Portland, Ore. - Salvador Martinez-Perez, 53, East Wenatchee, Washington, appeared today before U.S. Magistrate Dennis J. Hubel and plead not guilty to a federal indictment charging him with four counts of conspiracy and possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin. On January 17, 2014, Sherman County Sheriff's...

SEATTLE - Mitchell Wright, 33, of Bothell, WA, made his initial appearance today in federal court on an indictment charging him with three counts of drug trafficking. The federal magistrate detained defendant, pending a full detention hearing scheduled on February 20, 2014. Wright was a commissioned law enforcement officer employed...

BOISE, Idaho - Ausencio Gonzalez Tovar, 48, a Mexican national living in Star, Idaho, was sentenced on February 10, 2014, to 188 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Tovar was also ordered to forfeit...

SEATTLE - A Puyallup, Washington man who shot and killed two men who had entered the garage where he was growing marijuana, was sentenced on January 31, 2014, to seven years in prison and three years of supervised release for manufacturing marijuana and possession of a firearm in relation to...

BOISE, Idaho - Rahil Akhtar, 37, of Eagle, Idaho, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court for acquiring and obtaining a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud and deception. Akhtar was a dentist licensed to practice in the state of Idaho. He was sentenced to three years' probation, 300 hours of...

BOISE, Idaho - - Kenneth Jones, 47, of Rio Linda, California, Robbie Gallegos, 43, of Boise, Idaho, and Heidi Aguila, 34, of Nampa, Idaho, were sentenced this week in federal court for their roles in a large-scale methamphetamine distribution ring. The defendants appeared before U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge...

JAN 15 - ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Antonio Fleming, a/k/a, "Wookie," age 35, from Anchorage, Alaska was sentenced on January 14, 2014, by United States District Court Chief Judge Ralph R. Beistline. Fleming received a sentence of 52 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release on charges related to...

JAN 06 (BOISE, IDAHO) - Mark A. Ciccarello, 36, of Meridian, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to count four of the indictment charging him with money laundering. Ciccarello and four co-defendants were indicted by a federal grand jury in May 2013 on charges of conspiracy to...