FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Wenceslao Cruz Ochoa, 34, of Sacramento, charging him with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents, on November 13, 2014, Ochoa was stopped by a Fresno County Sheriff’s deputy on Interstate 5 for a...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Fortunato Rodelo-Lara and Jesus Wilfredo Almendares-Vasquez were convicted of two counts of engaging in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine and one count of distribution of cocaine by a federal jury on Nov. 18, 2014, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent...

FRESNO, Calif. - United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill sentenced Gustavo Angel Salinas, 26, of Bakersfield, today to 21 months in prison for conspiring to violate federal narcotics laws. Salinas was sentenced following his guilty plea last August. According to court documents and proceedings, Salinas worked as a “budtender”...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Clorenzo Griffen, 37, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Miami residents Andrew Jamison, 39, and Rodney Rackley, 24, charging them with robbery, drug conspiracy, and brandishing firearms in furtherance of a crime of violence and drug trafficking. All...

FRESNO, Calif. - An investigation into suspicious cash transactions led to eight individuals from California, Louisiana, Florida, and Ohio being charged with conspiring to distribute marijuana and conspiring to structure cash transactions. All defendants will appear in federal court in Fresno on the charges in the coming weeks. The following...

MIAMI - A.D. Wright, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, announce the filing of a superseding indictment charging Yuri Sucart, 52, of Miami, FL, Juan Carlos Nuñez, 48, of Fort Lauderdale, FL...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Frank Anthony Morton, was convicted of two federal drug trafficking offenses, conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, and possession with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine, by a federal jury on Oct. 10, 2014, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Drug...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Senior U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell yesterday found Fortune Tyrone (33, Daytona Beach) guilty of possessing with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of cocaine base, commonly known as “crack” cocaine. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of five years, up to a maximum of...

FRESNO, Calif. - Three men entered guilty pleas to drug-related charges arising out of two different cases. In the first case, two Southern California residents pleaded guilty today to use of an interstate facility to aid racketeering, and in the second case, a Bakersfield resident pleaded guilty today to conspiring...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. - A. D. Wright, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced that a federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment yesterday charging five individuals with narcotic and firearm offenses...