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December 2012
December 20, 2012
Barton Baskette Sentenced For Child Pornography Offenses
Guzman Boyfriend Convicted Of Accessory After The Fact And Retaliation Against A Witness
Greeneville Man Sentenced On Cocaine, Oxycodone, Marijuana And Money Laundering Conspiracy Charges
December 14, 2012
Kingsport Man Convicted At Trial Of Felon In Possession Of A Firearm
December 12, 2012
Knoxville Man Sentenced To 30 Months In Federal Prison For Defrauding U.S. Department Of Veterans Affairs And Social Security Administration
December 11, 2012
Johnson City Physician Pleads Guilty To Receiving Unapproved Drugs
Knoxville Man Indicted For Interstate Transportation Of A Minor To Engage In Illegal Sexual Activity
December 7, 2012
U. S. Attorney’s Office Collects $24,837,866.29 In Civil & Criminal Actions In FY 2012
December 5, 2012
Y-12 Violators Walli, Rice And Boertje-Obed Charged With Additional Count Of Injuring National-Defense Premises
November 2012
November 28, 2012
Michael J. Noble, Jr. Sentenced To For Possessing Child Pornography
Greeneville Man Sentenced On Oxycodone and Marijuana Conspiracy Charges
Tomas Estrada Sarabia Sentenced To 40 Years In Prison For Role In Major Cocaine Trafficking Organization Operating In The Tri-Cities Area
November 19, 2012
Brian Keith Miller Sentenced To Serve 80 Months In Prison For Wire Fraud Scheme
McMinnville Resident Sentenced To Ten Years In Prison For Enticement Of A Minor For Sexual Activity
Judy L. Dinsmore Sentenced To 30 Months In Prison For Social Security Benefits Theft
Southwest Virginia Coal Dealer Indicted For Fraud
November 15, 2012
Detroit Man Convicted Of Conspiracy To Transport Oxycodone From Michigan To East Tennessee And Conspiracy To Launder Cash
Former Knoxville Attorney Found Guilty Of Income Tax Evasion
November 9, 2012
Atlanta Area Man Sentenced To Serve 38 Months For Bank ATM “Skimmer” Fraud And Aggravated Identity Theft In Tennessee
North Carolina Man Sentenced In Tennessee On Methamphetamine Charge
November 8, 2012
Mexican Citizen Residing In Johnson City Sentenced On Cocaine and Firearms Charges
November 7, 2012
Federal Jury Convicts Former Shaw Group Safety Manager Of Major Fraud Against The United States
Jonesborough Nurse Sentenced For Diverting Drugs At VA Medical Center
Greeneville Man Sentenced On Oxycodone and Money Laundering Conspiracy Charges
North Carolina Woman Convicted Of Conspiracy To Manufacture Methamphetamine
November 5, 2012
Virginia Man Sentenced For Filing False Income Tax Return
November 2, 2012
Federal Jury Convicts Former Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner
October 2012
October 31, 2012
United States Attorney’s Office Announces Election Day Program To Protect Citizens Right To Vote
October 29, 2012
Northeast Tennessee Residents Arrested For Drug, Firearms, And Money Laundering Violations
October 17, 2012
Knoxville Man Pleads Guilty To Attempting To Entice A Twelve-Year-Old To Engage In Sex
Seized Equipment From Sophisticated Marijuana Grow Operation In Washington And Sullivan Counties Donated By Local Law Enforcement For Educational Use
October 11, 2012
Tennessee Highway Patrol Arrest Leads To Federal Indictment
October 9, 2012
Dale Walker Johnson Sentenced To 200 Months In Federal Prison For Robbery Of Consumer Credit Union In Morristown
October 4, 2012
Federal Jury Convicts Fugitive Tamral Guzman Of Conspiracy To Traffic In Controlled Substances And Related Financial Crimes
September 2012
September 28, 2012
Twenty-nine Indicted For Gun And Drug Violations
September 27, 2012
Maurice William Gravely Sentenced To 17 Years In Prison
September 20, 2012
Three Men And One Company Sentenced In Chattanooga Tennessee For Environmental Crimes
Dewey Tyson Bradburn Sentenced For Attempting To Flee From A Park Ranger
Greeneville Man Sentenced On Oxycodone Conspiracy Charge
September 19, 2012
HCA Inc To Pay $16.5 Million To Resolve Federal & State Health Care Fraud Investigation
Manager Of Johnson City Cancer Clinic Pleads Guilty To Receiving Unapproved Drugs
September 18, 2012
Jackie McConnell Sentenced To Serve Three Years Probation For Violations Of The Federal Horse Protection Act
Knoxville Woman Pleads Guilty To Defrauding U.S. Department Of Veterans Affairs And Social Security Administration
September 17, 2012
Major Methamphetamine Manufacturing Conspiracy Members Arrested By Local State And Federal Law Enforcement
September 12, 2012
Mexican Citizen Residing In Johnson City Sentenced On Cocaine And Firearms Charges
September 11, 2012
Cameron Potter Sentenced To Three Years In Prison For Wire Fraud And Money Laundering
Chattanooga Pain Clinic Owners And Operators Indicted For Illegal Distribution Of Drugs
September 6, 2012
Jefferson County Marina Owner Sentenced For Filing False Quarterly Tax Returns
September 5, 2012
South Florida Man Sentenced For Role In Bringing Oxycodone To East Tennessee
Tennessee Highway Patrol Interdiction Stop Results In Five Year Federal Prison Sentence For Elizabethton Man
Talbott Resident Brian Mullins Sentenced To 118 Months In Federal Prison For White Pine Pharmacy Robbery
August 2012
August 31, 2012
Johnson City Resident Sentenced On Crack Cocaine Conspiracy Charges
August 27, 2012
Former Physical Therapy Assistant Pleads Guilty To Health Care Fraud
August 27, 2012
U.S. Attorney William C. Killian Gives Keynote Address At Grand Opening Ceremony Of The Chattanooga Islamic Center
August 24, 2012
Knoxville Man Pleads Guilty To Defrauding U.S. Department Of Veterans Affairs And Social Security Administration Based On False Claim Of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Federal Jury Convicts Member Of Major Mexican Cocaine Trafficking Organization Operating In The Tri-Cities Area
August 23, 2012
United States Reaches Settlement With Memorial Health Care System
August 20, 2012
Williah H. Mcmahan, Jr. Sentenced To Eighteen Years In Prison For Conspiracy To Distribute Drugs And Money Laundering
August 16, 2012
Knoxville Resident Michael Rivera Sentenced To 97 Months In Prison For Receipt Of Child Pornography
August 14, 2012
Billy Gene Taylor Sentenced On Cocaine, Marijuana, Oxycodone And Money Laundering Conspiracy Charges
Kevin Michael Yerkes Sentenced To 170 Months In Prison For Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodon
August 9, 2012
Janice McGill Sentenced For Escape From Midway Rehabilitation Center
August 7, 2012
Kevin Andrew Beets And Ulysses Van Keys Indicted For Armed Pharmacy Robbery
Morristown Veterinarian Sentenced For Structuring Cash Transactions To Avoid Reporting
August 6, 2012
Fifteen Individuals Indicted For Conspiracy To Distribute Drugs, Including Oxycodone, Cocaine, And Marijuana
July 2012
July 31, 2012
Knoxville Resident Charged With Recent BB&T Bank Robbery
Department Of Justice Election Day Program To Protect Citizens Right To Vote
July 27, 2012
Former Knoxville Police Department Financial Analyst Pleads Guilty To Embezzlement
July 24, 2012
Husband And Wife Indicted For Conspiracy To Steal Public Money From Two United States Government Agencies
Unicoi Veterinarian Sentenced To Two Years In Prison For Filing False Tax Returns
July 10, 2012
Brian Mullins Pleads Guilty To White Pine Pharmacy Robbery
July 9, 2012
Southwest Virginia Woman Sentenced In Greeneville For Role In Tri-Cities And Southwest Virginia Drug Conspiracy
July 2, 2012
Richard Gaudio Convicted On Drug And Firearm Charges
June 2012
June 26, 2012
Cocke County Felon Sentenced To 110 Months In Prison For Possessing A Sawed Off Shotgun
June 25, 2012
Dustin Vance And Roger Davis Arrested For Being Felons In Possession Of Firearms
White House, Department Of Justice Announce Law Enforcement Grants For Hiring Of Veterans
June 22, 2012
Three Additional Defendants Sentenced In Cocaine Trafficking Operation In The Tri-Cities Area
June 21, 2012
Twenty-Three Indicted In Multi-County Oxycodone Trafficking And Money Laundering Conspiracy
June 20, 2012
Knoxville Man Pleads Guilty To Attempting To Entice A Twelve-Year-Old To Engage In Sex
June 19, 2012
Land of Convicted Financial Fraudster Being Sold to Benefit Victims
June 14, 2012
Knoxville Man Pleads Guilty To Copyright Infringement And Trafficking Counterfeit Labels
Piney Flats Woman Sentenced For Distributing Oxycodone
Felon Convicted Of Transporting Ammunition To New York Drug Trafficking Organization
June 13, 2012
Tommy Eugene Blair And Tina Rogers Sentenced To Serve 46 Months In Federal Prison For Bank Fraud
U.S. Department Of Justice Conveys 1000 Acre Tract Of Land To State Of Tennessee For Wildlife Management Area
June 12, 2012
Armed Pharmacy Robberies Net Knoxville Man A Sentence Of 121 Years In Federal Prison
June 6, 2012
Three Mexican Citizens Plead Guilty to the Distribution Of a Large Quantity of Methamphetamine
June 4, 2012
Michigan And South Florida Men Sentenced In Greeneville For Roles In Tri-Cities And Southwest Virginia Drug Conspiracy
May 2012
May 31 2012
Johnson City Man Sentenced in Major Cocaine Trafficking Operation In The Tri-Cities Area
May 30 2012
Chattanooga Physician Ihsaan Al-Amin, M.D. Arrested On Drug, Firearm, Money Laundering And Tax Evasion Charges
May 25 2012
Federal Jury Convicts Richard Kelly Of Federal Sex Offender Registration Violation
Johnson City Men Sentenced For Roles In Major Cocaine Trafficking Operation In Tri-cities Area
Johnny Ray Lopez, Jr. Sentenced To 94 Months For Being a Felon In Possession Of A Firearm
May 22, 2012
Jackie L. McConnell, John Mays, and Joseph Abernathy Plead Guilty to Violations of the Horse Protection Act
May 18, 2012
Sevierville Attorney and Developer Convicted of Wire and Bank Fraud Conspiracy and Money Laundering In $6 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme
May 16, 2012
Eleven Individuals Indicted for Methamphetamine Manufacturing Conspiracy
May 15, 2012
Richard R. Baumgartner Indicted On Federal Charges
Militia Extremist Sentenced to Four Years In Prison for "Take Over" Plot
May 11, 2012
Michael J. Noble, Jr., Convicted on Child Pornography Charges
May 9, 2012
Lebanon, Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Filing False Income Tax Return
May 3, 2012
Apex Medical Group Will Pay $4.36 Million to Resolve Federal & State Health Care Fraud Investigation
May 2, 2012
Four Newport Residents Plead Guilty in Cocaine Base ("Crack") Conspiracy
David Eli Cramer Pleads Guilty to Attempted Child Sex Enticement
May 1, 2012
Stanley Weems Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison For Production of Child Pornography
April 2012
April 30, 2012
Jefferson County Marina Owner Pleads Guilty to Filing False Quarterly Returns
April 23, 2012
Carlton Arthur Waite Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison For Drug and Money Laundering Conspiracy
Johnson City Man Sentenced on Firearms Charges
Kingsport Securities Broker Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison for Fraud and Money Laundering
April 18, 2012
Tennessee Engineering Consultant and Wife Charged With Tax Crimes
April 17, 2012
Vicente Ramirez Jr. Sentenced on Cocaine and Firearms Charges
April 12, 2012
Three Tennessee Men Sentenced For Launching Mortar-Style Fireworks At African-Americans
Sevierville Man Receives 39-Month Prison Sentence for Defrauding Department of Veterans Affairs and Social Security Administration
Armed Robberies of Pizza Delivery Drivers Nets Rodney Mack a 64-year Sentence in Federal Prison
April 10, 2012
George Stephen Russell Sentenced To 97 Months In Prison For Possession Of Child Pornography
April 9, 2012
Jefferson County Husband and Wife Sentenced To Lengthy Prison Terms For Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offenses
April 6, 2012
Pair Sentenced For Role In Sevier County Mortgage Scheme
April 4, 2012
Knoxville Resident Tracey Hill Sentenced to Five Years Probation for Computer Fraud
March 2012
March 28, 2012
Barton Baskette Pleads Guilty To Child Pornography Charges
March 27, 2012
Brian Keith Miller Arrested for Wire Fraud, Money Laundering, and False Income Tax Returns
March 26, 2012
William H. McMahan, Jr. Pleads Guilty to Drug and Money Laundering Conspiracies
March 22, 2012
Antonio Herrera Sentenced in Major Cocaine Trafficking Organization Operating in the Tri-Cities Area
March 21, 2012
Kingsport Couple Plead Guilty to Social Security Fraud
Morristown Veterinarian Pleads Guilty to Structuring Currency Transactions to Evade Reporting Requirements
March 12, 2012
Mexican Citizens Residing in Johnson City and Baileyton Plead Guilty to Cocaine and Firearms Charges
March 7, 2012
Counterfeiter Sentenced to 40 Months In Federal Prison
March 1, 2012
Jackie L. McConnell, Jeff Dockery, John Mays, And Joseph Abernathy Indicted For Violations Of The Horse Protection Act
Maynardville Resident Sentenced In Counterfeit Securities And Money Laundering
Two Atlanta Area Men Indicted For East Ridge, Tennessee Bank ATM Skimmer Fraud And Aggravated Identity Theft
February 2012
February 27, 2012
Three More Sentenced For Horse Soring Violations
February 23, 2012
Gatlinburg Business Owners Kevin and Margaret Flannery Sentenced for Subscribing False Tax Returns
February 16, 2012
Dai Zhensong Sentenced To Thirty-Seven Months In Prison For Trafficking In Counterfeit Airbags
John Delk Sentenced For Falsifying Work Records At Nuclear Power Plant
Members Of Major Drug Trafficking Organization Plead Guilty To Drug And Money Laundering Conspiracy Charges
February 14, 2012
Tullahoma Resident Denver C. Cole Pleads Guilty To Receipt Of Child Pornography
February 13, 2012
Relatives of Accused Murderer Jesse Matthews Sentenced
February 10, 2012
Former Sevier County Realtor Sentenced to 24 Months In Prison For Fraud, Money Laundering And Tax Offenses
February 7, 2012
Former Shoffner Employee Sentenced For Defrauding Corporation Of Over $1 Million
February 6, 2012
Former Sewage Treatment Plant Operator Sentenced To Six Months In Prison for Falsifying Monitoring Reports
Counterfeiter Sentenced To 30 Months In Federal Prison
February 3, 2012
Armando Guzman Villegas Sentenced To Five Years in Prison For Drug Trafficking Crimes
Four Pounds Of Methamphetamine Seized In Washington County
February 1, 2012
Former University Of Tennessee Professor John Reece Roth Begins Serving Four-Year Prison Sentence On Convictions Of Illegally Exporting Military Research Data
January 2012
January 24, 2012
Jeremiah Chance Stallans Sentenced To Fifteen Years In Federal Prison For Child Porn Production
Sean Widmer Sentenced For Receipt Of Child Pornography
Cocke County Man Sentenced For Credit Card Fraud And Firearms Violations
January 23, 2012
Trainer Sentenced For Horse Soring Violations
January 12, 2012
Three Men And Company Convicted Of Conspiracy To Violate The Clean Air Act During Demolition Of Tennessee Factory
January 9, 2012
David Bare And Kendra Walker Sentenced For Carter County Fake Inheritance Scheme
January 6, 2012
Three Chattanooga Men Plead Guilty To Launching Mortar-Style Fireworks at African-Americans
January 5, 2012