FRESNO, Calif. - Leopoldo “Polo” Rodriguez, 42, resident of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute, marijuana. According to court documents, Rodriguez and his fellow conspirators planned to send large quantities of marijuana from Bakersfield to Memphis, Tennessee. On August 26, 2013...

FRESNO, Calif. - Ana Lilia Angulo, 30, of San Jose, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute nine pounds of heroin. According to court documents, on April 23, 2013, Angulo was stopped for a traffic violation while driving a vehicle northbound on I5 near...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Ruben Barajas, 37, of Stockton, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley to 11 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents, Barajas was selling methamphetamine out of his taco truck. He was found in possession of...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced that U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton Jr. yesterday sentenced Demis Ulises Mokay-(31, Orlando) to 19 and one-half years in...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced yesterday that Chief U.S. District Judge Anne C. Conway sentenced eight individuals in a cocaine trafficking investigation, dubbed Operation...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced today that Senior U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell sentenced Benjamin William (43, Orlando) to 18 months in federal...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Anthony Keslinke was indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday and charged with money laundering, announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Jay Fitzpatrick, and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez. The Indictment alleges that between...

FRESNO, Calif. - Miguel Sanchez-(Sanchez), 46, of Mexico, was sentenced today to eight years in prison for conspiring to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine. According to court documents, Sanchez and a co-defendant maintained a stash house in Bakersfield from where law enforcement...

FRESNO, Calif.) - Three marijuana cultivators were sentenced today in separate large-scale marijuana cultivation cases involving private lands in Stanislaus and Fresno Counties. Fresno/Alabama Drug Ring Member (1:12-cr-38 AWI) - Herman Graves, 47, of Fresno, was sentenced eight months in (four months in prison and four months home detention) for...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Today, U.S. District Judge John Antoon, II sentenced Damion Rashaad (36, Cocoa) to three years in federal prison for violating his supervised release. Carder was under supervision of the court as a result of a cocaine conviction in 2006. On March 11, 2014, Carder was found guilty...