Letter to Legislative Leadership On Thursday June 5, 2014, the Budget Conference Committee which is charged with developing the Legislature’s final budget to send to the Governor for signature, provided $9.4 million more than the Governor requested to maintain the Division of Law Enforcement’s Multi-Jurisdictional Task Forces (MTF) and to expand the Special Operations Units […]
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DOJ Special Agents Take Down Multi-State Drug Trafficking
California Department of Justice (DOJ) special agents led the way with a team of law enforcement agencies to put a major dent in a multi-state drug trafficking ring based in Tulare County. The lengthy investigation resulted in the arrests of 11 suspects, and the seizure of $268,775 in cash, 56 lbs. of methamphetamine, 4 kilograms […]
Agents Seize 176 lbs. of Methamphetamine in Central Valley
On March 20, 2014, agents from a California Department of Justice task force joined with the California Highway Patrol and federal investigators to seize 176 pounds of crystal methamphetamine from a home in Madera. The seizure is one of the largest methamphetamine caches uncovered in the Central Valley. “Methamphetamine is a very serious threat to […]
AB 1439 – A Safe Bet For Safe Neighborhoods
In 2013 you read a lot about special agents with the California Department of Justice (DOJ) Bureau of Gambling Control teaming up with local law enforcement officers to combat the growing and disturbing trend of internet cafes popping up in neighborhoods and business communities. Now Assemblymember Rudy Salas (D-Bakersfield) has introduced Assembly Bill 1439 to […]
Suspected Revenge Porn Operator Arrested
When a Northern California woman realized she had been hacked and photos had been stolen from her computer, she did her own detective work and discovered nude photos of herself on the website WinBuyState.com. That discovery and an investigation by special agents with the California Department of Justice (DOJ) eCrime Unit lead to the arrest […]
Glendale Group Guilty
Congratulations to special agents with the California Department of Justice (DOJ) Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse who worked together with local and federal law enforcement officers in Glendale as part of Operation “Psyched Out” to investigate, arrest and prosecute 16 defendants involved in an elaborate $20 million scheme to defraud Medicare and Medi-Cal, […]
19 Arrested in Large Marijuana Bust
On December 11, 2013, California Department of Justice (DOJ) agents assisted the Elk Grove Police Department with the investigation and arrest of 19 people suspected in a large scale indoor marijuana growing and cultivation operation. The long, intensive investigation resulted in warrants served at 20 locations in which about 6,000 marijuana plants were recovered along […]
DOJ Special Agents and Kings County Law Enforcement Officers Target Norteno Street Gang
California Department of Justice (DOJ) special agents assisted the Kings County Gang Task Force in serving 16 simultaneous search warrants November 20. The operation took aim at the Norteno criminal street gang. As a result of today’s warrants, agents and officers arrested nearly 20 people. The arrests follow another 20 arrested in the past 30 […]
DOJ Agents Bust Suspected Illegal Weapons Dealer
LOS ANGELES – Special agents with the California Department of Justice arrested a Riverside County man November 8, 2013 after they seized more than 200 firearms, a machine gun, a plastic explosive and more from his home. Victor Christian Robles, 30, is suspected of dealing illegal weapons and was booked on numerous charges including possession of […]
Coffee Shop Rapist Sentenced To 65 Years
SANTA CRUZ – By all accounts it was a horrific attack against a young barista opening up a coffee shop early one morning in 2008. The man who held a knife to her throat, raped, robbed and locked her inside a storage refrigerator, went about his life for three years before he was identified as […]
