SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Lynn Farrell Smith, 63, of Stockton was sentenced to 42 months in prison today by United States District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. for offenses involving the cultivation and sale of marijuana via storefronts in Sacramento and Stockton, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Jay Fitzpatrick...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On December 18, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against two defendants charged with conspiracy to possess and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, and conspiracy to import and importation of controlled substances, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Mikhael Issa Kamar, aka Michael Kamar, 51, of Bakersfield, appeared today in federal court for arraignment on a three-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Fresno on December 12, 2013, charging him with conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute, distributing, and possessing...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On December 12, 2013, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against 26 defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, crack, cocaine and marijuana, and firearms offenses announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Matthew Davies, 35, of Stockton, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. to five years in prison and a $100,000 fine for offenses involving the cultivation and sale of marijuana via dispensaries in Sacramento and Stockton, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner...

SAN FRANCISCO - - Ten individuals have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of drug trafficking within 1,000 feet of schools in San Francisco's Tenderloin District, United States Attorney Melinda Haag, DEA Special Agent in Charge Jay Fitzpatrick, and San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr announced. The...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Two marijuana growers were sentenced today for their involvement in separate indoor marijuana cultivation operations in Elk Grove, Sacramento, San Jose, and Milpitas, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce Balzano announced. Chief United States District Judge Morrison C. England...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Ronald W. Sharpe, United States Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands, Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Vito S. Guarino, Special Agent in...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The people of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands positively responded to the DEA-led National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. On Saturday October 26, 2013, the Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Island communities turned over 810.95 pounds of expired and unwanted medications for safe and...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On October 23, a federal grand jury indicted a group of longshoremen working at the seaport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, a co-owner of a company that provides freight transportation services and their associates, with conspiracy to import and conspiracy to possess with intent to...