SAN JOSE, Calif. - Victor Francisco Ramirez, Jr., 20, of San Jose was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. The sentence was announced by Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin and...

SAN FRANCISCO - Epati Malauulu, 42, of Suisun City, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to 20 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin announced. According to court documents...

DALLAS - John Christopher Ware, aka “Little Chris,” 45, formerly of Dallas but now residing in Houston, appeared yesterday before U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle and pleaded guilty to a drug distribution conspiracy stemming from his operation of several “pill mills” in north Texas. The plea was announced by...

SAN FRANCISCO - Addictive prescription drugs that are thrown away or left untended on shelves and in drawers at home are often stolen and either abused or sold by family members and visitors. That’s why the DEA and thousands of its state, local, and tribal law enforcement and community partners...

DALLAS - Glenda Cane, 47, and Shalisa Robinson, 31, both of Houston, Texas have been sentenced for their role in a pill mill operation that operated during 2013-2015 announced United States Attorney John R. Parker. Cane and Robinson were sentenced last week to 18 months each in federal prison by...

DALLAS - Addictive prescription drugs that are thrown away or left untended on shelves and in drawers at home are often stolen and either abused or sold by family members and visitors. That’s why the DEA and thousands of its state, local, and tribal law enforcement and community partners are...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Marco Antonio Ochoa, aka Alfredo Ochoa Valladares, was sentenced today to 132 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge John J. Martin and United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch. The sentence follows a...

TYLER, Texas - A 38-year-old Gilmer, Texas woman has been sentenced to federal prison following a lengthy investigation into a synthetic drug operation in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Shanna Peek Tidwell pleaded guilty on Dec. 6, 2016, to conspiracy to commit offenses...

FRESNO, Calif. - Abudullah Almashwali, 31, a Yemeni national formerly residing in Brooklyn, New York, pled guilty today to conspiracy and distribution of heroin and cocaine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and DEA Special Agent-in-Charge John J. Martin announced. According to court documents, Almashwali and co-defendant Chaudhry Ahmad Farooq, 24...

TYLER, Texas - Jeremy Chad Tidwell, 41, of Gilmer, Texas has been sentenced to federal prison following a lengthy investigation into a synthetic drug operation in the Eastern District of Texas. Clyde E. Shelley, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Drug Enforcement Administration and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit...