United States Drug Enforcement Administration

FRESNO, Calif. - On January 28, 2013, U.S. District Judge Anthony W. Ishii sentenced David Chavez Jr., 32, of Bakersfield, to four years in prison for using a communication (telephone) in connection with a drug trafficking offense. He pleaded guilty on September 24, 2012. As part of the plea agreement...

FRESNO, Calif. - Joseph Edwin Gable, aka Mike Jones, 42, of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to structuring proceeds derived from an interstate drug trafficking operation, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According to court documents, Gable acknowledged...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Charles Miller Hilkey Jr., 58, of the Nevada City area, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Lawrence K. Karlton in connection with the cultivation of marijuana and structuring cash transactions to avoid reporting requirements, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Brian Crowell, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division and William J. Hochul, Jr. United States. Attorney, Western District of New York announced Friday, January 18, 2013 that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Steven Bennett, 42, of Buffalo, N.Y.; Chandra Woods...

FRESNO, Calif.) - Two large-scale marijuana cultivators in Kern County entered guilty pleas and two cultivators in Kings and Fresno Counties were sentenced today in federal court, Acting Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Guilty Plea in Federal Wiretap...

Otsego County, N.Y. - On Wednesday, January 16, 2013, Dante Major was sentenced to 55 years to life by the Honorable Brian D. Burns. Approximately one year ago, the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office, Oneonta Police Department, New York State Parole, New York State Department of Health Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Lynn Farrell Smith, 62, of Stockton, pleaded guilty today to federal marijuana charges that include conspiracy to manufacture and distribute marijuana, two counts of manufacturing marijuana and six counts of distributing marijuana from storefronts in Stockton and Sacramento, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce...

MANHATTAN - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division Office of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the arrest today of Ji Yun Lee for conspiring to distribute oxycodone and for...

MANHATTAN - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Raymond W. Kelly, the Commissioner of the New York City Police (NYPD), and Joseph A. D’Amico...

MANHATTAN - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Brian R. Crowell the Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) New York Division announced that Jose Mosquera-Prado, a top lieutenant of Colombian drug kingpin Francisco Gonzalez-Uribe, was sentenced today in Manhattan...