UNITED STATES BORDER PATROL AGENT TONY "HOLLYWOOD"

United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill Middle District of Florida

Tampa
Orlando
Jacksonville
Fort Myers


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: STEVE COLE
Friday, November 30, 2007
PHONE: (813) 274-6136
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/flm/pr
FAX: (813) 274-6300


UNITED STATES BORDER PATROL AGENT TONY "HOLLYWOOD" HENDERSON PLEADS GUILTY TO DISTRIBUTION OF MARIHUANA



Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill today announced that United States Border Patrol Agent Tony "Hollywood" Henderson, a 46-year-old resident of Macclenny, Florida, pleaded guilty to one count of distributing marihuana. The maximum penalty Henderson faces is five years' imprisonment, a $250,000.00 fine, at least two years of supervised release, and a special assessment of $100.00.
According to the plea agreement, on or about the summer of 2004, Pedro Fernandez discussed helping an individual obtain marihuana from United States Border Patrol Agent Tony Henderson. Unbeknownst to Fernandez that individual (a “cooperating sourceâ€

U.S. Department of Justice
United States Attorney
Southern District of Iowa

U.S. Courthouse Annex, Suite 286 515 / 284-6283
110 East Court Avenue
. Des Moines, Iowa 50309-2053 FAX 515 / 284-6288

MEDIA RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Mike Bladel
November 20, 2007 Law Enforcement Coordinator

MELVIN PARRA-ACOSTA SENTENCED TO ELEVEN YEARS FOR
DISTRIBUTING METHAMPHETAMINE
Des Moines, IA- On November 16, 2007,


MELVIN PARRA-ACOSTA, age 40, a citizen of
Mexico, was sentenced to 135 months imprisonment for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine in
western Iowa, announced United States Attorney Matthew G. Whitaker. Senior United States District
Judge Ronald E. Longstaff also ordered Parra-Acosta to serve a five year term of supervised release
following incarceration and ordered him to pay an assessment of $100 to the Crime Victim Fund.
On March 30, 2007, Parra-Acosta entered a guilty plea to conspiring to distributing
methamphetamine in western Iowa between January 2006 and July 2006. Parra-Acosta is one of
fourteen people involved in the network that distributed methamphetamine received from Mexico,
through Omaha, and into western Iowa.
Previously sentenced in this case are the following individuals: Angela Wise was sentenced to
168 months on July 27, 2007; Michelle Newton was sentenced to 120 months on August 24, 2007; Kent
Merksick was sentenced to 160 months on September 17, 2007; Kenneth Russell McCoy (also known as
Kenneth Russell Ragland) was sentenced to 216 months on September 24, 2007; Carol Ann Wheeler
was sentenced to 170 months on October 12, 2007; Steven Dale Bascue was sentenced to 168 months
on October 26, 2007; and Travis Lebanouski was sentenced to 97 months on November 2, 2007.
The investigation was conducted by the Council Bluffs, Iowa Police Department, the SWINE
Task Force, Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, Pottawattamie County Attorney’s Office, the
Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration.