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     2008 Press Releases


12/23/08 HARRY SISKIND SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR MAKING FALSESTATEMENT IN DEPOSITION TO FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
12/18/08 NUEVO LAREDO MEN’S CLUB MANAGER CHARGED IN ATTEMPT TO SMUGGLE AMMUNITION INTO MEXICO
12/11/08 ARMY SOLDIER’S WIFE PLEADS GUILTY TO ROLE IN MURDER PLOT AT FORT HOOD
12/10/08 FORMER CHAIRMAN OF BEXAR COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD CHARGED WITH DEPRIVATION OF HONEST SERVICES
12/04/08 SAN ANTONIO WOMAN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH FEDERAL CRIMINAL CONTEMPT AND MAIL FRAUD IN FORECLOSURE PREVENTION SCHEME
12/04/08 BORDER PATROL AGENT INDICTED FOR BRIBERY AND NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING
12/03/08 KILLEEN MAN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR DEATH OF SOLDIER AT FORT HOOD
12/01/08 McALLEN CARDIOLOGIST INDICTED FOR HEALTH CARE FRAUD
11/25/08 KIDNAPPER SENTENCED
11/24/08 FORMER USDA OFFICIAL AND OWNER OF PEST CONTROL COMPANY SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR PERMITTING PESTS TO ENTER COUNTRY
11/20/08 FORMER TxDOT ADMINISTRATOR SENTENCED FOR ROLE IN BRIBERY SCHEME
11/13/08 FORMER VAL VERDE CORRECTIONS OFFICER SENTENCED FOR CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
11/10/08 MEXICAN NATIONAL CONVICTED OF SHOOTING AT BORDER PATROL AGENT
11/06/08 WACO BUSINESSMAN SENTENCED ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES
11/03/08 PSJA ISD TRUSTEE PLEADS GUILTY IN BRIBERY SCHEME
10/31/08 DEL RIO RESIDENT INDICTED AND ARRESTED ON CONSPIRACY CHARGES
10/27/08 OWNER OF VILLARREAL TRANSPORT CONVICTED OF CONSPIRING TO POSSES WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE COCAINE
10/24/08
10/22/08 SENTENCING IN CASE INVOLVING BOMB THREATS TO AIRPORT
10/15/08 LOCAL STOCKBROKER INDICTED
10/02/08 LAREDO MAN AND FORMER CBP OFFICER SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR SELLING OFFICIAL TRAVEL PERMITS
10/01/08 MEXICAN NATIONAL INDICTED FOR SHOOTING AT BORDER PATROL
09/26/08 ILLEGAL ALIEN SENTENCED TO LENGTHY TERM FOR ASSAULTING BP AGENT
09/26/08 LYFORD MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
09/25/08 FEDERAL AND STATE AUTHORITIES ARREST 18 IN CONNECTION WITH FEDERAL DRUG TRAFFICKING INDICTMENT
09/23/08 LOCAL MAN SENTENCED FOR RECEIPT OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
09/19/08 SAN ANTONIO MAN ARRESTED ON FEDERAL INDICTMENT CHARGING DISTRIBUTION AND POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY (pdf)
09/17/08 FEDERAL INDICTMENT RETURNED AGAINST SAN ANTONIO COUPLE ALLEGING THE SALE OF A CHILD FOR SEXUAL PURPOSES (pdf)
09/11/08 CAMERON COUNTY PRECINCT 1 CONSTABLE SENTENCED
09/10/08 ALIEN SMUGGLING ORGANIZATION RESPONSIBLE FOR HOLDING ALIEN HOSTAGE DISMANTLED
09/05/08 SAN ANTONIO BANK ROBBER SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON
08/29/08 AUSTIN AREA MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME LEADER SENTENCED TO 327 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON (pdf)
08/26/08 CASTILLO PLEADS GUILTY TO PAYING APPROXIMATELY $300,000 TO BREAK DRUG TRAFFICKER FROM JAIL
08/20/08 FORMER USDA PLANT PROTECTION OFFICER CHARGED WITH PERMITTING PESTS TO ENTER COUNTRY CONVICTED
08/08/08 AUSTIN AREA MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME LEADER FAILS TO APPEAR FOR SENTENCING (pdf)
08/08/08 FORMER FEDERAL PROBATION OFFICER SENTENCED TO PRISON
08/05/08 SIX INDICTED BY FEDERAL GRAND JURY IN AUSTIN IN CONNECTION WITH SAN MARCOS BASED ALIEN SMUGGLING RING (pdf)
08/04/08 GULF CARTEL DEFENDANTS ENTER PLEAS OF GUILTY
08/01/08 LAST DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR ROBBING AUSTIN BANK ON HALLOWEEN 2007
07/16/08 FEDERAL GRAND JURY IN SAN ANTONIO INDICTS RAYMOND GAGNON FOR POSSESSION AND TRANSPORTATION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
07/15/08 FORMER CPB OFFICER AND ANOTHER LAREDO MAN PLEAD GUILTY TO TRAVEL PERMIT SCHEME
07/10/08 USDA EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO PERMITTING INFESTED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS TO ENTER US
06/24/08 ARMY OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY, BRIBERY AND MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME INVOLVING DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS AT U.S. ARMY BASE IN KUWAIT
06/19/08 SENTENCES HANDED DOWN IN AUSTIN AREA MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
06/19/08 FIVE CHARGED IN TWO SAN ANTONIO INDICTMENTS WITH MORTGAGE FRAUD – CHARGES PART OF NATIONWIDE CRACKDOWN CALLED OPERATION MALICIOUS MORTGAGE
06/19/08 CAMERON COUNTY PRECINCT 1 CONSTABLE PLEADS GUILTY TO DRUG TRAFFICKING
06/17/08 PEST CONTROL SERVICE OWNER PLEADS GUILTY TO PERMITTING INFESTED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS TO ENTER US
06/11/08 MOTHER SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR ASSAULTING CHILD RESULTING IN SERIOUS BODILY INJURY
05/30/08 SAN ANTONIO BUSINESSMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS TO OBTAIN MORE THAN $1.3 MILLION IN LOANS (pdf)
05/28/08 CAMERON COUNTY PRECINCT 1 CONSTABLE INDICTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
05/27/08 FINAL 5 DEFENDANTS CONVICTED IN SCHEME TO SELL COUNTERFEIT CIGARETTES (pdf)
05/23/08 SAN ANTONIO COUPLE INDICTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES INCLUDING FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FRAUD AND EMBEZZLEMENT
05/19/08 HARRY SISKIND PLEADS GUILTY TO MAKING FALSE STATEMENT IN DEPOSITION TO FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
05/09/08 LAST DEFENDANT PLEADS GUILTY TO ROBBING AUSTIN BANK ON HALLOWEEN (pdf)
05/05/08 CBP OFFICER ARRESTED FOR ACCEPTING BRIBES FOR TRAVEL PERMITS
05/01/08 FORMER DEL RIO, TEXAS, CORRECTIONS OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY TO CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION
04/17/08 TWO INDICTED IN SAN ANTONIO IN CONNECTION WITH FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATION
04/09/08

SAN ANTONIO BUSINESS OWNER SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON AND ORDERED TO PAY OVER $4 MILLION RESTITUTION
04/09/08 ODESSA BANK ROBBER SENTENCED
04/04/08 PECOS MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL CAR JACKING CHARGE
04/04/08 THREE AUSTIN MEN SENTENCED FOR ROBBING AUSTIN BANK ON HALLOWEEN
04/02/08 GRAND JURY RETURNS INDICTMENT IN INTERNATIONAL KIDNAPING INCIDENT
03/31/08 JURY CONVICTS FIVE IN AUSTIN AREA MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME
03/06/08 WOMAN SENTENCED FOR MAKING BOMB THREATS TO AIRLINE
02/15/08 FORMER LAREDO POLICE OFFICERS SENTENCED IN BRIBERY SCHEME
02/12/08 EAGLE PASS RESIDENTS SENTENCED FOR STEALING FROM THE KICKAPOO TRADITIONAL TRIBE OF TEXAS (pdf)
01/30/08 23 TEXAS MEXICAN MAFIA HIERARCHY CHARGED IN FEDERAL R.I.C.O. CASE
01/17/08 FORT WORTH MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ODESSA BANK ROBBERY (pdf)
01/10/08 BARRIO AZTECA GANG MEMBERS INDICTED AND ARRESTED (pdf)
01/09/08 SIXTEEN INDICTED IN AUSTIN AREA MORTGAGE FRAUD SCHEME (pdf)

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