United States Drug Enforcement Administration

FRESNO, Calif. - Bernabe Hernandez, aka Juan Hernandez Marin, aka Raul Hernandez, aka Bernabe Villa-Lobos, 54, of Arvin, was sentenced following his guilty plea on March 31, 2014, to one and a half years in prison and ordered to forfeit $178,179 to the United States. According to court documents, Hernandez...

BOISE, Idaho - Martin Adam Hernandez, 23, of Nampa, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday in United States District Court to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. According to the plea agreement, Hernandez admitted that in February 2014, he traveled with co-defendant Jason Martin to California in order to obtain methamphetamine. On February 21...

FRESNO, Calif. - Marco Antonio Granados, 20, of Fontana, pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents, Granados admitted that on October 16, 2013, he and his cousin met with a confidential informant to negotiate the sale of 30 pounds...

SEATTLE - Three defendants were sentenced in U.S. District Court for their roles in a large scale oxycodone drug-trafficking and money laundering conspiracy operating between California and Alaska. "This multimillion dollar enterprise submerged Juneau in a sea of addiction,” said DEA Special Agent in Charge Matthew G. Barnes. “The nationwide...

PORTLAND, Ore. - Rockie Morse, 40, of Sweet Home, Oregon, was indicted today for distribution of heroin that resulted in death. Also indicted, Tammy Tongate, alleged to be the Portland area source of supply, made her initial appearance in court last week. The federal charges were brought after an investigation...

FRESNO, Calif. - A Tacoma, Wash. man was sentenced today for participating in an oxycodone and hydrocodone trafficking conspiracy where co-conspirators obtained prescriptions from a Central Valley doctor, filled them in area pharmacies and mailed the drugs to Washington and other states. United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii sentenced...

BOISE, Idaho - Michael Minas, 49, of Boise, Idaho, appeared on June 13, 2014, in federal court in Boise on an indictment charging him with 17 count of distributing a controlled substance. Minas was arrested on June 12, 2014, outside of his medical practice in Eagle. Trial is set for...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The successful resolution of a civil prosecution alleging violations of the Controlled Substances (CSA) against Ronnie E. Stone, aka Ron Stone, and Ron Stone M.D. Medical Weight Management Inc. was announced today. Dr. Stone paid the United States $250,000 to settle the federal claims. Dr. Stone was...

EUGENE, Ore. - On June 9, 2014, Gretchan Anderson, 43, of Portland, Oregon was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 110 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Upon her release from prison, Anderson will be on supervised release for four years. Anderson is a career...

SEATTLE - Ferdinand Clay, who was shot while fleeing from the robbery of a marijuana distributor was sentenced on June 6, 2014, in U.S. District court in Seattle to 12 years in prison. On August 13, 2013, Clay, 32, and Melvin Charles Slaughter, 31, tied up and robbed Maple Valley...