United States Drug Enforcement Administration

FRESNO, CA- - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and DEA Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced that Mark McGrath, 50, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to cultivate, distribute and possess marijuana with intent to distribute it. According to court documents, McGrath and co-defendants Dustin York...

FRESNO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that Antonio Pérez, 40, an illegal alien from Guanajuato, Mexico, was sentenced to five years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for possessing...

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced today that U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill sentenced the last member of a Turlock drug ring, Noel Castillo, 38, to five years in prison, to be followed...

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams, announced that today United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill sentenced Ediberto Alvarez Ceballos, 31, of Madera, to two years in prison for a conspiracy to cultivate marijuana. According to...

SACRAMENTO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that today a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging James Harlan Peters, 38, of Acampo, with two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm, one...

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams, and Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims announced that Marquis Allen Meca, 27, of New Bedford, Mass., and Ruddys A. Pimentel, 29, of Roslindale, Mass., pleaded guilty today to conspiring to manufacture...

MIAMI, FL. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) traveling museum exhibit, Target America: Opening Eyes to the Damage Drugs Cause, has arrived in Tampa. Installed at the Museum of Science and (MOSI), the 10,000-square-foot exhibit opens today and runs through September 3, 2012. Target America explores the science behind illegal drug...

FRESNO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that today a grand jury returned a three-count indictment against Cesar Galvan Cortes, 39, of Tulare County; and Hector Mariscal, 45, and Jose Luis Esparza, 35, both of Modesto...

FRESNO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that today a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging Thansoune Volarat, 31; Phonephithack Volarat, 33; and Adam Khamvongsay, 25, all of Fresno, with conspiring to cultivate marijuana...