United States Drug Enforcement Administration

FRESNO, Calif. - An indictment was unsealed today following the arrests of nine individuals who are charged in a drug trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today. On April 11, 2013, a federal grand jury returned a 29-count indictment charging 13 defendants with conspiracy to manufacture, distribute...

Date: April 17, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 WARREN, Ohio - Nineteen separate federal indictments were unsealed today, charging 55 people with various violations of federal narcotics and/or firearms laws in and around Warren, Ohio, law enforcement officials announced. At the same time, an additional 42 people...

FRESNO, Calif.) - Five cases against five men involved in separate marijuana cultivation operations in Fresno, Tulare and Kern Counties were resolved today in federal court, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - United States District Judge William B. Shubb sentenced Uriel Ochoa-Espindola, 44, of Fresno, today to 17 and a half years in prison for his part in a marijuana trafficking conspiracy, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B...

Date: April 10, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 LONDON, Ky. - A Barbourville, Kentucky man was arrested today pursuant to a federal indictment that accuses him of growing a large number of marijuana plants and illegally possessing firearms. Leslie Monroe, 52, was charged Wednesday, March 28, 2013...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that Gennaro DiMatteo, 43, of South Lake Tahoe, California, was sentenced to 5 years in federal prison today by United States District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller. DiMatteo had...

FRESNO, Calif. - Sergio Hector Aguilar, 46, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine while under the supervision of the U.S. Probation Office for a 1997 methamphetamine conviction, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that Tony Le, 55, Minh Le, 36, and Cuong Le, 43, all of Sacramento were sentenced today by United States District Judge William B. Shubb for their involvement...

FRESNO, Calif. - United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill sentenced Jose Alcaraz Palacio, 33, of Torrance, today to five years and three months in federal prison, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin Wagner announced. According to court documents, on...

SAN FRANCISCO - United Parcel Service, Inc. (“UPS”) and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of (“USAO-NDCA”) entered into a Non-Prosecution (“NPA”) today in which UPS agreed to forfeit $40 million in payments it has received from illicit online pharmacies and to implement a compliance program designed...