NORFOLK, Va. - Julian Manuel Moreno Martinez, 31, of Turbo, Antioquia, Colombia, was sentenced today to 144 months in prison for his role in a cocaine manufacturing and distribution conspiracy centered in Colombia. Moreno Martinez pleaded guilty on May 11, 2015. According to court documents, Moreno Martinez maintained farmland on...

WASHINGTON - The DEA Washington Field Division, Homeland Security Investigations and the Metropolitan Police Department’s Narcotics and Special Investigations Division announced today the arrests of two individuals in connection with the interception of a 500 package that contained 116 kilos of synthetic drugs. The seized packages contained more than 19,000...

GREENBELT, Md. - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Joshua Scott Schellhase, age 31, of Leonardtown, Maryland today to six years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for distribution of heroin. A close friend of Schellhase died as a result of using the heroin distributed by...

SAN FRANCISO - Sterigenics International LLC and its parent, Sterigenics U.S., LLC, agreed to pay $450,000 to settle allegations by the U.S. Department of Justice that the companies failed to keep and maintain adequate records pertaining to controlled substances, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Thomas Jopson, 66, and David Jopson, 64, of Rio Oso, were sentenced Tuesday by United States District Judge John A. Mendez to one year in prison for conspiring to cultivate marijuana. The Jopsons were ordered to surrender to the United States Marshals Service to begin serving their...

SAN FRANCISCO - The Drug Enforcement Administration announced that the 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine Take-Back events, sites will be set up throughout communities nationwide so local residents can return their unwanted, unneeded, or...

WASHINGTON - DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg today announced that the 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine Take-Back events, sites will be set up throughout communities nationwide so local residents can return their unwanted, unneeded...

FRESNO, Calif. - Jimmy Gil, aka Joselin Jimelet Gil Sanchez, aka Joselin Gil, aka Gilberto Sanchez, 35, of Shafter, was sentenced today to five years in prison for conspiring with Jose Luis Montoya-Salazar, (Montoya), 42, of Mexico City, and Luis Ricardo Eslava-(Eslava), 42, of Sinaloa, Mexico, to import, distribute, and...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Patricia Jane Albright, 64, of Nevada City, pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiring to manufacture marijuana, manufacturing marijuana, and structuring currency transactions to evade federal reporting requirements. On September 18, 2014, Albright’s son and co-conspirator, Jordan Wirtz, pleaded guilty to federal firearms charges. On February 26, 2015...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Following the arrest earlier today of August Davison, 26, of Bakersfield, an indictment has been unsealed charging him with maintaining a drug-involved premises, conspiracy, and manufacturing and distributing marijuana in the form of hashish oil. According to court documents, from approximately January 2014 to April 2015, Davison...