PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - - Thomas A. Burnell, 34, of Plattsburgh, New York, was charged today with distributing heroin resulting in another person’s death. Burnell is detained pending a detention hearing before Magistrate Judge Gary L. Favro on February 14, 2017. The announcement was made by James Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - - James J. 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, and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police (NYPD), announced the...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - - Roosevelt Williams, aka “Mumsie,” 59, was sentenced to a term of 12 years in prison, and forfeiture of over $100,000 in drug proceeds and property, for his extensive heroin dealing in and around Poughkeepsie, New York. As set forth in Williams’s plea agreement, and the materials...

NEW YORK - - A multi-agency operation this morning resulted in the arrest and indictment of 13 members of a narcotics trafficking group charged with smuggling large amounts of narcotics from Puerto Rico through the U.S. Mail for distribution in New York City. James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - - A three-count indictment was unsealed today in United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging Richard Jacobellis, 23, from Ridge, N.Y., with distributing heroin that caused the death of 20-year-old Nicholas Weber, and conspiring with others to distribute heroin. Jacobellis was arrested...

(MANHATTAN, N.Y. - - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), announced the unsealing of an indictment charging 14 defendants with participation in narcotics and firearms offenses in the Bronx and Yonkers. The indictment also charges four of...

PLANO, Texas - Trinity Pharmacy in Carrollton, Texas, and one of its owners, Jonathan Paul Lipe, have agreed to pay the United States $400,000 to settle alleged violations of the Controlled Substances Act in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston. The Controlled Substances (CSA) is...

(CENTRAL ISLIP, NY - - A two-count indictment was unsealed today in the United States District Court in Central Islip, New York, charging defendant Jaime Rivera, a member of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation street gang, with the 2005 murder of C.W. Post student and basketball star Tafare...

DALLAS - A registered pharmacist who owned, operated and served as the pharmacist in charge of GenPharm Pharmacy on Wheatland Road in Desoto, Texas, Ndufola Kigham, appeared in federal court this morning before U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater and pleaded guilty to federal felony offenses stemming from her involvement...

(BRONX, N.Y. - - More than 103 pounds of heroin and fentanyl have been recovered and 32 people were indicted for major drug trafficking and other charges resulting from a joint investigation, state and federal law enforcement officials announced today. James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement...