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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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.
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A Clarkston, Washington man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine and illegally possessing firearms.
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Jose Luis Cruz-Agustin, a 37-year-old resident of Pasco, Washington, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for illegally reentering the United States after being deported multiple times.
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A man convicted of murder has received an additional prison sentence for a separate violent crime on the Yakama Reservation.
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On September 24, 2025, law enforcement officials executed search and arrest warrants in Richland, Washington, and Mason City, Iowa.
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Health First Urgent Care, which operates clinics in Richland and Pasco, Washington, has agreed to pay $2.8 million to resolve allegations of overbilling Medicare and Medicaid for diagnostic tests.
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On September 18, 2025, Israel Garcia, a 36-year-old Mexican national, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison by United States Chief District Judge Stanley A. Bastain in Spokane, Washington.