Federal Law Enforcement to Hold Prescription Drug Abuse Summit Responding to the Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis PHOENIX, AZ. - The United States Attorney’s Office, the Drug Enforcement Administration, Arizona (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area) and DrugFreeAz.org, The Partnership for a Drug-Free America, Arizona Affiliate are hosting an educational summit to...

SACRAMENTO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that United States District Judge John A. Mendez sentenced Dana Scott McIntire, 53, of Stockton, to 25 years in prison for possessing methamphetamine for distributing and possessing pseudoephedrine knowing...

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced that United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill sentenced Julio Ramirez Pérez, 33, an undocumented alien from Oaxaca, Mexico, to five years in prison to be followed by five...

FRESNO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that a federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment today charging Mark Bagdasarian, 53, and his son Ryan Bagdasarian, 24, both of Clovis, with conspiring to cultivate and distribute...

FRESNO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that a federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging Ong Rikki Sonephady, 41, of Fresno, with conspiring to cultivate and distribute marijuana. According to court documents, Sonephady was...

SACRAMENTO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that a federal grand jury returned a two-count second superseding indictment on Thursday charging 14 defendants with a marijuana cultivation conspiracy. The superseding indictment charges five new defendants not...

FRESNO, CA- - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced that on Thursday, a federal grand jury in Fresno returned a four-count indictment against Eudaldo Garcia-Salas, 56, and Jose Cisneros-Garcia, 52, both of Modesto, charging them with conspiring to...

FRESNO, CA- - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and DEA Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced that Mark McGrath, 50, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to cultivate, distribute and possess marijuana with intent to distribute it. According to court documents, McGrath and co-defendants Dustin York...

PHOENIX, AZ. - DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman and Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne today announced the arrests of 17 of 23 suspected members of a large scale cocaine trafficking organization. This organization has smuggled over 1,300 kilograms of cocaine into the United States since April 2011...

PHOENIX, AZ. - In August 2009, officers from the South Mountain Precinct noticed an increase in neighborhood narcotics complaints and the violent crime often associated with that type of activity. As their investigation moved forward, several criminal street gangs were identified and appeared to be working together to further their...