SEATTLE, WA - Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration sent notification letters to the operators and property owners of 23 marijuana store fronts located in school zones. The letters informed the owner/operators that such enterprises operating as “dispensaries” within 1,000 feet of a school, playground or other prohibited area could result...

ANCHORAGE, AK - On June 20, 2012, Brackston Moores, 32, of Anchorage, was sentenced to 160 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute heroin. Chief United States District Judge Ralph R. Beistline imposed the sentence on Moores. According to information presented to the court, Moores conspired with Anchorage co-defendants Ryan...

BOISE, ID. - Miguel Beltran-Marquez, 35, of Caldwell, Idaho, was sentenced on June 14, 2012, to 188 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Beltran-Marquez to serve five years of supervised release following his prison term and to pay a $1,000...

BOISE, ID. -- - Francisco Cardona-Rodriguez, 38, of Rio Grande City, Texas, was sentenced in federal court December 12, 2011 to 37 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to manufacture/distribute 1,000 or more marijuana plants. Cardona-Rodriguez was also ordered to forfeit assets. He pled...

Seventeen San Antonio-based members of the Texas (TS) have been charged by federal grand jury indictment with conspiring to violate the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt (RICO) statute. The announcement was made today by United States Attorney Robert Pitman, DEA Special Agent in Charge Javier Pena, U.S. Marshal Robert Almonte, ATF Special...

EL PASO, TX -- - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Acting Special Agent in Charge Dennis Ulrich, Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Homeland Security Investigations in El Paso and United States Attorney Robert Pitman announced that a federal magistrate has ordered that six individuals arrested in connection...

PORTLAND, ORE. - Eleven members of a multi-state drug trafficking organization have been indicted on federal charges alleging a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. The one-count federal indictment unsealed on Wednesday by U.S. Magistrate Dennis J. Hubel charges the defendants with taking part in a conspiracy from February 2011 to the...

Las Cruces, NM - On November 29, 2011, a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging 17 alleged members of a methamphetamine trafficking organization operating in Southeastern New Mexico with conspiracy to violate the federal narcotics laws. Another three individuals were charged with methamphetamine trafficking offenses in criminal complaints...

MIDLAND, TX. -- - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Mark Morgan, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCrawand U.S.AttorneyRobertPitman announced that 24 individuals have been arrested in connection with hydroponic marijuana distribution operations in the Permian...

ANCHORAGE, AK. -- - On November 21, 2011, a federal jury in Anchorage convicted Kansas City, MO resident Thomas M. Riley, age 44, of possession with intent to distribute cocaine between August 30, 2007, and May 12, 2009. The jury also convicted Riley of being a felon in possession of...