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Six defendants charged in conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine in Northern New Mexico

February 28, 2020
… (571) 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Jose Mendoza, 32, and Natalie Mendoza, 35, of Medanales, New … local law enforcement.  According to public court records, Jose Mendoza, and his wife, Natalie Mendoza, allegedly were … He allegedly received supplies of cocaine from Jose and Natalie Mendoza, converted it to crack cocaine, and …
February 28, 2020
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Mexican National Sentenced for 88 Pounds of Meth Found in Car

April 03, 2023
… during a car stop on Interstate 70 in Saline County, Mo. Jose Alfredo Renteria-Rojas, 34, who was residing in Des … placed in the trooper’s patrol car. The trooper requested Jose Renteria-Rojas, in the rear passenger seat, to exit the vehicle for a vehicle search. As Jose Renteria-Rojas did so, air fresheners fell from the …
April 03, 2023
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Two Rochester men plead guilty for their roles in drug conspiracy

September 06, 2019
… of a drug trafficking organization led by co-defendant Jose Casado. The organization distributed large quantities … in Rochester between December 2017 and May 15, 2019.   Jose Casado would obtain bulk quantities of fentanyl, heroin … were arrested along with five other defendants, including Jose Casado. A total of three have been convicted. Charges …
September 06, 2019
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South Bay doctor sentenced to two years in prison for unlawfully distributing hydrocodone and committing health care fraud

October 22, 2019
… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … Info Community Outreach: Akilah Johnson 571-387-5018 SAN JOSE, Calif.  – South Bay doctor Venkat Aachi was sentenced …
October 22, 2019
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South Bay doctor pleads guilty to unlawfully distributing hydrocodone and health care fraud

March 26, 2019
… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … Info Community Outreach: Akilah Johnson 571-387-5018 SAN JOSE, Calif. – South Bay doctor Venkat Aachi pleaded guilty …
March 26, 2019
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DEA Task Force Operation Takes Down Alleged Bridgeport Drug Trafficking Ring

April 04, 2011
… firearm. Charged in various counts of the indictment are: JOSE ARZUAGA - , 60, a.k.a. “Viejo,” of Bridgeport, DAVID … a.k.a. “Rolando” and “Quilin,” 52, of the Bronx, New York, JOSE ZAYAS - , a.k.a. “Ho,” 52, of Bridgeport, NOEL NIEVES - … 43, of Bridgeport, JOHNNIE BERRIOS - , 51, of West Haven, JOSE RAMOS - , a.k.a. “Gordo,” 45, of Bridgeport, JOSE SANDO …
April 04, 2011
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15 Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking

June 26, 2013
… aka “Binchi;” Francisco Colón-Soto, aka “Moyo;” José Oliveras, aka “Topo,” José Rivera-Ramírez, aka “Berto Risa,”  Noel Acevedo-Rosado, …
June 26, 2013
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8 Indicted In Heroin, Methamphetamine Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

June 29, 2017
… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … head of this Bakersfield drug trafficking organization, Jose Luis Zambrano SF062917img1.jpg SF062917img2.jpg … Martin made this announcement today. The indictment charges Jose Luis Zambrano, 33; Juan Carlos Lopez, 28; Ruben …
June 29, 2017
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Former Deputy US Marshal Pleads Guilty To Felony Distribution Of Unapproved New Drugs And Felony Distribution Of Misbranded Drugs

September 04, 2014
… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … Info Community Outreach: Akilah Johnson 571-387-5018 SAN JOSE, Calif. - Aris Aristidis Vavasis pleaded guilty in …
September 04, 2014
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Foreign National Extradited from Mexico to the United States to Face Fentanyl Trafficking Charges

April 23, 2024
… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … DTO in Sacramento was Lopez Zamora’s brother, co-defendant Jose Lopez-Zamora. From at least May 2019 until January … 2024. Charges are pending against the following defendants: Jose Guadalupe Lopez-Zamora, Leonardo Flores Beltran, …
April 23, 2024
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20 gang members charged for drug trafficking and firearms violations in Puerto Rico

November 19, 2020
… aka “Peluco” Luis Enrique Torres-Torres, aka “Riquito” José M. Morales-Torres, aka “Pipito” Luis E. … aka “Sombra” Fabián Morales-Montes, aka “Fabio” José Fabián Morales-De Jesús, aka “Fabián” Jarette Fabián … Bryan Torres-Torres, aka “Puchita” or “Pucha” José Osvaldo Reyes, aka “Bubu” Lisandra Baerga-Torres Raúl …
November 19, 2020
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Fresno Man Sentenced To Five Years In Prison For Methamphetamine Trafficking

January 25, 2016
… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … Outreach: Akilah Johnson 571-387-5018 FRESNO, Calif. - Jose Nicolas Olivas Zazueta, 35, of Fresno, was sentenced …
January 25, 2016
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Jesse Denver Hanes Sentenced To Life Imprisonment For Conviction On Federal Firearms And Carjacking Charges Arising Out Of Shooting Of Hatch Police Officer

March 01, 2018
… Denver Hanes, who shot and killed Hatch Police Officer Jose Chavez on Aug. 12, 2016, was sentenced today to a … spree that included the murder of Hatch Police Officer Jose Chavez and the carjacking of three victims, and broke … to do so.” “We hope today’s sentencing gives Officer Jose Chavez’s loved ones some measure of justice,” said FBI …
March 01, 2018
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Brothers Who Led a Massive Meth Distribution Ring Sentenced to Significant Prison Time

September 05, 2024
… According to records filed in the case, brothers Jesus and Jose Venegas-Gatica pleaded guilty to drug distribution … since at least 2012. The criminal complaint details Jose Venegas-Gatica’s arrest in 2019 in Kitsap County with 20 pounds of meth. Jose Venegas-Gatica fled and used aliases to return to drug …
September 05, 2024
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Caribbean Corridor Strike Force Arrests 10 Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

July 22, 2014
… “Ojos Lindos;” Alex Rudolph Antonio Reed, aka “Feo;” José Ángel Burgos-Rodríguez, aka “Che,” “Dragoncito;” Héctor Manuel Pérez-Arizmendi, aka “Cachete;” José Miguel Rodríguez; Carlos Gilberto Miranda-Ríos, aka “El …
July 22, 2014
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Twenty-Five Individuals Charged In Southeastern Massachusetts Heroin Ring

October 01, 2015
… 38, William M. Rodriguez, 22, Lindsay Ann Belisle, 29, Jose O. Perez, 28, Kelly Patterson, 36, Jorge Vega, 40, Jose A. Rodriguez, 40, Oniel Rivera, 28, Christopher Perez, 36, Kelly Jean Gagnon, 39, Joseph W. Parsons, 23, and Philip Malaguti, 31, all of …
October 01, 2015
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Joint Investigation Takes Down Willimantic Drug Trafficking Ring

July 07, 2016
… utilized by the alleged co-conspirators, revealed that Jose Miranda of the Bronx, New York, was supplying large … and to distribute, heroin, cocaine and cocaine (“crack”): JOSE MIRANDA, a.k.a. “Omar,” 51, of the Bronx, N.Y. CARLOS …
July 07, 2016
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Nevada County Man Found In Possession Of 1,283 Pounds Of Marijuana Is Charged In Interstate Marijuana Trafficking Conspiracy

March 22, 2018
… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Jose Gregorio Luna, 33, of Nevada City, charging him with …
March 22, 2018
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Four Indicted In Methamphetamine Conspiracy

March 10, 2011
… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … conspired to distribute methamphetamine in Stockton and San Jose. If convicted, the defendants face a maximum statutory …
March 10, 2011
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Lamont Man Pleads Guilty To Possessing Methamphetamine With The Intent To Distribute It

December 19, 2016
… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … Outreach: Akilah Johnson 571-387-5018 FRESNO, Calif. - Jose Soto, 36, resident of Lamont, pleaded guilty today to …
December 19, 2016
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Stockton Men Charged With Drug-Trafficking

June 07, 2013
… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … Edwin Malo-Vergara, 50; Aurelio Ruben-Bulgin, 25; and Jose Junez-Ramirez Sr., 46, all of Stockton, with drug …
June 07, 2013
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Repeat Marijuana Grower Pleads Guilty To 2013 Grow

August 05, 2014
… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … 571-387-5018 FRESNO, Calif. - Phloch Ouk, 46, of San Jose, pleaded guilty today to growing fifty or more …
August 05, 2014
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Redding Traffic Stop Results In Heroin Trafficking Charge For Father And Son

January 31, 2013
… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … Benjamin Soto, 37, and Joaquin Soto, 18, both of San Jose, with possession with the intent to distribute heroin, …
January 31, 2013
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Motorcycle Battery Used To Hide Drugs, Driver Sentenced To More Than 5 Years In Prison

April 01, 2013
… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill sentenced Jose Alcaraz Palacio, 33, of Torrance, today to five years …
April 01, 2013
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Tulare And Stanislaus County Men Indicted On Federal Drug Trafficking Charges

September 15, 2011
… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … Cortes, 39, of Tulare County; and Hector Mariscal, 45, and Jose Luis Esparza, 35, both of Modesto, charging them with …
September 15, 2011
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Three Butte County residents indicted for trafficking in fentanyl-laced pills

January 31, 2019
… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … three-count superseding indictment today against Guillermo Jose Leon Ramirez, 41, of Oroville; Justin James Garcia, 44, …
January 31, 2019
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Second Fresno County Pot House Mortgage Fraudster Sentenced

April 04, 2011
… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … today that Shirley Wong, aka Ngoc Li Vuong, 43, of San Jose, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for conspiring to …
April 04, 2011
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Last Of Five Bakersfield Men Sentenced In Conspiracy To Distribute Methamphetamine

October 31, 2017
… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … case, investigators identified Salvador Morales, 28, and Jose Alejandro Jacobo, 25, both of Bakersfield, as the … Justin Alan Rivera, 22, Henry Polin Morales III, 22, and Josefina (Blanco’s wife), 25, all of Bakersfield. On May 6, …
October 31, 2017
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Methamphetamine Dealer Sentenced To 168 Months In Prison

May 20, 2013
… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … receives 63 months SAN FRANCISCO -  - Rogelio Corral and Jose Efrain-Gonzalez were sentenced on May 16, 2013, to 14 …
May 20, 2013
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Sacramento Man Sentenced To More Than 21 Years In Prison For Trafficking Methamphetamine

April 08, 2014
… California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas Additional Division … Outreach: Akilah Johnson 571-387-5018 SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jose Mario Medrano, 36, of Sacramento, was sentenced today …
April 08, 2014