DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Bakersfield Marijuana Store Worker Pleads Guilty

FRESNO, Calif. - Gustavo Angel Salinas, 26, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to manufacture, to distribute, and to possess with the intent to distribute marijuana. According to court documents and proceedings, Salinas worked as a “bud tender” for ANP Collective in Bakersfield. The store came to the attention...
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Guilty Plea In Interstate Prescription Pill Trafficking Conspiracy

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Charles Connor, 34, of Anchorage, Alaska, pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute oxycodone. According to court documents, on December 17, 2012, the postal service in Anchorage intercepted a package addressed to Connor that contained 300 oxycodone tablets. Law enforcement...
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Repeat Marijuana Grower Pleads Guilty To 2013 Grow

FRESNO, Calif. - Phloch Ouk, 46, of San Jose, pleaded guilty today to growing fifty or more marijuana plants. According to court documents, Ouk was arrested on August 1, 2013, in Fresno County. He was one of about 60 people found on a rural parcel of land on E. Kings...
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Mother And Son Sentenced To Federal Prison For Trying To Sell More Than 50 Pounds Of Crystal Methamphetamine

FRESNO, Calif. - United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill sentenced Patricia Renteria, 40, and her son Steve Renteria, 21, both of Cathedral City, to five years and 10 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiring to possess and distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents...
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Mexican National Sentenced To Fourteen Years In Prison For Methamphetamine Trafficking

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Jose Corona-Mata was sentenced yesterday to 14 years in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Jay Fitzpatrick. Corona-Mata previously pleaded guilty pursuant to a plea...
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Federal Jury Convicts Sacramento Man Of Possessing Crack Cocaine For Distribution

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - After a three-day trial, a federal jury found John Winton Harris, 31, of Sacramento, guilty today of one count of possession of at least 29 grams of cocaine base, commonly referred to as crack cocaine or rock cocaine. The trial was held before United States District Judge...
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Drug Transporter Arrested In Kern County Pleads Guilty

FRESNO, Calif. - Enrique Reynosa, 37, pleaded guilty today to possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine. According to court documents, Reynosa was stopped on Highway 99, south of State Route 119, for a traffic violation. Six pounds of methamphetamine, eight pounds of cocaine, and $1,510 were found inside...
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FedEx Indicted For Its Role In Distributing Controlled Substances And Prescription Drugs

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury in San Francisco indicted FedEx Corporation, FedEx Express, Inc., and FedEx Corporate Services, Inc., today, with conspiracies to traffic in controlled substances and misbranded prescription drugs for its role in distributing controlled substances and prescription drugs for illegal Internet pharmacies, announced United States...
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Three Bakersfield Men Charged In Drug Distribution Ring

FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment today against Manuel Riviera-Felix, a.k.a. Felipe Garcia, 26, Edi Vega Bustamante, 21, and Juan Angel Lopez, 32, charging all three with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Riviera-Felix and Bustamante are also charged separately in...
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Visalia Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone

FRESNO, Calif. - Terrill Eugene Brown, 61, of Visalia, pleaded guilty today to causing the distribution and dispensing of oxycodone and structuring financial transactions to evade a reporting requirement. In addition, Brown agreed to forfeit more than $182,000 and three BMW sedans that were involved in or obtained as a...