United States Drug Enforcement Administration

ATLANTA, GA. - DONALD BRISTOL, 41, of Lilburn, Georgia, was arraigned late yesterday on federal charges of aiding others to possess and conceal a stolen vehicle, failing to report a federal felony, unlawfully accessing government computer systems, and making false statements. BRISTOL made the appearance late yesterday afternoon before United...

FRESNO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that Fabio Cazares-Zamora, 37, of Modesto, and Abundio Hernandez, 45, of Oakland, were sentenced today by United States District Judge Oliver W. Wanger for heroin trafficking. Cazares-Zamora was...

FRESNO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that today United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii sentenced John Wayne Wyatt, 31, of Bakersfield, to two and a half years in prison to be followed by three...

MACON, GA. - Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces the sentencing of Lige Chappell, III, age 28 of Bronwood, Terrell County, Georgia, which took place before the Honorable W. Louis Sands, United States District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia on May...

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams, and Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims announced today that Mario Penaloza, 22, formerly of Orange Cove, was sentenced to 12 years and three months in prison for conspiring to distribute...

CHARLOTTE, NC. - A federal grand jury sitting in Charlotte, indicted Elisa Annette Baker, 43, of Hickory, NC, on May 18, 2011 on drug trafficking charges, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Joining U.S. Attorney Tompkins in making today’s announcement are Rodney G...

FRESNO, CA -- - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced today that Marco Antonio Lopez-Florez, 34, a professional soccer player from Guadalajara, Mexico, and Ernesto Rocha, 21, of Bakersfield, were each sentenced to 10 years in prison, to...

ATLANTA, GA. - A federal grand jury in Atlanta returned indictments this week in two separate cases charging a total of 13 defendants from Georgia and Kentucky with illegally trafficking in oxycodone and other prescription drugs. In the larger of the two cases, agents arrested a total of 6 defendants...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Anthony D. Williams, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration San Francisco Field Division, announced today that Northern California and Central Valley residents turned in 28,377 pounds of medicine - more than 14 tons - as part of the DEA Prescription Drug Take-Back Program...

SACRAMENTO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that a grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against two brothers, Masod Rahimi, 24, and Mansore Rahimi, 22, both of Union City, charging them in a conspiracy to...