SANTA ANA, Calif. - A San Clemente man who owned and operated a string of nine illegal marijuana stores that generated at least $25 million in profits was sentenced today to 262 months in federal prison. John Melvin Walker, also known as “Pops,” 56, of San Clemente, was sentenced by...

HONOLULU - - On June 25 and 26, 2013, pursuant to a federal indictment returned by a grand jury on June 20, 2013, law enforcement officers arrested Oahu residents John (33), Makusi (46), Siaosi (32), Jake Del Mundo-(31), Michael (28), Michael (33), and Keschan (29). Also indicted were Oahu residents...

HONOLULU - - Richard Ramon Ramirez, age 53, a resident of Gardena, California, was sentenced on June 24, 2013, by United States District Chief Judge Susan Oki Mollway to 168 months in prison and five years of supervised release following imprisonment for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to...

CHICAGO - Twenty-three defendants are facing federal narcotics charges for their alleged roles in supplying and distributing wholesale quantities of heroin and cocaine in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, local and federal law enforcement officials announced today. An investigation led by the Chicago Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration resulted...

MADISON, Wis. - Jack Riley, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration and John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Pedro Flores Cruz, 53, Huntington Park, Calif., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley...

MADISON, Wis. - Jack Riley, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Division and John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin announced that Mark Balcerowski, 54, Mayville, Wis., was sentenced today for his role in a long-term investigation into cocaine trafficking in Jefferson County...

PRINCETON, Ill. - A grand jury has charged six Bureau County, Illinois, residents with participating in a conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine over the past two years. Those charged are: Shane Walters, 27; Nicholas Hand, 29; Kyle Dye, 23; Jenna Regal, 23; Nikole Walters, 26; and Max Moritz, 32, all of...

ROCKFORD, Ill. - A DeKalb, Illinois doctor and his wife were arrested today on charges of illegally dispensing controlled substances and federal income tax fraud. Richard H. Ng, 61, a doctor of osteopathic medicine, and president and sole shareholder of Sauk Medical Clinic with offices located in Sterling and DeKalb...

LOS ANGELES - - A West Hollywood doctor surrendered to federal authorities this morning after being indicted last Friday on federal drug trafficking charges that allege he wrote more than 1,200 prescriptions for powerful painkillers after a federal order revoked his authority to prescribe those drugs. James William Eisenberg, 72...

DENVER - The Drug Enforcement (DEA), Western Colorado Drug Task Force, Two Rivers Drug Enforcement (TRIDENT), and the 21st Judicial District Attorney’s Office have completed the first phase of an investigation that has resulted in the seizure of significant amounts of methamphetamine and cocaine and a grand jury indictment of...