- WHAT: “STATEWIDE PRESCRIPTION TAKE-BACK EVENT” - WHEN: SATURDAY, APRIL 30th--10 a.m. - 2 p.m. - WHERE: STATEWIDE-over 90 drop-off locations - WHO: DEA and over 40 state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies - DETAILS: - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its state, local and tribal law enforcement partners...

SACRAMENTO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that a federal grand jury returned a single-count indictment today charging Manuel Humberto Lopez-Camacho, 36, and Ernesto Alonso Soto-Gonzalez, 23, both of Phoenix, with possessing heroin with the intent...

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced that a federal grand jury returned a four-count second superseding indictment today charging Timothy Duane, 30, Lorena Duane, 26, Bounsou Vorasane, 50, and Kay Viengkham, 53, all of Fresno...

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced that John Richard Shanks, 62, of Bakersfield, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii to 20 months in prison, to be followed by three years...

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that Walter Watts III, 42, of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to tax evasion. This case is the product of an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Fresno County Sheriff's Department. Assistant United...

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that Gerardo Norzagaray-Pereda, 31, of Mexico, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute heroin and methamphetamine. This case is the product of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Fresno County Sheriff’s Department. Assistant United States Attorney Elana...

FRESNO, CA -- - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced today that Juvenal Paredes Sanchez, 36, of Merced County, pleaded guilty today to using a communication (cellular phone) in furtherance of a marijuana cultivation and distribution conspiracy. This...

FRESNO, CA -- - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced today that Shirley Wong, aka Ngoc Li Vuong, 43, of San Jose, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for conspiring to commit mail fraud in connection...

TUCSON, AZ - . - Federal authorities have broken up a drug trafficking organization operating along the United States-Mexico border. The organization is allegedly responsible for trafficking kilo quantities of heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine into the United States from Mexico, according to a case unsealed on Thursday. On Wednesday, agents...

- TUCSON, AZ. - Federal District Judge David C. Bury sentenced David Alejo-Martinez, Victor Manuel Bermudez-Chavez, and Abelardo Grajeda-Encinas each to 188 months imprisonment following their convictions at trial on May 13, 2010 for conspiracy to distribute 100 kilograms of cocaine and for distribution of cocaine. The Drug Enforcement Administration’s...