SAN JOSE, Calif. - Jose Jesus Munoz was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin. The sentence was handed down by the...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Jose Gregorio Luna, 33, of Nevada City, charging him with conspiracy to distribute marijuana, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, and manufacturing marijuana, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John...

SAN FRANCISCO - Christopher Owens pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco today to unlawfully prescribing oxycodone hydrochloride without a medical purpose, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin. The plea was accepted by the Honorable...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Rafael Pahua Martinez, 41, a Mexican national residing in Orland, was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to 21 years in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin and U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A formerly licensed physician, Nicholas J. Capos Jr., 67, of Yuba City, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to four years and four months in prison for selling prescriptions of controlled substances such as oxycodone and methadone, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Ismael Mendoza Rodriguez was sentenced today to 200 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and DEA Special Agent-in-Charge John...

AMARILLO, Texas - Moises Jimenez, 39, of Amarillo, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to life in federal prison. Jimenez was convicted of felony drug and firearm offenses in August 2017, following a four-day jury trial. The announcement was made by Special Agent in Charge...

FRESNO, Calif. - Timothy Ortiz, 47, of Waukegan, Illinois, was sentenced today to three years in prison for conspiring to ship misbranded synthetic drugs in interstate commerce with intent to defraud, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin announced. On August...

SAN FRANCISCO - Candelaria Vazquez was sentenced in absentia today to over 12 years in prison for her role in a conspiracy to manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex Tse and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin...

BOSTON - Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division; Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley; Boston Police Superintendent in Chief William Gross; Braintree Police Chief Paul Shastany and Randolph Police Chief William Pace announced the results of Operation High Hopes, one of the...