LOS ANGELES - Two members of the Mexican Mafia prison gang were found guilty on January 27, 2014, on federal racketeering charges for overseeing the conduct of the main street gang in Ontario, California, a criminal enterprise that was responsible for numerous violent crimes and widespread drug trafficking. The convictions...

JAN 21 - HONOLULU - Chief U.S. District Judge Susan Oki Mollway sentenced defendant Ashon L. Fain-Farias, age 25, on January 13, 2014, to an imprisonment term of six years following a plea (i) one count of possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine; (ii) one...

( - HONOLULU) - After a five-day trial in the United States Court in Honolulu, a federal jury found Matthew Zmuda, 29, of Kauai, guilty on January 10, 2014, of conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute, 50 grams or more of methamphetamine from January to April 2012...

HONOLULU - -After a three-day trial in United States District Court in Honolulu, a federal jury today found Ernesto Hernandez, 51, of Kapolei guilty of conspiring to distribute and possess, with intent to distribute, 50 grams or more of methamphetamine from April to May, 2013 as well as possessing methamphetamine...

SANTA ANA, Calif. - -A Santa Barbara physician was remanded into custody this morning after he pleaded guilty to 11 federal drug trafficking charges for writing prescriptions for powerful painkillers for “patients” who were drug addicts. Julio Gabriel Diaz, 65, who operated the Family Medical Clinic in Santa Barbara prior...

LAS VEGAS - - A Las Vegas physician has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that he unlawfully prescribed large quantities of Oxycodone and other highly addictive prescription drugs, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada. Victor Bruce M.D., 48, of Las...

Note: Three defendants charged are not named in this document due to operational safety concerns. When those concerns are addressed, a comprehensive press release will be issued. LOS ANGELES - A multi-agency investigation into gang-related crime in the San Gabriel Valley has led to federal charges against 24 members and...

SAN DIEGO - This morning, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) San Diego Field Division's Narcotics Task (NTF) along with the San Diego County Sheriff's Department and Health Advocates Rejecting Marijuana, (HARM) announce the total amount of illegal marijuana plants seized in San Diego County in 2013. During calendar year 2013, NTF...

SAN DIEGO & IMPERIAL, Calif. - In November 2010, special agents with the Imperial County Narcotic Task (ICNTF) initiated a California State wiretap investigation into the importation and transportation activities of a Drug Trafficking (DTO) based in Mexicali, Baja California (BCN), Mexico. Dubbed Operation Cerberus, this investigation targeted Sinaloa Cartel...

LOS ANGELES - A Pomona man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug trafficking charge for possessing more than one-half pound of methamphetamine that he was planning to distribute. Raymond Anthony Montanez, 24, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of...