BUFFALO, N.Y. – Acting Special Agent in Charge Keith Kruskall, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Patrick Washington, Jr., 34, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before Judge U.S. Magistrate Judge H. Kenneth Schroeder to possession with intent to distribute...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge James Hunt and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced today that Julio Contreras, aka Blue Demon, 34, of McAllen, Texas, who was convicted of racketeering conspiracy involving five kilograms or more of cocaine, and conspiracy to possess with...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Julio Contreras, a/k/a Blue Demon, 34, of McAllen, Texas, who was convicted of racketeering conspiracy involving five kilograms or more of cocaine, and conspiracy...

NEW YORK - Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James D. Robnett, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Scott...

NEW YORK- Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the New England Division of the DEA, Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John H. Durham, United States Attorney...

MINEOLA, NY - Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an alleged MS-13 associate has been arraigned on charges of conspiracy and operating as a major drug trafficker for allegedly brokering drug deals from inside...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Acting Special Agent in Charge Keith Kruskall, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Donald McKinney, 53, of Dansville, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distributing 50 grams or...

NEW YORK - Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor; New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill; New York State Police Superintendent George P. Beach II; Angel M. Melendez, Special Agent in Charge of...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Acting Special Agent in Charge Keith Kruskall, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that James H. Bess, Jr., 63, of Apple Valley, CA, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael J. Roemer to possession with intent to...

TRENTON, NJ - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man has been convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, money laundering, structuring monetary instruments, and conspiracy to commit money laundering and structuring. Khamraj Lall, 51, of Ringwood, New Jersey, was convicted Oct. 4, 2018, on all eight counts of a superseding indictment...