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Texas Man Sentenced For Software Piracy
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (AP)— A 28-year-old North Texas man has been sentenced to almost six years in prison for software piracy. A U.S. attorney’s statement says James Clayton Baxter of Wichita Falls...
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Woman Goes To Prison For Wheelchair Scheme In Texas
BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — A Texas woman has been sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for falsifying Medicare and Medicaid claims for wheelchairs. Lula Thurman of Humble received the 46-month...
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West Texas Men Receive Prison Time For Stealing Aviation Fuel From Army
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Authorities say three West Texas men have received federal prison sentences and another is on probation for stealing $290,000 worth of aviation fuel from the Army. Tomas Quintero...
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Inmate Ordered Retrial In ’80 ‘Waiting Ever Since’
GATESVILLE, Texas (AP) — Jerry Hartfield was still a young man when an uncle visited him in prison to tell him that his murder conviction had been overturned and he would get a new trial. Not long...
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Texan Gets Prison For Shooting Into Crop Duster
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — A West Texas man has been sentenced to 1½ years in federal prison for shooting into a crop duster as the plane sprayed a neighbor’s fields. Prosecutors in Lubbock on Monday...
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Court: Texas Inmate’s Decades-Old Sentence Invalid
HOUSTON (AP) — The life sentence given to a Texas man who has remained in prison for 33 years since being pulled off of death row isn’t valid, Texas’ highest criminal court said Wednesday, possibly...
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2 Californians Get Prison In Texas Pot Plane Case
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — A pilot and passenger from California must serve more than three years in prison for smuggling drugs in a rented plane that landed in Texas to refuel. A federal judge in Lubbock...
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Former Teacher Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Possessing Child Pornography
TYLER, Texas (AP) — A former East Texas high school teacher has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for possessing more than 1,200 images and videos of child pornography. A federal judge in Tyler on...
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Man Gets Life Term For Prostitution Scam
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A man who lured girls and women from Mexico into prostitution with false newspaper advertisements for U.S. jobs must serve life in federal prison. Charles Marquez was sentenced...
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Court Nixes Air Force Trainer’s Rape Penalty
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — An Air Force appeals court has overturned an Air Force instructor’s rape conviction and ordered a new sentence for his other convictions for misconduct at the South Texas base where...
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Army Officer Convicted Of Sex Trafficking In Texas
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — An Army officer from New Hampshire has been convicted of sex trafficking of a minor while on temporary duty last year in Texas. Lt. Col. Raymond Valas remains in custody pending...
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Man Serving Life For Acid Burning Of Teen Loses Appeal
HOUSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has rejected an appeal from a man serving life in prison for burning one of his girlfriend’s children with acid during an argument while in a pickup truck in far...
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