
Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation and the U.S. This indictment is the result of a joint investigation by the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), which includes the cooperative law enforcement efforts of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Drug Enforcement Administration Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives U.S. The following law enforcement agencies also participated in the search of the mobile home in Homedale: Homedale Police Department, Boise Police Department, Valley County Sheriff’s Office, Canyon County Sheriff’s Office, Ada County Sheriff’s Office, and the Mini Cassia Drug Task Force. This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Nampa Police Department, Caldwell Police Department, and the Idaho Department of Probation and Parole. That crime is punishable by at least 10 years up to life in prison. He is scheduled for sentencing on Decembefore Judge Nye at the Federal Courthouse in Boise. Perales’ co-defendant, Renteria-Castillo, pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. Because of his criminal history, he faced a sentence of at least twenty years in prison. At the time he committed this offense, he was on parole for attempted strangulation. Perales has a lengthy criminal history with at least four prior felony convictions, including distributing controlled substances. Perales’ co-defendant, Ricardo Renteria-Castillo, was also in the mobile home. During the search, investigators found approximately five pounds of methamphetamine, a digital scale, and $18,231. On August 9, 2017, investigators searched Perales’ mobile home in Homedale, Idaho.

At the time of his arrest, he had a loaded pistol and over $13,000.

On July 19, 2017, Perales was arrested for violating his parole. Nye.Īccording to court records, investigators received information in July 2017 that Perales was distributing large amounts of methamphetamine. A federal grand jury indicted Perales on September 14, 2017, and he later pleaded guilty on July 13, 2018. District Court to 262 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. BOISE – Ray Perales, 43, of Caldwell, was sentenced today in U.S.
