SAN FRANCISCO - , Calif.With public participation at an all-time high after four prior events in two years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its national, tribal, and community partners will hold a fifth National Prescription Drug Take Back Day at thousands of sites across America on Saturday the 29 th...

FRESNO, Calif. - First of its kind, Operation Mercury targeted marijuana growing on agricultural land in the Central Valley, DEA Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner, and Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims announced today. Unlike previous operations that targeted marijuana grown on public...

FRESNO, Calif. - Three defendants were indicted today for their involvement in a large marijuana cultivation operation in Squaw Valley, Calif., Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. The indictment charges Bounseuth Thourakhone, aka Boun Seuth Thourakhone, 52, of Fresno...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - On September 14, 2012, Daniel Isaac Meza, 37, was sentenced to 210 months in prison for his leading role in a conspiracy to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, one kilogram of heroin, more than 50 grams of actual methamphetamine, and a quantity of oxycodone. U.S...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - On September 14, 2012, Otagus Demond Coverson, a resident of Washington State who frequented Anchorage, was sentenced in federal court in Anchorage to life in prison without parole. In July 2011, jurors convicted Coverson of attempting topossess five kilograms or more of cocaine with intent to distribute...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - United States District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller sentenced Daryl M. Summerfield, 46, of Sacramento, to 20 years in prison for cocaine trafficking and money laundering, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. This case is the...

BOISE, Idaho - Adam Daniel Schreiner, 25, of Boise, Idaho, the owner/operator of Bernen's Pipe Shop, LLC, pled guilty today in federal court to one count of offering drug paraphernalia for sale. Schreiner is the seventh person to plead guilty to the charge in federal court over the past two...

SEATTLE - Two brothers who, with other fugitive brothers, led a Mexico based drug smuggling and distribution ring were sentenced on September 7, 2012, in U.S. District Court in Seattle to over a decade in prison. One of the leaders, Orlando Olais Rocha, 32, of Lynnwood, Washington was sentenced to...

SACRAMENTO, CA - U.S. Attorneys in several states announced the final results in Operation Mountain Sweep, an eight-week, multi-agency and multistate marijuana operation targeting large-scale, illegal marijuana grows on public lands in seven states. The operation, previously announced on August 21, lasted from July 1 through August 31, and involved...

FEESNO, CA - Theresa Martinez-Martinez, 48, of Mexico, was sentenced on Monday by United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii to 22 years in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and distribution of methamphetamine, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B...