Press Releases Issued 2012
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| FEB 2012 | |||
| FEB 21, 2012 | OSORIO, Ranferi; MORRISON, Kelvin Leon; and CARBAJAL, Luis | Sentencing (Tromblay/Walters/Dallas) |
Three Dallas men sentenced on federal firearms convictions |
| FEB 17, 2012 | SPARKMAN, James Armstrong | Guilty Plea (L. Miller/Dallas) |
Garland, Texas, man pleads guilty to federal child pornography offense |
| FEB 16, 2012 | LOCKHART, Eugene J., et al. | Convictions (Jaris/Penley/Conv) |
Ten defendants in mortgage fraud scheme, led by former Dallas Cowboy Eugene Lockhart and co-defendant William Tisdale, are convicted |
| FEB 16, 2012 | AZARYAN, Allen | Guilty Plea (Haag/Lubbock) |
Bank robber pleads guilty |
| FEB 15, 2012 | DICKEY, Eric Matthew | Sentencing (Wolfe/Fort Worth) |
Fort Worth man sentenced to 151 months and $1,247,238 restitution for running investment fraud scheme that targeted elderly |
| FEB 15, 2012 | CHAPMAN, Holli | Guilty Plea (L. Miller/Dallas) |
Dallas woman admits using her cell phone to take and send photographs of a 6-year-old child engaged in sexually explicit conduct |
| FEB 15, 2012 | FEASTER, Kerry Wayne | Guilty Plea (Sucsy/Abilene) |
Howard County, Texas, man pleads guilty to child pornography offense |
| FEB 10, 2012 | WEIRICH, Timothy J. | Guilty Plea (Wolfe/Fort Worth) |
Boy Scout den leader/karate instructor pleads guilty to child pornography offense |
| FEB 10, 2012 | TARTAN, Scott | Guilty Plea (Sparks/Dallas) |
Red Oak, Texas, man pleads guilty to child porn offense - child porn discovered on his cell phone that he left at a gas station |
| FEB 9, 2012 | MAY, Alan Todd | Sentencing (Fahey/Dallas) |
Dallas businessman sentenced to 20 years for running oil and gas Ponzi scheme |
| FEB 9, 2012 | RICHARDSON, Thomas W. | Sentencing (Revesz/Kemins/Silversmith/Dallas) |
Fmr IRS employee sentenced to nearly 9 years on theft of governemnt property and aggravated ID theft convictions |
| FEB 9, 2012 | ALFARO, Gary Equiluz | Sentencing (Dewald/Dallas) |
Dallas man sentenced to 12 years for role in 30-kilo cocaine distribution conspiracy |
| FEB 8, 2012 | YATES, Jason Heath | Indictment (Lewis/Tromblay/Dallas) |
Grand jury indicts convicted violent felon for armed assault on a federal officer and other firearms offenses |
| FEB 3, 2012 | VOLLERS, Kurt | Sentencing (Dewald/Tourje/Dallas) |
Former Dallas Cowboys player sentenced to 30 months in hydroponic marijuana trafficking conspiracy |
| FEB 3, 2012 | ALEXANDER, Lionel and ALEXANDER, Blake | Sentencing (Martin/Dallas) |
Family members sentenced in mortgage fraud case that caused a $1.3 million loss to financial lenders |
| FEB 3, 2012 | BROWN, Kenneth Wayne and BROWN, Leah Michele | Conviction (K. Miller/McKay/Dallas) |
Federal jury convicts husband and wife in conspiracy to embezzle from City of Garland, Texas |
| FEB 1, 2012 | NELSON, Kenzie | Sentencing (Sparks/Dallas) |
Garland, Texas, man sentenced to 10 years for traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct |
| FEB 1, 2012 | CRONIN, Paul | Senencing (Sparks/Dallas) |
Allen, Texas, man sentenced to five years and fined $15,000 for possessing child pornography |
| JAN 2012 | |||
| JAN 31, 2012 | GARCIA, Raphael | Sentencing (Schall/Amarillo) |
Borger, Texas, resident sentenced to 160 months on meth conviction |
| JAN 31, 2012 | HAMILTON, Keldrick | Sentencing (Wiley/Dallas) |
Former letter carrier sentenced to 18 months and $230,000 restitution for stealing workers' comp funds |
| JAN 30, 2012 | GONZALES, Robert | Sentencing (Sparks/Dallas) |
Mesquite, Texas, man sentenced to 10 years for possessing child porn |
| JAN 27, 2012 | RODRIGUEZ, Matthew | Guilty Plea (Sparks/Dallas) |
Dallas man, with more than 1800 images and 150 videos of child pornography, pleads guilty |
| JAN 26, 2012 | BROWN, Debra Rucker | Guilty Plea (Robert/Lubbock) |
Former Executive Director of Children's Advocacy Center of Tom Green County, pleads guilty |
| JAN 26, 2012 | MATA, Ernest | Guilty Plea (L. Miller/Dallas) |
Dallas man, with 1000 images and 100 videos of child pornography, pleads guilty |
| JAN 25, 2012 | JACKSON, Terry Don | Guilty Plea (L. Miller/Dallas) |
Lancaster, Texas, man pleads guilty to child pornography offense |
| JAN 24, 2012 | ELLIS, Todd Wayne | Sentencing (Drake/Amarillo) |
Amarillo man sentenced to 10 years for possessing child pornography |
| JAN 24, 2012 | AMATO, Michael D. | Sentencing (Drake/Amarillo) |
Coin dealer sentenced to 60 months for stealing coin collections from senior citizens |
| JAN 24, 2012 | WASHER, Shannon Nicole | Sentencing (Drake/Amarillo) |
Borger, Texas, restaurant owner sentenced to 10 months for passing counterfeit currency |
| JAN 24, 2012 | NWAGBARA, Okey F. | Guilty Plea (Elliott/Sauter/Dallas) |
Medical supply company owner pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and immigration offenses |
| JAN 24, 2012 | STEWART, Patricia | Sentencing (Calvert/Dallas) |
Chicago woman is sentenced to 60 months for defrauding investors of more than $2 million |
| JAN 24, 2012 | NORMAN, Debbie Regina | Guilty Plea (Robinson/Dallas) |
Woman admits robbing Chase Bank in Dallas |
| JAN 23, 2012 | JOVEN, Joven | Sentencing (Yanowitch/Dallas) |
Dallas-area man, who trafficked counterfeit apparel, is sentenced to 18 months and $130,000 restitution |
| JAN 20, 2012 | ALTMAN, Jason Phread, ALTMAN, Jarrod Phread, HARRISON, Emmanuel James, JENKINS, Fread Jamille, and SHINE, Rickel | Indictment (Calvert/Dallas) |
Tax preparers and others indicted in tax refund conspiracy |
| JAN 20, 2012 | KORZINEK, Tyler John | Guilty Plea (Sparks/Dallas) |
Dallas man pleads guilty to child pornography offense - had more than 700 videos of child pornography |
| JAN 20, 2012 | CHEEK, John Ray | Sentencing (Kull/Dallas) |
Armed bank robber sentenced to nearly 12 years |
| JAN 19, 2012 | BLAIR, Clifford Ralph | Guilty Plea (Sucsy/Lubbock) |
San Angelo, Texas, man pleads guilty to child pornography offense |
| JAN 19, 2012 | STARK, Bradley C. | Conviction (Yanowitch/Stokes/Dallas) |
Federal jury convicts fraudster - investment scheme involved more than 200 victims and more than $14 million |
| JAN 19, 2012 | DAVIS, Michael, MEACHAM, Daniel Valmer and STEWART, Robert Mark | Sentencing (Jacobo/San Angelo) |
Executives at Belvan Corporation pay substantial fines for violating Clean Air Act |
| JAN 17, 2012 | SMITH, Iris Yolanda | Sentencing (Smith/Fort Worth) |
Former Fort Worth tax preparer sentenced to four years and more than $100,000 restitution |
| JAN 12, 2012 | APPLE, John Arthur Jr. NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS SUCCESSFULLLY PROSECUTED NUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS FOR FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH OIL AND GAS INVESTMENTS IN RECENT YEARS |
Guilty Plea (Buie/Dallas) |
Another executive convicted in oil and gas investment fraud |
| JAN 11, 2012 | ARCHULETA, Joe Luis Carlos | Arrest (Haag/Lubbock) |
Lubbock man allegedly possessed meth when arrested on supervised release violation by USMS |
| JAN 10, 2012 | BLUE, Anthony | Guilty Plea (Etessam/Dallas) |
Garland man admits robbing three banks - mother turned son in after visiting bandittracker.com |
| JAN 6, 2012 | NORMAN, Megan Lee | Sentencing (Sucsy/Lubbock) |
Lubbock woman sentenced to five years for child sex trafficking conspiracy |
| JAN 6, 2012 | LAFAMILIA DRUG CARTELL CELL LEADERS AND OTHERS INDICTED FOR RUNNING A LARGE SCALE METHAMPHETAMINE DISTRIBUTION CONSPIRACY | Arrest warrants executed at stash house "ranch" in rural Tyler, Texas | |
| JAN 5, 2012 | SCHMIDT, Amber | Guilty Plea (Sparks/Dallas) |
Woman pleads guilty to child pornography offense - admits sending and texting child pornogrphy on cell phone |
| JAN 5, 2012 | SMITH, Brandon | Sentencing (Haffar/McCarthy) |
Dallas man involved in East Oak Cliff car crash and shootout sentenced to 15 years on drug and firearms conviction |
| JAN 5, 2012 | FERNANDEZ, Jose Luis; FERNANDEZ, Francisco Villanueva and ESCOBAR, David | Guilty Pleas (Schall/Amarillo) |
More Borger, Texas, residents plead guilty in narcotics trafficking case |
| JAN 4, 2012 | HURD, Samuel George III and LUJAN, Toby | Complaint (Kull/Tromblay/Dallas) |
Former NFL player and co-conspirator indicted on cocaine distribution conspiracy charges |
| JAN 4, 2012 | MILAM, Steven Ray | Complaint (McCarthy/Robinson/Dallas) |
"Handsome Guy Bandit" charged with armed bank robbery |
| JAN 3, 2012 | VITTITOW, Jonathan Ryan | Guilty Plea (Sparks/Dallas) |
Mesquite man, with a 120-gigabyte child porn collection, admits advertising child porn on the Internet |