United States Drug Enforcement Administration

FEESNO, CA - Theresa Martinez-Martinez, 48, of Mexico, was sentenced on Monday by United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii to 22 years in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and distribution of methamphetamine, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B...

SACRAMENTO, CA - U.S. Attorneys in several states announced the final results in Operation Mountain Sweep, an eight-week, multi-agency and multistate marijuana operation targeting large-scale, illegal marijuana grows on public lands in seven states. The operation, previously announced on August 21, lasted from July 1 through August 31, and involved...

TAMPA, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O'Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced today that U.S. District Judge Susan Bucklew sentenced John Anthony Gianoli III, 51, a physician practicing in St. Petersburg, Florida...

MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced today that U.S. District Judge William J. Castagna sentenced Stanley (47, Palmetto) to life in federal prison for conspiring to possess...

TAMPA, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert R. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced today that Christopher (32, Tampa) pled guilty to conspiracy to illegally distribute and dispense controlled substances, primarily oxycodone, and two...

FRESNO, CA - Tony Lieng, aka Ung A. Lieng, 38, of Clovis, California was sentenced today to two years and six months in prison for a scheme to defraud mortgage lenders in order to buy houses in Fresno and Mendocino Counties, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D...

McALLEN, TX - Six more people have landed in federal prison for their roles in a large scale drug trafficking organization operating out of Starr County, Texas, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Today, U.S. District Judge Micaela Alvarez sentenced Roel...

BOISE, ID - Two Boise men pled guilty this week to charges of offering drug paraphernalia for sale at their business locations. Yoke Fee Chan, 31, and Bradley Berquist, 30, were indicted separately by a federal grand jury in Boise on May 9. Chan is the owner and operator of...

ANCHORAGE, AK - Seven men and one woman were arrested on August 30, 2012, during a joint federal and state takedown in Anchorage, Alaska; Atlanta, Georgia; and Rochester, New York. Eleven individuals were indicted by a federal grand jury in Anchorage on August 22, 2012, on charges of conspiracy to...

SAN DIEGO, CA - Eduardo Arellano-Felix, 55, one of the alleged members of the Arellano-Felix (AFO), was extradited today by the government of Mexico to the United States to face racketeering, money laundering, and narcotics trafficking charges in the Southern District of California. The extradition was announced by Acting Special...