SAN JOSE, Calif. – Angel Lopez-Rivera was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge William C. Fallin. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Beth Labson...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Brandon Edelman, 33, of South Bend, was sentenced before South Bend District Court Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr., for armed drug trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II. Mr. Edelman was sentenced to 408 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Mr...

OAKLAND, Calif. – Joel Salcedo was sentenced to 151 months in prison for drug and gun charges, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge William C. Fallin. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr., U.S. District...

SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Attorney’s Office has charged Leanna Zamora, Lindsay Williams, and Shane Cratty with distribution of fentanyl, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge William “Curt” Fallin. The charges were made in a complaint filed today. The complaint...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — On Dec. 5, a federal grand jury brought a 14-count indictment against a physician, Edmund Kemprud, of Dublin, charging him with prescribing opioids to patients outside the usual course of professional practice and not for legitimate medical purpose, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. According to court...

FRESNO, Calif. – A federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment against Bakersfield residents Wilfredo Medina-Perez, 31; Uriel Ivan Portillo, 33; and Rojelio “Roy” Garcia, 47, charging them with various drug trafficking crimes involving the distribution of fentanyl, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. According to court documents, between Feb...

FRESNO, Calif. — A federal grand jury recently returned a 13-count indictment against 12 individuals for drug trafficking offenses, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. The defendants are: Carlos Javier Felix Lopez, 42, of Fresno, David Michael Marin, 61, of Fresno, Angel Delgadillo Sr., 62, of Fresno, Ronal Van Warsinger...

MADISON, Wis. - DEA Chicago Division Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell and United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin Scott C. Blader, announced that Becky L. Peterson, 64, Tomahawk, Wisconsin was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 66 months in federal prison...

CHICAGO — A former technician at a Chicago pharmacy has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for stealing thousands of pills of hydrocodone and selling them for a profit. Elizabeth Cruz worked at Allcare Discount Pharmacy, located in the 2700 block of West North Avenue in Chicago. From...

FRESNO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Georgia Nicole Dean, 36, and Ashley Michelle Hill, 32, both of Coarsegold, charging them with selling heroin that resulted in the overdose death of another Coarsegold resident, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special...