United States Drug Enforcement Administration

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Patricia Jane Albright, 64, of Nevada City, pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiring to manufacture marijuana, manufacturing marijuana, and structuring currency transactions to evade federal reporting requirements. On September 18, 2014, Albright’s son and co-conspirator, Jordan Wirtz, pleaded guilty to federal firearms charges. On February 26, 2015...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Following the arrest earlier today of August Davison, 26, of Bakersfield, an indictment has been unsealed charging him with maintaining a drug-involved premises, conspiracy, and manufacturing and distributing marijuana in the form of hashish oil. According to court documents, from approximately January 2014 to April 2015, Davison...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - - A federal grand jury returned a 22-count indictment today against 13 defendants from Sacramento, (Kern Co.) and Phoenix, Arizona, charging them with illegally trafficking large amounts of methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, and marijuana. The defendants named in the indictment are: Jose Manuel Valdez Torres, 39, fugitive, of...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph Shepherd and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that two men were sentenced for their roles in a cocaine and methamphetamine distribution ring operating in Caddo and Bossier parishes. Eugene O’Neal Cross, 40, of Marshall, Texas...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Today, after a five-day trial, a federal jury found Isreal “Puck” Washington, 41, of Sacramento, guilty of all 10 counts in the indictment for trafficking heroin, cocaine, cocaine base, and methamphetamine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. “Under the Smart on Crime initiative, the U.S. Department...

FRESNO, Calif. - - Jose Luis Montoya-Salazar, aka Rafael Salazar-(Montoya), 42, of Mexico City, pleaded guilty today to conspiring with Jimmy Gil, 35, of Shafter, and Luis Ricardo Eslava-(Eslava) 42, of Sinaloa, Mexico, to import, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute 38 kilograms, or about 84 pounds, of cocaine...

NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that Malcolm Bolden, age 20, Noel Jones, age 27, and Terrell Dyer, age 29, all of New Orleans, were sentenced today for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute at least...

FRESNO, Calif. - - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Raymond Slaton, 43, of Merced; Sidney Allen, 48, of Merced; Donnell Mays, 39, of Turlock; and Omar Lopez, 22, of Turlock, charging them with federal drug trafficking offenses. According to court documents, on May 20, 2015...

JACKSON, Miss. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Daniel Comeaux and Gregory K. Davis, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, announced the sentencing of four defendants tied to a large-scale methamphetamine trafficking organization. Cliff Williams, 37, of Meridian, Mississippi, was sentenced to 133 months...

FRESNO, Calif. - - Joseph Nolan, 59, a Malibu businessman and Ventura County resident, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiring to manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute marijuana cultivated at a warehouse that he owned...