United States Drug Enforcement Administration

SAN FRANCISCO - A total of 16 defendants have been named thus far in a federal criminal complaint alleging a broad-ranging criminal conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, and other drugs in both the Eastern and Northern Districts of California, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch, San Ramon Police...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Joseph Edward Conner pleaded guilty in federal court in Oakland yesterday to possessing with the intent to distribute over four pounds of crystal methamphetamine announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin, Internal Revenue (IRS), Criminal Investigation...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Edgardo Reyes was sentenced to 154 months’ imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin. Reyes’s co-conspirator, Armando Solorio, was sentenced to 73...

(GREENBELT, Md. - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Jeffrey Sean Nazari, 44, of Silver Spring, Maryland, today to 15 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing a controlled substance analogue, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Nazari admitted that...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A Sacramento woman was arrested today after a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment on Thursday, July 14, 2016, charging her with possession with intent to distribute hydrocodone and fentanyl, distribution of hydrocodone and fentanyl, and using a cellphone to facilitate a drug trafficking offense. The...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Dr. Michael Roger Chiarottino was sentenced today to three years in prison for illegally prescribing oxycodone and other controlled substances, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin. Dr. Chiarottino pleaded guilty on March 8, 2016, to...