United States Drug Enforcement Administration

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned two separate indictments today for charges of trafficking cocaine and heroin. 99 (218 lbs.) of Cocaine Seized - In the first indictment, Todd Andrew Ayster, 49, of Long Beach, was charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. According to court...

PORTLAND, Ore. - Today, in separate proceedings, Jose Antonio Soto-Vasquez, 29, and Jesus Manual Soto-Vasquez, 27, were each sentenced in U.S. District Court to ten years in prison. Earlier this year, both men pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Both brothers were part...

FRESNO, Calif. - Dr. Terrill Eugene Brown, 61, of Visalia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill to four years and nine months in prison for causing the distribution and dispensing of oxycodone and structuring financial transactions to evade a reporting requirement. In addition, Brown was...

FRESNO, Calif. - Oscar Rodriguez, 31, of Sanger, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill to four years and one month in prison. According to court documents, on January 31, 2013, Transportation Security Agency officers stopped Rodriguez at the Modesto Airport after his baggage tested positive...

FRESNO, Calif. - Enrique Reynosa, 37, was sentenced today to four years and nine months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for possessing methamphetamine and cocaine with intent to distribute. Senior U.S. District Judge Anthony W. Ishii also ordered the forfeiture of the Silverado pickup...

SAN FRANCISCO - Matthew David Graves pleaded guilty on Sept. 26, 2014, to manufacturing and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, conspiracy to do so, and money laundering, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Jay Fitzpatrick and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation...

SAN FRANCISCO - Miguel Macias aka “Flaco” pleaded guilty today and Alejandro Miranda pleaded guilty on Sept. 24, 2014, to distribution and possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and conspiracy to launder money, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Jay Fitzpatrick, and...

POCATELLO, Idaho - Juan Ramon Yuen-Rodriguez, 29, of Sinaloa, Mexico, was sentenced on September 15, 2014, after having previously pleaded guilty on May 24, 2014, to distribution of methamphetamine. Yuen-Rodriquez was sentenced to 210 months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release and a $500 fine...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Thony Yang, 24, of Fairbanks, Alaska, was sentenced on September 22, 2014, for conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Yang was sentenced to 120 months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised of release. On March 5, 2014, law enforcement officers identified...

TACOMA, Wash. - Arnoldo Mendoza Ramos, 28, of Tacoma, Washington, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 130 months in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense. Mendoza Ramos is a Mexican...