United States Drug Enforcement Administration

CHICAGO - A high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico was sentenced today to 19 years in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to transport large amounts of narcotics to the Chicago area. Tomas Arevalo-Renteria directed a portion of the cartel’s U.S.-based couriers, who distributed large quantities...

INDIANAPOLIS - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler and Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry announced federal and state charges against 25 individuals in a drug trafficking conspiracy that brought pound quantities of methamphetamine and heroin into the Indianapolis area. “Criminal organizations have the goal of infecting neighborhoods with drugs, guns...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Miguel Sotelo, 41, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to 11 years in prison and a $25,000 fine for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. According to court documents, in April 2014, Sacramento County Sheriff’s detectives spotted a...

MADISON, Wis. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that John C. Morrison, 70, and Anna F. Novak, 57, both of Ashland, Wis., were sentenced Friday evening on federal drug and tax charges following a five-hour sentencing hearing before U.S. District Judge James...

SAN FRANCISCO - Three San Francisco International Airport security screeners have been arrested on charges of defrauding the government and smuggling cocaine, announced Acting United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge David J...

FRESNO, Calif. - Lawrence Alexander Tidwell, 32, of Coarsegold, was sentenced Monday by United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii to eight years in prison for cultivating marijuana and being a felon in possession of firearms. According to court documents, a search warrant was served in May 2013 at a...

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler today announced charges against seven individuals involved in a methamphetamine conspiracy reaching from Indianapolis to Lawrenceville, Illinois. “Methamphetamine has been a scourge on our Central Indiana communities for too long,” said Minkler. “Those who choose to violate the law by...

FRESNO, Calif. - Today, United States District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill sentenced three defendants in two cases for trafficking methamphetamine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin announced. In the first case, Jose Mojarro Cruz, aka Shyboy, 28, of Bakersfield...

FRESNO, Calif. - A seven-count indictment has been unsealed, following the arrests of Haitham Eid Habash, aka Eddie Habash, 52, of Hawthorne; Zaid Elodat, 28, of Gardena; and Bakersfield residents Ramsey Jeries Farraj, 48, and Majed Bashir Akroush, aka Mike Akroush, 48, charging them with conspiring to manufacture, distribute, and...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Federico Sandoval Aguilar, 43, of Biggs, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to 17 ½ years in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents, Aguilar was the head of a drug trafficking organization that was responsible for distributing pound-quantities...