United States Drug Enforcement Administration

LAREDO, Texas - Three Laredo men have entered guilty pleas for their roles in a conspiracy to traffic drugs from Laredo to the Dallas area via the use of tractor trailers, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge of the Houston Division Joseph M. Arabit and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Armando Eloy...

FRESNO, Calif. - Logan August, 30, of Bakersfield, and Derrick Penney, 34, of Star, Idaho, former deputies with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute marijuana. According to court documents, between June 2014 and October 2014, while sworn...

SAN FRANCISCO - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) and 110 of its law enforcement and community partners collected 32,965 pounds from 176 Northern California sites on Saturday, April 29, 2017. Across the nation 900,386 (450 tons) was collected from nearly 5,500 sites. Marking the 13th National Prescription Take Back Day since...

BEAUMONT, Texas - A 34-year-old Kirbyville, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge of the Houston Division Joseph M. Arabit and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Stefone Dwayne Palomo pleaded guilty on Oct. 17...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Victor Francisco Ramirez, Jr., 20, of San Jose was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. The sentence was announced by Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin and...

MCALLEN, Texas - Four local residents and two Mexican nationals have been ordered to federal prison for their respective roles in laundering drug proceeds, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge of the Houston Division, Joseph M. Arabit and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Roosevelt Faz, 49, and Ted Cantu, 48, both of...

HOUSTON - A 37-year-old Mexican national who resided in Huntsville has been ordered to federal prison for more than 17 years following his conviction of possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge of the Houston Division, Joseph M. Arabit and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Rando...

BEAUMONT, Texas - A 35-year-old Port Arthur, Texas man has been found guilty by a jury for federal violations related to the murder of a Port Acres woman in the Eastern District of Texas, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge of the Houston Division, Joseph M. Arabit, and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit...

SAN FRANCISCO - Epati Malauulu, 42, of Suisun City, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to 20 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin announced. According to court documents...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 33-year-old man who resided in Palmetto, Florida, and Pasadena, Texas, has been ordered to federal prison for trafficking narcotics from Mexico through Brownsville to Florida, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge of the Houston Division, Joseph M. Arabit, and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. A federal jury convicted...