BOISE, IDAHO - - Former pharmacist Jason J. Jungert, 36, of Lewiston, Idaho, was sentenced March 22, 2011 to five years probation for acquiring a controlled substance by deception. The probation terms prohibit Jungert from being employed as a pharmacist and require him to undergo intensive drug treatment and testing...

PHOENIX, AZ. - Senior U.S. District Judge Stephen M. McNamee sentenced Rogelio Anton Perez on Tuesday to 12 years in the Bureau of Prisons. Perez, 30, of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, pleaded guilty to the charge of Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Cocaine. “The drug trade has...

JEFFERSON CITY, MO. - Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Columbia, Mo., man has been convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana in Boone County, Mo. Eric Scott McCauley, 29, of Columbia, was found...

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner, Treasury Inspector General of Tax (TIGTA) Special Agent in Charge Julie Parodi, IRS - Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Scott O’Briant, and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced that Kulwant Lasher, 54, an owner of...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - This spring, the Drug Enforcement Administration and its national and community partners will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. On Saturday, April 30th, from 10 a.m. to 2...

ANCHORAGE, AK. - Acting Special Agent in Charge, Mark Thomas and United States Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced on March 21, 2011 that two Sacramento men were indicted by a federal grand jury in Anchorage for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute oxycodone in Juneau, Alaska...

TACOMA, Wash. - Colin Charles Crowe, 27, of Maple Ridge, B.C., Canada, was sentenced on March 21, 2011 in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 30 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to import a controlled substance. Crowe and Kyle Grayson Gadsby were arrested May...

NEWARK, N.J. - Law enforcement representatives, including investigators and prosecutors at the federal, state, and local level, united today to announce the results to date of a joint task force initiative aimed at reducing carjackings and other crime in Newark and surrounding areas, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman...

BOISE, IDAHO - - Enrique Manuel Ruiz-Soto, 45, of Riverside, California, was sentenced March 14, 2011 to 72 months in prison for conspiracy with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Ruiz-Soto was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine and serve 10 years of supervised release following his prison term. Ruiz-Soto pled guilty...

ATLANTA, GA. - DEVON SAMUELS, 45, and KEISHA JONES, 30, both of Stockbridge, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in federal district court. SAMUELS pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder drug money and attempting to smuggle guns onto an airplane. In a separate case, SAMUELS and JONES pleaded guilty to conspiring to...