ALBANY, N.Y. - - District Attorney P. David Soares and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division announced today that Manuel Luna, 51, of Queens, was found guilty after a jury trial of one Count of Operating as a Major Trafficker, a Class...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - - The 15-month investigation led to the arrests of eight members of a drug pipeline responsible for funneling heroin from Pennsylvania and New Jersey to Elmira, NY. Eight defendants were arrested and charged yesterday by criminal complaint with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - - Three people were arrested today and charged in federal court with methamphetamine and listed chemical offenses and 13 others were arrested and charged in Lewis County for state offenses involving the sale and possession of methamphetamine and other illegal drugs, announced United States Attorney Richard S...

CINCINNATI - John Wade, 46, of Cincinnati has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for selling a mixture of heroin and fentanyl that led to the overdose death of a Clermont County man in 2015. Benjamin C. Glassman, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Timothy...

NEW YORK - - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division announced that Moshe Mirilashvili, a Board-certified, state-licensed doctor, was sentenced today to 160 months in prison for...

UTICA, N.Y. - -Ryan Canfield, 40, of New Haven, Connecticut, was sentenced today to serve 12 years in prison, to be followed by six years of post-imprisonment supervised release, for conspiring to distribute the controlled substance methylone. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Special Agent...

NEW YORK - - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Anthony Scott, a/k/a “Tyson,” pleaded guilty today to involvement in a racketeering conspiracy in connection with his membership in the “Young Gunnaz” (“YGz”), a violent street gang that operated in and...

ALBANY, N.Y. - - A jury last week convicted Charles Rainer Sinek, 51, of Oakland, California, of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute opiate pills. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, New York Division...

ALBANY, N.Y. - - Salvatore Commisso, 33, of Albany, New York, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute the controlled substance oxycodone. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA). Commisso faces up...

(COLUMBUS, OH - Deshawn M. Smith, 29, of Columbus, Ohio pled guilty in U.S. District Court today to one count of racketeering conspiracy in connection with a case involving the organized criminal enterprise known as the Short North Posse. Smith’s trial was scheduled to begin on Monday, September 26. As...