NEW HAVEN, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that William Claudio-Suarez, also known as “Willy,” 34, formerly of New Haven, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in...

BOSTON – Anderson Daniel Jorge Cruz, 21, of Lowell, Mass., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge William G. Young to 70 months in prison and three years of supervised release. In October 2019, Cruz pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute one kilogram or...

BURLINGTON, Vt. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Kieta Armstead was sentenced in federal court on one count of possession with intent to distribute more than 28 grams of...

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY –U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini today announced the arrest of a Smithtown man for allegedly posing as a medical professional and illegally operating a health clinic, at which he allegedly illegally...

NEW YORK CITY – Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon today announced that the DEA will direct enforcement resources to methamphetamine “transportation hubs” — areas where methamphetamine is often trafficked in bulk and then distributed across the country. While continuing to focus on stopping drugs being smuggled across the...

BROOKLYN, NY –Aleksey Tsvetkov, a leader of a violent, Brooklyn-based Eastern European organized crime syndicate that operated primarily in the Sheepshead Bay, Brighton Beach and Coney Island neighborhoods, was sentenced today in federal court in Brooklyn to 198 months’ imprisonment and ordered to pay $1,145,339.90 in restitution following his conviction...

BOSTON – A Dorchester, Massachusetts man was sentenced in federal court in Boston for his role in a wide-ranging operation that distributed heroin and fentanyl throughout Cape Cod. James Ramirez, 57, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge William G. Young to 66 months in prison and five years of...

NEW YORK CITY – Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, announced that Frank Moss, a/k/a “Jigga,” a Poughkeepsie drug dealer whose fentanyl led to the overdose deaths of...

SYRACUSE, NY – Kyle Leeper, 36, of Palmyra, Pennsylvania, Ramon Nieves Cotto, 28, of DeRuyter, New York, and Arlene Rodriguez, 36, of Montebello, California, were named as defendants Thursday in a federal superseding indictment that includes charges of murder during a drug conspiracy, conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent...

BRONX, N.Y. – New York Attorney General Letitia James, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, New York State Police Superintendent Keith M. Corlett, New York City Police Department Commissioner Dermot F. Shea, and U.S. Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge New York...