United States Drug Enforcement Administration

BOISE, IDAHO-- - Audits conducted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) involving an Idaho dentist and an Idaho pharmacy resulted in the collection of 35,000 in civil penalties for failing to keep proper distribution records for controlled pharmaceuticals. The penalties were collected by the United States Attorney’s Office, Affirmative Civil...

EUGENE, Ore. -- - On June 7, 2011, U.S. District Judge Michael R. Hogan sentenced Ivan Banuelos-Escobar, 42, a resident of Los Angeles, to ten years in prison. He was also ordered to serve a supervised release term of five years. Banuelos-Escobar pled guilty earlier this year to possession with...

LOS ANGELES, CA - In a law enforcement action this morning that targeted the Varrio Azusa 13 street gang, 16 people were arrested pursuant to a federal indictment that alleges violations of the federal racketeering statute and a nearly 20-year conspiracy to violate the civil rights of African-Americans in the...

BOISE, ID - - Douglas D. Dalton, 52, of Aberdeen, Idaho, was sentenced on June 7, 2011 to 156 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Dalton was ordered to serve ten years of supervised release following his prison term. Dalton pleaded guilty to the charge in May 2010...

BOISE, ID - - Bart M. Pitcher, 54, of Preston, Idaho, was sentenced on May 26, 2011 to 144 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Pitcher pleaded guilty to the charge on March 2. According to the plea agreement, Pitcher...

SEATTLE, WA - Ruben Ramirez-Ventura, 26, of Renton, Washington, was sentenced May 13, 2011 in U.S. District Court in Seattle to ten years in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Ramirez-Ventura is the last of three defendants sentenced to ten year terms following a...

BEAUMONT, TX - A 51-year-old Spring Hill, Florida man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas Hinojosa and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Tony Darrell Fuzz pleaded guilty to possession with intent to...

LOS ANGELES, CA - A man who manufactured anabolic steroids at a clandestine laboratory in Compton - one of the largest underground steroid labs ever found in the United States - and distributed the steroids via the Internet, was sentenced today to three years in federal prison. Warren Abramson, 33...

PORTLAND, ORE- - Jose Juis (a/k/a Ricardo Ochoa Renteria), 32, of Salem, Oregon, was sentenced today to 156 months in prison and a $1 million money judgment, for his role as the leader of an international drug trafficking (DTO). During the fall of 2008, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) initiated an...

LOS ANGELES, CA - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Mobile Enforcement (M.E.T.) and the Long Beach Police Department’s Drug Investigations Section joined forces and conducted a three-month operation that resulted in the removal of numerous criminals from the streets of Long Beach, as well as the seizure of guns, drugs, and...