United States Drug Enforcement Administration

INDIANAPOLIS, MN. - A 17-year federal prison sentence for Christopher Eason, 33, of Coldwater, Mississippi, was recently announced in the Southern District of Indiana. U.S. District Judge Jane E. Magnus-Stinson sentenced Eason following his guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and related offenses. This case was the result...

FRESNO, CA- - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced that on Thursday, a federal grand jury in Fresno returned a four-count indictment against Eudaldo Garcia-Salas, 56, and Jose Cisneros-Garcia, 52, both of Modesto, charging them with conspiring to...

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...

MILWAUKEE, WI. - The U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced today the arrest of 23 defendants on both state and federal charges related to the illegal distribution of pharmaceutical controlled substances in the Milwaukee metropolitan area. The following 20 individuals were charged by the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office: Gloria Blackmon...

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...

MINNEAPOLIS, MN. - A federal indictment unsealed on September 16, 2011 charged 22 individuals with conspiring to distribute large amounts of marijuana and methamphetamine in the Twin Cities. The indictment, which was filed on September 7, 2011, charges the defendants with one count of conspiracy to distribute and possession with...

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...