United States Drug Enforcement Administration

FRESNO, Calif. - Derik Carson Kumagai, 41, of Fresno, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii to two years in prison for conspiring to commit bribery, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Kumagai was ordered to self-surrender on June 12 at 2:00 p.m. to begin...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned two separate indictments today charging a total of six defendants with methamphetamine trafficking offenses. In the first case, Jose Acosta, 34, Jorge Rios, 39, Jose Luis Aguilar, 49, Diego Velazquez, 29, and Feliciano Ochoa Reyes, 30, all Mexican nationals, were charged with...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office has distributed a portion of forfeited narcotics proceeds to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office and the Bakersfield Police Department, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. The final payment was made this month. In total, the Sheriff’s Office received $595,037.92, and the Police...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), announced today that Dennis Sica pleaded guilty today in White Plains federal court to participating in a...

FRESNO, Calif. - David Arreola, 29, of Michoacán, Mexico, was sentenced today to seven and a half years in prison for conspiring to manufacture, distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana grown on public land and possessing a firearm in furtherance of the conspiracy. According to court documents, Arreola...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton and Joseph D’Amico, Superintendent of the New York State Police, announced today the indictment...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), announced that Thomas Hoey, Jr., who led a large-scale cocaine distribution conspiracy for over five years, which...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division, Jonathan Kay, Phyllis C. Borzi, the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employee Benefits (DOL), and Shantelle P...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a single-count indictment on Thursday against Jonathan Arturo Alvarez, 25, of Bakersfield, charging him with possession with intent to distribute cocaine. According to court documents, on April 2, 2015, a California Highway Patrol officer conducted a traffic stop of the vehicle driven...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an 11-count indictment Thursday against Donnie Phillips, 56, of Concord; Gordon Miller, 57, of Clayton; and Phyliss Mosher, 51, of Vallejo, charging them with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and related methamphetamine trafficking charges. According to court documents, between June 2014 and February...