BROOKLYN, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division, announced that Francis Tessina, 45, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl, was sentenced to 48 months in...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division, announced that Harvey Peake, 61, of Canada, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 500 grams or more of...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division, announced that Jesus Rojas, 32, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, cocaine and crack cocaine before U.S. District...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division, announced today that four defendants pleaded guilty in connection with a large drug trafficking organization operating out of Lockport, NY: Ramone Westbrook, 35, of Niagara Falls...

McALLEN, Texas - The first defendant involved in a rip crew responsible for multiple home invasions and carjackings to steal narcotics in Hidalgo County has been ordered to federal prison, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Jorge Antonio...

McALLEN, Texas - Two illegal aliens residing in Pharr have been ordered to federal prison for conspiring to interfere with commerce by threats or violence and to carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Andres Lopez Elorez was arraigned this afternoon in federal court in Brooklyn before United States Magistrate Judge Marilyn Go on an indictment charging him with conspiring to import and distribute heroin into the United States. The defendant was arrested in Spain on a provisional arrest warrant issued...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Thomas A. Burnell, age 36, of Plattsburgh, New York, pleaded guilty today to selling heroin mixed with fentanyl that caused the death of a customer. Burnell separately pleaded guilty today to possessing a weapon while incarcerated as a federal inmate at the Clinton County Jail. The announcement...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 51-year-old Corpus Christi physician has admitted he furnished false information in a record of dispensed controlled substances, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Dr. Michael Jerome Pendleton pleaded guilty today. At the hearing...

NEW YORK - Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division, announced that one of the leaders of the violent Bronx gang known as “18 Park,” Marquis Wright was sentenced...