LOS ANGELES - A 28-year-old woman arrested early this morning at Los Angeles International Airport has been charged with trying to smuggle at least a kilogram of cocaine to her hometown of Detroit. Kennsha Mason, 28, was arrested by special agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration after boarding a Spirit...

LOS ANGELES - A former baggage handler employed at Los Angeles International Airport was arrested Tuesday by authorities investigating the use of employee credentials to breach airport security. Alberto H. Botello, 23, of South Gate, was taken into custody without incident by officers from the Drug Enforcement Administration and the...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - David Beckford was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to manufacture counterfeit Xanax pills, for engaging in international money laundering, and for his use and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking and in violation of...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Leshawn Lawson was sentenced to 214 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent-in-Charge John J. Martin. The sentence was handed down yesterday by the Honorable Phyllis J. Hamilton, United States...

FRESNO, Calif. - Kaiser Foundation Health System Inc. has paid $850,000 to settle allegations that a Kaiser Permanente pharmacy in Modesto violated the Controlled Substances (CSA) by improperly filling defective prescriptions and by failing to maintain accurate records, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent-in-Charge John...

RENO, Nev. - Richard Winston West II, aka Richie West, former manager of the Jones-West Ford dealership in Reno, pleaded guilty today to prescription drug conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute oxycodone. Special Agent in Charge Steve Comer of the DEA’s Los Angeles field division, U.S. Attorney Daniel G...

FRESNO, Calif. - Krishen Sauble Iyer, 36, of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to launder money, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin and U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert jointly announced the plea. According to court documents, Iyer was the owner of several insurance sales and...

LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury has named a Jamaican man in an indictment that accuses him of supplying a Jet Blue flight attendant with nearly 60 pounds of cocaine that she attempted to smuggle on to a plane at Los Angeles International Airport. Gaston Brown, 39, of Jamaica...

LOS ANGELES - Special Agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration and Detectives with the Ventura County Combined Agency Team just culminated a six-month long investigation into a Ventura County based, poly-drug trafficking organization. During the investigation into Toribio Aros-Osorio’s narcotics trafficking activities, investigators determined large quantities of narcotics were being...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Yan Ebyam, 39, of Missoula, Montana, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez to six years in prison for two separate conspiracies to grow and distribute marijuana, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin and U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert joined...