Michele Beckwith Acting U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California
Xiu Ping Li, 48, from Skillman, New Jersey, has been sentenced to five years in prison alongside four years of supervised release. U.S. District Judge Daniel J. Calabretta delivered the sentence for three counts of manufacturing marijuana, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith.
Li operated several residential marijuana cultivation setups in Sacramento and Placer Counties. Court documents indicated that these operations resulted in over 8,000 marijuana plants and 21.4 pounds of processed marijuana being found during search warrants executed in 2016 and 2017. Li also admitted to using profits from one marijuana cultivation to purchase another property for further cultivation activities.
This case stemmed from an investigation carried out by various agencies, including the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, IRS Criminal Investigation, the Elk Grove Police Department, the Placer County Sheriff’s Office, and the Sacramento Police Department. The prosecution was handled by Assistant United States Attorney Roger Yang.
