FRESNO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill sentenced Jonathan Vega, 25, of Fresno, to 19 years and seven months in prison for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute it, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner. This...

FRESNO, Calif.) - Two men involved in the large-scale cultivation of marijuana on agricultural land pleaded guilty today, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Devil’s Den, Kings County (1:12-cr-233-LJO) - In the first case, Jonathan Anthony Meza, 20, of...

FRESNO, Calif. - Lynn Truong, aka Linh Thi Truong, 40, of Clovis, was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for a conspiracy to defraud lenders while buying homes to use to grow marijuana, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B...

FRESNO, Calif. - An indictment was unsealed today following the arrests of two members of a methamphetamine ring that distributed the drug from the Central Valley to Honolulu, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner. On October 11, 2012...

FRESNO, Calif. - Erik Forest Basye, aka Erik Bayse, 33, of Sanger, and Peo Xayphengsy, 51, of Alto, Ga., were indicted today for their involvement in a large marijuana cultivation operation in Sanger, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced...

FRESNO, Calif. - Oscar Arellano Iniego, 55, of Bakersfield, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to eight years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute crystal methamphetamine, Drug Enforcement Administration Special...

FRESNO, Calif. - Raymond Arthur Gentile, 51, the owner of a marijuana storefront in Bakersfield named ANP Collective, and his employee, Gustavo Angel Salinas, 24, both of Bakersfield, were indicted today for conspiring to violate federal narcotics laws, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United...

FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a single count indictment Thursday charging Douk Duke Pen, 33, of Fresno, with cultivating and possessing marijuana with the intent to distribute it, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According...

FRESNO, Calif. - Saelee Fahn Meng, aka Kathy Ming Lee, 53, and her husband, John Yaohinh Lee, of Waterford, were indicted today for growing marijuana near Waterford High School, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According to court...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - 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’(DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day...