FRESNO, Calif. - Miguel Sanchez-(Sanchez), 46, of Mexico, was sentenced today to eight years in prison for conspiring to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine. According to court documents, Sanchez and a co-defendant maintained a stash house in Bakersfield from where law enforcement...

FRESNO, Calif.) - Three marijuana cultivators were sentenced today in separate large-scale marijuana cultivation cases involving private lands in Stanislaus and Fresno Counties. Fresno/Alabama Drug Ring Member (1:12-cr-38 AWI) - Herman Graves, 47, of Fresno, was sentenced eight months in (four months in prison and four months home detention) for...

HOUSTON - Former Houston Police (HPD) officer Marcos E. Carrion, 36, has surrendered to authorities, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Steven S Whipple and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson today. Carrion was charged in a sealed indictment, returned April 16, 2014. It was unsealed as Carrion...

MCALLEN, Texas - A total of eight men residing in Weslaco have entered guilty pleas to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute narcotics, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Tomas Reyes Gonzalez aka “El Gallo,” 37; Eloy...

HOUSTON - After collecting more than 1,700 tons of expired, unwanted prescription medications over the past three-and-a-half years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and more than 4,200 national, tribal, and community law enforcement partners will hold another National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 26th. Americans can take their pills...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - After collecting more than 84 tons of unwanted prescription medications in Northern California and the Central Valley over the past three-and-a-half years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its national, tribal, and community law enforcement partners will hold another National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April...

FRESNO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill sentenced Saul Antonio Morales, 49, of Alpaugh, today to 17 and a half years in prison for drug offenses relating to his involvement in a large marijuana cultivation operation that he maintained on his property. On October 31, 2013, a federal...

OAKLAND, Calif. - An eight count indictment was unsealed in federal court this morning charging Dr. Toni Daniels with conspiracy to commit health care fraud, conspiracy to distribute and dispense controlled substances, distribution of controlled substances, and willful failure to file a tax return, announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag, FBI...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jose Mario Medrano, 36, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez to 21 years and 10 months in prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents, Medrano was a member of a Mexican-based drug trafficking organization...

McALLEN, Texas - Ivan Velasquez-Caballero, aka "Talivan" or "50," has entered guilty pleas to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Velasquez-Caballero, 44, of...