DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Fresno Man Sentenced To Five Years In Prison For Methamphetamine Trafficking

FRESNO, Calif. - Jose Nicolas Olivas Zazueta, 35, of Fresno, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill to five years in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and DEA Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin announced the...
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Vallejo Resident Charged With Methamphetamine Possession

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Lino Jimenez, 34, of Vallejo, charging him with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin announced. According to court documents, on...
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Final Two Defendants Plead Guilty To Marijuana Cultivation Scheme In Sacramento And Elk Grove Residences

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jun Mou Peng, 42, and Shihong Chen, 50, both of Elk Grove, pleaded guilty today to manufacturing marijuana inside homes in Elk Grove and Sacramento, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin announced. According to court documents...
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Bakersfield Man Sentenced To 9 Years In Prison For Possessing Methamphetamine For Distribution

FRESNO, Calif. - Jesus Manuel Peraza Ruiz, 56, of Bakersfield, Calif. was sentenced Monday by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill to nine years in prison for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John...
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Loudoun County To Host DEA Exhibit

LEESBURG, Va. - The national touring exhibit developed by the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the DEA Educational Foundation, Drugs: Costs and Consequences, formerly known as Target America, opens on January 12, 2016 at 750 Miller Drive, SE, Suite F-1 in Leesburg, Virginia, and will be open Tuesday through Saturday, 10...
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Former Deputy U.S. Marshal Pleads Guilty To Yuba City Armed Robbery Of Marijuana Dealers

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - One defendant pleaded guilty today and two are sentenced for a plot that brought three Florida men to Yuba City where they robbed marijuana traffickers at gunpoint, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin announced. Clorenzo Griffin...
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Six Bakersfield Residents Indicted For Conspiracy To Distribute Methamphetamine

FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Carlos Gerardo Blanco, 25; Salvador Morales, 26; Jose Alejandro Jacobo, 23; Josefina Blanco, 23; Justin Alan Rivera, 20; and Henry Polin Morales III, 20 all residents of Bakersfield, charging them with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, United States...
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Three Bakersfield Residents Sentenced On Monday For Drug Trafficking Offenses

FRESNO, Calif. - Three Bakersfield men were sentenced in two separate cases on Monday by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill for conspiracies to traffic marijuana and methamphetamine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin announced. In the first...
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Seventeen Defendants Targeted In A Criminal Complaint Alleging Broad-Ranging Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

SAN FRANCISCO - - Seventeen defendants were named in a federal criminal complaint alleging a criminal conspiracy to traffic heroin announced Acting United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin, and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Acting Special Agent in Charge Andrew...
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Alaska Resident Sentenced To 7 Years For Drug Dealing And Money Laundering

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - -Today, United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley sentenced DuWayne LeDoux, 55, of Kodiak, Alaska, to seven years in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and conspiracy to structure cash deposits, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge...