FRESNO, Calif. - Wenceslao Cruz Ochoa, 35, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents, Ochoa was driving northbound on Interstate 5 when he was stopped for driving too closely to another vehicle. During the stop, the deputy’s canine alerted to the...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment today against Michael Deshone Mathews, 42, of Elk Grove; Earshell Hayes, 49, of Puyallup, Washington; Leon Currie Fields, Jr., 43, of Sacramento; and David William Dixon, 36, of Acampo, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton and Steven Banks, Commissioner of the New York City Human Resources (HRA), Department of...

SAN FRANCISCO - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld presented the Federal Green Challenge award to the Drug Enforcement (DEA) Western Laboratory for increasing its electronics recycling more than any other federal agency in 2014. Mr. Blumenfeld presented the national award at the DEA National Lab...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Jorge Alejandro Sanchez Jimenez, and Francisco Ortiz, were each sentenced today to ten years in prison, for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, and Macario Jimenez-Corona was sentenced to seven years in prison for attempting to possess methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it, announced United States Attorney...

FRESNO, Calif. - Raul Canchola Farias, 40, of Pacoima, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Anthony W. Ishii to 11 years and three months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents, Farias was arrested on November 5, 2013, after a California Highway Patrol...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division, and Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor announced today the sentencing of drug kingpin Jose Mauro Mota to 11 years in prison and five years post-release supervision for...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Fredi (a/k/a Ademar Becerril, a/k/a Pitufo) was sentenced today to 196 months in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag, Homeland Security Investigations Acting Special Agent in Charge Tatum King, and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce Balzano...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, Joseph A. D’Amico, Superintendent of the New York State Police, Sullivan County Sheriff Michael Schiff, New York City Police Commissioner William J...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Ross Ulbricht, a/k/a “Dread Pirate Roberts,” was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to life in prison in connection with his operation and ownership of Silk Road, a hidden website designed to...