BOISE, Idaho - Diego Alejandro Alcantar-Armenta, 29, of Elko, Nevada, was sentenced on March 21, 2016, in United States District Court to 42 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Alcantar-Armenta to forfeit $8,200 in drug proceeds. He pleaded guilty...

EUGENE, Ore. - Nikita Rose Garcia, 28, a former resident of Douglas County, Oregon, was sentenced on March 22, 2016, to five years in prison and four years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken for aiding in the distribution of more than 50 grams of methamphetamine. Garcia...

BOISE, Idaho - Early today a federal grand jury returned an indictment against two Soldotna men, charging them with trafficking in synthetic cannabinoids, informally known as “spice.” The two men are also charged with firearms offenses, in connection with Spice trafficking. Philip Drake Kneeland, 33, of Soldotna, Alaska, allegedly doing...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Khoa Tan Huynh, owner of the Script Life Pharmacy in Clovis, has agreed to pay the United States $200,000 to settle civil claims for statutory violations occurring at the pharmacy, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin...

DENVER - The DEA Denver Field Division held the annual Maltz Challenge at the new Denver Broncos Dove Valley practice facility. The intense physical challenge was held to honor the nation’s fallen heroes. The Division was joined by a large contingent of community and employee volunteers including Assistant Special Agent...

BOISE, Idaho - Jose Martin Diaz-Lara, 33, of Walla Walla, Washington, pleaded guilty on March 9, 2016, to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and conspiracy to manufacture a controlled substance, more than 1,000 marijuana plants, with the intent to distribute. Diaz-Lara was charged by...

BOISE, Idaho - Michael Kulikoff, 30, and Kenneth Miller, 57, both of California City, California, pleaded guilty on March 8, 2016, to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and hydromorphone. Co-defendants Diane Miller, 41, and Crystal Clark 43, also of California City, California, previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Dr. Michael Roger Chiarottino pleaded guilty in federal court in Oakland yesterday to distribution of oxycodone outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose, announced Acting United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Clorenzo Griffin, 38, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for planning and participating in the robbery of marijuana from drug dealers in Yuba City, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Donald Henry Dugan, 55, of Nevada City, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute at least 50 grams of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J...