U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California
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Randal Vance, along with Keir Ceballos-Rivera and Rebecca Vance, faces federal charges for allegedly involving children in the cultivation and distribution of psilocybin mushrooms.
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Philip Flores, the owner and president of Intellipeak Solutions, Inc., has admitted to participating in a bribery scheme involving $16 million in government contracts.
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Brian Alexis Patron Lopez was found guilty by a federal jury in San Diego for his involvement in the kidnapping, torture, and murder of an 18-year-old U.S. citizen, identified as M.A.R. The victim's death was reportedly a consequence of a dispute...
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Federal authorities have unsealed two indictments in San Diego, charging 16 individuals connected to an Escondido-based drug trafficking network.
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Jonathan Barba and Abraham Gomez-Rodriguez were sentenced in a San Diego federal court for their involvement in the assault and stabbing of a fellow inmate.
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Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of California have filed over 100 border-related cases this week.
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George Joseph Wellinger II, a San Diego resident, has pleaded guilty in federal court to sending a threatening email targeting a member of the LGBTQ community.
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Geovany Andres Rojas, known as Araña, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in San Diego on charges of narco-terrorism.
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Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of California have filed over 100 border-related cases this week.
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George Demos, a former vice president at Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc., has admitted to insider trading in federal court.
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Former Honolulu city officials Donna Leong and Max Sword have pleaded guilty in federal court, admitting to conspiring to pay former Police Chief Louis Kealoha $250,000 from city funds without the required approval of the Honolulu City Council.
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Rodolfo Benjamin Silva, known as the "King of Coke," was sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison for his role in distributing large quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine, and fentanyl in the United States.
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Denny Thakorbhai Bhakta, a San Diego resident, was sentenced to 235 months in federal prison following his conviction for securities fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering.
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Marcus Ray Chavez was sentenced to 262 months in prison by a federal court for providing fentanyl pills that led to the overdose death of a 15-year-old girl in 2022.
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Jonathan Tyler Gauthier has pleaded guilty in a federal court to supplying fentanyl that led to the deaths of two individuals, S.M.G. and J.A.W., in San Diego in 2022.
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Danny Nunez has entered a guilty plea in federal court, acknowledging his role in supplying fentanyl that led to the death of a 25-year-old woman, referred to as "L.P." in court documents.
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Odyssey Carrillo, a member of the Emerald Hills Bloods gang, was sentenced to 168 months in federal prison for his involvement in a racketeering conspiracy involving organized crime by street gangs.
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Carey Alice Hernandez has been sentenced to 70 months in prison for setting fire to Off Road Warehouse, a local business, in an attempt to hide the disappearance of over $700,000.
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Edgar Perez Villa, an alleged member of a Tijuana-based enforcement group for the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), has been extradited from Mexico to the United States.
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U.S. District Court Judge Todd Robinson sentenced Lucresia Stone-Rojas from San Diego to 86 months in prison.