NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark, Angel...

WASHINGTON - The Drug Enforcement Administration will add 250 task force officers and dozens of additional analysts to areas across America where the opioid crisis is at its worst. DEA task forces act as a force multiplier in carrying out DEA’s mission through coordination and cooperation with federal, state, and...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced that Adalberto Cruz, 28, of Puerto Rico, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of heroin, was...

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...

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...

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. - 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...

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...