On May 1, 2025, a former DEA Resident Agent in Charge previously assigned to the Ventura Resident Office was arraigned following a criminal complaint charging him with multiple weapons-related and assault charges, including one count of assault with a semiautomatic firearm. James Young was charged in Superior Court, Los Angeles, California. According to the complaint, on September 15, 2022, James Young willfully and unlawfully committed an assault of a subordinate employee with a semiautomatic firearm and in September 2024 committed the other alleged criminal acts. The investigation is being conducted by the OIG’s Santa Rosa Locale.
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