FRESNO, Calif. - United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neil sentenced Alejandro Uriostegui Rodriguez, aka Jose Salgado Valladares, aka Guerrero, aka Alejandro Basave Uriostegui , 40, an undocumented alien from Guerrero, Mexico, today to four years in federal prison for conspiring to cultivate, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Yesterday, United States District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. sentenced two brothers from Union City for conspiring to distribute (Ecstasy). Judge England sentenced Masod Rahimi, 26, to nine years in prison and Mansore Rahimi, 24, to two years and 11 months in prison, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - On February 11, 2013, United States District Judge William B. Shubb sentenced Sulaimen Safi, 31, of Vancouver, Canada, to six years and nine months in prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine and Ecstasy, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - After a three-day trial before U.S. District Court Judge John A. Mendez, a federal jury found Brandon Alton Conley, 31, of Arroyo Grande, guilty of cultivating at least 100 marijuana plants and of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting...

FRESNO, Calif. - The third of nine defendants charged in connection with a large marijuana cultivation operation in Alpaugh, was sentenced today to two years and six months in prison, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. U.S. District...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Chief Egidio Tinti of the (N.Y.) Police Department, announced the arrest today of...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment on Wednesday, charging Zhiqiang Liu, 59, of Oakland, Shihong Chen, 47, Qinghong Li, 44, both of San Francisco, and Jun Mou Peng, 39, with crimes related to cultivating marijuana in seven homes, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in...

MANHATTAN - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division Office of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced today that Jonathan Feliz, the former leader of the Manhattan branch of the “Trinitarios,”...

FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury in Fresno returned an indictment today charging Marcos Antonio Robles, 36, of Fresno, for his involvement in a marijuana cultivation operation in Mendota, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Robles...

FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury in Fresno returned an indictment today charging Enrique Reynosa, 36, of Calexico, with possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine following a California Highway (CHP) traffic stop in Kern County, according to Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C...