United States Drug Enforcement Administration

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned two separate indictments today for charges of trafficking cocaine and heroin. 99 (218 lbs.) of Cocaine Seized - In the first indictment, Todd Andrew Ayster, 49, of Long Beach, was charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. According to court...

FRESNO, Calif. - Dr. Terrill Eugene Brown, 61, of Visalia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill to four years and nine months in prison for causing the distribution and dispensing of oxycodone and structuring financial transactions to evade a reporting requirement. In addition, Brown was...

FRESNO, Calif. - Oscar Rodriguez, 31, of Sanger, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill to four years and one month in prison. According to court documents, on January 31, 2013, Transportation Security Agency officers stopped Rodriguez at the Modesto Airport after his baggage tested positive...

FRESNO, Calif. - Enrique Reynosa, 37, was sentenced today to four years and nine months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for possessing methamphetamine and cocaine with intent to distribute. Senior U.S. District Judge Anthony W. Ishii also ordered the forfeiture of the Silverado pickup...

SAN FRANCISCO - Matthew David Graves pleaded guilty on Sept. 26, 2014, to manufacturing and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, conspiracy to do so, and money laundering, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Jay Fitzpatrick and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation...

SAN FRANCISCO - Miguel Macias aka “Flaco” pleaded guilty today and Alejandro Miranda pleaded guilty on Sept. 24, 2014, to distribution and possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and conspiracy to launder money, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Jay Fitzpatrick, and...

LOS ANGELES - A former Transportation Security Administration employee who conspired to smuggle narcotics through screening checkpoints at Los Angeles International Airport was sentenced today to 80 months in prison. Naral Richardson, 32, of South Los Angeles, the facilitator of the scheme involving three TSA screeners at LAX, was sentenced...

LAS VEGAS - Former Las Vegas physician Vinay Bararia, 44, was sentenced today to 44 months in prison and three years of supervised release for unlawfully selling hydrocodone and oxycodone to an undercover DEA agent in a hospital parking lot, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District...

FRESNO, Calif. - Two sentences for drug trafficking were handed down on Monday for cases originating in Bakersfield. Martin Barragan, 39, of Bakersfield, was sentenced by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill to four years in prison for using an interstate facility to aid racketeering. According to court documents...

FRESNO, Calif. - Gamaliel Salas-Mendoza, aka Rene Salas-(Salas), 38, an undocumented alien from Mexico, was sentenced today to 11 years and eight months in prison for conspiring with his cousin Miguel Sanchez-Mendoza, 46, to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine. United States District...