SACRAMENTO, Calif. - After a three-day trial before U.S. District Court Judge John A. Mendez, a federal jury found Brandon Alton Conley, 31, of Arroyo Grande, guilty of cultivating at least 100 marijuana plants and of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting...

FRESNO, Calif. - The third of nine defendants charged in connection with a large marijuana cultivation operation in Alpaugh, was sentenced today to two years and six months in prison, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. U.S. District...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment on Wednesday, charging Zhiqiang Liu, 59, of Oakland, Shihong Chen, 47, Qinghong Li, 44, both of San Francisco, and Jun Mou Peng, 39, with crimes related to cultivating marijuana in seven homes, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - - Twenty-one individuals have been charged with using fraudulent prescriptions to unlawfully obtain Oxycodone, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales, Second Judicial District Attorney Kari E. Brandenburg, Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) El Paso Field Division, and Executive Director Larry...

FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury in Fresno returned an indictment today charging Marcos Antonio Robles, 36, of Fresno, for his involvement in a marijuana cultivation operation in Mendota, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Robles...

FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury in Fresno returned an indictment today charging Enrique Reynosa, 36, of Calexico, with possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine following a California Highway (CHP) traffic stop in Kern County, according to Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C...

MIDLAND, TX - -In Midland today, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging 38-year-old former Odessa Police officer Jackie Lynn Thompson and five other Odessa, Texas, residents in connection with a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy announced Joseph M. Arabit, Special Agent in Charge of the El Paso Division of the...

FRESNO, Calif. - Two federal indictments were returned today in two separate cases originating from Kern County involving large quantities of controlled substances, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Methamphetamine, Heroin, and Cocaine Case In the first case...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a single count indictment today, charging Benjamin Soto, 37, and Joaquin Soto, 18, both of San Jose, with possession with the intent to distribute heroin, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B...

FRESNO, Calif. - Brothers Edwan Dablan, 37, of Kingsburg, and Khamal Dablan, 25, of Selma, pleaded guilty on Monday to participating in a long-term methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Edwan Dablan also pleaded...