United States Drug Enforcement Administration

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - - United States District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. sentenced four defendants today to lengthy prison terms for conspiring to distribute (Ecstasy) and for possession with intent to distribute MDMA, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - - United States District Judge Lawrence K. Karlton sentenced William Robert Barsanti, 27, of Junction City, Calif., today to five years in prison for growing marijuana, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Barsanti also...

FRESNO, Calif. - - Senior U.S. District Judge Anthony W. Ishii sentenced brothers Edwan Dablan, 37, and Khamal Dablan, 25, both of Kingsburg, Calif., today to 10.5 years in prison and four years and nine months in prison, respectively, for participating in a long-term methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy based in the...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) working in conjunction with the Port St. Lucie Police (PSLPD), Special Investigations Unit, initiated an investigation into the drug trafficking (DTO) of Kevin Piscottano and his associates. This eight month investigation resulted in the arrest of 28 state defendants. This...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging four defendants with drug trafficking, announced United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano. According to the indictment, Miguel Angel Flores-Mendez, aka, Migue, aka Miguel, 22, of Mexico...

ORLANDO, Fla. - United States District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. sentenced Joel (41, Apopka) to 40 months in federal prison for money laundering and failing to file IRS Forms (a report required for cash purchases over $10,000). A federal jury found Torres guilty on December 3, 2012. According to...

FRESNO, Calif. - Ong Rikki Sonephady, 42, of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to growing marijuana, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According to court documents, Sonephady was arrested at the marijuana farm where he lived. Law enforcement...

(SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that the Honorable Garland E. Burrell Jr., District Judge, sentenced Robert Edward Mulready, of Placerville, California, to forty-two months imprisonment and a four-year term of supervised release...

SAN FRANCISCO - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) Sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day this past Saturday collected more pills than the previous one, demonstrating the American public’s continued appreciation and need for the opportunity to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and...

SACRAMENTO - Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that a federal grand jury returned a five-count superseding indictment charging Elk Grove residents, Mitchell Chang, 45 and Kelly Liang, 35, with multiple counts of conspiracy to manufacture...