DALLAS, Texas - Eskandar Molavi, 69, of Frisco, Texas, is in federal custody following his arrest Friday, March 16, 2018 on federal charges stemming from a murder-for-hire plot to have his former business partner kidnapped and possibly killed. The announcement was made this afternoon by Special Agent in Charge Clyde...

BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. - Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo; James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the US Drug Enforcement (DEA); James P. O’Neill, Police Commissioner of the New York City Police (NYPD); and George P. Beach II, Superintendent of the New York...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Steven M. Boice, 28, of Saratoga Springs, New York, was indicted today on a charge of distributing fentanyl that caused an overdose death in Saratoga County in February 2017. The announcement was made by Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA); announced today that Archie Phillips, 45, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more...

LUBBOCK, Texas - Following a four-day trial before Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings, a federal jury convicted Frederick Allen, 44, of Baytown, Texas, for his role in a drug conspiracy that operated throughout West Texas. Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the Drug Enforcement Administration...

DALLAS - Ivan Reyes Perez, 27, of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey to 166 months in federal prison and ordered to forfeit $27,080 for his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the Drug...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Eduardo Nunez Serna, 44, and a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for conspiring to launder the proceeds of a large cocaine trafficking organization. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith; James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Oniel McKenzie, age 37, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced today to 188 months in prison following an October 2017 jury conviction for possession with intent to distribute large quantities of cocaine and marijuana found in Rensselaer County. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Lourdes Rivera, 40, of the Bronx, New York, was sentenced today to time (44 days in jail) for distributing heroin. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S...