SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment today against Michael Deshone Mathews, 42, of Elk Grove; Earshell Hayes, 49, of Puyallup, Washington; Leon Currie Fields, Jr., 43, of Sacramento; and David William Dixon, 36, of Acampo, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration...

SAN FRANCISCO - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld presented the Federal Green Challenge award to the Drug Enforcement (DEA) Western Laboratory for increasing its electronics recycling more than any other federal agency in 2014. Mr. Blumenfeld presented the national award at the DEA National Lab...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Jorge Alejandro Sanchez Jimenez, and Francisco Ortiz, were each sentenced today to ten years in prison, for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, and Macario Jimenez-Corona was sentenced to seven years in prison for attempting to possess methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it, announced United States Attorney...

FRESNO, Calif. - Raul Canchola Farias, 40, of Pacoima, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Anthony W. Ishii to 11 years and three months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents, Farias was arrested on November 5, 2013, after a California Highway Patrol...

GREENBELT, Md. - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Ishmael Ford-Bey, age 40, of Mitchellville, Maryland, late yesterday to 33 years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for conspiracy, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, using a phone to facilitate drug distribution, and money laundering. Judge...

NORFOLK, Va. - German Alvarado Ponce, aka Herman Alvaniz, 37, of Chesapeake, Virginia, was sentenced today to 240 months in prison, followed by five of supervised release on a drug conspiracy charge. Ponce and five co-defendants were indicted Dec. 17, 2014, and have all pleaded guilty. According to court documents...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Fredi (a/k/a Ademar Becerril, a/k/a Pitufo) was sentenced today to 196 months in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag, Homeland Security Investigations Acting Special Agent in Charge Tatum King, and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce Balzano...

BALTIMORE - A federal grand jury has returned three indictments charging a total of 16 individuals with drug conspiracy and other charges for operating purported pain management clinics that the indictments allege were actually “pill mills.” The indictments were returned on May 20, 2015, and unsealed late yesterday upon the...

GREENBELT, Md. - U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang sentenced Christian Diamond Byrd, age 44, of Laurel, Maryland today to 15 years in prison followed by four years of supervised release for distribution of heroin. Judge Chuang also ordered Byrd to forfeit $440,000, the proceeds of his drug distribution. The sentence...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Cheryl Denise Frazier was sentenced today to three years in prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano. Frazier, 48, of Oakland, pleaded guilty on January 23, 2015, to...