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Marijuana Cases Update

… who has been charged in another federal case with the unlawful distribution of other controlled substances. … a prohibited Schedule I controlled substance under federal law. This case was investigated by the DEA and Stanislaus …
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Marin Doctor Indicted For Distributing Controlled Substances Outside The Usual Course Of Professional Practice

… the combined expertise of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. Please note, an indictment …
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Two Indicted On Drug Trafficking Charges After Arrests In Stockton

… a firearm. According to court documents, on March 5, 2014, law enforcement officers searched Sewell’s residence in …
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Defendants Convicted At Trial Of Conspiring To Traffic Cocaine

… the combined expertise of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. Rodelo-Lara and Almendares-Vasquez …
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Vallejo Drug Dealer Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison

… In April 2012, as a result of the collaborative law enforcement effort, agents arrested a total of 25 …
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Fourth Defendant Sentenced For Marijuana Cultivation Operation In Sequoia National Forest

… weapon at the time of his apprehension at the grow site by law enforcement officers. In sentencing Arreola, Senior U.S. …
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Nevada City Woman Pleads Guilty To Marijuana Cultivation And Structuring Currency Transactions On First Day Of Trial

… of 16 search warrants in three different counties, law enforcement seized over 4,100 marijuana plants, over 200 …
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Nevada City Woman Sentenced To Over Five Years In Prison For Marijuana Cultivation And Structuring Currency Transactions

… of 16 search warrants in three different counties, law enforcement seized over 4,100 marijuana plants, over 200 …
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Final Two Defendants Plead Guilty To Marijuana Cultivation Scheme In Sacramento And Elk Grove Residences

… to court documents, from April 2012 to January 2013, law enforcement observed Peng and Chen and others traveling …
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Tenth And Final Defendant From Butte County Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization Sentenced To Federal Prison

… Aguilar was arrested at his residence in August 2013, where law enforcement officers found 15 cellphones, five guns, and …
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Jury Convicts Schenectady Felon Of Drug Conspiracy

… on Paige Street, adjacent to a children’s daycare.  Law enforcement officers recovered more than 80 grams of …
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Bakersfield Marijuana Business Owner Pleads Guilty

… and operated Nature’s Medicinal. Court records show that law enforcement executed search and seizure warrants on the …
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Ten Members Of Fraudulent Prescription Ring Arrested

… substantial assistance from a number of state and local law enforcement agencies who provided intelligence, …
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Bakersfield Marijuana Store Owner Sentenced To Four Years In Prison

… into account a number of variables. Court records show that law enforcement executed search and seizure warrants on the …
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Mendota Marijuana Cultivator Indicted

… that the marijuana grow was in violation of federal law and Fresno County Ordinance 11-008. In August, the DEA … plants growing inside the residence, powered by the unlawful diversion of electricity. Robles was found during the …
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Six Indicted For Fresno And Madera County Methamphetamine Distribution Ring

… High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), consisting of law enforcement agents from the Federal Bureau of …
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Fresno County Man Sent To Prison For Mortgage Fraud Scheme

… is scheduled for sentencing before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill on October 1, 2012. Last month, Xi A. … Three of the houses caught on fire as a result of the unlawful diversion of electricity. This case is the product of … the combined expertise of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. The U.S. Drug Enforcement …
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Fifth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Results In Another Big Haul

… 29, in Northern and Central California, 107 state and local law enforcement partners, working at 156 locations, …
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More Indictments In Operation Mercury Targeting Marijuana Grown On Agricultural Land

… proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. On …
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Bakersfield Marijuana Storefront Owner And Employee Indicted

… indicted today for conspiring to violate federal narcotics laws, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in …
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Vallejo Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 30 Years In Federal Prison

… cocaine into the Vallejo community and his flight from law enforcement were “extremely serious” circumstances and …
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Two Sentenced For Heroin Offenses

… the combined expertise of federal, state, and local law enforcement in targeting significant drug trafficking …
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Three Indicted For Cultivating Purported “Medical” Marijuana, Shipping It To Other States For Millions In Cash

… Texas, and Massachusetts. None of those states have laws permitting the possession of marijuana for medical …
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Madera Vineyard Marijuana Cultivator Sentenced For Firearm Possession

… D. Williams announced that United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill sentenced Julio Ramirez Pérez, 33, an … in Madera. According to court documents, on June 16, 2010, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Avenue …
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Two Fresno Men Charged With Drug Conspiracy

… to them and was purportedly for their own medicinal use. Law enforcement agents previously found large marijuana …
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Two Defendants Involved in Pharmacy Burglary Ring Across Multiple States Are Sentenced to Serve a Combined Time of More Than 25 Years in Federal Prison

… District Office, worked in conjunction with the following law enforcement partners: DEA New Orleans Division (Little … the HSTF directs the full might of United States law enforcement towards identifying, investigating, and …
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DEA Extends Telemedicine Flexibilities to Ensure Continued Access to Care

… DEA regulations, and applicable federal and state law.  “DEA supports telehealth access for patients who need …
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Jury Convicts Vallejo Man of Drug and Gun Offenses

… pills with a buyer who testified at trial. Federal law enforcement agents executed a search warrant at …
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DEA to hold 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… @DEAPhiladelphia Thomas Hodnett Domestic Pennsylvania and Delaware Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Frank J. McCartney (215) 861-1974 Division Contacts Delaware Dover - (302) 672-6383 Wilmington - (302) 395-4600 … order to maintain the safety of all participants and local law enforcement.  DEA and its partners will collect tablets, …