ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. - Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz was joined today by Erie County Health Commissioner Dr. Gale Burstein, United States Attorney for the Western District of New York William J. Hochul Jr. and U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Resident Agent In Charge John Flickinger to issue an emergency...

NEW YORK - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York (DEA), and Delano A. Reid, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the United States Bureau...

NEW YORK - This past December, the Center for Disease (CDC) published a special report on drug overdoses both nationwide and on state levels in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The statistics presented in that report support what we are currently experiencing; heroin is the biggest threat to public...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Shukri Abdullah, age 43, of Albany, New York, was arraigned yesterday on an indictment charging him with possession with the intent to distribute synthetic cannabinoids with brand names like Scooby Snax, Geeked Up, and Green Giant. The announcement was made by James J. Hunt, Special Agent in...

NEW YORK - James Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William J. Bratton, the Police Commissioner of the City of New (NYPD), and Joseph D’Amico, Superintendent of...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - In the second case this week involving a doctor illegally prescribing narcotics, Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Dr. Albert R. Cowie, 37, of Amherst, NY, pleaded guilty to...

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton and Joseph A. D’Amico, Superintendent of the New York State Police, announced the arrest...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Jeffrey Gundel, age 51, an orthopedic surgeon from Gansevoort, New York, was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for illegally authorizing the distribution of tens of thousands of oxycodone pills. The announcement was made by Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA)...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny sentenced Pravin Mehta, 78, of Amherst, NY, to 24 months in prison and a fine totaling $500,000, this in addition to $125,000 previously forfeited in this case. The sentence was based on Mehta’s conviction for conspiring to illegally dispense controlled...

ALBANY, N.Y. - A jury on Thursday convicted Stacie Demers, age 53, of Constable, New York, of a drug conspiracy involving 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, New York Division, U.S...