3/31/09 MIN
TACOMA MAN INDICTED FOR WIRE FRAUD IN FAILED INVESTMENT SCHEME
Promised Investors Good Returns with Some Profits Going to Charity
3/31/09 SMITH
FORMER WORK STUDY PARTICIPANT PLEADS GUILTY IN FALSE TIMECARD SCHEME
Money Stolen from Department of Veterans Affairs
3/30/09 HAWKINS
BANK ROBBERY SUSPECT, IDENTIFIED BY DNA, APPEARS IN FEDERAL COURT
Suspect Returned from Texas Prison after DNA Gathered from Sunglasses Left Near Robbery
3/27/09 JOHNSTON & JONES
FORMER SOFTWARE EXECUTIVES SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR WIRE FRAUD FOR LYING TO INVESTORS ABOUT REVENUE
Two Entellium Executives Resigned Following Discovery of False Revenue Statements
3/27/09 SATTERWHITE
MID-LEVEL LEADER OF COCAINE DISTRIBUTION CONSPIRACY SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN PRISON
Defendant Has Multiple Prior Convictions for Domestic Violence
3/27/09 DAVIS
FORMER ARLINGTON EMPLOYEE SENTENCED FOR MAIL FRAUD AND FILING A FALSE TAX RETURN
Former Employee Embezzled More than $1.3 Million
3/27/09 CRUM
BURIEN MAN SENTENCED TO 30 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR FAILING TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER
Violation of Adam Walsh Act Enacted in July 2006
3/27/09 FALCO
DRUG DEFENDANT, ON THE RUN FOR 15 YEARS, SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR MONEY LAUNDERING AND DRUG DISTRIBUTION
Laundered More than $8,000,000 in Proceeds from Hashish Shipment
3/27/09 JOHL
TACOMA MAN SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR ECSTASY TRAFFICKING SCHEME
Defendant with Significant Criminal History Sought to Purchase Drugs From Canadian Confidential Informant
3/26/09 MOLINA
MARYSVILLE PHARMACY TECHNICIAN PLEADS GUILTY TO UNLAWFUL THEFT AND DIVERSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
Hydrocodone Abused By Medical Professional
3/26/09 $47 MILLION MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
SIX ARRESTED IN $47 MILLION MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
Mortgage Brokers and Escrow Company Allegedly Defrauded Banks and Financial Institutions
3/24/09 OPERATION BLADE RUNNER
CROSS BORDER SMUGGLING RING TAKEN DOWN IN “OPERATION BLADE RUNNER”
Feds Seize Cocaine, Marijuana and Two Helicopters
3/24/09 PRESS CONFERENCE - OPERATION BLADE RUNNER
PRESS CONFERENCE ON INTERDICTION OF CROSS BORDER SMUGGLING RING
Coordinated Efforts by U.S. and Canadian Law Enforcement
3/23/09 REDLIGHTNING
BELLINGHAM MAN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR 1987 MURDER ON LUMMI INDIAN RESERVATION
3/20/09 BUSH
FORMER KITSAP COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON FOR $35 MILLION “PONZI” SCHEME
Defendant Defrauded Hundreds of People with Phony Investment Scheme
3/20/09 DUNMALL
FINAL CANADIAN GETS TEN YEAR SENTENCE IN ARMY RANGER BANK ROBBERY CASE
Group Used Automatic Weapons, Military Precision in August 2006 Tacoma Bank Robbery
3/20/09 PARTRIDGE
WILLFUL FAILURE TO FILE TAX RETURNS RESULTS IN PRISON TIME
Renton Multi-Level Marketer Sent to Prison for Failing to File and Pay $1.8 Million in Taxes
3/19/09 APPLEBY
GRANITE FALLS STEEL FABRICATOR PLEADS GUILTY TO PROVIDING FALSE DOCUMENTS TO SOUND TRANSIT
Company Lied About Strength of Steel Used as Casing for Light Rail Columns
3/18/09 LANDAU
BELLEVUE LAWYER CONVICTED OF TAX EVASION, MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS AND OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE IN TAX AUDIT
Lawyer Lied to IRS Agent About Bank Account and Unreported Income
3/17/09 BENNEST
SUMNER MAN ORDERED TO PARTICIPATE IN MORAL RECONATION THERAPY FOR MAKING FALSE CLAIMS OF MILITARY MEDALS Man Falsely Claimed He Had Been Awarded Bronze Star and Purple Heart
3/17/09 HAYES
MAN WHO ROBBED BANKS AND ESPRESSO STANDS PLEADS GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT
Defendant Blames Robbery Spree on Drug Debts, Heroin Addiction
3/16/09 LAI
CANADIAN DRUG TRAFFICKER PLEADS GUILTY TO COCAINE SMUGGLING CONSPIRACY Vancouver BC Resident Was Arrested Last Year as Cruise Ship Docked in Miami
3/16/09 GOODRIDGE
OPERATORS OF “BLUE STILLY” SMOKE SHOP SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR TRAFFICKING IN MILLIONS OF CONTRABAND CIGARETTES
Defendants Knowingly Failed to Pay More than $25 Million in State Taxes
3/16/09 BECKER
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON MAN SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Judge Imposes Lifetime Supervised Release
3/13/09 ALTON
KELSO MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Defendant Hid Camera to Videotape Young Female in Bathroom
3/13/09 SHANNON
LEADER OF CANADIAN DRUG SMUGGLING ORGANIZATION GETS 20 YEAR PRISON TERM
Coconspirator Describes How Shannon “Hired and Fired” and “Provided Product”
3/12/09 WELLER
OCEAN SHORES MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO RECEIPT OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Identified Using Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Technology
3/12/09 STRUVE
SPOKANE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ILLEGAL WEAPONS POSSESSION
Kept Grenades, Machine Guns, Explosives and Grenade Launchers in Bellevue Storage Locker
3/12/09 POPESCU
KENMORE MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN STOLEN HITLER BOOKMARK CASE
18 Carat Gold Bookmark Stolen in Spain in 2002 Forfeited to the U.S.
3/10/09 GUTIERREZ-BARAJAS
KELSO MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO DRUG TRAFFICKING
Distributed Meth and Cocaine in Southwest Washington
3/9/09 PACHECO
TULALIP TRIBAL MEMBERS CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY AND
ASSAULT OF CANADIAN TRIBAL MEMBER
Three Defendants Beat Woman, Held Her in Car Trunk for Hours
3/6/09 FRACIS
KENMORE MAN SENTENCED TO 12+ YEARS IN PRISON FOR CHILD PORN CHARGES
Man Faces Additional State Sentence for Molesting Young Child
3/6/09 MARTINEZ
TACOMA MAN CONVICTED IN LARGEST EVER HEROIN BUST
More than 22 Kilos of Heroin Seized in Tacoma Home
3/6/09 KING
FORMER STATE LAWMAKER SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR MAIL FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH EMPLOYMENT SECURITY SCHEME
Attorney Conspired with Ex-Girlfriend’s Daughter to Defraud Washington State
3/5/09 WOOD
SECOND MAN CHARGED WITH SCHEME TO STEAL AND USE PERSONAL INFO WITH PEER-TO-PEER FILE SHARING SOFTWARE
Defendant Stole Information from Computers Across the US to Commit Wire Fraud and ID Theft
3/3/09 GUTIERREZ-BARAJAS
KALAMA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO METHAMPHETAMINE TRAFFICKING
Defendant had a Half Kilo of Meth Hidden in Secret Wall Compartment
3/3/09 GOTTFRIEDSON
FORMER PUYALLUP TRIBAL COUNCIL MEMBER AND SMOKE SHOP OWNER SENTENCED FOR CONTRABAND CIGARETTE SCHEME
Couple Cheating State out of Millions of Dollars in Cigarette Taxes