FRESNO, Calif. - The third of nine defendants charged over the summer in connection with a large marijuana cultivation operation in Alpaugh, pleaded guilty today to participating in a drug conspiracy, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According to...

SAN FRANCISCO - In what is one of the largest seizures of methamphetamine ever in the United States, more than 570 pounds of crystal methamphetamine with a street value of over $6 million; more than $160,000 in U.S. currency, 10 firearms, and seven automobiles were seized during the arrest of...

FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today charging Enrique Rodriguez, 29, of Delano, and Timothy J. Butler, 24, of Long Beach, with conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute it, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The United States Marshals Service arrested Michael Lott in Las Vegas yesterday on drug trafficking charges brought in April 2012, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Lott, a rapper who performs under the name “Miami the...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Eric Canori, 33, of Saratoga Springs, New York, was sentenced yesterday, November 27, 2012 by Chief United States District Court Judge Gary L. Sharpe, in Albany to 30 months of imprisonment for his role in a marijuana distribution conspiracy, announced Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - - U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Brian R. Crowell, New York Field Division and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced that Daniel C. Gillick, 62, a physician residing in Youngstown, N.Y., and Christine D. Guilfoyle, 27, also of Youngstown, were arrested and charged...

FRESNO, Calif. - Alejandro Uriostegui-Rodriguez, aka Jose Salgado Valladares, aka Guerrero, 40, an undocumented alien from Guerrero, Mexico, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to cultivate, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute marijuana grown in Santa Barbara County for distribution from his residence in Bakersfield, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent...

BROOKLYN, NY - The alleged leader of an ethnic-Albanian organized crime syndicate, Arif Kurti, also known as “the Bear,” “Arty,” and “Nino,” was extradited from Albania to the United States on Friday, November 16, 2012, and will be arraigned later today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Cheryl L. Pollak at the...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today in Bogota, Colombia, Freddy Mauricio Tellez-Buitrago and Adriana Gonzalez-Marquez were arrested for obstructing justice by selling sensitive and confidential United States law enforcement information to a narcotics trafficker concerning prosecutions in the Eastern District of New York. Tellez-Buitrago is employed as an administrative services assistant...

SAN FRANCISCO - Christopher Napoli, 46, of Newtown Square, Penn., Daniel “DJ” Johnson, 40, of Pekin, Ill., and Joseph Carozza, 67, of West Orange, N.J., were convicted by a federal jury yesterday of conspiring to distribute and distributing controlled substances that were not based on valid prescriptions issued by a...