DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To More Than 14 Years In Prison

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Raul Guadalupe Monjardin-Iribe was sentenced today to 175 (14 years, 7 months) in prison for his part in a conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin. The sentence was...
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Kern County Poly Drug Traffickers Found Guilty

FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against two Kern County residents, charging them in a conspiracy to distribute heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine. Mario Alvarez-Muniz, 49, a citizen of Mexico, residing in Taft, and Darrell Leon Jennings, 49, of Bakersfield, were charged with conspiring to distribute...
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10 Years For South Bay Methamphetamine Trafficker

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Anthonio Rueda-Ayala was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and DEA Special Agent-in-Charge John J. Martin. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable...
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Sacramento Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced

SACRAMENTO, C.A. - Algernon Tamasoa, 28, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to eight years in prison for his participation in a methamphetamine trafficking organization and for selling dangerous assault rifles, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. On January 11, 2017, Tamasoa pled guilty...
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Equitable Sharing Program “Takes The Profit Out Of Crime And Benefits Public Safety”

FRESNO, Calif. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office has distributed to the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office $1,813,575 of forfeited drug proceeds seized in connection with the investigation of a synthetic drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. On May 15, 2014, Victor Anthony Nottoli, 51, of Hillsborough, pled guilty...
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23 Charged In Drug Distribution Conspiracy And Related Crimes

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury indicted 23 individuals, 22 of whom are Bay Area residents, for their respective roles in a conspiracy to engage in an extensive drug trafficking network, announced U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin and United States Attorney Brian J...
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Sheriff’s Deputies Plead Guilty In Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

FRESNO, Calif. - Logan August, 30, of Bakersfield, and Derrick Penney, 34, of Star, Idaho, former deputies with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute marijuana. According to court documents, between June 2014 and October 2014, while sworn...
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Northern California Residents Turn In 16 Tons Of Rx Drugs On Take Back Day

SAN FRANCISCO - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) and 110 of its law enforcement and community partners collected 32,965 pounds from 176 Northern California sites on Saturday, April 29, 2017. Across the nation 900,386 (450 tons) was collected from nearly 5,500 sites. Marking the 13th National Prescription Take Back Day since...