FRESNO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Juan Luis Valtirra, 20, Gamaliel Villegas, 23, both of Watsonville, California and David Olivaras-Ruiz, 21, of Gilroy. The...

FRESNO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that a federal grand jury returned Indictments today in two separate cases, charging distribution of methamphetamine and other controlled substances. Jose Rios, Luis Cortez and Alfonso Estrada -...

CHICAGO, IL. - Twenty defendants are facing federal narcotics charges here, including five alleged members of a Chicago-based cell of the Zetas Mexican drug cartel who were responsible for transporting millions of dollars in drug proceeds between Chicago and Mexico, federal law enforcement officials announced today. A joint investigation led...

MADISON, WI. - - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Albano Xhixha, 22, Chicago, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 60 months in prison for conspiring to distribute marijuana. Xhixha pleaded guilty to this charge on September...

FRESNO, CA- - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that a federal grand jury returned indictments today in two separate cases, charging violations of federal marijuana cultivating laws. Eric Beauchamp and Clyde Helms - In the first indictment, the grand jury charged Eric Beauchamp, 43, currently incarcerated in state...

FRESNO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that Augustine Reyna, 31, of Selma, pleaded guilty today to distributing methamphetamine. According to his plea agreement, Reyna and co-defendant Edwan Dablan, 36, of Kingsburg, sold approximately two ounces...

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced that Joseph Taylor, 51, and Dustin York, 33, both of Thousand Oaks, pleaded guilty today to drug charges filed in connection with a large marijuana grow...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Anthony D. Williams, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration San Francisco Field Division, announced today that Northern California and Central Valley residents turned in 15,587 pounds of medicine - more than 7.5 tons - as part of the DEA Prescription Drug Take-Back Program...

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that law enforcement agents arrested Gonzalo Flores Ruiz, 47, of Bakersfield, today. A federal grand jury returned a 21-count indictment yesterday charging him with unlawful distribution of hydrocodone, a controlled substance. Ruiz is licensed by the State of California and...

FRESNO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today charging Ketkeo Vorasane, 45, and Chanh Vorasane, 45, both of Reedley, in a conspiracy to cultivate, distribute, and...