BUFFALO, N.Y. – DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced that Aaron Hicks, aka Boog, aka Boogy, 34, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of racketeering conspiracy and conspiracy to distribute marijuana, was sentenced to serve 30 years in...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced that Pablo Lugo III, 23, of Lockport, N.Y., who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of fentanyl, was sentenced to serve 168 months in prison...

In San Antonio today, authorities filed a federal criminal complaint against three San Antonio residents who were arrested last night while attempting to distribute over four kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney John Bash. The...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Derrius Cunningham, a/k/a Baby, 41, of Buffalo, N.Y., with conspiracy to distribute and distribution of cocaine...

NEW YORK – DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman announced the conviction yesterday of Ernesto Lopez, a New York-licensed medical doctor who wrote thousands of medically unnecessary prescriptions for oxycodone and fentanyl...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, United States Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced that Fawzi Al-Arashi, 41, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, was sentenced to serve...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Earlier yesterday, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Richard Jacobellis was sentenced by United States District Judge Joanna Seybert to an agreed upon 16 years of imprisonment, to be followed by three years’ supervised release, for distributing heroin. When Jacobellis pleaded guilty in June 2018, he...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Four men from Syracuse and one from New York City (the Bronx) have been charged with operating a heroin distribution ring from which investigators seized over 62,000 individual bags of heroin, totaling in excess of two kilograms, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Ray Donovan...

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; New York Division, and U.S. Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, Northern District of New York announced that Ronny Mota, age 29, of Bronx, New York, pled guilty today to conspiring to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- Earlier today, following a two-week trial, a federal jury in Brooklyn returned a guilty verdict against Humberto Baez for conspiring to import and distribute cocaine, and for possessing with intent to distribute cocaine, in connection with his participation in a scheme responsible for smuggling 16 kilograms of...