United States Drug Enforcement Administration

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...

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...

SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Tunnel Task Force seized control of a sophisticated cross-border super tunnel last night following a six-month investigation that resulted in the arrests of 22 people in San Diego and Tijuana and the confiscation of 12 tons of marijuana. The tunnel, approximately eight football fields...

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...

SAN DIEGO) - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) will participate in the 15th Annual Red Ribbon Luncheon on October 16 which will be attended by more than 225 civic and business leaders, educators, law enforcement, government officials, and youth to honor and award San Diego County individuals and organizations for their...

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...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - DuWayne LeDoux, 55, of Kodiak, Alaska, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and conspiracy to structure cash deposits. According to court documents, LeDoux enlisted Sacramento resident Jennifer MacDougal to obtain and ship methamphetamine and crack cocaine to LeDoux at various addresses in Kodiak...

SAN FRANCISCO - Results from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day this past Saturday demonstrate the public’s continued appreciation and need for the opportunity to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs. On September 26, 2015, Northern California and Central Valley residents turned in approximately 24,832...