds of BC Bud Marijuana

7/29/09 MOWER
SEATTLE MAN ARRESTED FOR AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT
Defendant Stole Victim’s Identity for 35 Years in Order to Hide from Justice System

7/27/09 CURCIO
FORMER HIGH SCHOOL STAR ATHLETE SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR ARMORED CAR ROBBERY
Defendant Used Ad on Craigslist and Flotation Device to Make Escape Following Monroe Robbery

7/17/09 THOMPSON
SKAGIT COUNTY FELON SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR ILLEGAL GUN POSSESSION
Defendant Convicted by Jury following Day-Long Trial

7/17/09 RAINEY & WILLIAMS
TWO ASSOCIATES OF SELF-PROCLAIMED “PRINCE OF POT” SENTENCED IN MARIJUANA MANUFACTURING CONSPIRACY
Employees of Emery Seeds Given Probationary Sentences

7/16/09 FULLER
CANADIAN SENTENCED IN CATTLE TRAILER POT SMUGGLING CASE
More than 1700 Pounds of Marijuana Hidden Beneath the Floor of Cattle Trailer

7/16/09 BERKEY
FOUR MEMBERS OF MARIJUANA GROWING CONSPIRACY SENTENCED TO PRISON
Lead Defendant Gets 7+ Years in Prison for Masterminding Multiple Marijuana Grows

7/13/09 IBANEZ MARTINEZ
TACOMA MAN SENTENCED TO 13 YEARS IN PRISON IN CONNECTION WITH LARGEST EVER HEROIN BUST
More than 22 Kilos of Heroin Seized in Tacoma Home

7/13/09 MENDOZA-VIRRUETA
MEXICAN NATIONAL WITH MULTIPLE FIREARMS SENTENCED TO NEARLY NINE YEARS IN PRISON FOR METH TRAFFICKING
Repeat Offender had Seven Firearms at Two Vancouver Residences

7/10/09 ZIDAR
LEADER OF $73 MILLION PONZI SCHEME SENTENCED AGAIN TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON
Second Judge Says 30 Year Term “Rational and Reasonable”

7/10/09 SOHN
CANADIAN MAN SENTENCED FOR HUMAN SMUGGLING SCHEME
Defendant Part of Conspiracy to Smuggle Korean Nationals into US from Canada

7/10/09 TATUM
FORMER BANK BRANCH ASSISTANT MANAGER SENTENCED FOR ASSISTING FRAUDULENT SCHEME
Tacoma Woman Told Co-Conspirators Best Ways to Avoid Detection

7/10/09 COX
SEATTLE BANK ROBBER WHO LED POLICE ON HIGH SPEED CHASE THAT ENDED IN SHOOTOUT SENTENCED TO NEARLY 20 YEARS IN PRISON
Repeat Offender Had Only Been Out of Prison a Few Weeks When he Robbed West Seattle Bank

7/10/09 HAYES
SNOHOMISH COUNTY MAN WHO ROBBED BANKS AND ESPRESSO STANDS SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON
Defendant Blamed Robbery Spree on Drug Debts, Heroin Addiction

7/6/09 WELCH
NAVY ENLISTED MAN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Defendant Traded Child Porn On-Line While Stationed Aboard USS Abe Lincoln

7/6/09 WILBUR
SWINOMISH TRIBAL MEMBERS INDICTED FOR CONTRABAND CIGARETTE SCHEME
Failed to Pay more than $10 Million in State or Tribal Tax on Cigarettes

7/6/09 JET CITY-LE
MORTGAGE COMPANY AND OWNER SENTENCED FOR MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
Defendants Falsified Loan Applications on Houses used for Marijuana Production

7/2/09 PERALES-VENEGAS
FOUR MEMBERS OF BURLINGTON FAMILY INDICTED FOR COCAINE TRAFFICKING
Lead Defendant Sent Wife and Two Brothers to Drug Deal with Undercover Police Officer

7/1/09 MATAN
FORMER KINGSTON, WASHINGTON SKATE SHOP OWNER SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING CONSPIRACY
Defendant Sent Huge Shipment of Cocaine and Guns to Canada

7/1/09 MONTOUR
TRIBAL CIGARETTE WHOLESALER INDICTED FOR LYING TO COURT
Owner of New York Company Allegedly Submitted Multiple False Declarations in Smoke Shop Forfeiture Case