BOISE - Mark Thomas, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, Seattle Field Division, announced that Jose Cirilo-Duran, 62, of Weiser, Juana Salto-Vivanco, 29, of Caldwell and Juan Ramirez- Bolanos, 39, of Caldwell, were sentenced to federal prison in early July for drug trafficking. According to court records, on...

BOISE - Gregory Norman Josi, 43, of Hillsboro, Oregon, was sentenced in federal court today to 30 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to manufacture, distribute, and possess with the intent to distribute over 1,000 kilograms of marijuana. Josi was also ordered to forfeit...

BOISE, IDAHO - Fernando Luna-Rodriguez, 32, of El Sinore, California, was sentenced July 1, 2011, to 30 months in prison for distributing methamphetamine. Luna-Rodriguez was also ordered to serve five years of supervised release following his prison term and 80 hours of community service. Luna-Rodriguez pleaded guilty to the charge...

TACOMA, WASH.- - Jose Manuel Campos Pineda, 34, of Spanaway, Washington was sentenced last week to ten years in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute heroin. Pineda was indicted along with 25 other defendants as part of “Project Deliverance,” a Drug Enforcement (DEA) led investigation...

ANCHORAGE- - Mark Thomas, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Seattle Field Division, announced today that a federal grand jury returned a four count indictment charging a Fairbanks man with drug and firearms charges. The indictment charges Dale Cleveland Johnson, Jr., 47, with two counts...

BOISE, IDAHO-- - Audits conducted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) involving an Idaho dentist and an Idaho pharmacy resulted in the collection of 35,000 in civil penalties for failing to keep proper distribution records for controlled pharmaceuticals. The penalties were collected by the United States Attorney’s Office, Affirmative Civil...

EUGENE, Ore. -- - On June 7, 2011, U.S. District Judge Michael R. Hogan sentenced Ivan Banuelos-Escobar, 42, a resident of Los Angeles, to ten years in prison. He was also ordered to serve a supervised release term of five years. Banuelos-Escobar pled guilty earlier this year to possession with...

LOS ANGELES, CA - In a law enforcement action this morning that targeted the Varrio Azusa 13 street gang, 16 people were arrested pursuant to a federal indictment that alleges violations of the federal racketeering statute and a nearly 20-year conspiracy to violate the civil rights of African-Americans in the...

BOISE, ID - - Douglas D. Dalton, 52, of Aberdeen, Idaho, was sentenced on June 7, 2011 to 156 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Dalton was ordered to serve ten years of supervised release following his prison term. Dalton pleaded guilty to the charge in May 2010...

BOISE, ID - - Bart M. Pitcher, 54, of Preston, Idaho, was sentenced on May 26, 2011 to 144 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Pitcher pleaded guilty to the charge on March 2. According to the plea agreement, Pitcher...