FRESNO, Calif. - Five men were indicted today for growing marijuana on agricultural land in Stanislaus County, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today. Thounethepmith Vongsenekeo, 56; Sam Kounhavong, 50; Senghachanh Boungnavong, 33; all of Fresno; Phanetavanh Southammavong...

OCT 04 (WASHINGTON, D.C.) –For the fifth time in two years, Americans emptied medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and kitchen drawers of unwanted, unused, and expired prescription drugs and took them to collection sites located throughout the United States as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Brandon Savaloja, 27, of Orangevale, was sentenced today by United States District Judge John A. Mendez to one year and nine months in prison for conspiring to distribute hydrocodone, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced...

FRESNO, - Calif.Two of nine defendants charged in connection with a large marijuana cultivation operation in Alpaugh, Calif., 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. Ezidoro Hurtado-Cerillos, 37, a citizen of...

FRESNO, - Calif. Elgeron Graves, 42, the owner of California Patient Network, a now defunct marijuana storefront in Fresno, was sentenced today to one year in prison for conspiring to cultivate, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute marijuana, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and...

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...

GREENBELT, Md. - A federal grand jury has indicted physician George Mathews, M.D., 75, of Prince Frederick, Maryland, on charges of illegal distribution of drugs and health care fraud, in connection with pain management clinics he operated in Prince Frederick, Waldorf and Greenbelt, Maryland. The indictment was returned on September...

BALTIMORE - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Baltimore City Police officer Daniel Redd, 41, of Baltimore, today to 20 years in prison, followed by years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute a kilogram or more of heroin, and using a...

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...