SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Jason Corbett, 52, of Paradise, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to life in prison for murder in aid of racketeering, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Bob P. Beris announced. According to court documents, between...

NEWARK, N.J. – An Essex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 143 months in prison for possessing with intent to distribute over five kilograms of fentanyl and four kilograms of cocaine, and possessing six firearms as a convicted felon, DEA New Jersey Field Division Special Agent in Charge...

An investigation into interstate narcotics trafficking resulted in the seizure of approximately 163 kilogram-sized packages (360 pounds) of cocaine from the flatbed of a tractor trailer by agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) New Jersey Division. The significant load of narcotics is estimated to carry a street value...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — On Aug. 1, 2024, Sukhmanpreet Singh Jawanda, 22, of Yuba City, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel J. Calabretta to 10 years in prison for trafficking fentanyl pills and illegally dealing firearms, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. —Jamaine Dontae Barnes, 42, of Stockton, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to running a continuing criminal enterprise, multiple counts of manufacturing and distributing pills laced with fentanyl, methamphetamine, and other drugs, illegal firearms possession, and international money laundering, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special...

FRESNO, Calif. — Ivan Sigmond, 47, of Clovis, was sentenced today to 11 years in prison for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Brian M. Clark announced. According to court documents, on Aug. 28, 2020, after identifying...

SAN JOSE, Calif. – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California has filed a series of federal criminal complaints charging three defendants with possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl in Santa Cruz County, announced United States Attorney Ismail Ramsey and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent...

SAN FRANCISCO – U.S. Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey joined with Special Agent in Charge Brian Clark of the Drug Enforcement Administration and Special Agent in Charge Robert Tripp of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to announce a surge in nighttime activities in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco. The surge...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Clarence Courtney, 58, of Vallejo, was sentenced today to 16 years and three months in prison for distribution of methamphetamine and possession of a firearm by a felon, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Brian M. Clark announced. According to...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment, which was unsealed Wednesday, charging Stockton residents Rosalva Angulo Castillo, 53, and Adan Garcia Castillo, 45, with conspiracy to traffic heroin and methamphetamine and with distributing heroin, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in...