FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	CONTACT: Lauren Horwood
January 29, 2012	PHONE: (916) 554-2706
www.usdoj.gov/usao/cae	usacae.edcapress@usdoj.gov
Docket #: 2:12-cr-130-GEB

            SACRAMENTO, Calif. — United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Office of Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Clark Settles announced that a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Dylan Hudson, 26, of Placerville, for conspiring to grow, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute marijuana and possessing marijuana with intent to distribute.

            According to court documents, Hudson allegedly was in charge of an interstate marijuana-trafficking conspiracy. More than 1,100 pounds of processed marijuana, more than $329,000 in cash, and eight firearms were seized during the course of the investigation.

“As this case makes clear, law enforcement agencies throughout this country are united in their resolve to protect our communities from the blight of large-scale narcotics trafficking,” said Clark Settles, special agent in charge of ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in San Francisco.  “We stand ready to use every tool and resource at our disposal to attack and dismantle these dangerous criminal organizations.”
 
            This case is the product of an investigation by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Sacramento, Chicago, and Milwaukee, Wisc.; the California Department of Justice; the Mountain and Valley Marijuana Investigation Team; the Chicago Police Department; El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department; and the Dane County (Wisc.) Sheriff’s Department. Assistant United States Attorney Jill Thomas and Special Assistant United States Attorneys Justin Lee, Alex Lozada, and David Petersen are prosecuting the case.

            If convicted, Hudson faces a statutory mandatory minimum prison term of five years and a maximum prison term of 40 years, and a $5 million fine. The actual sentence, however, will be determined at the discretion of the court after consideration of any applicable statutory sentencing factors and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which take into account a number of variables.

            The charges are only allegations and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

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