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Long Beach Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Narcotics Charges, Including Distribution of Pills Manufactured With Fentanyl Analogue The leader of a narcoticsdistribution ring pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking charges and admitted importing a powerful synthetic opioid from China that was used to produce homemade pills that were distributed in bulk across the nation. Gary Resnik, 32, of Long Beach, led a conspiracy that imported acetylfentanyl, a drug very similar to fentanyl, a powerful and highly addictive opioid. Acetylfentanyl, which is many times more potent that heroin, is not approved for any use in the United States. Resnik pleaded guilty to two felony offenses – conspiracy to manufacture and distribute narcotics (including acetylfentanyl and ecstasy), and possession with the intent to distribute acetylfentanyl. In a plea agreement filed in federal court, Resnik admitted importing from China bulk chemicals that were used to manufacture narcotics, including acetylfenatnyl. The drug
During the course of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration, authorities wearing Haz Mat clothing seized narcotics – including opiate pills containing acetylfentanyl, Xanax pills, and ecstasy pills – from a man who had just purchased the drugs from members of the drug trafficking organization.-Courtesy Photo
4.5 Million Grant Advances Research Toward Disease-Resistant Strawberries UC Riverside researcher is among collaborative team working to improve sustainable strawberry production A team of researchers in California and Florida, including one from the University of California, Riverside, has received a $4.5 million grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) to improve the disease resistance and sustainable production of strawberries throughout the nation. Strawberries constitute a $4.4 billion-dollar industry in the United States, and 94 percent of
the nation’s strawberry fruit and nursery plants are grown in California and Florida. The fruit is especially vulnerable to soilborne pathogens, which destroy plants and SEE PAGE 3
organization also obtained pill presses from China that were used illegally to make tablets in labs in Long Beach and Baldwin Park. Resnik acknowledged that DEA agents seized over 9 kilograms of acetylfentanyl from the organization. During the course of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration, authorities seized narcotics – including opiate pills containing acetylfentanyl, Xanax pills, and ecstasy pills – from a man who had just purchased the drugs from members of the drug trafficking organization. Resnik is scheduled to be sentenced by United States District Judge S. James Otero on February 26. At the time of sentencing, Resnik will face a statutory maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for each of the two counts. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Michael G. Freedman and David Ryan of the General Crimes Section.
Hundreds Take Historic Walk From San Gabriel to Los Angeles
This past Saturday, hundreds of local residents gathered at the San Gabriel Mission in the early morning to walk to El Pueblo de Los Angeles, honoring the path established by Los Angeles’ earliest settlers in 1781. This year, the walk honored Los Angeles’ 236th birthday and reaffirmed the San Gabriel Mission as the birthplace of Los Angeles. Following an opening celebration in front of the mission, walkers were treated with another ceremony once they reached downtown Los – Courtesy photo Angeles.