WASHINGTON - DEA Deputy Administrator Thomas Harrigan and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York today announced that Michael Filter was extradited from Estonia where he had been arrested for conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States and conspiracy to distribute cocaine on...

FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Wenceslao Cruz Ochoa, 34, of Sacramento, charging him with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents, on November 13, 2014, Ochoa was stopped by a Fresno County Sheriff’s deputy on Interstate 5 for a...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Fortunato Rodelo-Lara and Jesus Wilfredo Almendares-Vasquez were convicted of two counts of engaging in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine and one count of distribution of cocaine by a federal jury on Nov. 18, 2014, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent...

FRESNO, Calif. - United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill sentenced Gustavo Angel Salinas, 26, of Bakersfield, today to 21 months in prison for conspiring to violate federal narcotics laws. Salinas was sentenced following his guilty plea last August. According to court documents and proceedings, Salinas worked as a “budtender”...

New disposal rules now in effect provide for convenient, ongoing disposal opportunities for patients’ unwanted pharmaceuticals; law enforcement agencies may continue to hold take-back events WASHINGTON - On its ninth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on September 27, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and 4,076 of its national, tribal, and community...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Clorenzo Griffen, 37, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Miami residents Andrew Jamison, 39, and Rodney Rackley, 24, charging them with robbery, drug conspiracy, and brandishing firearms in furtherance of a crime of violence and drug trafficking. All...

FRESNO, Calif. - An investigation into suspicious cash transactions led to eight individuals from California, Louisiana, Florida, and Ohio being charged with conspiring to distribute marijuana and conspiring to structure cash transactions. All defendants will appear in federal court in Fresno on the charges in the coming weeks. The following...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Frank Anthony Morton, was convicted of two federal drug trafficking offenses, conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, and possession with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine, by a federal jury on Oct. 10, 2014, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Drug...

FRESNO, Calif. - Three men entered guilty pleas to drug-related charges arising out of two different cases. In the first case, two Southern California residents pleaded guilty today to use of an interstate facility to aid racketeering, and in the second case, a Bakersfield resident pleaded guilty today to conspiring...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The last of four methamphetamine traffickers, Jose Angel Martinez Chairez, 39, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. On July 29, 2014, Angel Martinez Diaz, 27, was sentenced to 10 years in prison and Jose Ramirez Verduzco, 29, was...