PORTAND, Ore - Sergio Quezada-Lopez, 35, of Mexico, appeared on August 25, 2014, in U.S District Court and entered a plea of guilty to conspiracy to distribute heroin in quantities of one kilogram or more that resulted in death. The maximum sentence is life and the charge carries a mandatory...

LOS ANGELES - A Dutch national pleaded guilty late Tuesday to federal drug trafficking and money laundering charges, admitting he conspired to run a secret, on-line narcotics marketplace known as the “The Farmer's Market” that sold controlled substances such as LSD, Ecstasy, and marijuana to thousands of customers around the...

BOISE, Idaho - Tyler Goodwin, 28, of Shelton, Washington, pleaded guilty on August 25, 2014, in federal court to distributing oxycodone. According to court documents, the defendant admitted to distributing approximately 100, 30 mg oxycodone pills from January 2014 to March 2014 in the Treasure Valley. Goodwin also agreed to...

BOISE, Idaho - - Troy Palmer, 43, of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced today to 40 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to launder money. Palmer was ordered by the court to pay a $2,000 fine, and a $100 special assessment. He pleaded guilty on...

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles-area doctor has been found guilty of federal charges for illegally distributing powerful prescription painkillers and laundering the proceeds of his drug trafficking operation. Dr. Andrew Sun, 78, of La Mirada, was found guilty late Thursday by a federal jury in Los Angeles. Following a...

LOS ANGELES - More than 400 law enforcement officers this morning conducted an operation that led to the arrest of 17 members and associates of the El Monte Flores gang, an organization that takes direction from the Mexican Mafia prison gang and controls criminal activity in the cities of El...

ANCHORAGE - David Alan Gonzales, 55, was convicted on July 21, 2014, in a case involving the trafficking of methamphetamine in Anchorage. A federal trial jury found Gonzales guilty of drug trafficking conspiracy and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. According to evidence presented at trial, Gonzales conspired to...

SEATTLE - Today, seven people were charged in connection with explosions tied to the illegal and dangerous practice of extracting hash oil from marijuana. The explosions in Bellevue, Kirkland, Seattle and Puyallup resulted in multiple injuries to innocent bystanders, some of whom were unaware of the illegal activity nearby. One...

LAS VEGAS - - A Las Vegas physician pleaded guilty today to federal drug conspiracy charges for writing prescriptions for oxycodone for persons he did not see or treat, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada. Victor Bruce M.D., 49, of Las Vegas, pleaded guilty...

HONOLULU - Joshua Lew, age 28, of Waialua, was sentenced today by United States District Judge J. Michael Seabright to 97 months imprisonment for being a member of a conspiracy to distribute and possess, with intent to distribute, 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Lew’s brother and co-defendant, Jacob Drummondo-Farias...