STATESBORO, Ga. – A major investigation targeting an expansive, gang-related drug trafficking ring operating in Georgia has resulted in a 61-count indictment naming 26 defendants on federal charges. Indictments in Operation Ace in the Hole were returned under seal in U.S. District Court in Statesboro, said U.S. Attorney for the...

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Alexander Taylor pleaded guilty today to impersonating a federal officer, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux. The Honorable Lucy H. Koh, U.S. district judge, accepted the guilty plea. According to the plea agreement, Taylor...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Elijah Richter, 28, of Camino, pleaded guilty today to distribution of a controlled substance known as 25I-NBOMe that caused death, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux announced. According to court documents, during September 2012, Richter imported hallucinogenic...

STATESBORO, Ga. -- Four people have been indicted on federal charges for running a methamphetamine distribution ring throughout Bulloch County. The indictment, returned by a grand jury in U.S. District Court, charges the four – Clifton Pittman, 50, of Reidsville, Ga.; STATESBORO, Ga. -- Four people have been indicted on...

RALEIGH, N.C. – United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced Dennis Ray Taylor, 40, of Wilson, N.C., to 144 months imprisonment and 5 years supervised release for conspiracy to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A federal grand jury returned a 10-count indictment today against nine defendants, charging them with various drug and firearms offenses, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge William C. Fallin announced. The defendants are: Jose Encarnacion Mayo Rodriguez, 32, of Lathrop; Sylvia...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a seven-count indictment today against Frank Jonathan Guzman, 27, and Jose Cruz Ivan Aispuro, 34, both of Stockton, charging them with distributing heroin and fentanyl, possessing heroin and fentanyl for distribution, and conspiracy to do the same, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott...

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Angel Lopez-Rivera was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge William C. Fallin. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Beth Labson...

OAKLAND, Calif. – Joel Salcedo was sentenced to 151 months in prison for drug and gun charges, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge William C. Fallin. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr., U.S. District...

SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Attorney’s Office has charged Leanna Zamora, Lindsay Williams, and Shane Cratty with distribution of fentanyl, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge William “Curt” Fallin. The charges were made in a complaint filed today. The complaint...