U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington
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A registered sex offender has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to receipt of child pornography. Authorities say Steven Eric Prestwood possessed hundreds of violent images involving minors despite a previous conviction.
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Nicholas Adams, 37, of Spokane, Washington, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for operating a commercial pill press operation that produced fentanyl pills in the Hillyard neighborhood.
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Federal authorities announced the largest drug seizure in the history of the Eastern District of Washington after a series of search warrants were executed in the Tri-Cities area on March 3, 2026.
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Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS), a federal contractor based in Richland, Washington, has agreed to pay $3.45 million to the U.S. Department of Justice following allegations that it overcharged the Department of Energy (DOE) for labor...
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Four individuals from the Yakima and Tri-Cities region have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to fraudulently obtaining H-2A temporary work visas and unlawfully transporting more than 500 foreign laborers from Mexico into...
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Two Yakima residents, Cesar Jamie Rebolledo Diaz and Socorro Ramos, have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges including forced labor, victim tampering, aggravated identity theft, mail fraud, and wire fraud.
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MultiCare Health System, a hospital and healthcare provider based in Tacoma, Washington, has agreed to pay $3.7 million to settle allegations that it endangered patient safety and submitted fraudulent bills to federal health care programs for...
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A woman from Davenport, Washington, has been sentenced to one year and a day in prison after being convicted of embezzling over $100,000 from the Spokane Tribe’s Division of Child and Family Services.
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A Wenatchee man has been sentenced to 17 years in federal prison for drug trafficking and illegal possession of firearms.
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Kenneth H. Crause, 55, has been sentenced to 204 months in federal prison for possession with intent to deliver over 400 grams of fentanyl.
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David Allen Vickers, 53, of Yakima, Washington, has been sentenced to 150 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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A Brewster, Washington physician has pleaded guilty to charges related to the adulteration and misbranding of medical devices. Dr. Eric Edward Haeger, 57, entered his plea on December 17, 2025, in the Eastern District of Washington.
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On December 10, 2025, Frederick Daniel Stensgar, a 61-year-old resident of Inchelium, Washington, was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for assaulting his intimate partner on the Colville Reservation.
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A Spokane physician, Dr. Duncan Lahtinen, has agreed to pay $120,000 in civil penalties following allegations that he prescribed controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose or outside the usual course of his professional practice.
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A former corrections officer has been sentenced to 168 months in federal prison for sexually assaulting a female inmate.
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A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Washington has indicted Anna Elperin, a former doctor from Ellensburg, on 26 felony counts related to falsifying medical examinations for commercial driver’s licenses and issuing prescriptions for...
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A 54-year-old man, Jason Foster Frank, has been sentenced to 35 years in federal prison for attempted online enticement of a minor and possession of child pornography.
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A Wapato man has been sentenced to 405 months in federal prison for second degree murder following a fatal crash on the Yakama Nation Indian Reservation.
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The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Washington has continued its prosecution of major drug trafficking and firearms cases despite the ongoing government shutdown, according to an announcement from United States Attorney...
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A Clarkston man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after being convicted on charges related to drug trafficking and illegal firearm possession.