SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 17-count indictment today against Kenneth Tam, 53; Gerald Osborne, 56; Sherlynn Charles, 52; Marco Antonio Borja, 38; Adalberto Valenzuela-Ruiz, 30; and Nelson Gutierrez, 26, charging them with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin...

FRESNO, Calif. - Gustavo Angel Salinas, 26, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to manufacture, to distribute, and to possess with the intent to distribute marijuana. According to court documents and proceedings, Salinas worked as a “bud tender” for ANP Collective in Bakersfield. The store came to the attention...

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles-area doctor has been found guilty of federal charges for illegally distributing powerful prescription painkillers and laundering the proceeds of his drug trafficking operation. Dr. Andrew Sun, 78, of La Mirada, was found guilty late Thursday by a federal jury in Los Angeles. Following a...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Charles Connor, 34, of Anchorage, Alaska, pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute oxycodone. According to court documents, on December 17, 2012, the postal service in Anchorage intercepted a package addressed to Connor that contained 300 oxycodone tablets. Law enforcement...

FRESNO, Calif. - United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill sentenced Patricia Renteria, 40, and her son Steve Renteria, 21, both of Cathedral City, to five years and 10 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiring to possess and distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents...

FRESNO, Calif. - Phloch Ouk, 46, of San Jose, pleaded guilty today to growing fifty or more marijuana plants. According to court documents, Ouk was arrested on August 1, 2013, in Fresno County. He was one of about 60 people found on a rural parcel of land on E. Kings...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Jose Corona-Mata was sentenced yesterday to 14 years in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Jay Fitzpatrick. Corona-Mata previously pleaded guilty pursuant to a plea...

LOS ANGELES - More than 400 law enforcement officers this morning conducted an operation that led to the arrest of 17 members and associates of the El Monte Flores gang, an organization that takes direction from the Mexican Mafia prison gang and controls criminal activity in the cities of El...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - After a three-day trial, a federal jury found John Winton Harris, 31, of Sacramento, guilty today of one count of possession of at least 29 grams of cocaine base, commonly referred to as crack cocaine or rock cocaine. The trial was held before United States District Judge...

FRESNO, Calif. - Enrique Reynosa, 37, pleaded guilty today to possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine. According to court documents, Reynosa was stopped on Highway 99, south of State Route 119, for a traffic violation. Six pounds of methamphetamine, eight pounds of cocaine, and $1,510 were found inside...