Criminal Prosecutions of Unemployment Insurance Fraud - Recent Dispositions
The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) refers to District Attorney offices for possible criminal prosecution cases
in which TWC has determined that unemployment insurance (UI) benefits were obtained by a claimant through fraud
or deception.
JULY/AUG/SEPT/OCT/NOV/DEC 2011
*During the 3rd and 4th Quarters of 2011, TWC Learned the Details of the Following Dispositions:
FEDERAL PROSECUTIONS:
On 12/5/2011, Andrea Mims, 48, and Lea Ann Battles, 44, both of Cuero, Texas, were sentenced to federal prison by United States District Judge John D. Rainey, Southern District of Texas, for theft of Unemployment Insurance benefits between October 2009 and June 2011 utilizing a fictitious employer and stolen identities. The crime was jointly investigated by TWC's Office of Special Investigations, the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspector General, the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General, and the Cuero Police Department. Specifically, Mims was ordered to spend 21 months in prison, to make $110,400 restitution, and to serve a three year term of supervised released upon release from prison. Battles was ordered to spend 27 months in prison, to make $96,222 restitution, and to serve a three year term of supervised released upon release from prison.
STATE PROSECUTIONS:
BELL COUNTY
- On 10/7/11, Lester J. Hayes, 57, was convicted by the 264th District Court of Class A misdemeanor Theft and sentenced to 3 days in the Bell County Jail. Hayes was also ordered to pay $230 court costs.
DALLAS COUNTY
- On 4/6/11, Will Baker, 29, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 363rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Baker was ordered to make $6,894 restitution, to pay a $1,500 fine and $223 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 7/15/11, Shanequa N. Joiner, 32, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 363rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Joiner was ordered to make $4,116 restitution and to pay a $500 fine and $236 court costs.
- On 8/2/11, Darrell W. Langley, 38, was convicted by Criminal District Court No. 2 of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception, sentenced to 5 years regular probation, and ordered to pay a $1,500 fine.
- On 8/2/11, Magdalene R. Martinez, 44, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 195th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Martinez was ordered to make $6,876 restitution and to pay a $1,500 fine.
- On 8/12/11, Rebecca S. Goodman-Palo, 50, received 1 year deferred adjudication probation from the 194th District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Goodman-Palo made full restitution of $6,270 before sentencing.
- On 9/23/11, Bridgette A. Williams, 38, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 7 on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Williams was ordered to make $3,150 restitution and to pay a $1,500 fine and $436 court costs.
- On 10/12/11, Nancy Ortiz, 46, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 265th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Ortiz was ordered to make $7,700 restitution and to pay a $1,000 fine and $236 court costs.
- On 10/20/11, Erin S. Sweeney, 38, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 7 on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Sweeney was ordered to make $5,966 restitution, to pay a $1,500 fine and $236 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 11/10/11, Jana K. Wallace, 44, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 194th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Wallace was ordered to make $3,055 restitution, to pay a $1,500 fine and $236 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 12/12/11, Kerry Jackson, 49, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 265th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Jackson was ordered to pay $223 court costs and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 12/21/11, Clarence Woods, 62, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 6 on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Woods was ordered to make $3,172 restitution, to pay a $1,500 fine and $223 court costs, and to make a $200 donation to the St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry in lieu of community service.
GALVESTON COUNTY
- On 7/20/11, Karen R. Hurst, 54, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from County Court No. 2 on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Fraudulently Obtaining Unemployment Insurance Benefits.
HARRIS COUNTY
- On 4/26/11, Darryl L. Overstreet, 43, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 184th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Overstreet was ordered to make $4,200 restitution and to pay a $600 fine.
- On 9/1/11, Troy Hagendorf, 47, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 174th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Hagendorf was ordered to make $3,280 restitution, to pay a $500 fine and to perform 160 hours community service.
- On 9/19/11, Terrance W. Crawford, 45, was convicted by the 180th District Court of state jail felony Theft and sentenced to 2 days in the Harris County Jail pursuant to TEX. PEN. CODE §12.44(a).
- On 9/23/11, Steven R. Appling, 45, was convicted by the 338th District Court of state jail felony Theft and, due to prior felony convictions, was sentenced to 2nd degree felony punishment of 2 years in the Texas Dept. of Corrections.
- On 9/29/11, Jatonsie J. Hall, 29, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 248th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Hall was ordered to make $3,472 restitution and to perform 80 hours community service.
- On 10/4/11, Juan M. Garza, 35, was convicted by the 209th District Court of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception and sentenced to 2 days in the Harris County Jail. Garza was ordered to make $2,403 restitution and to pay a $600 fine.
- On 6/17/11, Tina R. Holden, 27, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 248th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Holden was ordered to make $3,768 restitution, to pay a $300 fine, and to perform 120 hours community service.
HIDALGO COUNTY
- On 8/16/11, Abel Martinez, Jr., 32, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 332nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Martinez was ordered to make $9,464 restitution, to pay $291 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
- On 8/5/11, Scott R Sollars, 54, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 410th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Sollars was ordered to make $5,376 restitution, to pay a $200 fine and $341 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
TRAVIS COUNTY
- On 4/6/11, Gloria R. Workman, 54, was convicted by the 390th District Court of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception and sentenced to 11 months state jail time.
- On 4/8/11, Orva D. McCoy, 37, was convicted by the 127th District Court of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception and sentenced to 6 months regular probation. McCoy made full restitution of $3,438 before sentencing and was ordered to pay a $200 fine and $275 court costs.
- On 4/11/11, Donna G. Mick, 51, received 1 year deferred adjudication probation from the 331st District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Mick made full restitution of $3,854 before sentencing and was ordered to perform 80 hours community service.
- On 4/26/11, Damon A. Bradley, 34, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 167th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Bradley was ordered to make $4,159 restitution.
- On 5/13/11, Steve Martinez, 47, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 299th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Martinez was ordered to make $4,780 restitution, to pay $293 court costs, and to perform 40 hours community service.
- On 5/20/11, Marshall P. Fryer, 55, received 1 year deferred adjudication probation from the 403rd District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Fryer made full restitution of $4,068 before sentencing, and was ordered to pay $171 court costs and to perform 40 hours community service.
- On 5/26/11, Norman R. Tarver, 57, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 299th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Tarver was ordered to make $8,300 restitution.
- On 6/1/2011, April Farrell pleaded guilty before the 403rd District Court to Terroristic Threat (TEX. PEN. CODE § 22.07(a)(6)), a third degree felony, for making threats against TWC employees after being denied unemployment benefits. She received three years deferred adjudication probation with the following conditions: 1) have no contact with the hearing officer she threatened, 2) find and keep employment, 3) undergo substance abuse and mental health evaluation, and 4) undergo treatment and counseling as recommended by the probation department.
- On 7/15/11, Johnny R. Ramirez, 52, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 427th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Ramirez was ordered to make $5,890 restitution and to perform 100 hours community service.
- On 8/3/11, Charles A. Fields, 48, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 427th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Fields was ordered to make $5,290 restitution and to pay $266 court costs.
- On 8/12/11, Kelly D. Gray, 50, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 167th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Gray was ordered to make $6,309 restitution and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 8/12/11, Floyd J. Crenwelge, 34, was convicted by the 167th District Court of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception and sentenced to 20 days county jail time. Crenwelge made full restitution of $4,940 before sentencing and was ordered to pay $260 court costs.
- On 8/26/11, Derwin D. West, 40, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 403rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. West was ordered to make $6,330 restitution and to perform 100 hours community service.
- On 9/6/11, John M. Ocejo, 35, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 390th District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Theft. Ocejo was ordered to make $1,245 restitution and to perform 80 hours community service.
- On 9/15/11, Charles G. Purdy, 51, was convicted by the 147th District Court of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception and sentenced to 5 years regular probation. Purdy was ordered to serve 75 days in Travis County jail, to pay a $2,000 fine and $366 court costs, and to perform 200 hours community service.
- On 9/26/11, Mike B. Nieto, 40, was convicted by the 147th District Court of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception and sentenced to 1 day Travis County jail time. Nieto was ordered to pay a $500 fine and $241 court costs.
- On, 9/30/11, April L. Fields, 37, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 299th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Fields was ordered to make $3,772 restitution, to pay $306 court costs, and to perform 50 hours community service.
- On 10/13/11, Katrina F. Freeman, 42, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 147th District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Theft. Freeman was ordered to make $4,365 restitution, to pay $279 court costs, and to perform 100 hours community service.
- On 11/3/11, Shabadu A. Odinga, 56, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 427th District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Odinga made $8,000 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to make $4,000 restitution and to perform 80 hours community service while on probation.
- On 11/18/11, Bryan P. Cooke, 36, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 199th District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Cooke was ordered to make $4,815 restitution.
- On 11/22/11, Wilmer Brookins, 38, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 390th District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Brookins was ordered to pay $279 court costs and to perform 80 hours community service.
- On 11/23/11, Kathleen Betts, 50, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 194th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Betts was ordered to make $7,915 restitution, to pay $232 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 11/29/2011, the Travis County District Attorney's Office proceeded with the criminal trial of Darrell J. Harper for making a terroristic threat against TWC staff by faxing such threat as part of his appeal of an Unemployment Insurance decision. On 11/30/2011, the jury found Harper guilty of the offense charged. Sentencing for this offense is pending.
- On 12/1/11, Richard Hysquierdo, 44, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 403rd District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Theft. Hysquierdo made $2,727 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay $271 court costs and to perform 40 hours community service.
- On 12/6/11, Tameka C. Brantley, 31, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 147th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Brantley was ordered to make $7,495 restitution, to pay a $500 fine and $211 court costs, and to perform 50 hours community service.
JAN/FEB/MARCH/APRIL/MAY/JUNE 2011
*During the 1st and 2nd Quarters of 2011, TWC Learned the Details of the Following Dispositions:
STATE PROSECUTIONS:
BEXAR COUNTY
- On 1/12/11, Leonard D. Staley, 55, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 437th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Staley made $4,528 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay a $500 fine and to perform 100 hours community service.
- On 2/7/11, Alvie S. Young, 48, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 399th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Young made restitution before sentencing and was ordered to perform 200 hours community service and to take a Theft course.
- On 2/23/11, Kenneth R. Wallace, 36, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 437th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Wallace was ordered to make $1,300 restitution, to pay a $1,500 fine, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 3/8/11, Quincy Lockett, 35, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 227th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Lockett was ordered to make $1,357 restitution, to pay a $1,000 fine and $293 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
DALLAS COUNTY
- On 12/3/10, Denise L. Porter, 36, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 204th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Porter was ordered to make $16,209 restitution and to pay $244 court costs.
- On 1/20/11, Shinita L. Butler, 26, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 7 on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Butler made restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay $436 court costs.
- On 1/21/11, Hallie R. Miller, 39, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 283rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Miller was ordered to make $8,826 restitution and to pay a $500 fine and $232 court costs.
- On 1/28/11, Terri Gober, 39, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 283rd District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Gober made $7,000 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay a $1,500 fine.
- On 2/15/11, Jimmy Ratcliff, 44, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 291st District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Ratcliff was ordered to make $872 restitution, and to pay a $1,500 fine and $223 court costs.
- On 3/9/11, Degie L. Kindred-Butler, 50, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the Criminal District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Butler was ordered to make $10,824 restitution and to pay $223 court costs.
- On 4/11/11, James Foster, III, 32, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 194th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Foster was ordered to make $6,920 restitution and to pay a $1,500 fine and $286 court costs.
- On 4/28/11, Martha L. Salas, 45, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 203rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Salas was ordered to make $5,469 restitution.
- On 4/28/11, Derrick L. Brown, 32, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 203rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Brown was ordered to make $7,728 restitution and to pay a $250 fine.
- On 5/12/11, Courtney Washington, 28, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 195th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Washington was ordered to make $3,610 restitution and to pay a $1,500 fine.
- On 5/13/11, William C. Johnson, 61, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 265th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Johnson was ordered to make $5,622 restitution and to pay $223 court costs.
- On 5/19/11, Edwin D. McCoy, 45, was convicted by Criminal District Court No. 2 of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. McCoy was sentenced to 180 days state jail time and ordered to pay a $1,500 fine.
- On 5/20/11, Walter Callahan, 50, received 6 months deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 1 on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Callahan made $1,113 restitution before sentencing.
- On 6/14/11, Vanessa I. Johnson, 45, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 7 on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Johnson made restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay a $500 fine.
- On 6/15/11, Quinten R. O'Neal, 36, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 204th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. O'Neal was ordered to make $5,771 restitution and to pay $223 court costs.
- On 6/16/11, Mohammad Ghezavati, 28, received 1 year deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 4 on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Ghezavati made $3,052 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay a $500 fine and $259 court costs.
- On 6/17/11, Amy J. Brandt, 35, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 291st District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Brandt was ordered to make $5,517 restitution, and to pay a $1,500 fine and $236 court costs.
HARRIS COUNTY
- On 1/7/11, Cafrena L. Pool, 30, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 337th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Pool was ordered to make $8,294 restitution, to pay a $300 fine, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 1/11/11, Antoinette E. McKnight, 35, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 185th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. McKnight was ordered to make $1,296 restitution, to pay a $300 fine, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 1/13/11, Nicholas L. Lynch, 31, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 339th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Lynch was ordered to make $3,800 restitution, to pay a $300 fine, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 1/20/11, Maria A. Fisher, 47, was convicted by the 230th District Court of Class A misdemeanor Theft. Fisher paid $4,704 before sentencing and was ordered to pay a $300 fine.
- On 2/24/11, Michael F. Hutchins, 51, was convicted by the 263rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft and sentenced to 6 months state jail time. Hutchins was ordered to make $3,150 restitution.
- On 2/25/11, Janie Limones, 38, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 339th District Court, Harris County, on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Limones was ordered to make $6,743 restitution, to pay a $300 fine, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 3/1/11, Chelsea J. Harris, 40, was convicted by the 263rd District Court of state jail felony Theft and sentenced to 30 days in the Harris County Jail pursuant to TEX. PEN. CODE §12.44(a). Harris made $3,132 restitution before sentencing.
- On 3/22/11, Frankie J. Holiday, 45, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 339th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Holiday was ordered to make $4,122 restitution, to pay a $300 fine, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 3/24/11, Joe Pena, 40, was convicted by the 208th District Court of state jail felony Theft and sentenced to 30 days in the Harris County Jail pursuant to TEX. PEN. CODE §12.44(a). Pena made $4,550 restitution before sentencing.
- On 3/31/11, Oliver Carter, 48, was convicted by the 182nd District Court of state jail felony Theft and sentenced to 10 months state jail time.
- On 3/31/11, Cody W. Nelson, 27, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 182nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Nelson made $3,852 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay a $300 fine and to perform 100 hours community service.
- On 4/14/11, Jimmy Vasquez, 41, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 182nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Vasquez was ordered to make $3,640 restitution, to pay a $300 fine, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 4/21/11, Sandra F. Holloway, 54, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 339th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Holloway was ordered to make $6,657 restitution, to pay a $300 fine, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 5/17/11, Craig A. Hardin, 54, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 176th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Hardin made $3,150 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay a $300 fine and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 6/14/11, Gregory D. Spillman, 48, was convicted by the 177th District Court of state jail felony Theft and sentenced to 60 days Harris County jail time. Spillman made $4,601 restitution before sentencing.
- On 6/15/11, Angela Soria, 34, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 185th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Soria made $3,033 restitution before sentencing, and was ordered to pay a $300 fine and to perform 100 hours community service.
- On 6/20/11, Manual Garcia, 49, was convicted by the 176th District Court of state jail felony Theft and sentenced to 10 months state jail time.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
- On 1/26/11, Jeffrey A. Simpson, 42, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 252nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Simpson was ordered to make $6,200 restitution and to perform 400 hours community service.
- On 3/2/11, Joshua K. McElroy, 39, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the Criminal District Court on the charge of a Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception. McElroy made $2,500 restitution before sentencing of the $6,600 total restitution ordered, and was ordered to perform 200 hours community service.
JOHNSON COUNTY
- On 2/14/11, Stephanie R. Rockwell, 34, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 413th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Rockwell was ordered to make $3,947 restitution, and to pay a $250 fine and $288 court costs.
TRAVIS COUNTY
- On 11/1/10, Karen Emenhiser, 41, was convicted by the 299th District Court of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception, and sentenced to 180 days state jail time.
- On 1/6/11, Arlisa R. Bacy, 38, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 167th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Bacy was ordered to make $3,638 restitution and to pay $312 court costs.
- On 1/6/11, Kenneth M. Platt, 48, received 1 year deferred adjudication probation from the 167th District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Platt was ordered to make $3,024 restitution and to pay $275 court costs.
- On 1/14/11, Christina B. Blakely, 33, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 403rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Blakely was ordered to make $4,014 restitution, to pay $306 court costs, and to perform 100 hours community service.
- On 1/14/11, Marvin K. Crowe, 60, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 427th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Crowe was ordered to make $4,714 restitution and to perform 40 hours community service.
- On 1/28/11, Baron Doss, 31, was convicted by the 147th District Court of Class A misdemeanor Attempted Securing Execution of Document by Deception and sentenced to 2 years regular probation. Doss made $3,000 restitution before sentencing, and was ordered to make $4,056 restitution, to perform 80 hours community service and to pay $188 court costs.
- On 2/18/11, Homer Vela, Jr., 42, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 390th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Vela made $3,860 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to make an additional $3,956 restitution and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 2/25/11, James M. Walsh, 54, received 1 year deferred adjudication probation from the 147th District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Walsh made $8,250 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay a $400 fine.
- On 3/9/11, Rene Rincon, 43, received 1 year deferred adjudication probation from the 390th District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Rincon was ordered to perform 40 hours community service.
- On 3/11/11, Ledrue D. Demps, 38, was convicted by the 403rd District Court of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception and sentenced to 2 days state jail time. Demps made $3,115 before sentencing and was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine and $268 court costs.
- On 3/11/11, Antonio Moreno, 57, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 147th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Moreno was ordered to make $3,809 restittion, to pay $293 court costs, and to perform 80 hours community service.
- On 3/23/11, Jeramie S. McKinney, 35, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 403rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. McKinney was ordered to make $6,076 restitution, to pay $293 court costs, and to perform 80 hours community service.
- On 5/16/11, Tara M. Noble, 35, received 1 year deferred adjudication probation from the 299th District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Noble made $3,594 restitution before sentencing, and was ordered to perform 40 hours community service.
- On 5/31/11, Tiffany J. Robinson, 39, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 167th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Robinson was ordered to make $2,350 restitution, to pay $303 court costs, and to perform 100 hours community service.
JULY/AUG/SEPT/OCT/NOV/DEC 2010
*During the 3rd and 4th Quarters of 2010, TWC Learned the Details of the Following Dispositions:
FEDERAL PROSECUTIONS:
The Fraud Prosecutions Unit has been working with the U.S. Treasury Dept. Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) to prosecute a number of Austin and San Antonio area Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees (most now "former" IRS employees) for committing Unemployment Insurance fraud, i.e., working for the IRS while simultaneously filing for Unemployment benefits and not reporting work or earnings to TWC. The initial investigations in these cases were performed by the Benefits Investigations Unit of TWC's Office of Investigations.
On 9/17/2010, in the first of these cases, Mona K. Alexander pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert Pitman, United States District Court, Western District of Texas, Austin Division, to Theft of Public Funds (18 United States Code § 641) in an amount above $1,000. On 11/29/2010, Alexander was found guilty and sentenced to 3 years supervised probation. Alexander made $11,553 restitution before sentencing.
STATE PROSECUTIONS:
BEXAR COUNTY
- On 9/20/10, Maryetta F. Owens, 57, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 187th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Owens was ordered to make $4,121 restitution and to pay a $2,000 fine.
- On 11/22/10, Delilah G. Rangel, 41, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 187th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Rangel was ordered to make $1,640 restitution and to pay a $1,500 fine and $293 court costs.
DALLAS COUNTY
- On 5/24/10, Leshay L. Lacy, 50, was convicted by the 363rd District Court of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception and sentenced to 30 days county jail, plus 5 years regular probation. Lacy was ordered to make $4,580 restitution, and to pay a $1,500 fine and $236 court costs.
- On 6/16/10, Ebony N. Brooks, 26, was convicted by Criminal District Court No. 2 of state jail felony Theft, and sentenced to 3 years regular probation. Brooks was ordered to make $3,543 restitution, and to pay a $1,500 fine and $232 court costs.
- On 6/24/10, Robert Watkins, 50, received 1 year deferred adjudication probation from the 363rd District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Watkins was ordered to make $7,849 restitution, and to pay a $1,000 fine and $223 court costs.
- On 7/13/10, Algie Robinson, 43, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 283rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Robinson was ordered to make $7,272 restitution and to pay a $500 fine.
- On 11/19/10, Ztasha Young, 30, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 4 on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Young was ordered to make $6,830 restitution, and to pay a $1,500 fine and $236 court costs.
- On 11/24/10, Alisa S. Love, 44, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 204th District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Love was ordered to pay a $1,500 fine and $246 court costs.
FORT BEND COUNTY
- On 9/20/10, John L. Henderson, 42, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 400th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Henderson was ordered to make $3,003 restitution, to pay $311 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
HARRIS COUNTY
- On 7/21/10, Danielle L. Young, 29, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 209th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Young was ordered to make $3,849 restitution, to pay a $300 fine, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 8/5/10, Stephanie G. McKinsey, 47, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 337th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. McKinsey was ordered to make $3,255 restitution, to pay a $300 fine, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 8/17/10, Angela J. McGary, 40, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 183rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. McGary was ordered to make $4,279 restitution and to perform 160 hours community service.
- On 8/18/10, Reginald E. Grimes, 38, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 232nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Grimes was ordered to make $4,790 restitution and to pay a $600 fine.
- On 8/27/10, Tashonda M. Lewis, 31, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 208th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Lewis was ordered to make $3,383 restitution, to pay a $300 fine, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 8/27/10, Clint R. Shelton, 39, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 208th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Shelton was ordered to make $4,620 restitution and to pay a $600 fine.
- On 9/2/10, Cleon B. Freeman, 59, received 6 months deferred adjudication probation from Criminal County Court at Law No. 2 on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Theft. Freeman was ordered to pay a $100 fine and to perform 20 hours community service.
- On 10/15/10, Jimmy Burnette, 38, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 262nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Burnette was ordered to make $3,337 restitution, to pay a $300 fine, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 10/19/10, Susan P. Bryant, 38, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 228th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Bryant was ordered to make $3,848 restitution and to perform 24 hours community service.
- On 10/21/10, Sureka Richmond, 29, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 174th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Richmond was ordered to pay a $300 fine and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 11/12/10, Wyatt E. Busby, 52, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 184th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Busby was ordered to make $5,879 restitution, to pay a $200 fine, and to perform 60 hours community service.
- On 11/29/10, Gloria A. Arellano, 47, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 208th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Arellano was ordered to make $5,284 restitution, to pay a $600 fine, and to perform 120 hours community service.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
- On 8/16/10, Kris A. Brucia, 43, received 1 year deferred adjudication probation from the 252nd District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Brucia made $3,850 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay a $500 fine.
- On 9/27/10, Fidney LeBlanc Jr., 38, was convicted by the Criminal District Court of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception, and sentenced to 5 years regular probation. LeBlanc was ordered to make $4,531 restitution and to pay a $200 fine.
- On 10/29/10, Eric R. Buchholz, 43, received 1 year deferred adjudication probation from County Court No. 2 on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Theft. Buchholz made $5,340 restitution before sentencing, and was ordered to pay a $400 fine and $225 court costs, and to perform 80 hours community service.
KLEBERG COUNTY
- On 7/1/10, Marisol Trevino, 34, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 105th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Trevino was ordered to make $5,724 restitution, to pay a $1,000 fine and $322 court costs, and to perform 150 hours community service.
NAVARRO COUNTY
- On 8/23/10, Ladwana S. Kelly, 38, received 1 year deferred adjudication probation from the 13th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Kelly was ordered to make $3,819 restitution, to pay a $300 fine, and to perform 20 hours community service.
TRAVIS COUNTY
- On 7/19/10, Oscar Ramos, 33, received 1 year deferred adjudication probation from the 147th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Ramos was ordered to make $10,894 restitution, of which he made $9,000 before sentencing.
- On 7/19/10, Cressida A. Willis, 48, was convicted by the 147th District Court of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception and sentenced to 1 year regular probation. Willis was ordered to make $1,390 restitution, to pay $265 court costs, and to perform 60 hours community service.
- On 7/26/10, Roosevelt Kimbrough, 40, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 331st District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Kimbrough was ordered to make $4,032 restitution and to perform 100 hours community service.
- On 7/30/10, Edward E. Brown, 54, was convicted by the 403rd District Court of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception and sentenced to 1 year regular probation. Brown made $3,628 before sentencing and was ordered to perform 100 hours community service.
- On 8/4/10, Tukiso A. Banks, 44, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 147th District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Theft. Banks was ordered to make $1,628 restitution.
- On 8/9/10, Nicole M. Miles, 36, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 331st District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Miles was ordered to make $3,260 restitution.
- On 8/17/10, Griene L. Thompson, 35, was convicted by the 390th District Court of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception and sentenced to 2 years regular probation. Thompson made $4,704 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to perform 60 hours community service.
- On 8/19/10, Shelley Dewitt, 45, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 427th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Dewitt was ordered to make $3,404 restitution.
- On 9/7/10, Marilyn J. Jones, 48, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation, from the 331st District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Jones was ordered to make $3,835 restitution and to perform 80 hours community service.
- On 9/29/10, Mario A. Munoz, 45, was convicted by the 390th District Court of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception and sentenced to 1 year regular probation. Munoz was ordered to make $3,110 restitution, to pay $266 court costs, and to perform 40 hours community service.
- On 10/4/10, Barbara A. Fleming, 56, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 167th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Fleming was ordered to make $5,949 restitution and to perform 60 hours community service.
- On 10/5/10, Samuel D. Johnson, 38, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 427th District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Johnson made $6,000 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay an additional $402 restitution - total restitution ordered was $6,402.
- On 10/8/10, Jeremy E. Diaz, 36, was convicted by the 403rd District Court of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception and sentenced to 5 years regular probation. Diaz was ordered to make $5,626 restitution and to perform 100 hours community service.
- On 10/14/10, Larry L. Holly, 49, received 1 year deferred adjudication probation from the 167th District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Holly made $3,977 restitution before sentencing, and was ordered to pay $289 court costs and to perform 80 hours community service.
- On 10/20/09, Jorge A. Martinez, 39, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 390th District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Martinez made $13,904 before sentencing and was ordered to perform 124 hours community service.
- On 10/29/10, Lavinci D. Henderson, 35, was convicted by the 147th District Court of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception and sentenced to 2 years regular probation. Henderson was ordered to make $2,873 restitution, to pay $256 court costs, and to perform 60 hours community service.
- On 11/5/10, Wendell F. Teddleton, 53, was convicted by the 299th District Court of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception and sentenced to 1 year regular probation. Teddleton paid $5,327 prior to sentencing, and was also ordered to pay $289 court costs, and to perform 40 hours community service.
- On 12/1/10, Rodrigo B. Arras, 29, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 331st District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Arras was ordered to make $2,164 restitution and to pay $279 court costs.
- On 12/8/10, Melissa N. Neal, 32, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 403rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Neal was ordered to make $2,204 restitution and to pay $188 court costs.
- On 12/21/10, Mary Anne Crockett, 54, was convicted by the 403rd District Court of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception and sentenced to 8 months state jail. Crockett was ordered to pay $263 court costs.
UPSHUR COUNTY
- On 8/27/10, Anthony C. Logan, 34, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 115th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Logan was ordered to make $4,626 restitution, to pay $262 court costs, and to perform 400 hours community service.
JAN/FEB/MARCH/APRIL/MAY/JUNE 2010
*During the 1st and 2nd Quarters of 2010, TWC Learned the Details of the Following Dispositions:
STATE PROSECUTIONS:
BEXAR COUNTY
- On 2/3/10, Juan G. Flores, 39, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 290th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Flores was ordered to make $3,525 restitution and to pay $293 court costs.
- On 3/29/10, Lynette M. De Vaughn, 29, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 175th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. De Vaughn was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine and $293 court costs, and to perform 200 hours community service.
- On 4/20/10, Reagan L. Greening, 43, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 187th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Greening made $3,000 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to perform 200 hours community service.
CAMERON COUNTY
- On 2/4/10, David Hurtado, 35, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 103rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Tampering with Governmental Record. Hurtado was ordered to make $2,576 restitution and to perform 120 hours community service.
DALLAS COUNTY
- On 4/1/09, Carl N. Nash, 48, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 2 on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Nash was ordered to make $8,064 restitution, to pay a $1,500 fine and $223 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 12/11/09, Andre M. Anthony, 41, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 5 on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Anthony was ordered to make $7,344 restitution and to pay $236 court costs.
- On 1/20/10, Sharon L. Campbell, 41, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 283rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Campbell was ordered to make $1,554 restitution and to pay a $750 fine.
- On 1/20/10, Ellen M. Johnson, 44, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 265th District Court, Dallas County, on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Johnson was ordered to make $7,700 restitution and to pay $236 court costs.
- On 2/9/10, Rasha L. Paris, 39, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 203rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Paris was ordered to make $4,963 restitution and to pay a $1,500 fine.
- On 3/11/10, Kevin M. Murphy, 35, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 203rd District Court on the charge of Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Murphy was ordered to make $6,600 restitution (of which he made $2,000 before sentencing) and to pay a $1,500 fine.
- On 3/15/10, Benson N. Lewis, 60 received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 291st District Court on the charge of Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Lewis was ordered to make $5,728 restitution and to pay a $1,500 fine.
- On 3/16/10, Joe A. Evans, Jr, 43, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 265th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Evans was ordered to make $4,854 restitution.
- On 3/29/10, Lana K. Phillips, 58, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 282nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Phillips was ordered to spend 3 days in jail, to pay a $5,000 fine, which was probated pending successful completion of probation, and to perform 200 hours community service. Phillips made $7,412 restitution before sentencing.
- On 3/29/10, Charles W. Morgan, 34, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 203rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Morgan was ordered to make $3,220 restitution (of which he made $1,000 before sentencing) and to pay a $1,500 fine.
- On 4/8/10, Cedrick D. Myers, 31, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 282nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Myers was ordered to make $5,233 restitution, to pay $236 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 4/8/10, Keith O. Williams, 40, received 1 year deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 5 on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Williams made $3,500 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay a $500 fine and $232 court costs.
- On 6/8/10, Lynn E. McCool, 47, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 292nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. McCool was ordered to make $3,217 restitution and to pay a $2,500 fine.
- On 6/17/10, Gregory C. Broussard, 39, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 203rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Broussard was ordered to make $3,158 restitution and to pay a $1,500 fine and $223 court costs.
- On 6/21/10, Larry B. Austin, 45, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 363rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Austin was ordered to make $8,523 restitution and to pay a $1,500 fine and $223 court costs.
DENTON COUNTY
- On 6/18/09, Bruno Dellepiane, 45, was convicted by the 362nd District Court of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception, and sentenced to 180 days in jail
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ELLIS COUNTY
- On 4/5/10, Rodney W. Carter, 45, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 40th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Carter was ordered to make $4,550 restitution, and to pay a $1,000 fine and $266 court costs.
FORT BEND COUNTY
- On 2/15/10, Cruz D. Zamudio, 39, was convicted by the 400th District Court of state jail felony Theft and sentenced to 14 months state jail time. Zamudio was ordered to make $7,639 restitution and to pay $307 court costs.
FRANKLIN COUNTY
- On 3/26/10, Mary A. Dunlap, 39, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 8th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Dunlap was ordered to make $3,415 restitution, and to pay a $1,000 fine and $278 court costs.
GALVESTON COUNTY
- On 12/17/09, Carolina R. Soto, 69, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 212th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Soto made $4,811 restitution before sentencing. Soto was ordered to perform 120 hours community service and to pay $294 court costs.
HARRIS COUNTY
- On 1/25/10, Alice M. Washington, 52, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 209th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Washington was ordered to make $3,500 restitution and to pay a $300 fine.
- On 2/12/10, Gregory D. Flowers, 37, was convicted by the 339th District Court of state jail felony Theft and sentenced to 20 days jail time pursuant to TEX. PEN. CODE § 12.44(a). Flowers paid $5,040 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay a $500 fine.
- On 2/24/10, Jim A. Garcia, 39, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 337th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Garcia was ordered to make $6,725 restitution, to pay a $300 fine, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 2/26/10, Arthur C. Luna, 47, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 337th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Luna was ordered to make $5,940 restitution, to pay a $300 fine, and to perform 120 hours community services.
- On 3/3/10, Denise M. Porter, 57, was convicted by the 185th District Court of Class A misdemeanor Theft. Porter made $9,017 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to spend 2 days in the Harris County Jail.
- On 3/10/10, Toya Morton, 36, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 209th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Morton was ordered to make $7,723 restitution, to pay a $600 fine, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 3/10/10, Stacy Ray, 41, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 263rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Ray was ordered to make $13,269 restitution and to pay a $300 fine.
- On 3/18/10, Jacob Furrer, 59, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 337th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Furrer made $2,908 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay a $300 fine and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 4/19/10, Jessie J. Socarras, 46, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 337th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Socarras was ordered to make $4,950 restitution, to pay a $600 fine, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 5/4/10, Annette Rideaux, 40, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 339th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Rideaux was ordered to make $8,294 restitution, to pay a $300 fine, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 5/7/10, Frederick Davis, 43, received 8 years deferred adjudication probation from the 338th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Davis was ordered to make $5,796 restitution, to pay a $500 fine, and to perform 800 hours community service.
- On 5/21/10, Mellow Cowins, 43, was convicted by the 180th District Court of state jail felony Theft and sentenced to 365 days jail time pursuant to TEX. PEN. CODE § 12.44(a).
- On 5/27/10, Ricardo Gonzales, 41, received 8 years deferred adjudication probation from the 337th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Gonzales was ordered to pay a $300 fine and to perform 200 hours community service.
- On 6/2/10, Melissa I. Cantu, 37, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 232nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Cantu was ordered to make $5,043 restitution.
- On 6/3/10, Olan D. Craven, 38, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 228th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Craven made $1,500 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay the remainder $2,447 restitution.
- On 6/9/10, Beshka Moor, 38, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 337th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Moor was ordered to make $6,328 restitution, to pay a $300 fine, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 6/11/10, Tavier L. Turner, 30, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 230th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Turner was ordered to make $4,241 restitution and to pay a $300 fine.
- On 6/17/10, Lachandra R. Mosley, 34, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 183rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Mosley was ordered to make $7,501 restitution and to perform 180 hours community service.
- On 6/24/10, Theophilus Gibbons, 48, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 209th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Gibbons made $6,600 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay a $500 fine and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 6/29/10, Chris A. Henderson, 45, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 248th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Henderson was ordered to make $8,580 restitution.
HIDALGO COUNTY
- On 5/4/10, Elsa Martinez, 34, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 93rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Martinez was ordered to make $3,069 restitution.
JASPER COUNTY
- On 2/4/10, Wilber E. Fowler, 44, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 1st District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Fowler was ordered to make $7,358 restitution and to pay $236 court costs.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
- On 1/25/10, Dianne M. Drew, 49, received 1 year deferred adjudication probation from County Court At Law No. 1 on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Theft. Drew made $4,559 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to perform 80 hours community service.
- On 1/25/10, Harry E. Reed Jr., 28, received 1 year deferred adjudication probation from the 252nd District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Theft. Reed made $5,630 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay a $100 fine.
- On 3/22/10, Ramon O. Huerta, 56, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 252nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Huerta was ordered to make $7,477 restitution and to perform 400 hours community service.
- On 4/26/10, Chris Cullivan, 36, received 1 year deferred adjudication probation from the 252nd District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Theft. Cullivan made $4,829 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to perform 80 hours community service.
KERR COUNTY
- On 5/20/10, Monica G. Rios, 38, was convicted by the 216th District Court of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception, and sentenced to 1 year regular probation. Rios was ordered to make $3,500 restitution, to pay a $500 fine, and to perform 50 hours community service.
TRAVIS COUNTY
- On 10/16/09, Corey D. Artis, 38, received 3 months deferred adjudication probation from the 282nd District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Theft. Artis was ordered to pay $259 court costs.
- On 1/4/10, Henry P. Montoya, 50, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 167th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Montoya made $6,812.80 restitution before sentencing.
- On 1/8/10, Bret M. Alvine, 40, received 13 months deferred adjudication probation from the 299th District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Alvine made $6,061 restitution before sentencing.
- On 1/26/10, Albert R. Staggs, 38, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 390th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Staggs was ordered to make $5,250 restitution.
- On 2/19/10, Robert Gonzales, 42, was convicted by the 299th District Court of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception and sentenced to 3 years probation. Gonzales was ordered to make $4,820 restitution, to pay $283 court costs, and to perform 80 hours community service.
- On 2/26/10, Tesea L. Barrett, 35, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 427th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Barrett was ordered to make $4,315 restitution, and to pay a $500 fine and $198 court costs.
- On 3/3/10, Rosanne Reyes, 46, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 331st District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Reyes was ordered to make $5,045 restitution and to pay $198 court costs.
- On 3/8/10, Pamela G. Green, 55, received 1 day deferred adjudication probation from the 299th District Court on the charge of attempting to Secure Execution of Document by Deception. Green made $3,024 restitution before sentencing.
- On 4/9/10, Marty E. Huddleston, 34, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 403rd District Court on the charge of Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Huddleston made $3,866 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to perform 75 hours community service.
- On 4/29/10, Jackie N. Wood, 33, was convicted by the 147th District Court of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception, and sentenced to 5 years regular probation. Wood was ordered to make $10,168 restitution, to pay $240 court costs, and to perform 100 hours community service.
- On 4/30/10, Jacqueline Lopez, 28, received 1 year deferred adjudication probation from the 167th District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Lopez made $3,037 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay $266 court costs.
- On 5/6/10, Cheryl A. Anderson, 49, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 390th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Anderson was ordered to make $4,196 restitution and to pay $236 court costs.
- On 5/21/10, Eric J. Doporto, 35, was convicted by the 331st District Court of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception, and sentenced to 2 years regular probation.
- On 6/22/10, Bryant Foster, 50, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 331st District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Foster was ordered to make $4,441 restitution.
JULY/AUG/SEPT/OCT/NOV/DEC 2009
*During the 3rd and 4th Quarters of 2009, TWC Learned the Details of the Following Dispositions:
FEDERAL PROSECUTIONS:
TWC's Office of Special Investigations assisted the U.S. Dept. of Labor OIG and U.S. Postal Inspection Service OIG with investigation and successful federal criminal prosecution of a fictitious employer scheme involving identity thefts and the filing of false Unemployment Insurance claims in the North East Texas area. On 05/6/09, a federal grand jury indicted the following 12 individuals for conspiracy to commit mail fraud, mail fraud, and/or aggravated identity theft. U.S. Magistrate Judge Charles Everingham IV, Eastern District of Texas, Marshall, took guilty pleas and ordered the following punishments:
- On 09/19/09, Shaneka L. Baker-Adams, 24, Longview, received 4 years probation and was ordered to make $5,514 restitution
- On 10/13/09, Annie J. Rogers, 29, Pittsburg, received 3 years probation and was ordered to make $3,505 restitution
- On 11/12/09, Shalonda R. Grigsby-Moton, 28, Leesburg, received 1 year probation and was ordered to make $1,386 restitution
- On 11/24/09, Kimila D. Jones, 37, Balch Springs, received 4 years probation and was ordered to make $5,653 restitution
- On 11/24/09, Shunndolyn R. Morrow, 22, Hughes Springs, received 9 months probation and was ordered to make $120 restitution
- On 12/12/09, Agatha L. Moore, 24, Pittsburg, received 1 year probation and was ordered to make $3,579 restitution
- On 12/21/09, Quaneshia Q. Baker, 28, Daingerfield, received 4 years probation and was ordered to make $9,100 restitution
- On 12/21/09, Annie L. Grigsby, 46, Leesburg, received 4 years probation and was ordered to make $5,796 restitution
- On 12/28/09, Sonya L. Harris, 36, Balch Springs, received 2 years probation and was ordered to make $4,557 restitution
- On 01/07/10, Travis G. Williams, 33 Hughes Springs, received 27 months incarceration and was ordered to make $5,176 restitution
- Sentencing set for 01/26/2010: Shanealdolyn T. Morrow, 21, Hughes Springs
- Sentencing date to be determined: Shanndolyn G. Morrow, 28, Hughes Springs
TWC's Office of Special Investigations assisted the U.S. Dept. of Labor OIG with investigation and successful federal criminal prosecution of a fictitious employer scheme (W & R Trucking) in the Dallas area involving five Unemployment Insurance claimants and approximately $28,000 paid in Unemployment benefits to which the defendants were not entitled. The cases were prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Texas, for Theft of Public Money, resulting in guilty pleas and the following sentences:
- On 12/03/08, Latesha Brown received 4 months home confinement, followed by 3 years supervised release, and was ordered to make $15,372 restitution
- On 01/07/09, Sharonda Swatt received 2 years supervised release, and was ordered to make $7,332 restitution
- On 02/04/09, Latoya Smith received 6 months home confinement, followed by 5 years supervised release, and was ordered to make $12,434 restitution
- On 06/11/09, Robert Washington received 2 years supervised release, and was ordered to a make $7,597 restitution
STATE PROSECUTIONS:
AUSTIN COUNTY
- On 7/7/09, Robert W. Clark, 36, was convicted by the 155th District Court of state jail felony Theft and sentenced to 5 days jail time. Clark made $5,429 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay $236 court costs.
BEXAR COUNTY
- On 7/20/09, Augustin Ramirez, Jr., 53, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 399th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Ramirez was ordered to make $13,618 restitution, to pay a $1,500 fine and $293 court costs, and to perform 220 hours community service.
- On 9/11/09, Michael M. Nino, 33, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 379th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Nino was ordered to make $3,443 restitution, to pay a $1,000 fine and $302 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 10/5/09, Manuel Pena, 32, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 175th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Pena was ordered to make $3,495 restitution, and to pay a $1,000 fine and $293 court costs.
- On 10/19/09, Jonathan L. Cockrum, 38, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 379th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Cockrum was ordered to make $5,869 restitution, and to pay a $2,000 fine and $293 court costs.
DALLAS COUNTY
- On 7/14/09, Michael Lania, 30, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 1 on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Lania was ordered to make $3,150 restitution, and to pay a $1,500 fine and $236 court costs.
- On 8/5/09, Tracy Cavazos, 27, received 1 year deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 6 on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Cavazos was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine and $255 court costs.
- On 8/7/09, Troy J. Edwards, 39, was convicted by Criminal District Court No. 4 of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception and sentenced to 4 years regular probation. Edwards was ordered to make $7,590 restitution, and to pay a $1,500 fine and $223 court costs.
- On 10/15/09, Irene G. Olivas, 64, received 6 months deferred adjudication probation from the 194th District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Olivas made $3,738 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine and $181 court costs.
- On 11/30/09, Glenn A. Runnels, 43, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 2 on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Runnels was ordered to make $16,300 restitution and to pay a $1,500 fine.
- On 12/4/09, Odell Foster, Jr., 32, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 5 on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Foster was ordered to make $2,636 restitution and to pay a $1,500 fine.
- On 12/8/09, Brandie C. Askew, 30, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 292nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Askew was ordered to make $3,080 restitution, and to pay a $750 fine and $236 court costs.
- On 12/15/09, Elizabeth D. Edades, 27, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 282nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Edades was ordered to make $8,810 restitution.
GALVESTON COUNTY
- On 7/23/09, Nadine Garner, 40, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 10th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Garner was ordered to make $3,440 restitution and to pay $331 court costs.
- On 9/16/09, Thomas L. Lewis, 37, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 56th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Lewis was ordered to make $5,963 restitution, to pay $318 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 11/23/09, Edward G. Davis, 48, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 122nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Davis was ordered to make $4,950 restitution and to pay a $500 fine.
HARRIS COUNTY
- On 7/1/09, Rene Sanchez Jr., 30, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 183rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Sanchez was ordered to make $7,306 restitution and to perform 240 hours community service.
- On 7/16/09, Shawn P. Euliarte, 24, was convicted by the 179th District Court of Class A misdemeanor Theft and sentenced to 2 days jail time. Euliarte made $3,402 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay a $300 fine.
- On 7/17/09, LaDonna S. Townsel, 40, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 208th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Townsel was ordered to make $2,905 restitution and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 7/17/09, Steven Talley, 38, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 209th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Talley was ordered to make $5,034 restitution and to pay a $300 fine.
- On 7/22/09, Kelvin R. Zelaya, 29, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 351st District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Zelaya was ordered to make $4,187 restitution, to pay a $300 fine, and to perform 160 hours community service.
- On 7/27/09, Lisa M. Austin, 41, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 337th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Austin was ordered to make $5,230 restitution and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 7/29/09, Tessa A. Howard, 43, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 351st District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Howard was ordered to make $5,616 restitution.
- On 8/5/09, Dimitra R. Moss, 40, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 178th District Court. Moss was ordered to make $1,826 restitution and to pay a $500 fine.
- On 8/19/09, Carlton O. Noble, 27, was convicted by the 232nd District Court of Class A Misdemeanor Theft, and sentenced to 3 days jail time.
- On 9/10/09, Rogelio Salas, 36, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 185th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Salas was ordered to make $8,064 restitution, to pay a $300 fine, and to perform 160 hours community service.
- On 9/24/09, Raimon Q. King, 32, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 263rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. King was ordered to make $6,332 restitution and to perform 200 hours community service.
- On 9/24/09, Dennis J. Love, 45, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 184th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Love was ordered to make $6,600 restitution, to pay a $100 fine, and to perform 40 hours community service.
- On 10/5/09, Cornelius Brown, 36, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 174th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Brown was ordered to make $4,071 restitution and to pay a $600 fine.
- On 10/9/09, Mary Jolivette, 61, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 351st District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Jolivette was ordered to make $4,928 restitution.
- On 10/14/09, Dennis E. Waller, 36, was convicted by the 208th District Court of state jail felony Theft and sentenced to 3 years regular probation. Waller was ordered to serve 5 days in the Harris County Jail, to make $4,214 restitution, to pay a $300 fine, and to perform 200 hours community service.
- On 10/15/09, Roderick Butler, 44, was convicted by the 182nd District Court of state jail felony Theft and sentenced to 273 days jail time pursuant to TEX. PEN. CODE § 12.44(a).
- On 10/16/09, Anthony Latin, 40, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 178th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Latin was ordered to make $3,230 restitution and to pay an $800 fine.
- On 10/22/09, Calvin Bradshaw, 51, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 230th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Bradshaw made $2,504 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to make $5,000 additional restitution, to pay a $300 fine, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 11/4/09, Darius Ernest, 39, was convicted of state jail felony Theft by the 182nd District Court and sentenced to 12 months jail time pursuant to TEX. PEN. CODE § 12.44(a).
- On 11/9/09, Kimberlyn Davis, 46, was convicted of state jail felony Theft by the 232nd District Court and sentenced to 12 months jail time.
- On 11/12/09, Doris Jones, 40, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 230th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Jones was ordered to make $8,240 restitution and to pay a $250 fine.
- On 11/18/09, Shirley Childress, 59, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 184th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Childress was ordered to make $4,777 restitution, to pay a $300 fine, and to perform 30 hours community service.
- On 12/2/09, Shereta Johnson, 44, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 262nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Johnson was ordered to make $7,943 restitution, to pay a $300 fine, and to perform 160 hours community service.
- On 12/8/09, Robert J. Elizondo, 38, was convicted by the 263rd District Court of state jail felony Theft and sentenced to 2 days jail time pursuant to TEX. PEN. CODE § 12.44(a). He was also ordered to pay a $500 fine. Elizondo made $6,332 restitution before sentencing.
- On 12/10/09, Derek Sutton, 44, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 185th District Court and was ordered to pay a $300 fine. Sutton made $7,721 restitution before sentencing.
- On 12/14/09, Cedric D. Gross, 44, was convicted by the 183rd District Court of state jail felony Theft and sentenced to 8 months jail time.
JACKSON COUNTY
- On 10/13/09, Bennie E. Washington, 52, was convicted by the County Court of Class A misdemeanor Theft and sentenced to 2 years regular probation. Washington was ordered to make $4,225 restitution, to pay a $200 fine and $288 court costs, and to perform 200 hours community service.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
- On 8/12/09, Rodney S. Ellis, 42, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 252nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Ellis was ordered to make $4,142 restitution and to perform 400 hours community service.
- On 10/26/09, Carlos S. Sigur, 29, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the Criminal District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Sigur was ordered to make $26,163 restitution and to perform 400 hours community service.
- On 6/15/09, Henry Lambert, Jr., 59, was convicted by the Criminal District Court of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception and sentenced to 5 years probation. Lambert was ordered to make $7,728 restitution and to pay a $500 fine.
- On 9/28/09, Branden R. Jenkins, 31, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the Criminal District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Jenkins was ordered to make $7,697 restitution.
JIM WELLS COUNTY
- On 12/1/09, Rachel G. Cantu, 40, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 79th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Cantu was ordered to make $4,028 restitution, and to pay a $1,500 fine and $291.50 court costs.
JOHNSON COUNTY
- On 12/8/09, Mona N. Byrd, 36, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 18th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Byrd was ordered to make $5,196 restitution and to pay a $1,000 fine.
LIBERTY COUNTY
- On 8/25/09, Levar A. Edwards, 32, was convicted by the 253rd District Court of state jail felony Theft and sentenced to 5 years regular probation. Edwards was ordered to make $6,364 restitution, to pay a $500 fine and $318 court costs, and to perform 100 hours community service.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
- On 10/16/09, Oscar A. Hercules, 41, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 410th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Hercules was ordered to make $5,042 restitution and to pay a $1,500 fine.
NACOGDOCHES COUNTY
- On 9/25/09, John W. Richardson, 47, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 145th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Richardson was ordered to make $7,056 restitution, to pay a $1,500 fine, and to perform 50 hours community service.
POLK COUNTY
- On 9/16/09, Mark A. Williams, 42, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 411th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Williams was ordered to make $5,210 restitution and to pay a $500 fine.
SMITH COUNTY
- On 10/2/09, Barry M. Martin, 40, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 241st District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Martin was ordered to make $4,599 restitution.
TRAVIS COUNTY
- On 7/7/09, Jerry J. Morrow, 33, was convicted by the 390th District Court of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception and sentenced to 6 months jail time.
- On 8/7/09, Benjamin I. Blackwell, 32, was convicted by the 167th District Court of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception and sentenced to 5 years regular probation. Blackwell was ordered to make $9,114 restitution and to pay $292 court costs.
- On 9/14/09, Corey P. Owens, 36, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 403rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Owens was ordered to make $13,130 restitution and to perform 100 hours community service.
- On 9/21/09, Carliemar White, 39, was convicted by the 403rd District Court of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception and sentenced to 1 year regular probation. White was ordered to make $5,932 restitution, the majority of which ($5,450) was paid before sentencing.
- On 10/23/09, Rhonda K. Mica, 45, was convicted by the 403rd District Court of Class A misdemeanor Securing Execution of Document by Deception and sentenced to 15 months regular probation. Mica made $3,620 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to perform 100 hours community service.
- On 10/26/09, Brian L. Postway, 33, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 147th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Postway was ordered to make $6,456 restitution, to pay a $1,000 fine, and to perform 100 hours community service.
- On 12/11/09, Thomas E. Smith, 58, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 427th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Smith was ordered to make $3,157 restitution and to perform 80 hours community service.
- On 12/28/09, Ruby F. Wyatt, 36, was convicted by the 331st District Court of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception and sentenced to 5 years probation. Wyatt was ordered to make $12,692 restitution.
WALKER COUNTY
- On 7/2/09, Bobby Byrd, 57, was convicted by the 278th District Court of state jail felony Theft and sentenced to 5 years regular probation. Byrd was ordered to make $11,956 restitution, to pay a $100 fine and $265 court costs, and to perform 100 hours community service. Additionally, Byrd was ordered to write an apology letter for the offense committed against TWC to be published in the Huntsville Item.
JAN/FEB/MARCH/APRIL/MAY/JUNE 2009
* During the 1st and 2nd Quarters of 2009, TWC Learned the Details of the Following Dispositions:
FEDERAL PROSECUTIONS:
- On 3/18/09, Paula V. Jackson was sentenced by United States District Judge Melinda Harmon, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, to 5 years probation for Mail Fraud. While employed by the U.S. Postal Service, Jackson filed a series of false claims for unemployment insurance benefits with TWC, stealing $15,678. In addition to the standard conditions of probation, the following special conditions were ordered: make $15,678 restitution to TWC; pay a $300 assessment; perform 150 hours community service; abide by home confinement for a period of 4 months, subject to approved leave for gainful employment, religious services, medical care, education or training programs - subject to electronic monitoring.
- On 5/15/09, Cynthia Brown was sentenced by the United States District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater, Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, to 33 months incarceration, followed by two years supervised release, for Fraudulent Use of a Social Security Account Number (Brown pleaded guilty on 2/13/09). Among other things, Brown used a stolen identity to file a false unemployment insurance claim totaling $5,757. Brown was ordered to make $5,757 restitution to TWC and to pay a $400.00 special assessment. Judge Fitzwater ordered the following conditions for Brown's supervised release: no employment in financial collections and no fiduciary position with access to credit information unless approval is obtained from supervision authorities and notice is given to the potential employer.
- On 6/9/09, Leola G. Bernard was sentenced by United States District Judge Marcia Crone, Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont, to 6 months prison, with 3 years supervised release following prison, for Mail Fraud. While employed by the U.S. Postal Service, Bernard filed a series of false claims for unemployment insurance benefits with TWC, stealing $30,000. The benefit checks were sent to Bernard through the United States Postal Service. As part of the sentence, Bernard was ordered to make $30,000 restitution and to pay a $100 Special Assessment.
STATE PROSECUTIONS:
BEXAR COUNTY
- On 1/5/09, Michael B. Morse, 52, was convicted by the 399th District Court of state jail felony theft and sentenced to 3 years regular probation. Morse was ordered to make $6,472 restitution, to pay a $1,000 fine and $293 court costs, and to perform 160 hours community service.
- On 1/20/09, Richard O. Dibrell, 48, was convicted by the 227th District Court of state jail felony theft and sentenced to 5 years regular probation. Dibrell was ordered to pay a $250 fine and $298 court costs.
- On 2/19/09, Wendi L. Palmer, 34, was convicted by the 290th District Court of state jail felony theft and sentenced to 3 years regular probation. Palmer was ordered to make $3,627 restitution and to pay a $1,500 fine.
- On 3/30/09, Lynda Cerna was convicted by the 226th District Court of state jail felony theft and sentenced to 14 months in state jail. Cerna is a former TWC San Antonio Call Center employee who left TWC, stole multiple identities, and then used her inside knowledge of the UI process to file false claims ($14,534 provable).
- On 4/3/09, Juan M. Martinez, 45, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 379th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Martinez was ordered to make $4,626 restitution, and to pay a $1,500 fine and $293 court costs.
- On 6/1/09, Gretta M. Sheppard-Nation, 43, was convicted by the 227th District Court of state jail felony Theft and sentenced to 3 years regular probation. Sheppard-Nation was ordered to make $3,410 restitution, to pay a $500 fine, and to perform 520 hours community service.
BRAZOS COUNTY
- On 2/25/09, Michael Avery, 40, was convicted by the 361st District Court of state jail felony theft and sentenced to 2 days jail time. Avery made $4,592 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine.
CAMERON COUNTY
- On 6/15/09, Eloy Gomez, 31, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 107th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Gomez was ordered to make $4,000 restitution.
CASS COUNTY
- On 3/2/09, George H. Threadgill, 44, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 5th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Threadgill was ordered to make $4,102 restitution, to pay a $2,000 fine and $260 court costs, and to perform 200 hours community service.
DALLAS COUNTY
- On 12/29/08, Jackie Watson, 41, was convicted by Criminal District Court No. 7 of Class A misdemeanor securing execution of document by deception and sentenced to 1 year regular probation. Watson was ordered to make $3,150 restitution, and to pay a $1,500 fine and $259 court costs.
- On 1/5/09, Bonnie Lewis, 41, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 195th District Court on the charge of securing execution of document by deception. Lewis was ordered to make $3,447 restitution and to pay a $1,500 fine.
- On 2/19/09, Fraizer Reed, 37, was convicted by the 282nd District Court of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception and sentenced to 50 days incarceration in a state jail. Reed was ordered to pay a $500 fine.
- On 2/23/09, Temeika M. Shepard, 39, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the Criminal District Court No. 6 on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Shepard was ordered to make $3,475 restitution, and to pay a $1,500 fine and $211 court costs.
- On 2/26/09, Leslie A. McCuin, 34, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 204th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. McCuin was ordered to make $2,565 restitution, and to pay a $1,500 fine and $236 court costs.
- On 2/26/09, Jesse D. Neal, 26, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 4 on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Neal was ordered to make $5,510 restitution, and to pay a $1,500 fine and $232 court costs.
- On 3/13/09, Ebonee B. Christian, 26, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 5 on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Christian was ordered to make $4,499 restitution, and to pay a $1,500 fine and $198 court costs.
- On 3/27/09, Lakeshia R. Peace, 31, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 363rd District Court on the charge of Class A Misdemeanor securing execution of document by deception. Peace was ordered to make $3,960 restitution and to pay a $1,500 fine.
- On 4/8/09, Anita M. Lane, 39, was convicted by the 195th District Court of Class A misdemeanor securing execution of document by deception and sentenced to 75 days jail time. Lane made $2,113 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay $206 court costs.
- On 5/4/09, Andrew A. Williams, 30, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 5 on the charge of securing execution of document by deception. Williams was ordered to make $3,630 restitution and to pay $198 court costs.
- On 5/28/09, Maria E. Brown, 29, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 292nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Brown was ordered to make $12,904 restitution and to pay a $1,500 fine and $223 court costs.
- On 6/16/09, Montrica F. Roney, 35, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 2 on the charge of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception. Roney was ordered to make $12,890 restitution and to pay $236 court costs.
EL PASO COUNTY
- On 2/26/09, Jorge Montero, 36, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 205th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Montero was ordered to make $7,078 restitution, to pay a $1,500 fine and $223 court costs, and to perform 200 hours community service.
FORT BEND COUNTY
- On 3/13/09, Jerry Corbett, 48, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 268th District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor theft. Corbett was ordered to make $3,659 restitution, and to pay a $200 fine and $198 court costs.
HARRIS COUNTY
- On 12/11/08, Charles G. Martin, 47, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 177th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Martin was ordered to make $12,792 restitution, to pay $203 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 1/12/09, Craig Harris was convicted by the 232nd District Court of state jail theft and sentenced to 10 days jail time. Harris was ordered to make $2,900 restitution.
- On 1/13/09, Dietrich L. Dixon, 35, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 209th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Dixon was ordered to make $3,434 restitution, to pay $203 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 1/16/09, Curtis D. Jenkins, 42, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 185th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Jenkins was ordered to make $3,150 restitution, to pay $203 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 1/21/09, Joel Hidalgo, 40, was convicted by the 338th District Court of Class A misdemeanor theft and sentenced to 13 days jail time. Hidalgo was ordered to pay $208 court costs.
- On 1/28/09, Evie Barbero, 50, plead guilty to Class A misdemeanor theft in the 174th District Court. Barbero made $3,360 restitution before sentencing and paid a $300 fine.
- On 1/29/09, Vergil C. Campbell, 52, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 232nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Campbell was ordered to make $4,384 restitution and to pay $203 court costs.
- On 1/29/09, Jessica L. Garcia, 31, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 230th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Garcia was ordered to make $5,146 restitution, to pay a $300 fine and $203 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 2/4/09, Billy R. Sampson, 35, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 180th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Sampson was ordered to make $7,581 restitution and to pay $203 court costs.
- On 2/17/09, Phyllis A. Wilson, 51, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 174th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Wilson was ordered to make $12,584 restitution, to pay $203 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 3/5/09, Jocelyn E. Babin, 50, was convicted by the 176th District Court of Class A misdemeanor theft. Babin made $5,895 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay a $300 fine.
- On 3/5/09, Curtis D. Brown, 36, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 228th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Brown made $3,940 restitution, and was ordered to pay a $300 fine and $203 court costs.
- On 3/17/09, Valerie M. Nunnally, 38, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 262nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Nunnally was ordered to make $3,983 restitution, to pay $203 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 3/18/09, Mohammad S. Fotovat, 52, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 184th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Fotovat was ordered to make $12,273 restitution and to perform 40 hours community service.
- On 3/18/09, Shannon M. Laning, 30, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 177th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Laning made full restitution of $5,284 before sentencing.
- On 3/19/09, Dorothy A Thibodeaux, 57, was convicted by the 228th District Court of Class A misdemeanor theft. Thibodeaux made $3,250 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay a $300 fine.
- On 3/25/09, Clarence Houston III, 30, was convicted by the 180th District Court of Class A misdemeanor theft. Houston made $4,456 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay a $300 fine.
- On 3/27/09, Dorothy D. Caples, 63, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 176th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Caples made $12,136 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay $203 court costs.
- On 3/31/09, Edward C. Mayfield, 55, was convicted by the 263rd District Court of Class A misdemeanor theft. Mayfield made $5,743 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay a $300 fine.
- On 4/1/09, Roger Platt, 32, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 248th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Platt was ordered to make $7,059 restitution.
- On 4/3/09, Freddie D. Wilson, 40, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 351st District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Wilson was ordered to make $4,032 restitution, to pay a $300 fine, and to perform 100 hours community service.
- On 4/3/09, Illona M. Walker, 54, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 351st District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Walker was ordered to make $8,580 restitution, to pay a $300 fine, and to perform 100 hours community service.
- On 4/7/09, Ramona L. Santee, 42, was convicted by the 208th District Court of Class A misdemeanor theft and sentenced to 2 days jail time. Santee made $3,581 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay a $400 fine.
- On 4/16/09, Kelly N Vinson, 29, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 184th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Vinson was ordered to make $4,347 restitution.
- On 4/22/09, Reymundo Martinez, 30, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 351st District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Martinez was ordered to make $5,554 restitution and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 5/6/09, Robert O'Neil, 34, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 263rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. O'Neil was ordered to make $6,354 restitution and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 5/14/09, Frederick D. Fisher, 32, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 228th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Fisher was ordered to make $6,650 restitution and to perform 50 hours community service.
- On 5/15/09, Tawana Lewis, 28, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 174th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Lewis was ordered to make $4,340 restitution and to perform 160 hours community service.
- On 5/19/09, Antonio Fuentez Jr., 53, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 337th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Fuentez was ordered to make $6,270 restitution, to pay a $300 fine, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 5/29/09, Ronald Anguiano, 47, was convicted by the 230th District Court of state jail felony theft and sentenced to 180 days in the Harris Co. Jail pursuant to TEX. PEN. CODE § 12.44, which allows the imposition of Class A misdemeanor confinement upon conviction of a state jail felony if the Court finds that such punishment would best serve the ends of justice. Anguiano made $3,960 restitution before sentencing.
- On 6/4/09, Aretha Harvey, 41, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 178th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Harvey was ordered to make $3,078 restitution and to perform 160 hours community service.
- On 6/8/09, Princess Beasley, 50, was convicted by the 18th District Court of 2nd degree felony Theft and sentenced to 2 years in prison with the Texas Department of Corrections. Beasley $4,445 restitution before sentencing.
- On 6/10/09, Rene Zamora, 41, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 230th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Zamora was ordered to make $4,225 restitution, to pay a $300 fine, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 6/12/09, Nolbert Hernandez, 35, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 182nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Hernandez was ordered to make $8,750 restitution and to perform 160 hours community service.
- On 6/17/09, Gracie A. Palacios, 44, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 183rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Palacios cleared the $3,027 fraudulent overpayment balance before sentencing, and was ordered to pay a $150 fine and to perform 80 hours community service.
- On 6/23/09, Reginald D. Hatter, 36, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 184th District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Hatter was ordered to make $7,176 restitution and to perform 30 hours community service.
HIDALGO COUNTY
- On 3/23/09, Hilda G. Lara, 58, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 139th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Lara was ordered to make $9,160 restitution, to pay a $100 fine and $278 court costs, and to perform 40 hours community service.
- On 4/21/09, Alicia Zamora, 37, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 93rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Zamora was ordered to make $4,368 restitution.
HOPKINS COUNTY
- On 4/30/09, Michael T. Miears, 46, was convicted by the 8th District Court of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception and sentenced to 3 years regular probation. Miears was ordered to make $5,904 restitution, to pay $290 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
- On 3/2/09, Jennifer A. Albright, 48, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the Criminal District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Albright was ordered to make $3,300 restitution, to pay a $250 fine and to perform 80 hours community service.
- On 5/4/09, Daniel W. Logan, 28, was convicted by the 252nd District Court of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception and sentenced to 6 months state jail time. Logan was ordered to pay $458 court costs. Collection of the outstanding fraudulent overpayment balance of $9,458 will be pursued via the assessment process.
- On 5/19/09, Shaza Shields, 26, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 252nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony Theft. Shields was ordered to make $5,046 restitution, to pay a $300 fine, and to perform 400 hours of community service.
- On 6/8/09, Todd W. Pierre, 41, was convicted of state jail felony Securing Execution of Document by Deception by the 252nd District Court and sentenced to 5 years regular probation. Pierre was ordered to make $7,392 restitution, to pay $300 court costs, and to perform 400 hours community service.
JIM WELLS COUNTY
- On 5/5/09, Carlos Gonzalez, 49, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 79th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Gonzalez was ordered to make $9,507 restitution and to pay $360 court costs.
JOHNSON COUNTY
- On 3/16/09, Jonathan R. Campbell, 27, was convicted by the 413th District Court of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception and sentenced to 5 years regular probation. Campbell was ordered to make $4,168 restitution, to pay a $500 fine and $280 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
MATAGORDA COUNTY
- On 3/5/09, Adolfo Nieto, Jr., 34, was convicted by the 130th District Court of Class A misdemeanor theft. Nieto made $5,810 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay a $1,500 fine and $223 court costs.
MIDLAND COUNTY
- On 1/23/09, Dana C. Mann, 31, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 238th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Mann was ordered to make $3,562 restitution, to pay a $500 fine, and to perform 120 hours community service.
POLK COUNTY
- On 12/3/08, William C. Sylestine, 39, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 411th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Sylestine was ordered to make $8,183 restitution and to pay $287 court costs.
TRAVIS COUNTY
- On 1/20/09, Darla D. Jackson, 33, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 390th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Jackson was ordered to make $3,260 restitution and to perform 80 hours community service.
- On 1/22/09, Christopher I. Walker, 37, received 6 months deferred adjudication probation from the 390th District Court on the charge of Class A Misdemeanor theft. Walker made full restitution of $7,158 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to perform 80 hours community service.
- On 3/4/09, Richard I. Fulmer, 46, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 167th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Fulmer was ordered to make $5,280 restitution and to pay a $1,000 fine.
APRIL/MAY/JUNE/JULY/AUGUST/SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER/NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2008
* During the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Quarters of 2008, TWC Learned the Details of the Following Dispositions:
BEXAR COUNTY
- On 3/26/08, Michael A. Almendarez was convicted by the 290th District Court of state jail felony theft and ordered to serve 1 day in jail. The $3,392 restitution owed in this case was ordered as restitution in a different case in which Almendarez was convicted of second degree felony possession of a controlled substance and placed on a 5 year regular probation.
- On 4/28/08, Gwendolyn Crump, 34, received 18 months deferred adjudication probation from the 226th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Crump was ordered to make $4,100 restitution, to pay $300 court costs, and to perform 80 hours community service.
- On 4/29/08, Ann M. Cazares, 35, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 379th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Cazares was ordered to make $3,207 restitution and to pay a $1,500 fine.
- On 5/15/08, Marsha Aguilar, 47, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 144th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Aguilar was ordered to make $5,160 restitution, to pay a $1,500 fine, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 6/16/08, Rebecca C. Brooks, 50, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 399th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Brooks was ordered to make $3,598 restitution, to pay a $1,200 fine, and to perform 220 hours community service.
- On 9/15/08, Patricia W. Deshalto, 45, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 187th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Deshalto was ordered to make $6,002 restitution, to pay $298 court costs, and to perform 100 hours community service.
BRAZORIA COUNTY
- On 9/8/08, Joseph R. Harwell, 50, was convicted by the 300th District Court of state jail felony theft and sentenced to 5 years regular probation. Harwell was ordered to make $13,650 restitution, of which he paid $1,000 before sentencing, and to perform 120 hours community service.
BRAZOS COUNTY
- On 12/15/08, Michael J. Bartos, III, plead guilty before the 272nd District Court to Medicaid fraud. As part of his sentence, the Court ordered Bartos to make $10,496 restitution for unemployment insurance (UI) fraud for which he was under indictment. Bartos was placed on 10 years deferred adjudication probation, and among other terms, was ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and to perform 1,000 hours community service.
BURLESON COUNTY
- On 8/11/2008, Briana L. Dunavant, 29, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 21st District Court on the charge of third degree felony theft. Dunavant was ordered to make $5,018 restitution, to pay $223 court costs, and to perform 200 hours community service.
COLLIN COUNTY
- On 6/5/08, Katherine S. Mathews, 40, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 380th District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor theft. Mathews was ordered to pay a $500 fine and $298 court costs.
DALLAS COUNTY
- On 3/13/08, Elleni M. Sweet-Tesfay, 40, received 9 months deferred adjudication probation from the 292nd District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor securing execution of document by deception. Sweet-Tesfay made $2,140 restitution before sentencing.
- On 3/21/08, Ricardo S. Narro, 33, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 7 on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Narro was ordered to make $3,133 restitution, to pay $198 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 4/11/08, Dominic A. Hawkins, 34, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 265th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Hawkins was ordered to make $3,091 restitution and to pay $598 court costs.
- On 4/14/08, Roscelyn L. Walton, 39, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 6 on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Walton was ordered to make $14,922 restitution and to pay $198 court costs.
- On 4/18/08, Deoutay Johnson, 32, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 282nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Johnson was ordered to make $2,688 restitution and to pay a $1,500 fine and $207 court costs.
On 4/22/08, Henry D. Ford, 31, was convicted by the 292nd District Court of Class A misdemeanor securing execution of document by deception and sentenced to 1 year regular probation. Ford made $5,280 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay a $100 fine.
- On 4/25/08, James E Lightner, 55, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 292nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Lightner was ordered to make $4,368 restitution and to pay a $1,000 fine.
- On 5/2/08, Lisa K. Wright, 43, received 1 year deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 4 on the charge of Class A misdemeanor securing execution of document by deception. Wright was ordered to make $4,604 restitution, to pay a $500 fine, and to perform 50 hours community service.
- On 5/5/08, Monica M. Robles, 30, received 1 year deferred adjudication probation from the 291st District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor securing execution of document by deception. Robles made $8,856 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine.
- On 5/7/08, Carlos A. Brown, 27, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 282nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Brown was ordered to make $4,606 restitution, to pay a $1,000 fine and $211 court costs, and to perform 150 hours community service.
- On 5/23/08, Marlo R. Sneed, 39, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 282nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Sneed was ordered to make $4,054 restitution, to pay a $1,000 fine and $198 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 6/5/08, Jessie J. Snow, 52, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 5 on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Snow was ordered to make $2,244 restitution, to pay a $1,500 fine, and to perform 150 hours community service.
- On 6/5/08, D'Metria L. Kissentaner, 42, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 194th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Kissentaner was ordered to make $7,656 restitution, to pay court costs of $198, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 6/6/08, Tovia V. Harris, 36, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 265th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Harris was ordered to make $7,390 restitution and to pay a $1,000 fine and $211 court costs.
- On 6/9/08, Peggy M. Green, 37, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 363rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Green was ordered to make $3,828 restitution and to pay $198 court costs.
- On 6/9/08, Virginia Aguilar, 49, was convicted of Class A misdemeanor theft by the 265th District Court and sentenced to 1 year regular probation. Aguilar was ordered to make $8,736 restitution and to pay $246 court costs.
- On 6/9/08, Prentice E. McKinney, 42, received 1 year deferred adjudication probation from the 203rd District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor securing execution of document by deception. McKinney was ordered to pay a $500 fine and $221 court costs.
- On 6/19/08, Wendy Span-Appleberry, 42, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 203rd District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor securing execution of document by deception. Span-Appleberry was ordered to make $3,204 restitution.
- On 7/3/08, Brandon R. Gholston, 26, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 6 on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Gholston was ordered to make $6,428 restitution and to pay $198 court costs.
- On 7/8/08, Demetra L. Robison-Green, 27, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 194th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Robison-Green was ordered to make $3,686 restitution and to pay $198 court costs.
- On 7/24/08, Ava C. Wilkins, 37, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 292nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Wilkins was ordered to make $9,847 restitution and to pay $198 court costs.
- On 7/28/08, Amy P. Moffitt, 36, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 194th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Moffitt was ordered to make $3,909 restitution, to pay a $1,000 fine, and to perform 150 hours community service.
- On 7/29/08, Porscha G. Frazier, 27, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 6 on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Frazier was ordered to make $5,346 restitution and to pay a $1,500 fine and $198 court costs.
- On 8/1/08, Randy E. Garner, 30, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 1 on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Garner was ordered to make $3,786 restitution and to pay a $1,500 fine and $198 court costs.
- On 8/7/08, Karen G. Blackwell, 46, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 282nd District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor securing execution of document by deception. Blackwell was ordered to make $6,720 restitution, of which she made $5,000 before sentencing, and to pay a $1,000 fine.
- On 8/13/08, Debbie L. Williams, 48, received 10 years deferred adjudication probation from the 204th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Williams was ordered to make $8,429 restitution and to pay a $1,500 fine and $198 courts costs.
- On 8/14/08, Jose H. Garcia, 43, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from County Magistrate Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor securing execution of document by deception. Garcia was ordered to make $3,582 restitution, of which he made $1,000 before sentencing, to pay a $500 fine, and to perform 80 hours community service.
- On 8/15/08, Rickia S. Evans, 30, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the Criminal District Court No. 1 on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Evans was ordered to make $3,184 restitution and to pay a $1,500 fine.
- On 9/11/08, Christopher L. Isom, 27, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 5 on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Isom was ordered to make $5,889 restitution and to pay $198 court costs.
- On 9/18/08, Christopher Cochran, 30, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 283rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Cochran was ordered to make $3,510 restitution and to pay a $1,500 fine and $198 court costs.
- On 9/23/08, Maria Fino, 43, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 7 on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Fino was ordered to make $4,438 restitution and to pay a $1,000 fine and $411 court costs.
- On 9/25/08, Louis J. Matthews, 63, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 292nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Matthews was ordered to make $5,310 restitution, to pay a $500 fine and $198 court costs.
- On 10/3/08, Jessica D. Click, 30, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 203rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Click was ordered to make $3,953 restitution, to pay a $1,500 fine, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 10/6/08, Rodney L. Hall, 37, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 203rd District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor securing execution of document by deception. Hall was ordered to make $5,376 restitution, and to pay a $1,500 fine and $221 court costs.
- On 10/14/08, Walter A. Flowers, 45, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 282nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Flowers was ordered to make $5,969 restitution, and to pay a $1,500 fine and $198 court costs.
- On 11/6/08, John K. Anderson, 70, received 10 years deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 1 on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Anderson was ordered to make $5,000 restitution and to pay a $1,500 fine.
- On 11/26/08, Yolanda Wilson-Flemmings received 1 year deferred adjudication probation from the 283rd District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor securing execution of document by deception. Wilson was ordered to make only $1,896 restitution, and to pay a $500 fine and $198 court costs.
- On 12/9/08, Stephanie E. Johnson, 25, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 204th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Johnson was ordered to pay a $1,500 fine and $207 court costs.
DENTON COUNTY
- On 8/7/08, Cyrus Lee Hafford, 30, was convicted by the 211th District Court of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception and sentenced to 8 years regular probation. As a condition of probation, Hafford was ordered to serve 10 days in jail. Additionally, Hafford was ordered to make $5,065 restitution, to pay $313 court costs, and to perform 200 hours community service.
- On 8/18/08, Jennifer C. Wilson, 37, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 362nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Wilson was ordered to make $5,280 restitution and to pay a $500 fine and $321.70 courts costs.
FANNIN COUNTY
- On 3/13/08, Angel N. Crossland, 34, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 336th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Crossland was ordered to make $7,304 restitution and to pay $283 court costs.
- On 3/14/08, Eddie Wayne Lewis, 36, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 336th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Lewis was ordered to make $8,529 restitution and to pay a $1,000 fine and $288 court costs.
FORT BEND COUNTY
- On 4/21/08, Theresa A. Karish, 51, received 1 year deferred adjudication probation from the 434th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Karish was ordered to make $4,550 restitution, to pay a $200 fine and $261 court costs, and to perform 60 hours community service.
- On 9/22/08, James E. Bausley, 37 was convicted by the 268th District Court of state jail felony theft and sentenced to 5 years regular probation. Bausley was ordered to make $4,953 restitution, to pay a $500 fine and $198 court costs, to perform 200 hours community service, to attend an anti-theft class and to write an apology letter to the Texas Workforce Commission.
- On 11/10/08, Willie C. Ross, III, 32, was convicted by the 400th District Court of state jail felony theft and sentenced to 180 days in a state jail. Ross made $7,370 restitution before sentencing.
- On 11/24/08, Arthur L. Johnson, 38, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 268th District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor theft. Johnson was ordered to make $3,376 restitution, to pay $248 court costs, and to perform 80 hours community service.
GALVESTON COUNTY
- On 7/24/08, Ramona D. Clark, 40, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from County Court No. 1 on the charge of Class A misdemeanor fraudulently obtaining unemployment insurance benefits. Clark was ordered to make $4,858 restitution, to pay $262.50 court costs, and to perform 40 hours community service.
- On 8/29/08, Nathaniel Jones, 52, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 122nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Jones was ordered to make $7,459 restitution and to pay $318 court costs.
HARRIS COUNTY
- On 4/4/08, Tiffany D. Zoch, 41, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 262nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Zoch was ordered to make $10,425 restitution and to serve 120 hours community service.
- On 6/4/08, Leopoldo Ruiz, Jr., 46, was convicted by the 338th District Court of state jail felony theft and sentenced to 6 months jail time.
- On 6/19/08, Richard Garrett Daniels, 34, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 230th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Daniels was ordered to make $4,362 restitution, to pay $203 court costs, and to perform 160 hours community service.
- On 7/2/08, Davis Charles Adams, 47, was convicted of Class A misdemeanor theft by the 176th District Court and sentenced to 30 days jail time. Adams made full restitution of $7,872 before sentencing.
- On 7/22/08, Rodolfo E. Quintero, 36, was convicted of Class A misdemeanor theft by the 180th District Court and sentenced to 4 days jail. Quintero made full restitution of $3,420 before sentencing.
- On 8/7/08, Anthony Williams, 49, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 230th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. As a condition of probation, Williams was ordered to serve 10 days in jail. Williams was also ordered to pay $203 court costs and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 8/20/08, Rochelle Jackson-Roberts, 32, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 183rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Jackson-Roberts was ordered to make $5,497 restitution, to pay $203 court costs, and to perform 80 hours community service.
- On 8/22/08, Michelle Conyers-Mason received 10 years deferred adjudication probation from the 184th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Conyers-Mason was ordered to make $7,814 restitution.
- On 9/11/08, Angela N. Lowe, 41, received 9 months deferred adjudication probation from the 185th District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor theft. Lowe was ordered to make $3,090 restitution, to pay $151 court costs, and to perform 24 hours community service.
- On 9/18/08, John W. Lewis, 55, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 174th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Lewis was ordered to make $6,048 restitution, to pay $203 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 10/9/08, Esmeralda Cevallos, 39, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 337th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Cevallos was ordered to make $7,056 restitution, to pay $203 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 10/10/08, Dwayne E. Mickens was formally sentenced by Judge Ewing Werlein, Jr., United States District Court, Southern District of Texas (Houston), to 5 years regular probation for mail fraud related to the filing of false claims for unemployment insurance benefits - Mickens had earlier plead guilty on 2/29/08 to five counts of mail fraud. From June 1997 through February 2007, Mickens filed 9 separate initial claims for benefits without reporting earnings while simultaneously working for and being paid by the U.S. Postal Service. As a result of this fraud, TWC paid Mickens $43,878 in benefits to which he was not entitled. Mickens made $10,000 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to make $33,878 restitution during probation. Mickens was also ordered to pay a $10,000 fine and a $500 special assessment, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 10/17/08, Demetria Booker-Brackens, 30, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 263rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Booker-Brackens was ordered to make $3,000 restitution, to pay a $500 fine and $203 court costs, and to perform 160 hours of community service.
- On 11/14/08, Eric Rodriguez, 31, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 209th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Rodriguez was ordered to make $4,454 restitution, to pay a $750 fine and $203 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 11/25/08, Dean McCarter, 39, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 337th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. McCarter was ordered to make $2,952 restitution, to pay a $300 fine and $203 court costs, and to perform 160 hours community service.
- On 12/9/08, Tony L. Flaniken, 42, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 174th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Flaniken was ordered to make $6,116 restitution and to pay $203 court costs.
- On 12/15/08, Judy D. Girard, 58, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 337th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Girard was ordered to make $7,920 restitution, to pay $203 court costs, and to perform 200 hours community service.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
- On 2/18/08, Eloise T. LeBouef, 37, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the Criminal District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. LeBouef was ordered to make $5,861 restitution and to pay a $500 fine.
- On 11/3/08, Wanda E. Ledet, 36, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the Criminal District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Ledet was ordered to make $4,796 restitution, to pay a $250 fine, and to perform 400 hours community service.
- On 11/3/08, Milton C. Piert, 43, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 252nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Piert was ordered to make $9,133 restitution and to pay $200 court costs.
LUBBOCK COUNTY
- On 12/16/08, Michael Hood, 50, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 137th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Hood was ordered to make $5,204 restitution, to pay $690 court costs, and to perform 400 hours community service.
MATAGORDA COUNTY
- On 12/11/08, Christopher Davalos, 45, was convicted by the 130th District Court of state jail felony theft and sentenced to 8 months regular probation. Davalos was ordered to make $4,277 restitution, to pay a $1,000 fine and $232 court costs, and to perform 400 hours community service.
MILAM COUNTY
- On 7/7/08, Everett A. Hall, 47, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 20th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Hall was order to make $5,253 restitution, and to pay court costs of $263 and to perform 120 hours community service.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
- On 7/9/08, Cecil Bebee, 66, received 15 months deferred adjudication probation from County Court at Law No. 2 on the charge of Class A misdemeanor fraudulently obtaining unemployment insurance benefits. Beebe was ordered to make $3,234 restitution and to pay $260 court costs.
- On 12/10/08, Lee E. Kinney, 40, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 284th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Kinney was ordered to make $4,950 restitution, to pay a $100 fine and $351 court costs, and to perform 8 hours community service.
NAVARRO COUNTY
- On 4/11/08, Erica L. Standmire, 35, was convicted by the 13th District Court of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception and sentenced to 20 months jail time.
NUECES COUNTY
- On 2/1/08, Paul Barrientes, 35, was convicted by County Court at Law No. 2 of Class A misdemeanor fraudulently obtaining unemployment insurance benefits. Barrientes was sentenced to 1 year regular probation and ordered to make $4,533 restitution, to pay a $1,500 fine and $274 court costs, and to perform 25 hours community service.
- On 2/22/08, Alfredo Cuellar, 57, was convicted by County Court at Law No. 2 of Class A misdemeanor fraudulently obtaining unemployment insurance benefits. Cuellar was sentenced to 1 year regular probation and ordered to make $4,172 restitution, to pay a $2,000 fine and $224 court costs, and to perform 24 hours community service.
POLK COUNTY
- On 4/30/08, David L. Reeves III, 30, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 411th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Reeves was ordered to make $6,699 restitution, to pay a $1,000 fine, and to perform 80 hours community service.
- On 9/29/08, Grover E. Adkinson, 47, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 258th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Adkinson was ordered to make $11,496 restitution, to pay a $500 fine and $282 court costs, and to perform 180 hours community service.
SMITH COUNTY
- On 11/20/08, Tillman R. Morgan, 44, was convicted by the 114th District Court of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception and sentenced to 12 months in a state jail. Morgan was ordered to make restitution upon final determination of amount, and to pay a $5,000 fine and $483 court costs.
TRAVIS COUNTY
- On 11/19/07, Michael C. Camacho, 30, received 6 months deferred adjudication probation from the 390th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Camacho made $3,151 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to perform 60 hours community service.
- On 3/6/08, Denise L. Jones, 31, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 403rd District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor securing execution of document by deception. Jones was ordered to make $2,400 restitution.
- On 3/21/08, Sharon Yvonne Hunt, 45, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 331st District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Hunt was ordered to make $5,001 restitution and to pay $293 court costs.
- On 4/8/08, Edward J. Trujillo, 35, received 1 year deferred adjudication probation from the 147th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Trujillo was ordered to make $4,470 restitution and to pay a $500 fine.
- On 8/13/08, Brenda L. Briseno, 31, received 1 year deferred adjudication probation from the 390th District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor securing execution of document by deception. Briseno made $5,113 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay a $250 fine.
- On 10/20/08, David Cruse, Jr., 46, was convicted by the 331st District Court of state jail felony theft and sentenced to 5 years regular probation. Cruse was ordered to make $8,644 restitution and to perform 180 hours community service.
TYLER COUNTY
- On 7/11/08, Tara E. Horn, 30, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from District Court 1A on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Horn was ordered to make $3,614 restitution, to pay a $500 fine and $286 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
VICTORIA COUNTY
- On 4/15/08, Brian K. Williams, 44, was convicted of state jail felony theft by the 377th District Court and sentenced to 4 years regular probation. Williams was ordered to make $3,304 restitution, to pay a $500 fine and $299 court costs, and to perform 200 hours community service.
WASHINGTON COUNTY
- On 11/13/08, Bobby L. Thornton II, 36, received 1 year deferred adjudication probation from the 21st District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor theft. Thornton was ordered to make $6,550 restitution and to pay $171 court costs.
JAN/FEB/MARCH 2008
* During the 1st Quarter of 2008, TWC Learned the Details of the Following Dispositions:
BEXAR COUNTY
- On 7/30/07, David Flores, 30, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 186th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Flores was ordered to make $3,394 restitution, to pay a $400 fine and $293 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 12/13/07, Bill Lee, 41, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation in the 227th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Lee was ordered to make $5,871 restitution, to pay a $1,000 fine and $293 court costs, and to perform 100 hours community service.
CAMERON COUNTY
- On 2/7/08, Hilaria T. Foster, 54, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 138th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Foster was ordered to make $3,048 restitution.
COLLIN COUNTY
- On 1/31/08, Roschonda R. King, 27, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 366th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. King was ordered to make $5,299 restitution, and to pay a $100 fine, $287 court costs, and a $50 crime stoppers fee.
DALLAS COUNTY
- On 2/6/07, Tara Jackson, 34, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 194th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Jackson was ordered to make $3,812 restitution and to pay a $1,500 fine.
- On 6/19/07, Curtis E. Crow, 38, received 1 year deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 3 on the charge of Class A misdemeanor securing execution of document by deception. Crow made $4,658 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay a $500 fine and $271 court costs.
- On 7/3/07, Tammi L. Bryant, 36, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 282nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Bryant was ordered to make $3,193 restitution and to pay a $1,500 fine and $198 court costs.
- On 9/24/07, DeMarco Brown, 37, was convicted of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception by the 283rd District Court and sentenced to 2 years regular probation. Brown was ordered to make $4,236 restitution, to pay a $1,500 fine, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 9/25/07, Donald Taylor, 37, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 195th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Taylor was ordered to make $4,342 restitution and to pay a $1,500 fine.
- On 10/2/07, Alex C. Palmer, 33, received 1 year deferred adjudication probation from the 203rd District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor securing execution of document by deception. Palmer made full restitution of $5,748 before sentencing and was ordered to pay a $750 fine and $271 court costs.
- On 11/15/07, Juan S. Garza, 35, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 195th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Garza was ordered to make $7,920 restitution and to pay a $1,500 fine.
- On 11/16/07, Jewell J. Humphrey, 49, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 363rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Humphrey was ordered to make $4,648 restitution, to pay a $1,500 fine and $198 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 12/11/07, Felicia L. Martin, 37, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 291st District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Martin was ordered to make $5,249 restitution, to pay $198 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 1/8/08, Odis J. Garmon, 49, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 7 on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Garmon was ordered to make $3,360 restitution, to pay a $1,500 fine and $398 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 1/9/08, Christopher M. Jones, 33, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 194th District Court on the charge of securing execution of document by deception. Jones was ordered to make $3,856 restitution, to pay a $1,000 fine, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 1/25/08, Hawaii S. Conner, 24, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 283rd District Court on the charge of securing execution of document by deception. Conner was ordered to make $3,473 restitution and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 2/21/08, Eddie R. Buckley, 49, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 203rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Buckley was ordered to make $4,452 restitution and to pay a $1,000 fine.
- On 3/12/08, Traci L. Miller, 36, received 6 years deferred adjudication probation from the 291st District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Miller was ordered to make $14,772 restitution, to pay a $1,000 fine, and to perform 120 hours of community service.
- On 3/18/08, Orlando R. Verdoza, 34, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the Criminal District Court No. 5 on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Verdoza was ordered to make $5,576 restitution, to pay a $1,500 fine, and to perform 100 hours community service.
- On 3/21/08, Ernest C. Rowell, 37, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 291st District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Rowell was ordered to make $3,920 restitution, to pay a $1,500 fine, and to perform 120 hours community service.
FORT BEND COUNTY
- On 1/18/08, Henry E. Fisher, Sr., 38, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 400th District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor theft. Fisher was ordered to make $6,307 restitution, of which $1,000 was paid before sentencing. Fisher was also ordered to pay a $500 fine and $198 court costs and to perform 100 hours community service.
- On 3/17/08, Tina L. Flora, 43, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 240th District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor theft. Flora was ordered to make $3,400 restitution and to pay a $500 fine and $198 court costs.
GREGG COUNTY
- On 1/31/08, Robert L. Jordan, 42, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 188th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Jordan was ordered to make $5,104 restitution, to pay a $2,500 fine and $231 court costs, and to perform 80 hours community service.
HARRIS COUNTY
- On 12/14/07, Darrell J. Thompson, 42, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 337th District Court on the charge of state felony jail theft. Thompson was ordered to make $4,273 restitution, to pay a $500 fine, $203 court costs, and a $50 Crime Stoppers fee, and to perform 160 hours community service.
- On 12/19/07, Juan F. Montoya, 36, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 230th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Montoya was ordered to make $7,656 restitution, to pay $203 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 2/5/08, Rosalind A. Loston, 43, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 263rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Loston was ordered to make $9,570 restitution, to pay $203 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 2/20/08, Gary E. Moore, 51, was convicted of Class A misdemeanor theft by the 176th District Court and sentenced to 8 days jail time.
- On 2/27/08, Larial J. Espree, 54, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 339th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Espree made $2,750 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to make $2,812 additional restitution and to pay $203 court costs.
- On 3/31/08, Milton P. Lucas, 50, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the 178th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Lucas was ordered to make $6,000 restitution, to pay $203 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
HILL COUNTY
- On 7/6/07, Chance W. Tadlock, 37, was convicted of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception by the 66th District Court and sentenced to 5 years regular probation. Tadlock was ordered to make $5,578 restitution, to pay $302 court costs, and to perform 150 hours community service.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
- On 5/29/07, Gary B. Diles received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the Criminal District Court of Jefferson County on the charge of state jail felony theft. Diles was ordered to make $6,279 restitution, to pay a $500 fine and $200 court costs, and to perform 400 hours community service.
- On 10/29/07, Africa D. Parker, 33, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 252nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Parker was ordered to make $4,429 restitution, to pay $200 court costs, and to perform 400 hours community service.
- On 3/10/08, Robert L. Hayward, 42, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from the Criminal District Court of Jefferson County on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Hayward was ordered to make $3,809 restitution, to pay a $500 fine and $215 court costs, and to perform 400 hours community service.
- On 3/24/08, David W. Vincent, 44, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the Criminal District Court of Jefferson County on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Vincent was ordered to make $3,696 restitution, to pay a $500 fine and $215 court costs, and to perform 400 hours community service.
JIM WELLS COUNTY
- On 10/30/07, Maurice Hill, 47, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 79th District Court on the charge of state jail felony tampering with governmental record. Hill was ordered to make $4,832 restitution, to pay a $1,000 fine and $285 court costs, and to perform 160 hours community service.
JOHNSON COUNTY
- On 11/13/07, Mechelle Tarrant, 36, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 413th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Tarrant was ordered to make $4,191 restitution, to pay a $750 fine and $231 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
KERR COUNTY
- On 3/20/08, James R. Jackson, 46, was convicted of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception by the 216th District Court and sentenced to 5 years regular probation. Jackson was ordered to make $4,851 restitution, to pay a $500 fine and $230 court costs, and to perform 200 hours community service.
LIBERTY COUNTY
- On 12/11/07, Timothy E. McNew, 38, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 253rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. McNew was ordered to make $12,510 restitution, to pay a $1,000 fine and $318 court costs, and to perform 200 hours community service.
LUBBOCK COUNTY
- On 2/19/08, Oscar Ramirez, 53, was convicted of state jail felony theft by the 137th District Court and sentenced to 5 years regular probation. Ramirez was ordered to make $3,832 restitution, to pay $268 court costs, and to perform 150 hours community service.
TRAVIS COUNTY
- On 12/17/07, Jackie R. Fitzpatrick, 42, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 331st District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Fitzpatrick was ordered to make $5,940 restitution, to pay $293 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 1/23/08, Isabel C. Gonzalez, 34, received 1 year deferred adjudication probation from the 167th District Court on the charge of state jail felony attempted securing execution of document by deception. Gonzalez made $6,380 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay a $500 fine.
- On 2/1/08, Guy L. Strickland, 43, was convicted of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception by the 403rd District Court and sentenced to 5 years prison time.
JULY/AUG/SEPT/OCT/NOV/DEC 2007
* During July/Aug/Sept/Oct/Nov/Dec 2007, i.e., the last 2 quarters of 2007, TWC Learned the Details of the Following Dispositions:
BEXAR COUNTY
- On 8/27/07, Dora D. New-Smith, 48, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 187th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. New-Smith was ordered to make $3,784 restitution, to pay a $500 fine and $293 court costs, and to perform 100 hours community service.
- On 9/5/07, Willie Medina, 61, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 144th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Medina was ordered to make $3,809 restitution and to pay a $550 fine.
- On 10/8/07, Steven C. Hudkins, 46, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 399th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Hudkins made $1,000 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to make an additional $2,280 as a condition of probation. Further, Hudkins was ordered to pay a $1,500 fine and $293 court costs, and to perform 200 hours community service.
CASS COUNTY
- On 9/4/07, Jeremy O. Kyle, 27, was convicted of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception by the 5th District Court and was sentenced to 5 years regular probation. Kyle was ordered to make $3,908 restitution, to pay a $2,000 fine and $687 court costs, and to perform 200 hours community service.
CHAMBERS COUNTY
- On 11/7/07, Tommy R. King, 37, received 10 years deferred adjudication probation from the 344th District Court on the charge of state jail felony false statement to obtain property or credit. King was ordered to make $3,362 restitution, to pay a $1,500 fine and $227 court costs, and to perform 300 hours community service.
COLLIN COUNTY
- On 7/6/07, Jacqueline D. Brice, 31, received 1 year deferred adjudication probation from the 416th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Brice was ordered to make $5,276 restitution, to pay a $750 fine, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 8/10/07, Tommy J. Edmonds, 40, was convicted of state jail felony Theft by the 219th District Court and was sentenced to 3 years regular probation. Edmonds was ordered to make $7,389 restitution, to pay a $500 fine and $273 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 9/27/07, Ferris L. Patterson, 49, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 380th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Patterson was ordered to make $3,584 restitution, to pay a $500 fine and $248 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
DALLAS COUNTY
- On 6/5/07, Angelo A. Martin, 45, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 203rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Martin was ordered to make $5,904 restitution, to pay a $2,000 fine and $198 court costs, and to perform 160 hours community service.
- On 6/13/07, Montrel B. Fagans, 31, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 265th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Fagans was ordered to make $8,105 restitution, to pay $198 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 7/12/07, Antonia C. Cruz, 34, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 7 on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Cruz was ordered to make $4,668 restitution and to pay a $1,000 fine.
- On 7/17/07, Zanthia D. Davis, 34, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 203rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Davis was ordered to make $4,466 restitution, to pay a $1,500 fine and $181 court costs, and to perform 80 hours community service.
- On 7/20/07, Hawanya A. Brent, 34, was convicted by Criminal District Court No. 5 of Class A misdemeanor securing execution of document by deception and sentenced to 1 year regular probation. Brent made $8,200 before sentencing and was ordered to pay a $500 fine and to perform 80 hours community service.
- On 7/26/07, Jonathan M. Lombardi, 26, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 2 on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Lombardi was ordered to make $4,368 restitution, to pay a $1,500 fine, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 7/31/07, Ethel F. Stern, 52, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 282nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Stern was ordered to make $5,306 restitution and to pay $198 court costs.
- On 8/2/07, Steven G. McDaniel, 40, received 1 year deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 5 on the charge of Class A misdemeanor securing execution of document by deception. McDaniel made $5,108 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay a $1,500 fine.
- On 8/7/07, Jamie H. Armistead, 30, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 248th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Armistead was ordered to make $5,800 restitution ($1,500 of which he paid before sentencing), to pay $203 court costs, and to perform 100 hours community service.
- On 8/10/07, Kendall J. Lamb, age 41, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 195th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Lamb was ordered to make $11,152 restitution, to pay a $1,500 fine, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 8/14/07, Michael R. McGee, 35, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 232nd District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor theft. McGee was ordered to make $7,165 restitution ($4,000 of which he paid before sentencing) and to pay $151 court costs.
- On 8/16/07, Jean A. Figueroa, 35, received 6 months deferred adjudication probation from the 292nd District Court on the charge of Class A misdemeanor securing execution of document by deception. Figueroa made $3,987 restitution before sentencing. She was ordered to pay a $800 fine.
- On 8/16/07, Jessica Green, 30, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 2 on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Green was ordered to make $4,133 restitution, to pay a $200 fine and $197 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 8/20/07, Robert Acy, Jr., 38, received 2 years deferred adjudication from the 282nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Acy was ordered to make $2,310 restitution, to pay a $1,000 fine and $198 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 8/23/07, Crystal D. Newsome, 26, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 195th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Newsome was ordered to make $4,384 restitution, to pay a $1,500 fine and $198 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 8/27/07, Phillip M. Bedford, 65, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 3 on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Bedford was ordered to make $5,173 restitution, to pay $197 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 9/5/07, Sonja C. Williams, 59, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 195th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Williams was ordered to make $2,169 restitution, and to pay a $1,000 fine and $198 court costs.
- On 9/5/07, Sonja C. Williams, 59, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 195th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Williams was ordered to make $2,169 restitution, and to pay a $1,000 fine and $198 court costs.
- On 9/7/07, Pamela A. Pruitt, 47, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 291st District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Pruitt was ordered to make $4,542 restitution, to pay a $1,500 fine and $198 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 9/19/07, Charles D. Walsh, 39, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 203rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Walsh was ordered to make $7,920 restitution and to pay a $1,500 fine.
- On 9/26/07, Heather R. Howard, 31, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 204th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Howard was ordered to make $10,170 restitution and to pay a $1,500 fine.
- On 9/26/07, Sabrina L. Bowens, age 33, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 5 on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Bowens was ordered to make $3,438 restitution and to pay a $1,500 fine.
- On 10/19/07, Kurt W. Gibson, 39, received 4 years deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 7 on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Gibson was ordered to make $2,790 restitution.
- On 10/23/07, Ronald M. Self, Jr., 39, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 283rd District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Self was ordered to make $5,742 restitution, to pay a $1,000 fine and $223 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 11/2/07, Michael Wilson, 39, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 282nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Wilson was ordered to make $15,283 restitution and to pay a $1,500 fine.
- On 12/6/07, Arthur M. Wright, 34, was convicted of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception by Criminal District Court No. 2 and sentenced to 5 years regular probation. Wright was ordered to make $6,140 restitution, to pay a $1,500 fine, and to perform 250 hours community service. Additionally, Wright was ordered to maintain full time employment as a condition of probation.
- On 12/6/07, Allen Whitwell, 59, received 5 years deferred adjudication from the 282nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Whitwell was ordered to make $5,940 restitution, to pay a $500 fine, and to perform 250 hours community service. Additionally, Whitwell was ordered to maintain full time employment in which he is not to handle money.
- On 12/11/07, Tracie R. Reed, 43, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 292nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Reed was ordered to make $3,024 restitution, to pay a $1,500 fine, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 12/13/07, Cindy L. Bowles, 45, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from Criminal District Court No. 1 on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Bowles was ordered to make $4,320 restitution and to pay a $1,000 fine.
- On 12/13/07, Travis J. Jackson, 33, was convicted of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception by the 204th District Court and sentenced to 10 months incarceration. Jackson was ordered to make $3,300 restitution and to pay a $300 fine.
- On 12/14/07, Vickey V. White, 40, was convicted of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception by the 204th District Court and sentenced to 5 years regular probation. White was ordered to make $5,620 restitution and to pay a $1,500 fine.
FANNIN COUNTY
- On 8/16/07, Richard Allen, 51, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 336th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Allen made $3,248 restitution before sentencing. He was ordered to pay a $600 fine and $283 court costs, and to perform 150 hours community service.
FORT BEND COUNTY
- On 9/14/07, Ricky L. Moore, 51, received 1 year deferred adjudication probation from the 268th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Moore was ordered to make $2,640 restitution and to perform 100 hours community service.
- On 10/12/07, Cassandra L. Dennis, 36, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 400th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Dennis was ordered to make $7,200 restitution, to pay a $500 fine and $248 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
- On 10/15/07, Michael A. White, 39, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 240th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. White was ordered to make $6,384 restitution, to pay a $500 fine and $248 court costs, and to perform 200 hours community service.
- On 11/9/07, Ricky H. Rodriguez, 45, was convicted of state jail felony theft by the 400th District Court and sentenced to 4 years regular probation. Rodriguez was ordered to make $7,108 restitution, to pay a $500 fine and $240 court costs, and to perform 200 hours community service.
GUADALUPE COUNTY
- On 10/10/07, Charles W. May, 52, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 25th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. May made $4,627 restitution before sentencing and was ordered to pay $263 court costs and to perform 40 hours community service.
HARRIS COUNTY
- On 6/22/07, Geneva A. Castillo, 38, was convicted by the 176th District Court of state jail felony theft and sentenced to 30 days incarceration. As part of her sentence, Castillo made $4,394 restitution.
- On 7/26/07, Paul L. Cortez, 42, was convicted of Class A misdemeanor theft by the 230th District Court and sentenced to 30 days incarceration. As part of his sentence, Cortez made $8,489 restitution.
- On 8/1/07, Ursula L. Thomas, 32, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 184th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Before sentencing, Thomas made $4,260 restitution. Thomas was ordered to perform 40 hours community service, attend an anti-theft course, and pay a $50 crime stopper fee.
- On 8/28/07, Alexandria Amboree, 30, was convicted of state jail felony theft by the 228th District Court and sentenced to 5 years regular probation. Amboree was ordered to make $4,388 restitution and to pay $281 court costs.
HAYS COUNTY
- On 8/31/07, Adolph A. Quintero, 33, was convicted of Class A misdemeanor fraudulently obtaining unemployment insurance benefits by County Court at Law No. 2 and sentenced to 2 years regular probation. Quintero was ordered to make $8,896 restitution, to pay a $800 fine and $236 court costs, and to perform 80 hours community service.
HIDALGO COUNTY
- On 9/5/07, Dionicia Gonzales, 50, was convicted of state jail felony theft by the 370th District Court and sentenced to 5 years regular probation. Gonzales was ordered to make $4,091 restitution, to pay $278 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
HILL COUNTY
- On 10/8/07, Andrew Martinez, 24, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 66th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Martinez was ordered to make $4,914 restitution, to pay $268 court costs, and to perform 120 hours community service.
JASPER COUNTY
- On 7/5/07, Lewis D. Williams, 45, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from District Court 1A on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Williams was ordered to make $3,735 restitution, to pay a $200 fine, and to perform 120 hours community service.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
- On 10/1/07, Melvin R. Keller, 35, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 252nd District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Keller was ordered to make $5,056 restitution and to perform 400 hours community service.
LUBBOCK COUNTY
- On 9/11/07, David Rocha, 38, received 3 years deferred adjudication probation from the 137th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. Rocha was ordered to make $4,586 restitution and to perform 400 hours community service.
TRAVIS COUNTY
- On 8/16/07, Gerard L. Nevit, 52, received 2 years deferred adjudication probation from the 390th District Court on the charge of state jail felony securing execution of document by deception. Nevit made $5,104 restitution before sentencing. He was ordered to perform 120 hours community service.
WHARTON COUNTY
- On 11/16/07, Gregory Lewis, 49, was convicted of state jail felony theft by the 329th District Court and sentenced to 60 days incarceration. Additionally, Lewis was ordered to make $2,275 restitution and to pay $197 court costs.
WILLIAMSON COUNTY
- On 10/30/07, Robert J. Azevedo II, 47, received 5 years deferred adjudication probation from the 26th District Court on the charge of state jail felony theft. As a condition of probation, Azevedo was ordered to serve 30 days jail time. Further, Azevedo was ordered to make $6,270 restitution and to pay a $2,500 fine.
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