SEATTLE - A marijuana grower and dealer who used firearms to confront fleeing robbers, firing a dozen times in a residential neighborhood, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 32 months in prison and three years of supervised release. Jason Loken, 38, of Maple Valley, Washington, thought...

BOISE, Idaho - Sadith Chavez-Perez, 23, of Las Vegas, Nevada, pleaded guilty on March 20, 2014, in United States District Court to distribution of methamphetamine. Chavez-Perez was indicted by a federal grand jury in Boise, Idaho, on February 11, 2014. According to the plea agreement, on March 27, 2013, Chavez-Perez...

LOS ANGELES - Anthony D. Williams, Special Agent in Charge of the Los Angeles Field Division, announced today that area residents turned in more than 35,(17.5 tons) of medication as part of the 8th DEA National Prescription Drug Take-Back Program. This event was held on Saturday, April 26th, and provided...

SPOKANE, Wash. - Arnulfo Gomez Tejeda, 39, of Pasco, Washington, was sentenced on May 13, 2014, after having previously pleaded guilty on September 12, 2013, to possession with intent to distribute heroin. Tejeda was sentenced to an 18 year term of imprisonment, to be followed by a 10 year term...

SEATTLE - The tenant who rented the basement of a home in Seattle’s Magnolia neighborhood, and his heroin supplier, have both been charged with gun and drug crimes after selling heroin and a firearm to a person working with law enforcement. At the time of the arrests last week, law...

SEATTLE - Americansnationwide showed their support for the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day program by dropping off more prescription pills than ever. After seven previous Take Back Days spread over almost four years, 780,158 - ( 390 - tons) of pills were brought to the...

LOS ANGELES - Manuel Valencia, 30, the “shotcaller” of a South Los Angeles street gang, pleaded guilty today to federal racketeering and drug trafficking charges for his role in orchestrating the day-to-day activities of the gang controlled by an incarcerated member of the Mexican Mafia. The Harpys gang, which claims...

( - HONOLULU) - Defendants Roger Cusick Christie, 64, and Sherryanne L. Christie, 62, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi on federal charges related to their role in the manufacture and distribution of marijuana in the Honolulu area. Roger Christie was sentenced to 60 months in prison...

( - HONOLULU) -Ernesto Hernandez, 51, of Kapolei, Hawaii, was sentenced to 180 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and related charges. Florence T. Nakakuni, United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii, said the evidence presented at Hernandez’s trial showed that in May of 2013, he agreed...

BOISE, Idaho - Gilberto Duran-Contreras, 51, a Mexican national, pleaded guilty on April 22, 2014, in federal court to unlawfully manufacturing more than 1,000 marijuana plants, and damage to government land. According to the plea agreement, on September 15, 2013, Duran-Contreras was arrested on Hwy 21 near Lowman, a few...