United States Drug Enforcement Administration

SEATTLE - A Kent, Washington man and his step-son were arrested this morning following their indictment on seven criminal counts related to gun sales and controlled substance distribution. The indictment alleges that Mark E. Bryant, 49, and his step-son Andrew Gagley, 30, illegally distributed Demerol. Bryant is also charged in...

SAN FRANCISCO - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) Sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day this past Saturday collected more pills than the previous one, demonstrating the American public’s continued appreciation and need for the opportunity to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and...

SACRAMENTO - Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that a federal grand jury returned a five-count superseding indictment charging Elk Grove residents, Mitchell Chang, 45 and Kelly Liang, 35, with multiple counts of conspiracy to manufacture...

FRESNO, Calif. - Patricia Gonzales Renteria, 39, and her son Steven Robert Renteria, 19, both of Cathedral City, Calif., were indicted today for possessing and conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States...

SEATTLE - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) Sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day this past Saturday collected 50 percent more pills than the previous one, demonstrating the American public’s continued appreciation and need for the opportunity to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, bedside tables...

SAN FRANCISCO - - Gabriel Uribe-Bautista pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco on April 23, 2013 to distribution of cocaine and 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Melinda...

PORTLAND, Ore. - Kingsley Iyare Osemwengie, 27, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was sentenced today in U.S District Court to 210 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, conspiracy to launder drug proceeds, and conspiracy to violate the travel act. Osemwengie played a pivotal role in the oxycodone distribution ring...

FRESNO, Calif. - Patricia Gonzales Renteria, 39, and her son Steven Robert Renteria, 19, both of Cathedral City in Riverside County, were arrested Wednesday in Fresno for conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and...

SAN FRANCISCO - Defendant Oshan Cook was sentenced yesterday to 151 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute (“ecstasy”), possession with the intent to distribute ecstasy, and possession with the intent to distribute LSD, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Melinda...

EUGENE, Ore. - Walter Thomas Swartz, 29, of Eugene, Oregon, was sentenced on April 23, 2013, to 48 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methylenedioxymethamphetamine, more commonly known as ecstasy or MDMA, and using the mail to distribute proceeds of that unlawful activity...