RIVERSIDE (CNS) - A 37-year-old man accused of distributing fentanyl
out of his Hemet apartment, sending packets of the substance via U.S. mail, was
in federal custody today.Ignacio Alcala was arrested last week following an investigation
involving the Riverside County Gang Impact Team and U.S. Postal Service.Alcala was federally charged with distribution of fentanyl for sale,
to which he pleaded not guilty during an arraignment at U.S. District Court in
downtown Riverside on Friday.The defendant was booked into a federal detention center in San
Bernardino, where he's being held without bail pending a bond hearing on
Tuesday afternoon.According to a Gang Impact Team statement, Alcala was identified as
the alleged source of fentanyl being sent via mail last month by