SAN ANTONIO - In San Antonio today a federal judge sentenced 38-year-old former Central Texas Detention Facility – G.E.O. employee Jewel Roberto Jefferson to 40 months in federal prison for attempting to provide contraband to inmates inside the federal detention facility, announced United States Drug Enforcement Administration Houston Division Special...

SAN FRANCISCO – United States Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen and the U.S. Attorney David L. Anderson announce that the U.S. Attorney’s Office has charged 13 defendants with engaging in a conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. The charges were made in a complaint filed July 31...

SAN FRANCISCO – United States Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen and United States Attorney David L. Anderson announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office has charged nine defendants, many members of the same family, with engaging in a conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. The charges were made...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Salvador Padilla III, 39, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley, to 10 years in prison for distributing methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen announced. On May 23, 2019, Padilla pleaded guilty...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A federal jury returned a guilty verdict against a 42-year-old Corpus Christi man for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced DEA Houston Division Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Charles Callis, Jr., pleaded guilty...

AUSTIN, Texas – In Austin today, a federal judge sentenced Modesto Gonzalez III to ten years in federal prison for defrauding numerous individuals out of more than of $300,000 by impersonating a Drug Enforcement Administration special agent, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and DEA Houston Division Special Agent in...

Marcus Phillips, a 32-year-old member of the East Terrace Gangsters, faces federal prison time after a jury yesterday afternoon found him guilty of drug and firearms charges, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney John Bash. A federal jury in...

McALLEN, Texas – Two men involved with a rip crew responsible for multiple home invasions and car-jackings to steal narcotics in Hidalgo County have been ordered to prison, announced DEA Houston Division Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Miguel Marin Cerda, 31, pleaded...

SAN FRANCISCO – Kia Zolfaghari pleaded guilty today to charges regarding his role in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, as well as to related weapons and money laundering charges, announced U.S. Attorney David L. Anderson and DEA Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen. The plea was accepted by Senior United...

SAN JOSE, Calif. – A federal grand jury indicted Alexander Taylor on charges of impersonating a federal officer and possession of a counterfeit seal of an agency of the United States, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and DEA Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen. The indictment, filed earlier...