Thomas Scott Woodward, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma, announces the results of the November 2010 Federal Grand Jury.

The following named individuals have been charged with a federal crime or crimes by the return of an indictment by the Grand Jury. The return of an indictment is a method of informing the defendant of alleged violations which must be proven in a court of law beyond a reasonable doubt to overcome the defendant's presumption of innocence.

Michael C. Hawkes. Bank Fraud, False Statement. The defendant, 35, of Pryor, is charged with participating in a scheme to defraud an FDIC insured bank. The indictment alleges that Hawkes entered into a loan agreement with the First Priority Bank of Pryor in January 2004 to finance the purchase of vehicles to be sold at his automobile dealership in Pryor. The agreement required that Hawkes was to repay a portion of the bank loan within five days of a vehicle’s sale to a consumer. Hawkes allegedly concealed the sale of approximately 88 vehicles between September 2004 and October 2006 without remitting payment for those vehicle’s portion of the loan, which ultimately resulted in a loss of over
$1 million to the bank. Additionally, Hawkes is charged with making false statements to another bank on a loan application for $74,105 in October 2005 for the purported purpose of cattle breeding.

Bonnie L. King. Wire Fraud, Access Device Fraud. King, 52, of Sperry, Oklahoma, while employed as a bookkeeper at BCCI, a Tulsa corporation, engaged in a scheme to defraud her employer by allegedly stealing and diverting over $160,000.00 from BCCI between 2002 and 2006. She allegedly made payments directly from BCCI’s operating account to pay personal expenditures. Furthermore, she allegedly made purchases for her own personal benefit at area retailers such as Lowes, Home Depot and Office Depot using BCCI’s credit accounts.

Cheryl Lynn Goodman. Conceal and Fail to Disclose Facts with Intent to Defraud Social Security Administration, Steal and Purloin Social Security Administration Money. Goodman, 49, of Cleveland, Oklahoma, while acting as the payee for her son’s social security benefits, allegedly failed to disclose that he had been incarcerated for a substantial length of time (October 2003 to June 2006), which would have affected his eligibility to continue receiving benefits. She allegedly continued to receive monthly benefit payments to which she or her son were not entitled resulting in a loss of $11,837 to the Social Security
Administration.

Donald Lee Booker, Jr. Felon in Possession of Firearm and Ammunition, Possession of Firearm and Ammunition After Misdemeanor Conviction for Crime of Domestic Violence. The defendant, 26, of Tulsa, was allegedly in possession of a .40 caliber pistol and 10 rounds of ammunition in Tulsa on March 7, 2010. He has two previous felony convictions from Tulsa County District Court (UUMV and Eluding an Officer in 2006). He also has a previous misdemeanor conviction in 2008 for domestic assault and battery.

Hendri Fuentes-Lopez. Possess Cocaine with Intent to Distribute. The defendant, age 21, an undocumented alien, origin unavailable, is charged with trafficking in cocaine in Tulsa on March 10, 2010.

Cesar Alonso-Perez. Alien in the United States after Deportation. The defendant, 26, of Mexico, is charged with being in the U.S. illegally (northeastern Oklahoma) on March 15, 2010. He was previously deported and removed from the U.S. on June 5, 2008.

Alberto Avila-Avila. Alien in the United States after Deportation. The defendant, 25, of Mexico, is charged with being in the U.S. illegally (northeastern Oklahoma) on March 15, 2010. He was previously deported and removed from the U.S. on September 8, 2004.

Bruce Gerald Bailey. Manufacture and Attempt to Manufacture Methamphetamine, Possess Pseudoephedrine with Intent to Manufacture Methamphetamine. Bailey, 47, residence unavailable, is charged with the manufacture and possession of meth between February and March 2010.

John William Edwards. Possess with Intent to Distribute Cocaine. Edwards, 32, of Broken Arrow, is charged with having cocaine in his possession with intent to distribute on February 5, 2010.

Ernest Adam Watson. Possess with Intent to Distribute 50 Grams or More of Cocaine Base, Possess with Intent to Distribute Marijuana, Possess Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking Crime, Felon in Possession of Firearms and Ammunition, Possession of Unregistered Shotgun with Barrels Less than 18 Inches in Length. Watson, 35, of Tulsa, is charged with trafficking in crack cocaine and marijuana in Tulsa in April 2010. He was also allegedly found in possession of multiple firearms and ammunition, including two sawed-off shotguns. Watson has three previous drug-related felony convictions from Tulsa County District Court.

Sherry Renee Hayman. Steal and Purloin Social Security Administration Money. The defendant, 44, of Caney, Kansas, is charged with stealing social security widow’s benefits intended for another individual. Hayman allegedly received monthly benefit payments intended for her deceased mother-in-law from September 2005 through March 2010, without informing the Social Security Administration of her mother-in-laws death in August 2005. The alleged loss to the government is approximately $25,338.

Sealed and Superseding Indictments
There was one indictment returned by the Grand Jury that remains sealed. There was one superseding indictment in the case of Ruben Garcia, et al., a cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking case originally indicted in November 2009.

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