BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt and Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Adel Abdullah, 32, of Lackawanna, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, controlled substance analogues, before Senior...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A federal jury sitting in Albuquerque, N.M., returned a verdict late yesterday afternoon finding Gabriel Mirabal guilty on narcotics trafficking and firearms charges after a six-day trial. The guilty verdict was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy of DEA’s...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Thirty-four individuals are facing federal and tribal drug charges as the result of an 18-month multi-agency investigation spearheaded by the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Bureau of Indian (BIA) into methamphetamine trafficking on the Mescalero Apache Reservation. Eighteen defendants, including five members of the Mescalero Apache Tribe...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Victor Hurtado, 21, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 141 months in federal prison for his conviction on Hobbs Act, drug trafficking and firearms charges arising out of a pharmacy robbery in Jan. 2015, and a traffic stop in March 2015. Hurtado will...

NEW YORK - 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, Delano A. Reid, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Bureau...

NEW YORK - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Shantelle P. Kitchen, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Special Agent in Charge Thomas G. Atteberry, ATF Phoenix Field Division, and Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy, DEA El Paso Division announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a three-count indictment charging Albuquerque resident Davon Lymon, 34, with...

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - Billy Slick, age 54, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison as a result of his conviction for conspiracy to manufacture, possess with intent to distribute and distribute methamphetamine. The announcement was made by Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, New York Division, Drug Enforcement...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Bradley Bender, Southampton Town Councilman, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to illegally distribute oxycodone. The plea was entered before U.S. Magistrate Judge Anne Y. Shields at the federal courthouse in Central Islip. Today’s guilty plea was announced by Robert L. Capers, United States Attorney for the Eastern...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, New York Division, Drug Enforcement (DEA), and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Joseph Thompson, 58, of Lockport, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute heroin, crack cocaine and fentanyl...