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Turlock Attorney Sentenced For Importing Steroids

September 13, 2017
… of supervised release for importing raw anabolic steroids from China, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug … unlawfully purchased and obtained anabolic steroids from a supplier in China. Encrypted emails and documented …
September 13, 2017
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Bakersfield Man Arrested For Conspiring With Law Enforcement Officers To Sell Methamphetamine And Marijuana

September 21, 2017
… sealed and was unsealed today. The indictment alleges that from April 2012 to August 2015, Carter conspired with Mara … the intent to distribute, methamphetamine. Diaz was removed from active duty with the Bakersfield Police Department in …
September 21, 2017
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Dark Web Marketplace Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty

October 16, 2017
… methamphetamines on AlphaBay, and then mailed the narcotics from a post office in San Francisco to customers throughout … enforcement officers made an undercover purchase of heroin from “Blime-Sub,” which was delivered to a post office box …
October 16, 2017
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Trinity County Man Sentenced For Growing Marijuana On Multiple Properties

May 14, 2013
… cultivation charges. Deputies seized 2,142 marijuana plants from 22 greenhouses. On August 16, 2011, at a property near … cultivation. Federal juries in this district are drawn from multiple counties. U.S. Attorney Wagner said: “In some …
May 14, 2013
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Sacramento And Bay Area Drug Traffickers Given Lengthy Sentences

May 16, 2013
… of 2008, agents purchased approximately 9,000 MDMA pills from Johnson. During the investigation, court-authorized … the California Highway Patrol seized 11,000 MDMA pills from a vehicle driven by Robert Ly after he was stopped on …
May 16, 2013
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Seven Arrested In Butte County Methamphetamine Trafficking Investigation: Operation Crystal Ball

August 21, 2013
… warrants.  “DEA’s mission is to stop criminal organizations from selling drugs in our communities.  Methamphetamine is a … couriers transported pound quantities of methamphetamine from Mexico to Butte County and at the direction of Aguilar, …
August 21, 2013
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Twelve Charged With Conspiracy To Commit Murder

August 28, 2013
… instances. “DEA is committed to protecting the community from violent criminal organizations like Deep-C.  The cold, … search warrant, recovered the weapon used in that shooting from a residence and arrested two suspects. In July, …
August 28, 2013
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Canadian Citizen Pleads Guilty To Shipping Cocaine To Canada; Sham Marriage Revealed During Court Proceedings

January 27, 2014
… Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force with assistance from the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Fresno Police Department, with assistance from the Fontana and Vernon Police Departments. Assistant …
January 27, 2014
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Modesto Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Structure Cash Proceeds Of Interstate Oxycodone And Hydrocodone Trafficking

February 11, 2014
… obtained prescriptions for oxycodone and hydrocodone from a doctor in Visalia. After obtaining the prescriptions, … or less to attempt to prevent Currency Transaction Reports from being filed by the banks on those cash transactions. …
February 11, 2014
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Kent, Washington Man Pleads Guilty To Structuring Cash Proceeds Of Interstate Oxycodone And Hydrocodone Trafficking

March 03, 2014
… obtained prescriptions for oxycodone and hydrocodone from pharmacies in Modesto, California and then transported … or less to attempt to prevent Currency Transactions Reports from being filed by the banks on his cash deposits. Currency …
March 03, 2014
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Tacoma, Wash. Man Pleads Guilty To Trafficking Oxycodone And Making Illegal Cash Deposits

March 11, 2014
… obtained prescriptions for oxycodone and hydrocodone from a doctor in Visalia, Calif., filled those prescriptions … or less to attempt to prevent Currency Transactions Reports from being filed by the banks on his cash deposits. Currency …
March 11, 2014
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Fugitive Gets Forty-One Month Sentence For Transporting Drug Proceeds

March 20, 2014
… by United States border agents, and the $43,658 was seized from him at that time. Rivera had intended to transport the … and Federal Bureau of Investigation, with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service. On …
March 20, 2014
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Defendants Convicted At Trial Of Conspiring To Traffic Cocaine

November 20, 2014
… Agent in Charge Jay Fitzpatrick. The jury found that from 2009 to 2012, the defendants worked with others to obtain cocaine from Southern California and distributing it in the Bay Area …
November 20, 2014
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Florida Man Pleads Guilty To Structuring More Than $2.5 Million In Proceeds Of Drug Trafficking

December 15, 2014
… the purpose of funneling cash proceeds of drug trafficking from Florida and other states back to California. Riffle … or less to attempt to prevent Currency Transaction Reports from being filed by the banks on his cash deposits. Currency …
December 15, 2014
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Shafter Man Pleads Guilty To Cocaine Smuggling

May 04, 2015
… trailer containing cocaine smuggled into the United States from Mexico at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry to a location in … Montoya began unloading 18 one-kilogram packages of cocaine from a hidden compartment in the underside of the tractor …
May 04, 2015
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Nevada City Woman Pleads Guilty To Marijuana Cultivation And Structuring Currency Transactions On First Day Of Trial

July 21, 2015
… she owned near Nevada City and Georgetown. Marijuana from Albright’s operation was regularly shipped out of state … a marijuana grow with a firearm while on pretrial release from an earlier arrest. He was facing charges for …
July 21, 2015
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Nevada City Woman Sentenced To Over Five Years In Prison For Marijuana Cultivation And Structuring Currency Transactions

December 03, 2015
… she owned near Nevada City and Georgetown. Marijuana from Albright’s operation was regularly shipped out of state … a marijuana grow with a firearm while on pretrial release from an earlier arrest. He was facing charges for …
December 03, 2015
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Couple Sentenced On Methamphetamine Convictions

December 03, 2015
… term of supervised release, to begin after his release from prison. On August 26, 2015, Billy Slick’s wife, … term of supervised release, to begin after her release from prison. The Slicks had lived in Augusta, Georgia, but …
December 03, 2015
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Jury Convicts Constable Woman Of Marijuana Conspiracy

January 22, 2016
… Defendant smuggled thousands of kilograms of marijuana from Canada into the United States for over a decade ALBANY, … to smuggle tens of thousands of kilograms of marijuana from Canada and into the United States.  After the loads of …
January 22, 2016
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Jury Convicts Schenectady Felon Of Drug Conspiracy

May 18, 2017
… Thomas J. McAvoy.   The evidence at trial showed that, from October 2015 through February 2016, Hilts conspired … Elijah Jones, to distribute crack cocaine and heroin from their shared residence on Paige Street, adjacent to a …
May 18, 2017
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Second Devil’s Den Marijuana Cultivator Pleads Guilty

December 10, 2012
… guilty, Manjarrez acknowledged that he came to California from Mexico to work for his co-defendant, Jonathan Anthony … of medical marijuana for profit. This case stemmed from Operation Mercury, an intensive marijuana eradication …
December 10, 2012
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South Lake Tahoe Dispensary Owner Sentenced To Five Years In Federal Prison And Agrees To Forfeit Drug Proceeds

April 10, 2013
… can have the effect of concealing and disguising the odor from marijuana.  In total, detectives seized approximately 5 … admitted that he possessed the marijuana seized from his residence on August 31, 2012, with an intent to …
April 10, 2013
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Six Indicted For Fresno And Madera County Methamphetamine Distribution Ring

December 22, 2011
… in the case asserts that Solorzano obtained methamphetamine from Mexico and arranged for Reyes, Martinez, and Rosa to … Area (HIDTA), consisting of law enforcement agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Drug …
December 22, 2011
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Five Indicted For Kern County Marijuana Cultivation Operations

August 30, 2012
… Rufino Orozco-Martinez, 32, an undocumented alien from Guerrero, Mexico; Jorge A. Torres, 27, of Michoacán, … aka Osmin Mejia-Mazariegos, 29, an undocumented alien from Guatemala, was charged with a drug conspiracy, …
August 30, 2012
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Livingston Man Sentenced 16 Years In Prison For International Drug Conspiracy

November 13, 2012
… Drug Enforcement Task Force targeted shipments of cocaine from Bakersfield to Toronto, Canada FRESNO, Calif. - Two … large money seizures were made, including $169,910 seized from a truck in Sheldon, Ill., that was driven by Bisla. The …
November 13, 2012
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Stockton Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty To Methamphetamine Manufacturing And Trafficking

June 13, 2011
… and prices, and a security monitor depicting an image from a camera posted on an engine hoist in the front yard. … chemical used in manufacturing methamphetamine, created from crushed Sudafed and Actifed. Agents also found large …
June 13, 2011
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Fresno Man Receives Five Years In Prison For Interstate Marijuana Trafficking

October 21, 2011
… that were posted with medicinal marijuana recommendations from medical doctors. Rather than distributing the marijuana … and the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, California …
October 21, 2011
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San Diego Man Sentenced to 18 Years for Supplying Fentanyl that Resulted in Deaths of Two in North Park

November 17, 2025
… and our unwavering commitment to stopping those who profit from this deadly drug.” San Diego Police officers, along with investigators from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Overdose Response … Sargent’s duffel bag, also recovered from the bedroom, contained 30.4 grams of methamphetamine …
November 17, 2025
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Fairbanks Man Indicted for Distributing Fentanyl Resulting in a Fatal Overdose

August 27, 2025
… District Office is investigating the case, with assistance from the Alaska State Troopers, as part of the Fairbanks … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime and drug trafficking. … Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task …
August 27, 2025
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DEA El Paso to host Family Summit in Church Rock

August 21, 2025
… on Fentanyl 2024 (No Text).jpg   WHEN: Tuesday Aug. 26 from 6-8 p.m. and Wednesday Aug. 27 from 8 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. MST. WHERE: Red Rock Park, Church … DEA El Paso Division and the above agencies want to hear from families in New Mexico and West Texas as they share …
August 21, 2025